Jarod's Notebooks

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2.1 Back From the Dead Again
Original Air Date: November 1, 1997
Writers: Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle
Director: James Whitmore, Jr.
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Howard
DSA dates: October, 1995
Jarod discovers: Halloween
Synopsis: Jarod Pretends to be an anatomy professor to investigate the disappearance of a medical student. Meanwhile, Miss Parker searches for her missing father, a Cleaner named Brigitte joins in the search for Jarod, and Jarod has flashbacks to an experiment performed on him by Mr. Raines and the mysterious Mr. Lyle.

2.2 Scott Free
Original Air Date: November 8, 1997
Writers: Teleplay by Tommy Thompson; Story by Tommy Thompson and Juan Carlos Coto
Director: Joe Napolitano
Guest Stars:

Name used: R.H. Cross
DSA dates: None
Jarod discovers: Wheel-O
Synopsis:Jarod Pretends to be a one-armed safecracker to help a en-convict blackmailed into participating in a robbery. Meanwhile, Jarod and Sydney both think about fathers, and Miss Parker squares off against Brigitte and Mr. Lyle.

2.3 Over the Edge
Original Air Date: November 15, 1997
Writers: Tony Blake and Paul Jackson
Director: James Whitmore, Jr.
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Shatner
DSA dates: None
Jarod discovers: Spiderman and comic books; watermelon
Synopsis:Jarod Pretends to be a rescue worker while looking into a supposed suicide attempt by one of the team members. Meanwhile Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots are all questioned by a behaviorist brought in to investigate Mr. Raines' shooting.

2.4 Exposed
Original Air Date: November 22, 1997
Writer: Tyler Bensinger
Director: Jim Charleston
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Adams
DSA dates: 1/7/67, 1/10/67, 1/14/67
Jarod discovers: ViewMasters, clown noses
Synopsis:Jarod Pretends to be a fashion photgrapher to investigate the death of a model who had been stalked. Meanwhile, Jarod's clues send Miss Parker to Maine, and a startling revelation through her mother's friend Ben.

2.5 Nip and Tuck
Original Air Date: December 6, 1997
Writer: Eric Morris
Director: Michael Lange
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Clay
DSA dates: 12/3/67, 12/4/67
Jarod discovers: play-doh (called clay-doh)
Synopsis: In Bevery Hills, Jarod Pretends to be a plastic surgeon to find the truth behind the scarring of a young girl. Meanwhile, Broots is stalked and threatened.

2.6 Past Sim
Original Air Date: December 13, 1997
Writer: Tommy Thompson
Director: Fred K. Keller
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Darrow
DSA dates: None given
Jarod discovers: Magic 8 Ball
Synopsis: Jarod vows revenge on Mr. Lyle when he discovers one of his sims was sold, and used to execute a kidnapping. Meanwhile, Mr. Lyle's deal with the Yakusa may cause even more trouble than he expected.

2.7 Collateral Damage
Original Air Date: January 3, 1998
Writer: Harry Dunn
Director: Vern Gillum
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Patton
DSA dates: 4/21/70
Jarod discovers: Jell-O molds
Synopsis: Jarod joins the Army Rangers to help a young woman clear the name of her father, a soldier who died in Vietnam. Meanwhile, babysitting Debbie Broots brings back memories for Miss Parker.

2.8 Hazards
Original Air Date: January 10, 1998
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto; Story by Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W Van Sickle & Juan Carlos Coto
Director: Chuck Bowman
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Dupont
DSA dates: 5/23/72, 4/2/71
Jarod discovers: Twinkies, "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall"
Synopsis: Jarod Pretends to be a hazardous disposal technician to discover the truth behind an accident that drove an engineer to attempt suicide. Meanwhile, a ghost from Sydney's past drives him to the edge.

2.9 F/X
Original Air Date: January 17, 1998
Writer: Harry Dunn
Director: Vern Gillum
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Lugosi
DSA dates: 4/12/70, 4/13/70, 4/14/70, 14/17/70
Jarod discovers: Frankenstein and cheesy horror movies
Synopsis: Jarod Pretends to be an FX stunt coordinator to clear the name of his predescessor, accused of causing his best friend's hospitilization. Meanwhile, another Jarod tip leads Miss Parker back to SL-27 and the past of another Centre resident.

2.10 Indy Show
Original Air Date: January 31, 1998
Writer: Teleplay by Tommy Thompson; Story by Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W.Van Sickle, Tommy Thompson and Eric Morris
Director: Chuck Bowman
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Jones
DSA dates: None
Jarod discovers: remote control cars, arcade games
Synopsis: Jarod Pretends to be a race car driver to investigate the death of a fellow driver, whose family is among the suspects. Meanwhile, Sydney races to protect Jacob, who has reemerged from his coma.

