8.2/10145 votes#1 - Crazy
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/1998
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 twin.
Director: Steven Long Mitchell
Writer: Craig W. Van Sickle
8.0/10136 votes#2 - Hope and Prey
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/1998
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 death.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto
8.4/10130 votes#3 - Once in a Blue Moon
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/1998
To save a teen-age victim, Jarod learns the skills of criminal behaviorists and comes face-to-face with the Blue Moon Killer.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Daniel Truly
7.7/10141 votes#4 - Someone to Trust
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/1998
Jarod poses as an arsonist to expose a corrupt attorney, but faces unexpected accusations when the attorney is found dead.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tommy Thompson
8.4/10138 votes#5 - Betrayal
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/1998
Jarod teams up with Broots to find the culprit in a shootout at the Centre's Data Annex, a former operative named Damon.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: N/A
8.1/10122 votes#6 - Parole
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/1998
Jarod portrays a paroled convict to aid a widow; Sydney learns startling news while consoling an old lover whose husband is dying.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tommy Thompson
7.9/10119 votes#7 - Homefront
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/1998
Jarod steals millions from the Centre, then poses as an arms dealer selling missile launchers to a weapons merchant in Venezuela.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: N/A
8.3/10126 votes#8 - Flesh and Blood
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1/2/1999
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.
Director: Rodney Charters
Writer: N/A
8.6/10155 votes#9 - Murder 101
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/1999
Jarod takes over a criminal psychology class and teaches a lesson in committing a flawless murder before tracking down three suspected killers.
Director: Scott Lautanen
Writer: Daniel Truly
7.7/10159 votes#10 - Mr. Lee
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 2/6/1999
A blind man and his assistant piece together Jarod's personality so they can kidnap him.
Director: Steven Long Mitchell
Writer: N/A
8.1/10133 votes#11 - The Assassin
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 2/6/1999
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.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Tommy Thompson
7.7/10130 votes#12 - Unsinkable
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2/13/1999
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.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto
8.1/10144 votes#13 - Pool
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/1999
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10141 votes#14 - At the Hour of Our Death
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/1999
Jarod and Miss Parker recall a childhood incident where they and Angelo met a dying girl at the Centre.
Director: Steven Long Mitchell
Writer: N/A
7.8/10130 votes#15 - Countdown
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 3/20/1999
Jarod races against time to locate the father of an injured boy with a rare blood disorder.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Daniel Truly
7.9/10130 votes#16 - P.T.B.
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 4/3/1999
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.
Director: Krishna Rao
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto
8.2/10126 votes#17 - Ties That Bind
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/10/1999
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10137 votes#18 - Wake Up
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/1999
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tommy Thompson
8.2/10137 votes#19 - End Game (I)
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 5/8/1999
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 unsettling news from Brigitte, and about Brigitte. The crossover continues on Profiler S03E19 Grand Master (II).
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto
8.0/10121 votes#20 - Qallupilluit
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/22/1999
Jarod heads for Alaska to find his father, only to find himself trapped with a research team whose numbers are dropping rapidly -- and bloodily.
Director: Rodney Charters
Writer: N/A
8.6/10155 votes#21 - Donoterase (1)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/22/1999
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Craig W. Van Sickle
8.9/10162 votes#22 - Donoterase (2)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/1999
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 mother's murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: Craig W. Van Sickle
The Best Episodes of The Pretender Season 3
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Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to...
Genres:DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:NBC
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Crazy" is the best rated episode of "The Pretender" season 3. It scored 8.2/10 based on 145 votes. Directed by Steven Long Mitchell and written by Craig W. Van Sickle, it aired on 10/17/1998. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Hope and Prey".