The best episodes of The Pretender

Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it. Fewer than 10 rated episodes — treat this ranking as provisional.

1. 01

   S04E12 · February 19, 2000 · 1h

   Lifeline8.0

   Jarod becomes a bodyguard for a gunworks owner and his fiancée, who's hiding a couple of secrets.

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2. 02

   S01E01 · September 19, 1996 · 1h

   Pilot6.8

   Jarod poses as a doctor to help a boy whose spinal cord was severed.

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3. 03

   S04E16 · April 22, 2000 · 1h

   School Daze6.5

   Jarod poses as a sixth-grade teacher to help a young murder witness; in another plotline, Miss Parker is reunited with a woman from her past.

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4. 04

   S04E19 · May 13, 2000 · 1h

   The Inner Sense (1)6.5

   The fourth-season finale has Jarod being contacted by his father, who tells him where to locate his sister.

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5. 05

   S01E02 · September 28, 1996 · 1h

   Every Picture Tells a Story6.3

   To help the widow and daughter of a drowned fisherman, Jarod joins the Coast Guard.

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6. 06

   S03E19 · May 8, 1999 · 1h

   End Game5.0

   While posing as a police detective, Jarod investigates the abduction of a teenage chess expert, and Sam of "Profiler" is called in to assist on the case.

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7. 07

   S02E01 · November 1, 1997 · 1h

   Back From the Dead Again3.5

   Jarod poses as a professor to solve a murder.

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