Original air date: May 16, 1998

Written by: Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle

Directed by: Fred K. Keller

Jarod tries to protect and heal the kidnapped boy, but when the serum designed to undo the damage to the boy’s mind is smashed, Angelo willingly gives his last treatment instead, and Angelo begins to regress to his former self. Miss Parker discovers that she has a twin brother- and it is either Angelo or Mr. Lyle. Sydney plants a bomb in SL-27, but his plan to destroy it backfires when Jarod infiltrates the Centre and is chased down there.

Jarod’s Discoveries: The Pledge of Allegiance , A drug to cure Angelo, Identity of a newly identified Pretender

Jarod’s Occupations: Fertility Specialist, Substitute Teacher

Jarod’s Aliases: Jarod Spock, Jarod Kotter

Behind the scenes insights and the Creator’s Take

Official Synopsis

Jarod attempts to prevent the Centre from turning a young boy into a new Pretender. Miss Parker searches for the identity of her twin brother.

In this continuation of the previous episode… Jarod telephones Sydney and informs him that Gar kidnapped Davy.  Meanwhile, Miss Parker shows her father the surveillance footage of her mother, Catherine, giving birth to her twin brother.  When Miss Parker exits her father’s office, she secretly takes with her Fenigor’s red files.  As Sydney examines the files, Broots raises the possibility that Jarod is Miss Parker’s twin brother.  Eventually the threesome determine that Fenigor transported the children to the Centre, with a stopover in Charleston, South Carolina.  A barely conscious Fenigor reveals that more answers can be found in an eighth red file, hidden in sublevel 27.  Meanwhile, at Angel Manor in South Carolina, Mr. Raines, Dewitt and Gar observe as Davy undergoes neuro-pathway stimulation.

Angelo’s memories of his abduction resurface.  He recalls being transported to Angel Manor.  Coupled with information from Sydney, Jarod makes his way to South Carolina and, with Angelo’s assistance, rescues Davy.  Later, both Sydney and Jarod realize that the boy’s exposure to neural receptors is much the same process used on Angelo, only more technologically advanced.  Jarod hopes that the same isotope treatment used on Angelo could be applied to Davy.  Sydney tells Jarod he has less than three hours to synthesize the serum before Davy’s condition becomes irreversible.

Jarod uses NuGenesis equipment to create new serum.  His work is interrupted by Gar and Dewitt.  A struggle ensues, and during the confusion, the serum vial falls out of Jarod’s pocket and rolls towards nearby steps.  Thomas intercedes, grabbing one of Gar’s guns.  Jarod escapes, but Thomas is mortally wounded by Gar.

When Jarod arrives at the cottage, he is surprised by Miss Parker, who levels a gun at him.  Jarod attempts to disarm Parker by referring to her as “sis.”  He explains that, years earlier, the Centre ran tests on eight children.  An anomaly in their blood predisposed them to have “the gift” which identified them as Pretender material.  Miss Parker was the eighth child in the test.  Jarod maintains he is not Miss Parker’s brother.  He has narrowed the candidates down to two: Angelo and Mr. Lyle.  He and Angelo convince Parker to allow them to inject Davy with the serum.  Suddenly, Louis, the cottage owner, kicks down the door, shotgun in hand.  He inadvertently dislodges the vial from Miss Parker’s hand, and it smashes onto the floor.  Moments later, Louis apologizes for his action.  Without the serum, Davy cannot be saved.  In an act of self-sacrifice, Angelo insists that the boy be injected with his dosage.  Jarod realizes it is the only way to save Davy, and reluctantly loads a syringe with the serum.  Later, Angelo tells Miss Parker that a man in a dark suit shot and killed her mother, Catherine, years earlier.  He believes Fenigor knows the identity of the killer.  Shortly thereafter, Gar and Willie burst through the door, their guns drawn.

Gar, Willie and Miss Parker transport Jarod, Angelo and Davy to the airport at gun point.  Angelo fakes a spasm, distracting Willie long enough to plunge a syringe into his leg.  During the confusion, Jarod escorts Davy onto the awaiting plane and pushes the pilot down the steps.  Gar glares at Miss Parker for her inaction and walks away as the plane taxis down the runway.  Jarod brings Davy to the Brewsters, who were unable to conceive, and convinces them to adopt the boy.

Fed up with the Centre and its plan to create another Pretender, Sydney plants a high explosive in Sublevel 27.  Meanwhile, Miss Parker makes her way to Fenigor’s room in the infirmary at the Centre.  She is surprised by Jarod who, like herself, wishes to find out the truth about the past.  Moments before drifting into unconsciousness, Fenigor identifies the man in the dark suit as “YYYYYY.”  Parker, her nerves on end, draws her weapon and attempts to take Jarod into custody.  But Jarod eludes capture, making his way through Sublevel 27.  An alarm sounds, and Mr. Raines and Mr. Parker join Miss Parker, who has Jarod at gun point.  Suddenly, Sydney and Broots appear, warning of the bomb.  The device detonates, shooting a fireball down the corridor.