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The following is a list of episodes for the NBCtelevision seriesThe Pretender. The series ran for four seasons from 1996 through 2000 with 86 episodes produced.
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Series overview[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Network | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 22 | September 17, 1996 | May 17, 1997 | NBC | |
| 2 | 22 | November 1, 1997 | May 16, 1998 | ||
| 3 | 22 | October 17, 1998 | May 22, 1999 | ||
| 4 | 20 | September 25, 1999 | May 13, 2000 | ||
| Television films | 2 | January 22, 2001 | December 10, 2001 | TNT | |
Episodes[edit]
Season 1 (1996–97)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 'Pilot' | Rick Wallace | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | September 17, 1996 | |
| Jarod pretends to be a doctor to avenge a boy crippled by faulty surgery. Having just missed Jarod on a tanker ship in Alaska, Miss Parker and Sydney track him to a hospital where he plans on exposing the alcoholic surgeon who crippled the boy. Jarod discovers ice cream, Wheel of Fortune and is also seen eating Pez. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 'Every Picture Tells a Story' | Michael Zinberg | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | September 28, 1996 | |
| Jarod joins the U.S. Coast Guard to avenge a drowned man who could have been rescued. Jarod discovers fake dog poop, other novelty items and Oreo cookies. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | 'Flyer' | James Whitmore, Jr. | Juan Carlos Coto | October 19, 1996 | |
| Jarod pretends to be a test pilot to avenge another's 'accidental' death. Jarod discovers Silly Putty. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | 'Curious Jarod' | Jesús Salvador Treviño | Kimberly Costello | October 26, 1996 | |
| Jarod becomes the head of security at a Las Vegas casino to expose an abusive murderer. Jarod discovers Curious George and Barrel of Monkeys. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | 'The Paper Clock' | Gabrielle Beaumont | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | November 2, 1996 | |
| Jarod becomes an attorney to help a man wrongly convicted of murder and receives the first picture of his mother from Sidney. Jarod discovers Rubik's Cube. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | 'To Protect and Serve' | James Whitmore, Jr. | Tommy Thompson | November 9, 1996 | |
| Jarod becomes a police officer to catch some corrupt colleagues who framed and murdered a security guard recently reunited with his long-lost father. Miss Parker prevents Jarod from acquiring information about his mother. Jarod discovers donuts and donut holes. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | 'A Virus Among Us' | Fred K. Keller | Lawrence Meyers | November 16, 1996 | |
| Jarod becomes a virologist to avenge the disappearance and death of another. Jarod discovers the bug motel and gives Miss Parker the flu. Sidney must face his own guilt about Jarod. This episode features the fictional 'motaba' virus; the disease was originally used in the 1995 film Outbreak, and is classified as a Level Four pathogen both in the movie and in this episode. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | 'Not Even a Mouse' | Thomas J. Wright | Juan Carlos Coto | December 14, 1996 | |
| Jarod becomes a coroner to help expose the truth about the death of a caring homeless man, 'Christmas' George, and also to discover the identity of a dead 'LGL' ('Little Girl Lost'). Jarod discovers fruitcake and Christmas. Jarod becomes a part of Sidney's and Miss Parker's own Christmases. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | 'Mirage' | Ian Toynton | Tommy Thompson | January 4, 1997 | |
| Jarod infiltrates a Texan skydiving school to investigate one of the owners' death in the desert. Acting on a tip from Jarod, Miss Parker meets a man who knew her mother. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | 'The Better Part of Valor' | Anson Williams | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | January 11, 1997 | |
| Jarod is a firefighter to avenge the death of another by arson. The empath Angelo is introduced to help find Jarod. Jarod discovers Instant Cheeze. Miss Parker's private life begins to take precedence over her hunt for Jarod. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | 'Potato Head Blues' | Terrence O'Hara | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | January 18, 1997 | |
