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The Pretender (1996)

Series · 1996 · 4 seasons · Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Hero of a thousand faces. Man of a thousand lives.

Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as benevolent as he's been told, he breaks out. While trying to find his real identity, Jarod helps those he encounters and tries to avoid the woman sent to retrieve him.

Created by Craig W. Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell

Starring Michael T. Weiss, Andrea Parker, Patrick Bauchau, Jon Gries

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Series details

First aired19 September 1996
Latest episode13 May 2000
StatusEnded
Seasons4 (86 episodes)

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