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The Pretender Season 1 Episode 12

Prison Story

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AIRED: 2/1/97

MARYLAND, OAKFIELD PENITENTIARY - Jarod pretends to be a prison guard who is trying to prove a man on death row didn't commit the crime he's sentenced to death for. Meanwhile, Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots get a puzzling clue that makes them believe they're now one space ahead in the game of catching Jarod. Or are they?moreless

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Michael T. Weiss	Jarod
Andrea Parker	Miss Parker / Catherine Parker
Patrick Bauchau	Sydney / Jacob

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Brock Peters	Henry Cockran	Guest Star
David Proval	Carl Will	Guest Star
Dean Norris	Tommy Larson	Guest Star
Alex Wexo	Young Sydney	Recurring Role
Jon Gries	Broots	Recurring Role
Ryan Merriman	Young Jarod	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (5)
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- Jarod's Pretends: Prison Guard & Board Game Inventor
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- Jarod's Discoveries: Slinky toys & Monopoly
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- Top Hat Cafe, the Cowboy, Parker Brothers, Park Place Motel, Electric Company, Jarod Short, Jarod St. James, Jarod Ventnor, Jarod Chance, Marvin Gardens all are Monopoly references.
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- This is the first time Broots accompanies Miss Parker and Sydney outside the Centre.
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- Morris Clancy certainly knew how the gas chamber worked, so since he wasn't strapped in, he would have simply reached below the chair and stopped the (fake) cyanide from dropping into the acid.
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QUOTES (3)
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- Miss Parker: (on Broots) Duller than hockey in September.
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- Will: Don't you think not telling that man those cyanide capsules were fake was cruel and unusual punishment?
  Jarod: ...Nah.
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- Miss Parker: I am tired of being a token on his gameboard.
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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- Jarod's surnames: Bradley & Parker (refering to the board game companies' Milton-Bradley & Parker Brothers)
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