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The Pretender

SYNOPSIS FOR
JAROD'S HONOR
which aired on Saturday, May 3, 1997

PRETENDER SYNOPSIS FOR JAROD'S HONOR
The Pretender was created by Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle

The series stars:
Michael T. Weiss as Jarod
Andrea Parker as Miss Parker
Patrick Bauchau as Sydney
Jon Gries as Broots

Harve Presnell  asMr. Parker
Richard Marcus as Mr. Raines
Paul Dillon  as Angelo

The Pretender also stars (although not necessarily in every episode):

     Ryan Merriman (Young Jarod), Alex Wexo (Young Sydney), 
Ashley Peldon (Young Miss Parker),  Jonathan Osser (Younger Jarod)
 SamAyres (Sam the Sweeper), Willie Gault (Willie the Sweeper), Amir Aboulela (Gar the Sweeper)
 Zachary Brown (Young Kyle),  Jake Lloyd (Young Angelo/Timmy),
     Kim Myers (Jarod's mother, Margaret)

This is EPISODE #19
Written By:  Tommy Thompson & Chris Ruppenthal
Directed By:  Terrence O'Hara 



The Pretend:  Hitman

By chance, a hitman staying in the same hotel as Jarod dies in Jarod's arms.   When Jarod realises what the man does, he keeps him "on ice" in the hotel shower and assumes his identity so he can save the lives of Ben and Dorris Worth.  Tug Beaulieu has put out a hit on their lives because he wants to take over their night clubs.  Jarod arranges with Ben and Doris to fake their murders.   Jarod, Ben and Doris set up Tug and his nephew, Donny, to think they are witnessing the hit of Doris but they are actually the targets.  Jarod locks them in a car and as the exhaust surrounds them, the confess in front of a video tape that Jarod is running on the outside.  He puts the tape, the body of the real hitman and all of the other evidence he has, in the trunk of the car and leaves it for the police to find with Tug and Donny. 






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Other:   Jarod discovers animal figurines!   Miss Parker and Sydney go to a twins convention in Minneapolis because of an e-mail that Sydney believes Jarod sent him, but it wasn't Jarod who sent the e-mail.   While there, Sydney meets Millie and Tillie Pilcher, who give him information regarding the accident that put Jacob in a coma, leading him to believe that Mr. Raines may have been involved.   Because of an e-mail that Jarod believes that Sydney sent him (but Sydney didn't), Jarod flies to New Orleans to find Sonny Hebert, a private investigator specializing in finding lost children.   Jarod's mother had long ago hired Sonny to find Jarod.   Herbert's former secretary gives Jarod information that helped him track Herbert to a local hospital.   Supposedly, the PI had fallen asleep while smoking and is suffering from burns over 80% of his body - he remembers Jarod's mother, but is in no condition to give Jarod any useful information.   Mr. Raines may also have been involved with Herbert's so-called accident.  Miss Parker's attempt to quit smoking is foiled by Broots, who arranges to have a carton of cigarettes left in her Minneapolis hotel room.  In the end, Jarod calls Sydney.  As they talk, Angelo watches from the duct.  He sent the e-mails!

Guest Stars: Virginia Capers (???), Kyle Colerider-Krugh (???), Julie Garfield (???), Darlene & Maureen Levin (Millie & Tillie Pilcher), Gailard Sartain (Tug Beaulieu) and Maury Sterling (Donny Beaulieu) 


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