Ghost from the Past

Pretender Episode Review

In which you should not watch this episode.

What Happened

Angelo becomes convinced that Jarod is in danger, but as usual is not much for coherence. He can't manage to warn Parker, Sydney and Broots that Jarod has fallen in with a bunch of cliches... I mean white supremacists.

The cliches are planning to bomb a rally at a black church. Jarod is planning to stop them. Numerous inspirational stories about how racism is bad are told. The badly-dressed cliches with equally pathetic accents try to kill the cute little girl-cliches.

Angelo quivers beneath the weight of a thousand flashbacks as he tries to figure out which of Jarod's previous Pretend victims wants to kill him. Miss Parker points out that line is very long, starting with her.

I add myself to the line out of sheer boredom.

The killer turns out to be Bartlett, the bad guy from the excellent first season episode "Keys." Having been tossed in jail, Bartlett found "God." When he was released, he gathered the group of cliches together and set out on a crusade. Fortunately for Jarod, one of the cliches is an undercover cliche, who is given the task of shooting Jarod and lets him loose instead. Bartlett goes to plant the bomb in the church (because no one will ever think to check for explosives there) and Jarod catches him.

What We Learned

• Racism is bad.
• No wait. We already knew that.

What Did I Think?

Oh, Lord. That sucked.