2.11 Gigolo Jarod
Original Air Date: February 7, 1998
Writer: Tyler Bensinger
Director: Rodney Charters
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Heart
DSA dates: 3/1/71
Jarod discovers: Valentine's Day (chocolates, candy hearts, Cupid)
Synopsis: While Pretending to be a gigolo, Jarod finds the truth behind a boy's death, saves a marriage and a home, and gives Miss Parker a little romance.

2.12 Toy Surprise
Original Air Date: March 7, 1998
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto
Director: Fred K. Keller
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Crockett
DSA dates: 4/13/70
Jarod discovers: Nothing
Synopsis: Pretending to be an outdoors counselor, Jarod gets into a Jeep accident that forces a traumatized teenager to rescue them both. Meanwhile, on a warning from Jarod, Miss Parker races to save her father from an assassination attempt, on the day of her mother's death.

2.13 A Stand-Up Guy
Original Air Date: March 14, 1998
Writer: Tony Blake and Paul Jackson
Director: Michael Lange
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Puzo
DSA dates: No new DSAs
Jarod discovers: bad Mob slang, Hostess snowballs?
Synopsis: While Pretending to be an FBI agent, Jarod goes undercover as a counterfeiter in the Mob. Meanwhile, Miss Parker goes after Mr. Lyle, who was thought to be dead.

2.14 Unforgotten
Original Air Date: March 21, 1998
Writer: Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle
Director: Steven Long Mitchell
Guest Stars:

Last name used: None
DSA dates:
Jarod discovers: Batman the Series
Synopsis: When a Pretend goes wrong, an injured and amnesiac Jarod is left in the care of a crazy man -- who finds out too much about his 'patient'. Meawhile, Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots are forced before a Centre tribunal.

2.15 Bulletproof
Original Air Date: March 28, 1998
Writer: Mark M. Dodson
Director: Fred K. Keller
Guest Stars:

Last name used:
DSA dates: 11/21/71
Jarod discovers: Chia pets
Synopsis: Jarod Pretends to be a SWAT officer to investigate the shooting death of a lieutenant. Meanwhile, Sydney asks Broots to help him look for a woman -- and a secret -- from his past.

2.16 Silence
Original Air Date: April 4, 1998
Writer: Denise Dobbs
Director: Joe Napolitano
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Leary
DSA dates: 1/15/71
Jarod discovers: chocolate milk
Synopsis: Jarod Pretends to be a DEA psychologist to help a boy traumatized by witnessing a murder. Meanwhile, Miss Parker tracks down another casualty of SL-27.

2.17 Crash
Original Air Date: April 11, 1998
Writer: Tony Blake and Paul Jackson
Director: Scott Lautanen
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Lindsay
DSA dates: None
Jarod discovers: None
Synopsis: When the young man he gives his seat to is killed in a plane crash, Jarod Pretends to be a crash investigator to find the cause. Meanwhile, a high school reunion gives Miss Parker new information on a dead man.

2.18 Stolen
Original Air Date: May 2, 1998
Writers: Teleplay by Juan Carlos Coto; story by Juan Carlos Coto and Ivan Tell
Director: Scott Lautanen
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Pearce
DSA dates: None
Jarod discovers: Puzz 3-D
TV Guide Synopsis: Jarod has flashbacks to his childhood abduction by the Centre when he poses as a comatose billionaire whose son has been kidnapped.

2.19 Red Rock Jarod
Original Air Date: May 2, 1998
Writer: Tommy Thompson
Director: Fred K. Keller
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Barber
DSA dates: None
Jarod discovers:
TV Guide Synopsis: Mr. Lyle lures Jarod and Miss Parker to the Arizona desert to exact revenge.

2.20 Bank
Original Air Date: May 9, 1998
Writer: Harry Dunn
Director: Michael Lange
Guest Stars:

Last name used: None
DSA dates: None
Jarod discovers:
Synopsis: A bank robbery traps Miss Parker and Jarod with a dying man who holds the keys to their pasts, as Sydney and Broots try to protect them from threats outside the bank.

2.21 Bloodlines
Original Air Date: May 16, 1998
Writers: Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle
Director: Fred K. Keller
Guest Stars:

Last name used: Spock, Kotter
DSA dates: None given
Jarod discovers: The Pledge of Allegiance
Synopsis: An experimental treatment offers Angelo another chance at life, but puts the life of a child at risk, as Mr. Raines prepares to begin the Pretender Program again. Meanwhile, Miss Parker makes a shocking discovery about her own birth.

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