The Pretender - The Complete Second Season

Wonderfull...just what I wanted...tyvm

I loved this show from the beginning.

ONe of the best storyline tv shows ever made I beleive. Michale T. Weiss is a very talented actor. All of the actors are. It's a show about a boy named Jarod, they call him a Pretender because he can be whatever he wants to be. They saw this quality in him and took him from his parents as a child. It follows through Jarod's life as he escapes from the centre and tries to live a life pretending to be people in order to help those less fortunate, to try and give back what he helped destroy. He learned his 'simulations' were really sold to higher authorities and used to commit various crimes and injustices. So he goes around the world running from the Centre to help others leaving clues behind alos, while trying to find his real family and his mother. He keeps in touch with Sydney at the centre whom he looks to as a father figure, and they help each other in Jarod's search. Then comes Ms. Parker, whom Jarod actually grew up with, she's on the hunt to apease 'daddy' but in the midst of it all finds more lies than truths to throw her off Jarod's trail and onto the trail of her father and her mother's mysterious death Then you have Broots, the jelly-spined assistant that quivers under Parker's gaze and has a daughter of his own. Then you have Angelo, another pretender of the cemtre's an experiment that went wrong but he also grew up with Jarod and Ms. Parker, his love for cracker jacks and extremem knowledge of the centre's true bieng make him a very valuable character, there is one episode that involves Angelo that makes you want to cry...I did. No he doesn't die. And then there's Raines, the head cheeses of the whole puzzle. Each character is it's own piece in this puzzle that makes the Pretender and you follow each story each path and root for Jarod to finally find his mother. You meet other character's along the way, like Mr. Lyle, Bridgette, and Kyle, Jarod's real Brother. At times he gets so close to finding what he really seeks, but the closer he gets the more dangerous it becomes for all the character's involved as the dark secrets, and skeletons that make up the Centre start to truly reveal themselves. A truly remarkable show that never should have ended, and should have continued so the viewers could be put at ease. The show was cancelled after the premiere movie and never picked up...The movie ended like most the other shows and there was no clsure whateoever.Definate MUST SEE! If you buy one, you'll soon find out you have to buy them all!!

Tired of gender, race, politics on your TV?How about just plain TV fun?This Pretender Series gives hours of fun good guy vs bad guy/gal Miss Parker and the Center…and Jarod righting wrongs…hey call me old fashioned…but I like it!

I'm still watching my way through the DVDs, and so far there are 4 episodes that won't play due to damage. It's a bit disappointing.

Season 2 of "The Pretender" holds onto the momentum established with Season 1 and builds on it. All of the drama continues. The tale of the Pretender, 'Jarod' who is a genius who could become anyone he wanted to be but didn't know who he was, still refreshingly original. Jarod's experiences are skillfully portrayed with sensitivity by the lead actor, Michael T. Weiss. Season 2 introduces the character, 'Mr. Lyle,' played with finesse by James Denton, of current Desperate Housewives fame. Jamie Denton, as he was called then, is so convincing as the nefarious 'Mr. Lyle' that he has been avoided by people in real life because of the role! The same actually goes for Andrea Parker who plays the very complicated character 'Miss Parker,' and has had similar reactions from people in real life. (What a tribute to these performers. How can you not watch?) But unlike 'Mr. Lyle,' 'Miss Parker' is not just a one-sided person. She isn't just pure evil. 'Jarod' is very good at showing us the other facets of her character as he challenges her in ways she would never expect from anyone. Andrea Parker owns the role of 'Miss Parker' and I hope she will get to play it again at least one more time in a final "Pretender" movie. Meanwhile, I will enjoy these DVDs, which by the way, also contain one of Andrea's favorite episodes, "Toy Surprise." No spoilers here, you'll have to watch to see why! This DVD set is very definitive Pretender, perfectly crafted drama, mystery and comedy, pure and clean, classic entertainment your whole family can enjoy. A+++++++++++++

I purchased seasons one and two the minute I saw them. I was a fan of the show and movies while they were on TV. I am hoping that the other seasons and the made for TV movies will soon be available for purchase.

The show is just as Great as I Remember. Now if you would just release Seasons 3 & 4 to download, that would make my day, as well as the 2 straight-to-DVD feature film(s) to do the same, that'd be Awesome. Each of Seasons 1 & 2 were $9.99 apiece and are saved to my phone, so I can watch them whenever I feel like it. Therefore, it'd be nice to have the Complete Series and the 2 TV Movies for the same reason.

S2 is a curate's egg. There are some really good episodes but also some duds. The first weak episode is Exposed, with an entirely predictable plot. Later we get three duds in a row - FX, Indy Show and Gigolo (where Weiss is clearly uncomfortable with the script).A key problem with the season is that the build up of the mythos means each episode has the Jarod story sharing time with Parker, Sydney and Broots pursuing the mysteries of the Centre. The latter is what we are really interested in and so Jarod the avenger of the little guy loses out. Moreover, with less time to tell the Jarod story, its plots become simpler and the denoument more obvious. Also, a little boring. The best episodes of the season are those which feature the main characters in one plot; thus, Past Sim, Red Rock and Bloodlines. Another good episode is Toy Surprise, which gives Parker the central role.Also, worth pointing out is the lack of imagination by the writers - three episodes in a sequence of four are about police corruption, which had figured in a S1 episode anyway.Another key flaw is that the writing is not as good as that of the X-Files, which I think the writers tried to work to. So, Raines is a cliched villain, Parker's father is a poor man's Cigarette Smoking Man and Mr Lyle is a poor man's Kryczek.

Really liked this series when it was on tv years ago

Einfach schöne unterhaltsame Serie - leider nicht in deutsch erhältlich und auch nicht geplant. Aber als Fan sollte man sich sowieso unbedingt die englische Version ansehen, da bei den deutschen Übersetzungen einiges unter gegangen ist.

This series is fantastic!! We LOVE it, especially since it was so hardto find in our local stores....we searched everywhere.As well the seller we purchased this product from was excellent. I woulddefinitely purchase from them again!Thanks Amazon for providing superior products and with your sellers, their service.Amazing!

Hatte mich auf diese Serie gefreut. Schade nur dass es diese und auch die anderen Staffeln und Filme von Pretender nur in englischer Sprache gibt. Warum wurde nur die erste Staffel synchronisiert? Staffel 2-4 kann doch auch übersetzt werden.