| Jarod is a member of a bomb squad trying to catch a serial bomber. Jarod discovers Mr. Potato-Head. Mr. Raines' hunt for the leak within the Center makes Miss Parker, Sidney and Broots suspect each other. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | 'Prison Story' | Oscar L. Costo | Steven Long Mitchell (s/t), Tommy Thompson (s), Craig W. Van Sickle (s/t) | February 1, 1997 | |
| Jarod impersonates a prison guard to help an innocent man about to be executed. Jarod discovers Slinky. The stress of chasing Jarod finally catches up with Miss Parker. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | 'Bazooka Jarod' | James Whitmore, Jr. | Kimberly Costello (s), Juan Carlos Coto (s/t) | February 8, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a U.S. Navy officer to expose a crewman's accidental death as murder. Jarod discovers Bazooka chewing gum. Miss Parker follows another lead about her mother's secrets. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | 'Ranger Jarod' | Ian Toynton | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | February 15, 1997 | |
| On impulse, Jarod joins the search to find a missing person in a mountainous forest region - and falls in love with a fellow volunteer. Jarod discovers The Three Stooges, Star Wars, and has his first sexual relationship. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | 'Jaroldo!' | Terrence O'Hara | Lawrence Meyers | March 8, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a news cameraman to avenge a shot predecessor. Jarod learns about basketball. Trapped together in an abandoned building about to be demolished, Miss Parker and a wounded Sidney begin to bond while Broots frantically searches for them. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | 'Under the Reds' | Charles Siebert | David Kemper (s), Javier Grillo-Marxuach (t), Lawrence Meyers (t) | March 22, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes an EMT and tries to help two coma victims - a young wrestler and Sydney's twin brother, Jacob. 'SL-27' is first mentioned. Jarod discovers the lucky rabbit's foot. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 'Keys' | Terrence O'Hara | Juan Carlos Coto (t), Steven Long Mitchell (s), Craig W. Van Sickle (s) | April 5, 1997 | |
| While trying to help a girl orphaned by the man smuggling her into the country, Jarod becomes trapped in a hurricane with Miss Parker and the man he was trying to punish. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 'Unhappy Landings' | James Whitmore, Jr. | Juan Carlos Coto (t), Javier Grillo-Marxuach (t), Lawrence Meyers (t), Terri Treas (s), Michael Zand (s) | April 26, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a U.S. Marshal to help a witness in an illegal drug trade case. The Centre's other Pretender, Kyle, is introduced. Jarod discovers Spam. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | 'Jarod's Honor' | Terrence O'Hara | Tommy Thompson, Chris Ruppenthal | May 3, 1997 | |
| Jarod discovers a dying hit man and takes his place to save a man and his wife from a rival club owner in New Orleans. Sidney, with Miss Parker, travels to a twins convention in Minneapolis where he learns some startling facts about the past. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | 'Baby Love' | Joe Napolitano | Debra Pratt | May 10, 1997 | |
| While hiding from pursuit, Jarod witnesses a baby being abandoned and goes after the corrupt politician and detective responsible for the attempted murder of both mother and son. Meanwhile Ms. Parker, Sydney and Broots figure out what SL-27 is and discover what secrets it held. | ||||||
| 2122 | 2122 | 'The Dragon House' | Fred K. Keller | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | May 17, 1997 | |
| While posing as a dentist, Jarod learns about Kyle, another Pretender who is on the run from the law. Jarod then impersonates an FBI agent and joins in the pursuit. After meeting a woman who knew his mother, Jarod learns Kyle is really his brother. Jarod discovers Highlights for Children Magazine. The episode includes a direct reference to Orson Welles with three of the FBI agents involved in the case being called Foster, Caine and Charles. Jarod rescues Kyle from The Centre, but while being chased by the FBI the van Kyle is in is shot at, crashes and explodes. Jarod sees his mother and sister for the first time, but they must all flee due to Centre Sweepers closing in. Before he can shoot Jarod, Mr. Raines' oxygen tank is shot and explodes, engulfing him in flames. Jeffrey Donovan guest stars as Kyle. | ||||||
