The pretender Season one, Episodes 1-2
(DVD Video) 

Directors, Rick Warren (Pilot), Michael Zinberg (Every picture tells a story).

Michael T. Weiss, Andrea Parker, Patrick Bauchau, Jon Gries.

Originally broadcast on television in 1996.

Taken from his home and raised with other genius children at a mysterious place called The Centre, Jarod, who has the uncanny ability to pretend and easily assume the identity of any person, escapes as an adult in order to use his abilities to help the public while being followed by his mentor and a childhood friend from The Centre. Pilot (originally aired 9/19/1996): In Queens, New York, Miss Parker and Sydney find they have just missed Jarod helping a tanker ship in Alaska. Jarod is now posing as a doctor to uncover the truth behind an operation that resulted in a boy becoming a paraplegic. Jarod also befriends a Greek woman who has trouble with (ahem) bowel movements. Every picture tells a story (originally aired 9/28/1996): In San Diego, California, Miss Parker and Sydney once again miss Jarod at the Y.M.C.A. He's now posing as a member of the Coast Guard trying to figure out the truth behind the death of a man who was lost at sea waiting for rescue. Jarod also befriends a hermit who lives out at sea and refuses to come back to land.

Not rated.

DVD, Dolby digital surround.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned.