Derry Herrera
Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
Shatigger
This is one of my all time favorite shows.I loved watching all 4 seasons (again-yrs after I watched it on TV) all over again. I really wish that the network didn't take the show off after the 4th season. There are still a lot of unanswered questions that i'm sure a lot of people would like to know. Esp. me. And just to let you know, Michael is very HOT to watch! The cast also deserves a great big HECK YEA for a great job keeping my eyes glued to the TV screen. M.T.W and Andrea make a great team. Keep up the good work on your next projects. Hope to see you do a TV movie or BIG time screen movie. We want to see a happy ending for Jarod and Ms. Parker. And it would be nice to see Michael T's HOT body again. :0) A fan for life, Shannon
sonya90028
This show started out as a mid-season replacement in '96 on NBC. However, The "Pretender" went on to prove its worth in the prime-time ratings-game, season after season.The "Pretender" could best be summed-up as part of a sub-genre of the Action-adventure category; the Chase-show. The Chase-show always revolves around one basic plot-line; the main character(s) are running from, and/or to someone, or something. These Chase-shows can be some of the worst on TV, or some of the best. The "Pretender" falls into the latter category, in my humble opinion.The main character in the series, Jared, was kidnapped as a child, and whisked away to a heinous organization called the "Centre". Jared happens to be a genius, and he's used by those at the "Centre", to create ingenious methods to destroy their enemies. As an innocent child, who'd been swiped from his family, Jared has no choice but to go along with those at the "Centre", who exploit his genius IQ.As an adult, and by then fully aware of the exploitation he'd been forced to endure by the "Centre" during his childhood, Jared escapes. He's pursued by his former mentor (and former father-figure) Sydney. Joining in the quest to capture Jared, are the rabidly-determined femme-fatale, Miss Parker, and her computer-whiz henchman, Broots. Jared manages to elude his would-be captors, by impersonating a different member of a profession in each episode. Throughout the series, Jared had posed as a doctor, lawyer, policeman, airline pilot, etc., etc., etc. One of the main reasons the show held my interest, was to see who Jared would impersonate in the next episode. Whenever Jared morphed into one professional or another, he got to help out others in trouble, while keeping one-step-ahead of his pursuers from the "Centre". Jared also kept trying to find out about, and get in contact with, his real family, during the course of the series. As someone who had been cruelly wrenched away from his family in childhood, he was a man determined to solve the puzzle of his past.Then, there was also the sub-plot running through this series. This involved how Sydney, Miss Parker, and Broots, were all just pawns of the "Centre" themselves. The real evil character in the show, and the one who had orchestrated Jared's childhood kidnapping, was Mr. Raines.As the series progressed, Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots, together tried to figure out just what the sinister "Centre" was up to, and how to stop it. This all made for an Adventure-show with much more depth, and character-development, than most of its ilk.Overall, I'd say the that, "Pretender" was the best of all the Adventure-series, which were on TV during the 90s.
tattooedmunky75
I somehow missed this show in its original run in the mid/late 90's. But as luck would have it, I've recently discovered this show in re-runs and was so interested by it that I even bought the Season 1 DVD set. The show consists of a hero (Jarod) who is a genius capable of insinuating himself into any profession or situation. Kidnapped as a child and exploited by "The Centre", Jarod escapes and sets out to find his long-lost parents. During his search, Jarod uses his abilities to seek justice for strangers he reads about in newspaper articles. Part of what makes this series great is the relationship between Jarod and Centre psychologist/instructor Sydney who has raised Jarod from childhood and become the closest thing Jarod has ever known to a father. Additionally, Centre Hench-woman "Miss Parker" tracks Jarod relentlessly, while discovering more and more that the Centre has manipulated her own life almost as much as they have Jarod's. The only negative thing I have to say about this show is that it was canceled prior to its conclusion. An attempt at a TV Movie "Pretender 2001" was made to give us the answers about Jarod's family but I have yet to find a copy to see how it ends. It's too bad there aren't quality shows like this on today to save us from Reality-TV.