Season 2 (1997–98)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | 'Back from the Dead Again' | James Whitmore, Jr. | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | November 1, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes an anatomy professor to help a man discover what really happened to his missing brother. Mr. Parker goes missing and Mr. Lyle and Brigitte are introduced. Jarod discovers Halloween and tries to uncover a missing portion of his time at the Centre. | ||||||
| 24 | 2 | 'Scott Free' | Joe Napolitano | Juan Carlos Coto (s), Tommy Thompson (s/t) | November 8, 1997 | |
| Jarod impersonates a one-armed safe-cracker to help a man on parole and his son. Jarod discovers Wheel-O. Mr. Lyle and Brigitte learn the hard way the cost of taking Jarod too lightly. | ||||||
| 25 | 3 | 'Over the Edge' | James Whitmore, Jr. | Tony Blake, Paul Jackson | November 15, 1997 | |
| Jarod investigates a supposed suicide attempt by a member of a search and rescue team. Jarod discovers Spider-Man. The Centre hires a psychologist to figure out who shot at Mr. Raines, but his results are mysteriously inconclusive. | ||||||
| 26 | 4 | 'Exposed' | Jim Charleston | Tyler Bensinger | November 22, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a fashion photographer to expose a stalker. Following clues left by Jarod, Miss Parker also meets again with the man who knew her mother, who reveals she used to stay with him every April - nine months before Miss Parker's January birthday. | ||||||
| 27 | 5 | 'Nip and Tuck' | Michael Lange | Eric Morris | December 6, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a cosmetic surgeon to investigate why a girl's face was ruined during a routine procedure. Jarod discovers Clay-Do. | ||||||
| 28 | 6 | 'Past Sim' | Fred K. Keller | Tommy Thompson | December 13, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a Department of Justice attorney after discovering that one of his last simulations has been exploited by Mr. Lyle and used as the blueprint in the kidnapping of a witness against a Yakuza boss who killed her son. Jarod discovers the Magic 8-Ball. Jarod's rescue of the witness and theft of their payment to The Centre causes the Yakuza to blame Mr. Lyle, turning him into a Yakuza target, and he disappears from The Centre. | ||||||
| 29 | 7 | 'Collateral Damage' | Vern Gillum | Harry Dunn | January 3, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes an Army Ranger to investigate the 25-year-old death of a Vietnam soldier whose daughter wants his name cleared of treason. Jarod discovers Jell-O. Miss Parker reluctantly babysits Broots' daughter and finally opens a gift her mother had with her the day she died. | ||||||
| 30 | 8 | 'Hazards' | Chuck Bowman | Juan Carlos Coto (s/t), Steven Long Mitchell (s), Craig W. Van Sickle (s) | January 10, 1998 | |
| Jarod saves the life of a suicidal chemical engineer and then investigates the events behind the deaths of three of the man's co-workers in a chemical accident. Jarod discovers Twinkies. Sydney comes face to face with a particularly horrible part of his past. It is revealed Sydney and Jacob were concentration camp experiments during the Holocaust. | ||||||
| 31 | 9 | 'F/X' | Vern Gillum | Harry Dunn (s/t), Steven Long Mitchell (s), Craig W. Van Sickle (s) | January 17, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a special effects coordinator to learn the truth about an explosion that injured a stunt driver. Jarod discovers model cars. Dr. Fenigor is shown on an old surveillance tape, and it is revealed that Timmy, a boy Miss Parker's mother was trying to save, is Angelo, whose mind was destroyed by Mr. Raines' experiments. | ||||||
| 32 | 10 | 'Indy Show' | Chuck Bowman | Steven Long Mitchell (s), Eric Morris (s), Tommy Thompson (s/t), Craig W. Van Sickle (s) | January 31, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a race-car driver to learn about a crash that injured another racer. Jacob awakens from his coma, but is dying; before passing, he gives Sydney a paper reading 'GENE' in reference to Jarod. It is revealed that it was Sydney who had shot at Mr. Raines. | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | 'Gigolo Jarod' | Rodney Charters | Tyler Bensinger | February 7, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes an escort, uncovers a wealthy woman's past, learns the truth about a boy's death, and reconnects an estranged couple. Jarod discovers St. Valentine's Day. | ||||||
