S1E1

Pilot

The Pretender

calendar_todaySep 19, 1996 schedule43 min star8.5

New York, New York - Miss Parker and Sydney find they had 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 paraplegic. Jarod also befriends a sicilian woman who has trouble with (ahem) bowel movements.

broadcast_on_home Networks

NBC

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Ryan Merriman

Ryan Merriman

Young Jarod

Lilyan Chauvin

Lilyan Chauvin

Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady

Peter Michael Goetz

Peter Michael Goetz

Dr. Miles Hendricks

L. Scott Caldwell

L. Scott Caldwell

Gwen Porter

Stephen Tobolowsky

Stephen Tobolowsky

Dr. Alan Trader

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Dennis Cruzado

Little Jarod

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Peter Nenadovich

production assistant

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Sheri Sutherland

set medic

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Joshua Hurwitz

6 Year Old Jarod(uncredited)

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Lynley Swain

Nicole(uncredited)

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Janette Andrade

Woman(uncredited)

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Dylan Provencher

Kevin Bailey(uncredited)