Original air date: November 9, 1996

Written by: Tommy Thompson

Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.

Jarod becomes a police officer in Miami Beach in order to solve the death of a security guard who was killed by two local policemen during a jewellery heist.

Jarod’s Discoveries: Donuts, Donut holes

Jarod’s Occupations: Motorcycle Cop, Canadian Mounty

Jarod’s Aliases: Jarod Starr  

Behind the scenes insights and the Creator’s Take

Official Synopsis

Jarod assumes the role of police officer as he probes the death of a security guard recently reunited with his father.

In flashback, inside a simulation lab, Young Sydney asks Young Jarod to examine a photograph of a soldier in Southeast Asia.  Sydney explains that the people who love the soldier want to know if he’s still alive.  Young Jarod compares the situation to his own parents.

In Cedar Point, North Carolina, at a suburban shooting range, Miss Parker speaks with a range manager, who points out that in less than 24 hours, Jarod went from a complete neophyte to an expert marksman.  For reasons unknown, Jarod shot out the numbers “10-19” on all the bulls-eye targets. Meanwhile, in Miami Beach, Jarod, now a police officer, gives a motorist a ticket for speeding.

At the police station, Jarod meets Officers Bishop and Meyers.  A desk sergeant explains to the pair that Jarod recently transferred to the precinct from Chicago.  The conversation comes to an abrupt end when Karen Swindell, from the Internal Affairs division, reminds the pair they are late for a meeting with her.

While on street patrol, Jarod befriends Mildred Reynolds, an elderly motorcyclist with bad vision who ran a red light.  Meanwhile, Miss Parker and Sydney make their way to Jarod’s old lair at a motor lodge.  They find a copy of Criminology and Law Enforcement Procedure inside his room.  Shortly thereafter, Sheriff Stanton arrives at the scene and places Miss Parker under arrest for carrying a concealed weapon.

Inside a Cuban bakery, Jarod quizzes a store clerk, Sanchez, about all things doughnuts.  Sanchez turns her attention to Mr. Kembrook, who lost his son, Marvin, during a shootout with police.  According to news reports, Marvin, who worked as a security guard, was killed as he was attempting to rob the jewelry store where he worked.  Sanchez explains that the Kembrooks gave up Marvin for adoption when he was an infant.  After Mrs. Kembrook died, her husband began a search for his son.

Miss Parker learns that Stanton stopped her when he received an anonymous tip about her weapon.  Later, Sydney hires a washed-up attorney, Henry J. Munroe, to win Parker’s release from jail.

Jarod approaches Susan Granger, who runs a missing persons agency and helped Kembrook find his son.  He tells her about his quest to find his parents.  The only information he is able to provide is a photograph of his mother…and the fact that his father was an aviator.  Jarod warns that he has only 72 hours to find his parents.

Jarod befriends Swindell by claiming is he putting in for a transfer to Internal Affairs.  He reviews the field report detailing the events that led to Marvin Kembrook’s death.  According to the report, Bishop and Meyers were responding to a robbery report when they encountered Kembrook and his accomplice.  Supposedly, the accomplice shot and killed Kembrook, then made a getaway.  But Internal Affairs was highly suspicious, as there was no evidence of the alleged accomplice.  Swindell points out that the only hard evidence remaining is the slug removed from Kembrook’s chest.  If the weapon that fired the bullet can be located, the killer’s identity will be revealed.

Jarod deliberately allows Bishop access to his transfer papers.  He then arranges to have lunch with Bishop and Meyers the following day.  Later, When Mildred gets into yet another accident, Jarod takes her to an optometrist for eyeglasses.

During lunch, Meyers reveals that he examined Jarod’s “file” and discovered that he had been investigated for taking payoffs from criminals.  Meyers and Bishop offer Jarod the opportunity to join them on their criminal escapades.  When Jarod attempts to pay for lunch with his credit card, only to be told by the waiter that the card was declined, the invitation is seemingly all the more attractive.

Granger informs Jarod that someone operating out of Delaware picked up the global photograph scan of Jarod’s mother sent out on the Internet.  The party refuses send out any additional information over open phone lines and is, instead, sending it via special courier.  Jarod tells Granger to proceed.  Meanwhile, back at the Center, a technician alerts Broots that someone inside the agency made contact with the missing person’s agency in Miami.  But that person’s identity is unknown.

When Bishop and Meyers reveal more details about their upcoming heist, Jarod questions them about the Kembrook shooting.  Bishop explains that he carries an unregistered gun in an ankle holster, which he used to shoot Kembrook while he and Meyers were robbing the jewelry store.  Afterward, he hid the gun in the trunk of his car, thereby evading the Internal Affairs’ ballistic tests.

Miss Parker is released from jail.  As she leaves, she receives word that Broots has pinpointed “the target.”  Jarod shows up at Granger’s office to pick up the courier envelope.  But before he can open it, Parker and Sydney arrive.  As Jarod escapes, Parker opens fire, shooting the envelope from his hand.

As Bishop, Meyers and Jarod break into the jewelry store, Jarod announces that the pair are under arrest for Marvin’s murder.  Bishop pulls out his ankle weapon and opens fire, hitting Jarod in the chest.  He then instructs Meyers to contact the station house and report that Jarod was gunned down while trying to prevent a robbery.  But when Swindell arrives at the scene, Jarod’s body is missing…and in its place is a bulletproof vest.  Swindell then asks for the keys to the trunk of Bishop’s car (so she can retrieve the weapon used to shoot Jarod and Marvin).  Later, Jarod contacts the Centre and tells Sydney that “10-19” is what he made him.  Later, Jarod becomes a Mountie.