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First Aired: September 19th, 1996

Status: Ended

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama

Network: NBC

Summary: 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 be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as benevolent as he's been told, he breaks out. While trying to find his real identity, Jarod helps those he encounters and tries to avoid the woman sent to retrieve him.

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Season 3

Episode 1: Crazy

Air Date: October 17th, 1998

Summary: 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.

Episode 2: Hope and Prey

Air Date: October 24th, 1998

Summary: 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.

Episode 3: Once in a Blue Moon

Air Date: October 31st, 1998

Summary: To save a teen-age victim, Jarod learns the skills of criminal behaviorists and comes face-to-face with the Blue Moon Killer.

Episode 4: Someone to Trust

Air Date: November 7th, 1998

Summary: Jarod poses as an arsonist to expose a corrupt attorney, but faces unexpected accusations when the attorney is found dead.

Episode 5: Betrayal

Air Date: November 14th, 1998

Summary: Jarod teams up with Broots to find the culprit in a shootout at the Centre's Data Annex, a former operative named Damon.

Episode 6: Parole

Air Date: November 21st, 1998

Summary: Jarod portrays a paroled convict to aid a widow; Sydney learns startling news while consoling an old lover whose husband is dying.

Episode 7: Homefront

Air Date: December 12nd, 1998

Summary: Jarod steals millions from the Centre, then poses as an arms dealer selling missile launchers to a weapons merchant in Venezuela.

Episode 8: Flesh and Blood

Air Date: January 2nd, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 9: Murder 101

Air Date: January 9th, 1999

Summary: Jarod takes over a criminal psychology class and teaches a lesson in committing a flawless murder before tracking down three suspected killers.

Episode 10: Mr. Lee

Air Date: February 6th, 1999

Summary: A blind man and his assistant piece together Jarod's personality so they can kidnap him.

Episode 11: The Assassin

Air Date: February 6th, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 12: Unsinkable

Air Date: February 13rd, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 13: Pool

Air Date: February 20th, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 14: At the Hour of Our Death

Air Date: February 27th, 1999

Summary: Jarod and Miss Parker recall a childhood incident where they and Angelo met a dying girl at the Centre.

Episode 15: Countdown

Air Date: March 20th, 1999

Summary: Jarod races against time to locate the father of an injured boy with a rare blood disorder.

Episode 16: P.T.B.

Air Date: April 3rd, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 17: Ties That Bind

Air Date: April 10th, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 18: Wake Up

Air Date: May 1st, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 19: End Game (I)

Air Date: May 8th, 1999

Summary: 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).

Episode 20: Qallupilluit

Air Date: May 22nd, 1999

Summary: Jarod heads for Alaska to find his father, only to find himself trapped with a research team whose numbers are dropping rapidly -- and bloodily.

Episode 21: Donoterase (1)

Air Date: May 22nd, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 22: Donoterase (2)

Air Date: May 22nd, 1999

Summary: 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.

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