| 34 | 12 | 'Toy Surprise' | Fred K. Keller | Juan Carlos Coto | March 7, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a counselor to a young man who saw his best friend die. On the anniversary of her mother's death, Miss Parker learns of a planned assassination of her father and must try to stop it. | ||||||
| 35 | 13 | 'A Stand Up Guy' | Michael Lange | Tony Blake, Paul Jackson | March 14, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a counterfeiter working with the mob in order to learn the facts about an undercover FBI agent's murder. Mr. Lyle robs and murders at a Centre office and Miss Parker must become a 'cleaner' again; she eventually shoots Mr. Lyle, who falls into a river but is not recovered. | ||||||
| 36 | 14 | 'Amnesia' | Steven Long Mitchell | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | March 21, 1998 | |
| Jarod miscalculates a pretend and is assaulted and left to die. He is rescued by an unstable con artist but develops amnesia while recovering. Miss Parker, Broots, and Sydney also undergo heavy questioning by the Centre. When Jarod's rescuer tips off the Centre to his location, Brigitte and her team go to capture him, but are foiled when Jarod regains his memory. | ||||||
| 37 | 15 | 'Bulletproof' | Fred K. Keller | Mark M. Dodson | March 28, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a SWAT officer and tries to find a lieutenant's killer. Jarod discovers Chia Pets. Sydney is reconnected with a woman he was once in love with and learns about the son he never knew he had. | ||||||
| 38 | 16 | 'Silence' | Joe Napolitano | Denise Dobbs | April 4, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a DEA psychologist and tries to get a traumatized 5-year-old murder witness to speak out. Jarod discovers chocolate milk. Miss Parker and Sydney search for the identity of another subject of Dr. Raines' experiments who may be out to kill Raines. | ||||||
| 39 | 17 | 'Crash' | Scott Lautanen | Tony Blake, Paul Jackson | April 11, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes an NTSB investigator after learning that the young man whom he gave his ticket to has been killed in the crash of the flight he (Jarod) was supposed to have taken. Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots attend a high school reunion and discover some disquieting facts about Mr. Lyle's past. Guest starring Matt Clark, Dann Florek, David Denman, Judith Hoag, James Pickens, Jr., and Justine Miceli. | ||||||
| 40 | 18 | 'Stolen' | Scott Lautanen | Juan Carlos Coto (s/t), Ivan Tell (s) | May 2, 1998 | |
| Jarod takes the place of a millionaire whose son has been kidnapped and subsequently remembers his own kidnapping. He is captured by Miss Parker, but in-fighting between her team and Mr. Raines' lets him get away. Guest Starring Miguel Sandoval, Scott Jaeck, Francis Guinan, and David Anthony Higgins. | ||||||
| 41 | 19 | 'Red Rock Jarod' | Fred K. Keller | Tommy Thompson | May 2, 1998 | |
| Jarod is lured to a town in Arizona and is turned over to the still-living Mr. Lyle by two police officers - a man whose wife Mr. Lyle has buried alive in the desert and a woman whose son needs a heart transplant. Kyle is also revealed alive and the brothers rescue the buried woman, but Kyle takes a bullet for Jarod and is killed; his heart is donated to the young man. Guest Starring James Denton, Jeffrey Donovan, John Diehl, and Connie Ray. | ||||||
| 42 | 20 | 'Bank' | Michael Lange | Harry Dunn | May 9, 1998 | |
| Jarod and Miss Parker become hostages in a bank robbery; among the other customers is Mr. Fennigor, who gives the two information about their pasts. Miss Parker realizes that her father is deliberately deceiving her. | ||||||
| 43–44 | 2122 | 'Bloodlines' | Fred K. Keller | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | May 16, 1998 | |
| Jarod discovers that something in a person's genes can predispose them to be a Pretender, and tries to prevent Mr. Raines from taking a boy to be trained to replace him. Sydney devises a treatment for Angelo that returns his mind, but removes his empathy/Pretender abilities. Jarod then tries to protect and heal the kidnapped boy, but when the serum designed to undo the damage to the boy's mind is smashed, Angelo willingly gives his last treatment instead and begins to regress to his former self. Miss Parker discovers that she has a twin brother - and it is either Angelo or Mr. Lyle. Sydney plants a bomb in SL-27, but his plan to destroy it backfires when Jarod infiltrates the Centre and is chased down there. | ||||||
