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Cast
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Jarod
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Miss Parker
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Sydney
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| Jon Gries | ... |
Broots
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| Ryan Merriman | ... |
Young Jarod
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| Richard Marcus | ... |
Mr. Raines
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| Alex Wexo | ... |
Young Sydney
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Mr. Lyle
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Jarod is a pretender, a very intelligent person with the ability to slide into somebody else's personality. For that purpose, he has been taken from his family as a child in order to work for a secret agency called The Centre. But recently, he escaped. Jarod's new mission in life is to help people in need with his gift, and to find out what really happened to his allegedly dead parents. Only, Miss Parker and her team are out to get him... Written by Steve Richer <sricher@sympatico.ca>
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He'll fight for justice anytime, anywhere. And as anyone. See more »Certificate:
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Official Sites:
Official Online Team | The official website of the creators, Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W Van Sickle | See more »Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 September 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Kameleon See more »Filming Locations:
City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
Production Co:
20th Century Fox Television, MTM Entertainment, Mitchell/Van Sickle Productions See more »
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[gives Jarod their father's medal]
Kyle: Don't tell them what I became.
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At a point of the series, Miss Parker and Broots stand trapped in an elevator of The Centre, where Broots realizes about some shot holes in the rooftop, made when Miss Parker's mother was assassinated decades ago. It is based in the failed coup d'etat happened in February 23, 1981, in Spain (commonly known as "23F"), when Antonio Tejero, in those times lieutenant colonel of Civil Guard, attempted to topple King Juan Carlos I to cancel the democracy and return the country to the dictatorship (missed after General Franco's death in 1975). Tejero shot some times against the rooftop of the Congreso de los Diputados (Congress of Deputies) where the coup d'etat happened. The bullets remained there on purpose as a remember of the event until September 11, 2013, when a renovations accidentally removed them. See more »Goofs
In season 2 episode 19, the bumper sticker on Harper's car is "Support the Hayvenhurst School" (5 minutes into the program) and then "Support the Havenhurst School" (12 minutes into the program). See more »Quotes
Kyle: [to Jarod after he is injured and they are surrounded] Go! Find our parents![gives Jarod their father's medal]
Kyle: Don't tell them what I became.
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I did not catch this series when it first aired. My brother constantly spoke its praises, but I believed it would be the usual boring weekly drama.
I was wrong.
On my brother's recommendation, I taped every episode of the show when it ran in syndication on various channels. I have been slowly watching them during the Year 2002 (and now 2003), and after the first 40 or so episodes, I am here to tell you that this show is nothing short of amazing. The characters are interesting, the premise is, if not unique, at least enjoyable, and the subplots make you yearn for more. Just when you think it can't get any better, it does. It's difficult to believe that this show debuted in 1996. Not only has it stood the test of time, but it is better than most of the fare that has been aired in 2000 and beyond.
I am looking forward to the next 40 episodes and the TV Movies, which I hope will be equally engaging. I recommend that, if you haven't watched this program, start from the beginning and give it 6 episodes or so. You'll be hooked.