Stars
The series stars
Michael T. Weiss as Jarod. Andrea Parker as Miss Parker (also Catherine Parker). Patrick Bauchau as Sydney. Jon Gries as Broots.

Regular guests
Richard Marcus as Mr. Raines Jamie Denton as Mr. Lyle Sam Ayers as Sam the Sweeper Harve Presnell as Mr. Parker Paul Dillon as Angelo

Plot Summary
Divine by serial impostors such as Ferdinand Waldo Demara, the series revolves as much as the character known as Jarod, the "Pretender" whose beyond-genius IQ enables him to learn any field -- disregarding how else complex -- & turn into renowned within it. Jarod travels around a United States adopting various identities (he maintains his first title however his last name varies, & is normally an episode-related paronomasia) sequentially to aid population within want of help. Around hot pursuit of Jarod come offices of the sinister organisation ("The Centre") that tries to have his abilities for its have finishes.

Miss Parker, Sydney & Broots come a Centre team charged by having recapturing Jarod. (Although Parker, Bauchau, & Gries were constant presences throughout a series, more members of the pursuit team come & went, notably Jamie Denton as Mr. Lyle, a indicate's virtually all unambiguous villain.) Richard Marcus and Harve Presnell appear as their superiors at a Centre. Andrea Parker also plays Miss Parker's mother, Catherine Parker, in flashback scenes. Jarod was raised by "The Centre" (Depending around the made-up town of Blue Cove, Delawcome), in which he was specially trained in how else to produce his unique intelligence & abilities, & victims pursuing him are Centre employees. Whether the Centre was a private corporation or a quasi-governmental entity was never made completely clear.

Fallowing a series was cancelled, it was picked higher inside syndication by Turner Network Television. Both telemovies based within the series, habit-forming loose ceases in the on-going plot, were aired on TNT in 2001; The Pretender 2001 & Isle of The Haunted partially following of pressure from either fans world health organization staged the spherical electronic mail campaign to the then-supposed PTB. The third telemovie wwhen promised, however has non been processed as of 2005, despite further pressure from either fans world health organization sense that these are required to tie higher a loose stops created per 1st 2 telemovies. A creators of the indicate, Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle stated in an interview on the French DVD of the telemovies that they have already written an ending and all they need is financing to produce the final Pretender movie.

Reruns of The Pretender use aired & however air inside numbers of countries worldwide. A series is available in DVD in France (all seasons & film) & Japan (season 1). Dog House Entertainment freed Year One DVDs for Area One in the United States on March 22nd, 2005 and Seasin Two on September 20th, 2005.

Trivia
A building seen around about each episode & identified when "The Centre" is actually the R.C. Harris Filtration Plant, located in Toronto.

Virtually all characters (regulars single) come nearly universally addressed by 1 title, either their foremost or even their last title, never by their to the full name completely.

Year Four's episode, "Cold Dick" is the simply Make-believe episode in which Jarod doesn't utilize his foremost title in the "pretend". His false name is Dick Dickson.