Season 3 (1998–99)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 1 | 'Crazy' | Fred K. Keller | Lawrence Meyers (s), Steven Long Mitchell (s/t), Craig W. Van Sickle (s/t) | October 17, 1998 | |
| Jarod is admitted to an asylum when he seems to have suffered a mental breakdown; when a psychiatrist asks Jarod for his last name, he responds, 'I don't know. It changes every week,' but is his breakdown real or does it hide an ulterior motive? Miss Parker learns that the returned Mr. Lyle is her twin brother. Sydney has been temporarily blinded. | ||||||
| 46 | 2 | 'Hope and Prey' | David Jackson | Juan Carlos Coto | October 24, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a bounty hunter while searching for info about his father. Both he and Miss Parker discover stylized rings of fire in relation to Jarod's father. | ||||||
| 47 | 3 | 'Once in a Blue Moon' | Chuck Bowman | Andrew Dettmann, Daniel Truly | October 31, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a criminal profiler when he discovers a young woman's kidnapping is exactly the same as one he helped investigate while at The Centre- the murder of Mr. Raines' daughter, Annie. | ||||||
| 48 | 4 | 'Someone to Trust' | Fred K. Keller | Tommy Thompson | November 7, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a arsonist and befriends his employer's wife, who later tries to frame him for her husband's death in order to claim the estate. Mr. Lyle's mail order bride is murdered and Miss Parker and Broots try to investigate. | ||||||
| 49 | 5 | 'Betrayal' | Terrence O'Hara | Mark M. Dodson | November 14, 1998 | |
| When information on some of Jarod's old simulations is stolen and used to kill and the personnel at a Centre info annex are massacred, Broots is targeted for knowing too much. He must team up with Jarod to stop an ex-operative who had a lot to do with Jarod's eventual escape. Jarod ends up shooting and killing the man. | ||||||
| 50 | 6 | 'Parole' | Fred K. Keller | Tommy Thompson | November 21, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a parolee to stop a parole officer who is using ex-cons to do home invasions. Sydney is reunited with his son as his old love's husband is dying. | ||||||
| 51 | 7 | 'Homefront' | Michael Zinberg | Guy Zimmerman | December 12, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a black market arms dealer in order to reunite two children with their mother. | ||||||
| 52 | 8 | 'Flesh and Blood' | Rodney Charters | Harry Dunn | January 2, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes an ATF agent and tries to rescue Sydney's son and three others who are taken hostage by an Appalachian militia group, but Mr. Lyle isn't far behind. | ||||||
| 53 | 9 | 'Murder 101' | Scott Lautanen | Andrew Dettmann, Daniel Truly | January 9, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a psychology professor and must deal with a group of brilliant but arrogant students in order to learn what happened to his predecessor. | ||||||
| 54 | 10 | 'Mr. Lee' | Steven Long Mitchell | Mark M. Dodson | February 6, 1999 | |
| The Centre finds that it may be competing for Jarod's capture with a blind Chinese man who claims he can predict Jarod's next move by speaking to seven people who have come into contact with him. James Hong guest stars. | ||||||
| 55 | 11 | 'The Assassin' | Michael Lange | Tommy Thompson | February 6, 1999 | |
| Jarod helps a woman whose children have been abducted, and Miss Parker is attracted to a stranger. | ||||||
| 56 | 12 | 'Unsinkable' | Chuck Bowman | Juan Carlos Coto | February 13, 1999 | |
| Bound in chains and thrown off a pier, Jarod recalls the Atlantic City events that led to his current predicament - courtesy of Argyle from Season 2's 'Unforgotten'. | ||||||
| 57 | 13 | 'Pool' | Fred K. Keller | Harry Dunn | February 20, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a pool shark in order to help a young singer, Billie (Jennifer Garner), and to settle a score with a wealthy bigot. | ||||||
| 58 | 14 | 'At the Hour of Our Death' | Steven Long Mitchell | Mark M. Dodson | February 27, 1999 | |
| Jarod and Miss Parker each face simultaneous life-threatening experiences: Jarod is seriously injured in a plane crash and Miss Parker is rushed to the ER when her stomach ulcer perforates ... but both remember an incident from their childhood at The Centre involving a dying girl named Faith. | ||||||
