— Pilot — 1.01 originally aired on Saturday, September 19, 1996 The Pretender was created by Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle Episode SummaryEpisode TranscriptEpisode Scrapbook Jarod, an extraordinary individual capable of assuming anyone’s identity, escapes from a mysterious corporation called The Centre, which isolated him at an early age and exploited his genius. Now, Jarod aids those …