Why did the pretender stop

Oh, and Jarod cartesd around a case full of surveillance footage of his entire childhood. Plus the name thing which is downright ridiculous. Her brother? Is that his first name, his last name?

All of that was weird as hell, but then the show got canceled There were two TV movies made after the show proper ended. Island of the Haunted added a ton of backstory to the Parker family and introduced to all his insanity And yet, somehow, I kind of love this show? Its early seasons were mostly fun little adventures. The later seasons went off the deep end in a serious way, and that makes it even more enjoyable somehow. In the series, Michael T.

As a young boy, Jarod was abducted from his parents and trained by The Centre to be able to flawlessly integrate himself into any profession or lifestyle. As an adult, Jarod discovers that the organization is using him for no good and he escapes. Jarod travels the country trying to help those in need while managing to stay a step ahead of his captors.

Fortunately, the cliffhanger was later resolved. The Pretender was picked up for syndication and ran successfully on cable station TNT. That success paved the way for two television movies that aired in January and December When the second movie ended, there were still many questions left unanswered.

Van Sickle. The character was played by actor Michael T. In , Mitchell and Sickle continued the storyline with a series of books and graphic novels.