| 59 | 15 | 'Countdown' | Chuck Bowman | Andrew Dettmann, Daniel Truly | March 20, 1999 | |
| Jarod goes to a Mexican prison to arrange for an inmate to donate a kidney to a son he didn't know existed. | ||||||
| 60 | 16 | 'P.T.B.' | Krishna Rao | Juan Carlos Coto | April 3, 1999 | |
| Jarod tries to help a radio talk-show host who's on the run from a mysterious stalker. Miss Parker must decide whether or not to leave The Centre and join Thomas, who is moving to Oregon. | ||||||
| 61 | 17 | 'Ties That Bind' | Fred K. Keller | Dave Alan Johnson | April 10, 1999 | |
| Jarod befriends a runaway youth and Miss Parker announces her intentions concerning The Centre. | ||||||
| 62 | 18 | 'Wake Up' | Michael J. Klick | Tommy Thompson | May 1, 1999 | |
| Jarod and Miss Parker meet up in order to find the 'missing pieces' involved with Thomas' murder. | ||||||
| 63 | 19 | 'End Game' | James Whitmore, Jr. | Juan Carlos Coto | May 8, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a police detective and investigates the abduction of a teenage chess expert. This episode begins a crossover with Profiler that concludes on 'Grand Master'. | ||||||
| 64 | 20 | 'Qallupilluit' | Rodney Charters | Mark M. Dodson | May 22, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a climatologist and journeys to an arctic research station to find his father, unaware that it's operated by The Centre. | ||||||
| 6566 | 2122 | 'Donoterase' | Fred K. Keller | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | May 22, 1999 | |
| Jarod and his father are finally reunited, but assassins from The Centre are on their trail. Jarod and his father later team up to rescue the clone created by the Centre's project, and Miss Parker learns more about her mother's murder. | ||||||
Season 4 (1999–2000)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 1 | 'The World's Changing' | James Whitmore, Jr. | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | September 25, 1999 | |
| Jarod is recaptured by The Centre, but escapes and tries to save the lives of two researchers. Miss Parker recovers from being wounded. | ||||||
| 68 | 2 | 'Survival' | Terrence O'Hara | Mark M. Dodson | October 2, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a investigator in the army investigating a soldier's supposed suicide during isolation training. Miss Parker and Mr. Lyle are contained elsewhere. | ||||||
| 69 | 3 | 'Angel's Flight' | Chuck Bowman | Tommy Thompson | October 30, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a San Francisco police detective and tries to find a teen who has disappeared. Miss Parker wonders about a Centre newcomer. | ||||||
| 70 | 4 | 'Risque Business' | Terrence O'Hara | Andrew Dettmann, Daniel Truly | November 6, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a sex therapist and tries to investigate the circumstances surrounding an attack on a female therapist. | ||||||
| 71 | 5 | 'Road Trip' | Fred K. Keller | Andrew Dettmann, Daniel Truly | November 13, 1999 | |
| Jarod befriends a woman on the run. Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots embark on a movie-inspired expedition. During the trip Jarod becomes a policeman and an aerospace engineer. | ||||||
| 72 | 6 | 'Extreme' | Scott Lautanen | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | December 4, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes an extreme sportsman and investigates the events that left a bungee jumper in a coma. Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots follow a Let's Make a Deal series of clues. | ||||||
| 73 | 7 | 'Wild Child' | Michael J. Klick | Joel Metzger | December 11, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a psychiatrist to learn the identity of a feral child found in the forest, and the circumstances surrounding her ordeal. | ||||||
| 74 | 8 | 'Rules of Engagement' | Rodney Charters | Ethan Lawrence | January 8, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a FBI hostage negotiator and deals with two brothers who have taken over a hospital. Miss Parker tries to help her father, who is in hiding. Jarod discovers the Tooth fairy. | ||||||
| 75 | 9 | 'Til Death Do Us Part' | Craig W. Van Sickle | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | January 15, 2000 | |
| Jarod gives Miss Parker information that may help her solve Thomas's murder; meanwhile, a killing at The Centre casts doubt on Mr. Parker. | ||||||
