The Pretender: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Pretender Season 2.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Crazy
Oct 17, 1998 · 43 min
PLEASENT WOOD INSTITUTE, MARYLAND - Jarod becomes a mental patient to uncover the truth behind the mysterious murder of another patient. Miss Parker researches the identity of her
Hope and Prey
Oct 24, 1998 · 43 min
Jarod experiences the world of the bounty hunter as he seeks an American Indian activist who has a price on his head. In the meanwhile, Miss Parker learns more about her mother's d
Once in a Blue Moon
Oct 31, 1998 · 43 min
To save a teen-age victim, Jarod learns the skills of criminal behaviorists and comes face-to-face with the Blue Moon Killer.
Someone to Trust
Nov 7, 1998 · 43 min
Jarod poses as an arsonist to expose a corrupt attorney, but faces unexpected accusations when the attorney is found dead.
Betrayal
Nov 14, 1998 · 43 min
Jarod teams up with Broots to find the culprit in a shootout at the Centre's Data Annex, a former operative named Damon.
Parole
Nov 21, 1998 · 43 min
Jarod portrays a paroled convict to aid a widow; Sydney learns startling news while consoling an old lover whose husband is dying. Andrea Parker is credited but does not appear in
Homefront
Dec 12, 1998 · 43 min
Jarod steals millions from the Centre, then poses as an arms dealer selling missile launchers to a weapons merchant in Venezuela.
Flesh and Blood
Jan 2, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod takes on the role of a tracking expert to help find four teachers, including Sydney's son, Nicholas, who are taken hostage in the Appalachian hills.
Murder 101
Jan 9, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod takes over a criminal psychology class and teaches a lesson in committing a flawless murder before tracking down three suspected killers.
Mr. Lee
Feb 6, 1999 · 43 min
A blind man and his assistant piece together Jarod's personality so they can kidnap him.
The Assassin
Feb 6, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod helps a former CIA computer analyst who must assassinate a U.S. senator to free her children from a kidnapper; Miss Parker meets her new neighbor.
Unsinkable
Feb 13, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod once again encounters Argyle, who is in need of help. Caught in the middle of a turf war, they work together to pay off Argyle's debt to some loan sharks.
Pool
Feb 20, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod challenges a pool hustler to get evidence linking the man to the murder of a young woman's father; Miss Parker tries to prevent Brigitte's marriage.
At the Hour of Our Death
Feb 27, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod and Miss Parker recall a childhood incident where they and Angelo met a dying girl at the Centre.
Countdown
Mar 20, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod races against time to locate the father of an injured boy with a rare blood disorder.
P.T.B.
Apr 3, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod fills in for a radio talk show host who disappeared after a violent confrontation with a threatening caller; Thomas asks Miss Parker to relocate.
Ties That Bind
Apr 10, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod goes under cover to investigate a law firm that has a suspicious history of silencing witnesses; Miss Parker declares she is leaving the Centre.
Wake Up
May 1, 1999 · 43 min
Thomas is brutally murdered in Miss Parker's home by an unknown assailant; Jarod finds clues leading to a drug addict who later dies of an overdose.
End Game (I)
May 8, 1999 · 43 min
The kidnapping of a young chess prodigy brings Jarod a little too close to his own demons -- and to the attention of an FBI criminal profiler. Meanwhile, Miss Parker gets unsettlin
Qallupilluit
May 22, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod heads for Alaska to find his father, only to find himself trapped with a research team whose numbers are dropping rapidly -- and bloodily.
Donoterase (1)
May 22, 1999 · 43 min
Jarod's reunion with his father is marred by news of the Centre's latest project -- a teenaged clone of Jarod himself. However, assassins from the Centre are hot on their trail.
Donoterase (2)
May 22, 1999 · 43 min
Conclusion from part 1. Jarod and his father plan a rescue the clone created by the Centre's, while Miss Parker must face new truths from inside the Centre and more about her mothe