fajrdrako | The Pretender (Reply)

Went to a video-party at Tasia's today and watched four episodes of The Pretender, a TV series from 1996 - I'd never seen it before. We watched the Pilot, and some episodes from season 1: "The Dragon House" (which was a two-parter), and "Keys". Enjoyed them all, though by the last one I was beginning to think the stories were repetitious. It drove me nuts that the actor playing Kyle was so familiar - I remembered him as being a lead in a cop show, but couldn't remember till I got home that Jeffrey Donovan played the brain-damaged homicide detective Creegan in Touching Evil. Why does my memory have holes like that?

The Pretender combined thematic elements of La Femme Nikita, The Fugitive, and even my old favourite, Nick Mancuso's Stingray. It was interesting the way there was the hero, Jarod, the villain, Raynes, and the trio of Miss Parker, Sydney and Brootz, who were somewhere in the middle, protagonists or antagonists, depending on the needs of the plot. I don't think I've ever seen quite that pattern in a plot before. Cool.

So while I was not enthralled by the show, I had a good time being introduced to it.

Supper was great, too. A potluck. We all outdid ourselves, with a lovely stew from Tasia, spinach-strawberry salad from me (with broccoli cole slaw as a bonus), and borsch from Beulah. Snacked on shrimp through the last episode. Lovely evening.