| 76 | 10 | 'Spin Doctor' | Fred K. Keller | Juan Carlos Coto | February 5, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a Secret Service agent working with Rachel and Bailey, to solve the murder of the man who helped in his initial escape from The Centre. This episode begins a crossover with Profiler that concludes on 'Clean Sweep'. | ||||||
| 77 | 11 | 'Cold Dick' | Steven Long Mitchell | Juan Carlos Coto | February 12, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a Las Vegas PI searching for a missing showgirl, while Ms. Parker, Broots, and Mr. Raines end up in a wild predicament. | ||||||
| 78 | 12 | 'Lifeline' | Jon Koslowsky | Juan Carlos Coto | February 19, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a bodyguard for a gunworks owner and his fiancée, who's hiding a couple of secrets. | ||||||
| 79 | 13 | 'Ghosts From the Past' | Michael T. Weiss | Mark M. Dodson | February 26, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a member of a racist group; Angelo is convinced that someone from Jarod's past is out to kill him. | ||||||
| 80 | 14 | 'The Agent of Year Zero' | Rodney Charters | Drew Hammond (t), Tommy Thompson (s/t) | March 11, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a Government agent and helps a visually impaired Cambodian woman who accidentally encounters the person responsible for the killing of her family. | ||||||
| 81 | 15 | 'Junk' | Michael Zinberg | Harry Dunn | March 25, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a drug addict to help a mother who was once addicted and is now in rehab, but doesn't understand how she got there. | ||||||
| 82 | 16 | 'School Daze' | Jon Gries | Andrew Dettmann, Daniel Truly | April 22, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a sixth-grade teacher to help a young murder witness. Miss Parker is reunited with a woman from her past. | ||||||
| 83 | 17 | 'Meltdown' | Krishna Rao | Ethan Lawrence | April 29, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a agent with the TXBI and poses as a gang member to find a little girl's killer. Miss Parker tries to learn about a project concerning her late mother. | ||||||
| 84 | 18 | 'Corn Man A Comin' | Steven Long Mitchell | Mark M. Dodson | May 6, 2000 | |
| After buying a camcorder at a pawn shop, Jarod tries to find the mother and daughter on the tape, which ends with them in peril, while Miss Parker keeps digging for the truth about her mother's murder. The episode is also a crossover with Profiler which finishes in 'Pianissimo'. | ||||||
| 85–86 | 19–20 | 'The Inner Sense' | Fred K. Keller | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | May 13, 2000 | |
| Jarod is contacted by his father, who tells him where to locate his sister; he then finds out that he might have another sibling. Facts are revealed concerning Even and Mr. Raines, leading to Zoe's kidnapping. Miss Parker finds out the truth about her mother's death, and the series ends with a cliffhanger. | ||||||
Television films (2001)[edit]
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'The Pretender 2001' | Frederick King Keller | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | January 22, 2001 |
| 'The Pretender: Island of the Haunted' | Frederick King Keller | Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle | December 10, 2001 |
External links[edit]
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It is widely recognised that the growing complexity of technology development in both cognitive and relational dimensions has resulted in an increasing technological diversification, defined by research activities over more than one technology (Breschi et al. 2003), within highly innovative companies (Patel and Pavitt 1997; Fai and von Tunzelmann 2001). In particular, technological diversification has been found to constitute a pervasive element in firms characterised by persistent innovation over time, with the large majority of persistent innovators being highly diversified in their innovative activities (Breschi et al. 2003), allowing them to survive and grow avoiding technological lock-ins (David 1985; Suzuki and Kodama 2004). Accordingly, previous research has shown that technological diversification is an important competitive advantage among companies operating in dynamic innovation environments (Gambardella and Torrisi 1998), with increasing empirical evidence pointing to a positive relationship between diversification, innovation performance and innovative competencies (Garcia-Vega 2006; Quintana-Garcia and Benavides-Velasco 2008; Modrego et al. 2015).
