"The Pretender"

Episodes Recap/ Third Season:

EPISODE 1: "Crazy": Jarod confines himself to a mental institution in order to discover the truth about the murder of one patient and the illegal incarceration of another. In this episode viewers also learned that Mr. Lyle is Miss Parker's twin brother... and that he's back in The Centre, thanks to "daddy", and assigned to the pursuit of Jarod. As for the blast in SL-27: everyone but Gar the Cleaner miraculously survived, but Sydney was left blind, and Mr. Raines was left confined to a wheelchair. For a detailed synopsis of this episode, see The Jarodstwin Archive [Linked with permission.]

EPISODE 2: "Hope and Prey": Jarod poses as bounty hunter Jarod Green in order to find and a protect a Native American man who once knew Jarod's father, Major Charles. Viewers get their first glimpse of what Charles looked like (20 years ago), and Jarod seeks contact with the man through a "dream quest", during which he finds, talks to, and embraces his father. For a detailed synopsis of this episode, see The Jarodstwin Archive [Linked with permission.]

EPISODE 3: "Once in a Blue Moon": Jarod poses as a Department of Justice Criminal Psychologist and meets a serial killer he helped capture when he (Jarod) was a teenager. Murders stikingly similar to those committed by the serial killer 20 years ago, are occuring again, and Jarod seeks the killer's assistance in identifying and locating the new perpetrator. The emotion-packed banter between Jarod and the killer is the highlight of this episode... in which we also learn that Jarod, twenty years ago, had been unsuccessful in stopping the serial killer from murdering Mr. Raines' daughter, Annie. For a detailed synopsis of this episode, see The Jarodstwin Archive [Linked with permission.]

EPISODE 4: "Someone to Trust". Jarod becomes an arsonist, Jarod Burns, to try to expose a man he believes is responsible for the burning deaths of several people in an apartment complex. He's stunned to learn, however, that it's not the man, but the man's wife, Kristi, who's really the murderer...and Jarod is falling in love with her. In this episode, too, viewers learned that Mr. Lyle once had a mail order bride who was beaten to death shortly after she married Lyle. For a detailed synopsis of this episode, see The Jarodstwin Archive [Linked with permission.]

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