Product Description

The 4th and Final Season of this fan favorite! Jarod is a genius of exceptionally high I.Q. who was brought up at the Centre a clandestine research facility where he was kept against his will until he managed to escape. Although constantly on the run from Miss Parker one of the Centre's most deadly agents Jarod uses the unique abilities he learned there to help innocent victims get the justice they deserve. He also continues to hold out hope of finding his missing family. But what he never expected to find is evidence of an old DNA experiment that connects his father and Miss Parker's murdered mother an experiment which creates an ironic link between hunter and preySystem Requirements:Running Time 1031 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543253075 Manufacturer No: 2235307

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6640 in DVD
• Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
• Released on: 2006-07-18
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 4
• Dimensions: .55 pounds
• Running time: 881 minutes

Amazon.com
After eluding agents from the nefarious Centre for a good three years, Jarod (Michael T. Weiss) finds himself back at the shady research facility (that kidnapped him during his youth) in the opening episode of the fourth and final season of The Pretender. Held against his will, Jarod is caged and routinely tortured by Miss Parker's (Andrea Parker) calmly evil brother, Lyle (Jamie Denton, who would go on to bill himself as James Denton on Desperate Housewives). But, as the opening to each episode points out, Jarod is a pretender--a genius who can become whoever he wants to be. He can pass himself off as an FBI agent, surgeon, or drug addict. But what he wants more than anything else is to be free from the Centre and search for his family. By the end of the premier episode, Jarod has escaped the Center (again) and is helping those in need. In this final season, which ran on NBC in 1999-2000, Jarod finds love with a woman who has cancer, Miss Parker and Broots (Jon Gries) have an affair (albeit in a Raymond Chandleresque dream sequence where Miss Parker says of their unlikely tryst: "Do you hear that Broots? Pigs are flying."), and Raines (Richard Marcus)--carrying a bible as he drags around his oxygen tank on a squeaky cart--claims to have turned over a new leaf. Of course, nothing is as it seems.

This four-disc set includes all 19 episodes. (Look for Erika Christensen ( Traffic) in "Corn Man A Coming.") As much as it is a show about righting wrongs, The Pretender is also a drama about revenge. Jarod has no problems crossing the line and doses out an eye-for-an-eye method of justice. Carve up a soldier and try to pass his murder off as a suicide? Guess, what, buddy? Jarod's going to do the same to you. Of course, Jarod isn't a murderer and he never actually lets anyone die. But he does scare his victims into confessing. Never mind that the taped confessions wouldn't hold up in court. It still makes for good drama. As for the photogenic Jarod and Miss Parker, the writers have created an intriguing codependent relationship that's rooted in love, admiration, and just a touch of fear. Their lives are intertwined--especially after they discover a young man to whom they're both related. The final episode is a tad anti-climactic, leaving viewers wondering who survived a horrific explosion. Of course, the answer is to be found in the two made-for-TV movies released after the series ended. --Jae-Ha Kim

Customer Reviews

TV Series defunded.
I really enjoyed all four seasons of the Pretender. I fell it is a shame that in the last show we see a set up for season five, and then they didn't get a renewal for season five. Where is the integrity of the network? If you are going to cut funding to a program that has had a four season run, don't you think it would be nice to have a special to close all the loops? I think there should be a 2 hours special to close out the series, before all the actors are any older. I think this should be a requirement for all TV series programs.

Top quality DVD video
If you liked this TV series, it's great to watch the "reruns" without commercial interruption. The video quality is great on my Panasonic plasma HD TV.

The pretender season 4
I just love this show! The pretender was different from everything out there. It broke my heart when it went off the air. Same goes with Crossing Jordan! Miss those shows!
So, if you have not seen them, get the DVD and enjoy! They are excellent