However, previous literature has mainly focused on large firms to explore underlying patterns of knowledge relatedness, technological scale and scope, and the management of technological diversification (Granstrand et al. 1997; Granstrand 1998; Fai 2003; Lin and Chang 2015), following the perspective that ‘the problem has not been deciding where to go, but how fast and effectively to get there’ (Patel and Pavitt 1997, p. 154). Conversely, very little attention has been paid to the relationship between technological diversification and small firms mostly due to the expected differences in the level of resources across large and small firms and the high costs of integration, coordination and the scale of R&D capabilities that technological diversification requires (Vossen 1998; Wang and von Tunzelmann 2000; Ortega-Argilés et al. 2009; Lin and Chang 2015).
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Yet, the increasing division of labour in innovation defined by developing markets for technology and innovation networks have brought to the fore the importance and the contribution of small companies characterised by an unusually high level of innovative activity over time (Arora et al. 2001; Hicks and Hegde 2005; Libaers and Meyer 2011). Thus, considering the activity of R&D intensive small firms with persistent patterns of innovation, coined as small ‘serial innovators’ (SSIs) in the literature (Hicks and Hegde 2005; Corradini et al. 2015), two questions naturally arise: (1) how can SSIs resolve the fundamental tension between patterns of specialisation and diversification within their technological trajectories? and (2) what are the determinants behind the technological diversification processes? On one side, technological diversification plays a central role in increasing firms’ absorptive capacity, enabling them to explore and exploit new opportunities, allowing for economies of scope in technology development (Granstrand et al. 1997; Granstrand 1998). On the other side, the resource-constrained essence of many small firms dictates a specialised nature of innovative activities defined by the cumulative quality of technological change around firms’ core technologies (Antonelli and Scellato 2015; Nelson and Winter 1982; Dosi 1982). Since the management of cumulated technological capabilities is crucial for the survival and success of these innovative SMEs (Hicks and Hegde 2005; Corradini et al. 2015; Máñez et al. 2015), examining the patterns and determinants of technological diversification are highly relevant research objectives that are currently under-researched in the small business literature. These objectives are in line with the emerging stylised facts about the unique nature of innovation activities undertaken by SMEs (Audretsch 1995; Ortega-Argilés et al. 2009; Rammer et al. 2009; Taymaz and Üçdogruk 2009; Antonelli and Scellato 2015) and highlight the need for in-depth enquiries into different dimensions of SMEs’ innovative behaviour including persistence and diversification (Coad and Guenther 2013; Colombo et al. 2014; Deschryvere 2014).
The paper offers three main contributions to the SME literature. First, using a data set of 339 UK-based small companies accounting for almost 7000 patents over the period between 1990 and 2006, this study constitutes the first empirical examination of technological diversification among SMEs in the literature. Our findings suggest that technological diversification activities are not limited to large firms as commonly presumed by the literature challenging the dominant view that innovative SMEs are extremely focused and specialised players with little technological diversification. Secondly, we explore the role of the technological environment in shaping the patterns of technological diversification across SSIs. Our findings suggest a nonlinear, inverse-U-shaped, relationship between the level of technological opportunities in the environment and the SSIs’ degree of technological diversification, pointing to a trade-off between processes of exploration and exploitation across technology regimes with increasingly higher rates of patenting activity. Finally, the paper focuses on the role of firm-specific technology characteristics on the diversification patterns of persistently innovating SMEs. In particular, we demonstrate that firms with impactful innovations tend to focus their innovative activity around similar technological capabilities, while firms that have introduced platform technologies (Kim and Kogut 1996) in the past are more likely to engage in technological diversification.
The structure of the paper is the following. The second section provides an overview of the specific literature and defines the research hypotheses of the paper. The third and fourth sections discuss, respectively, the data set and the model used for the empirical analysis. Stylised facts about technological diversification among SSIs and the discussion of the findings are offered in the fifth section, followed by concluding remarks in the last section.