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The Best Episodes of The Pretender Season 4

Every episode of The Pretender Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Pretender Season 4!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Pretender Season 4 Episode 1 - The World's Changing
    8.4/10(143 votes)

    #1 - The World's Changing

    S4:E1

    Once again a prisoner of the Centre, Jarod discovers a plot to murder a team of nuclear researchers, giving him even more motivation to escape. Meanwhile, Sydney and Broots try to find Miss Parker and Miss Parker tries to find her father -- and figure out who to trust.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Craig W. Van Sickle

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  2. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 2 - Survival
    8.1/10(125 votes)

    #2 - Survival

    S4:E2

    Jarod joins the Army CID to investigate the suicide of a soldier in POW survival training. Meanwhile, he gives Mr. Lyle and Miss Parker a taste of that training by trapping them together in a shipping container.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 3 - Angel's Flight
    7.8/10(129 votes)

    #3 - Angel's Flight

    S4:E3

    Jarod infiltrates a Goth con game to locate a missing girl. Meanwhile, a faceless wax head sent by Jarod leaves Miss Parker and company trying to fill in the pieces.

    Director:Chuck Bowman
    Writer:Tommy Thompson

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  4. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 4 - Risque Business
    8.2/10(132 votes)

    #4 - Risque Business

    S4:E4

    Jarod pretends to be a sex therapist to investigate a brutal assault on a doctor. Meanwhile, Broots tries to summon up the courage to reveal his feelings to Miss Parker.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Daniel Truly

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  5. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 5 - Road Trip
    8.5/10(166 votes)

    #5 - Road Trip

    S4:E5

    Jarod finds himself on a road trip to help a mysterious young woman, whom he falls for. Meanwhile, he tells Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots to 'follow the yellow brick road'.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Daniel Truly

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  6. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 6 - Extreme
    8.0/10(125 votes)

    #6 - Extreme

    S4:E6

    Jarod Pretends to be an extreme sports enthusiast in order to learn what happened to a comatose young man. Meanwhile, Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots follow Jarod's "game show" clues, and find themselves investigating Mr. Lyle.

    Director:Scott Lautanen
    Writer:Craig W. Van Sickle

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  7. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 7 - Wild Child
    8.1/10(129 votes)

    #7 - Wild Child

    S4:E7

    Jarod Pretends to be a psychologist to help a young girl found living alone in the wilderness. Meanwhile. Miss Parker finds out a Centre contract has been taken out on her father's life, leading her to look more closely at Mr. Cox.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Joel Metzger

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  8. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 8 - Rules of Engagement
    8.1/10(127 votes)

    #8 - Rules of Engagement

    S4:E8

    Jarod tries to stop a hostage situation in a hospital. Miss Parker is confused by an encounter with her father.

    Director:Rodney Charters
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 9 - 'Til Death Do Us Part
    8.6/10(155 votes)

    #9 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

    S4:E9

    On the anniversary of Thomas' death, Jarod challenges a haunted Miss Parker to resume her hunt for his killer. But the search leads back to her father and Brigitte, who is close to giving birth.

    Director:Craig W. Van Sickle
    Writer:Craig W. Van Sickle

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  10. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 10 - Spin Doctor (I)
    8.3/10(161 votes)

    #10 - Spin Doctor (I)

    S4:E10

    Jarod tries to track down the killer of a man who helped him escape from The Centre. Meanwhile, Miss Parker tries to help Sydney deal with his past. The crossover continues on Profiler S04E10 Clean Sweep (II).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Juan Carlos Coto

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  11. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 11 - Cold Dick
    7.8/10(153 votes)

    #11 - Cold Dick

    S4:E11

    LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - After being contacted by Argyle, Jarod becomes a Las Vegas private investigator to save a showgirl in trouble with with the mob. Meanwhile, Broots and Miss Parker try to outwit Jarod by posing as a newlywed couple and checking into the honeymoon suite. But come sunrise, they find they've gotten more involved with each other then they ever have chasing Jarod...

    Director:Steven Long Mitchell
    Writer:Juan Carlos Coto

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  12. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 12 - Lifeline
    7.7/10(121 votes)

    #12 - Lifeline

    S4:E12

    Jarod becomes a bodyguard to reunite an undercover ATF agent and her daughter. Meanwhile. Miss Parker sets out to prove Raines' religious 'conversion' is nothing of the kind.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Juan Carlos Coto

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  13. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 13 - Ghosts From The Past
    7.6/10(133 votes)

    #13 - Ghosts From The Past

    S4:E13

    Jarod infiltrates a white supremacist group to stop the bombing of a Unity event. Meanwhile, Angelo fights his way through Jarod's past to find the old enemy currently threatening Jarod's life.

    Director:Michael T. Weiss
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 14 - The Agent Of Year Zero
    8.2/10(121 votes)

    #14 - The Agent Of Year Zero

    S4:E14

    Jarod tries to help a Cambodian woman avenge the death of her family at the hands of a war criminal -- who is also an ally of Mr. Lyle. Meanwhile, Miss Parker tracks that connection from the Centre.

    Director:Rodney Charters
    Writer:Tommy Thompson

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  15. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 15 - Junk
    8.3/10(127 votes)

    #15 - Junk

    S4:E15

    Jarod goes undercover as a junkie in a rehab clinic to help a woman regain custody of her son. Meanwhile, Miss Parker and company find Jarod's connection to the woman through her father and the Centre.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 16 - School Daze
    8.0/10(125 votes)

    #16 - School Daze

    S4:E16

    Jarod poses as an elementary school teacher to protect a young witness in a murder trial. Meanwhile, Miss Parker encounters a ghost from the past.

    Director:Jon Gries
    Writer:Daniel Truly

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  17. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 17 - Meltdown
    7.8/10(126 votes)

    #17 - Meltdown

    S4:E17

    Jarod infiltrates a gang of burglars to discover which of them killed a little girl. Meanwhile, an email that isn't there leads Miss Parker to someone who might have answers about her mother's death.

    Director:Krishna Rao
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 18 - Corn Man A Comin'
    7.9/10(124 votes)

    #18 - Corn Man A Comin'

    S4:E18

    Jarod follows the trail of a kidnapping, documented by a camcorder he finds in a pawn shop. Meanwhile, Miss Parker continues her search for Edna Raines, with Jarod's help.

    Director:Steven Long Mitchell
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 19 - The Inner Sense (1)
    8.8/10(150 votes)

    #19 - The Inner Sense (1)

    S4:E19

    Jarod finally locates his sister Emily, just in time to see her nearly assassinated by The Centre. Meanwhile, Miss Parker's search of the secrets behind her mother's death lead her and Jarod to the same place -- and a mysterious young man named Ethan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Craig W. Van Sickle

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  20. The Pretender Season 4 Episode 20 - The Inner Sense (2)
    8.2/10(176 votes)

    #20 - The Inner Sense (2)

    S4:E20

    Jarod finally locates his sister Emily, just in time to see her nearly assassinated by The Centre. Meanwhile, Miss Parker's search of the secrets behind her mother's death lead her and Jarod to the same place -- and a mysterious young man named Ethan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Craig W. Van Sickle

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The World's Changing" is the best rated episode of "The Pretender" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 143 votes. Directed by James Whitmore Jr. and written by Craig W. Van Sickle, it aired on 9/25/1999. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Survival".