The Pretender (series)
- User score: 7.4
- Production country: US
- Creator: Craig W. Van Sickle , Steven Long Mitchell
- Production companies: 20th Century Fox Television, NBC Studios, MTM Enterprises
- Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Release date: 9/19/1996
- Release date of last episode: 5/13/2000
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 4 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 86
- Run time: 43 min.
Series description
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.