Original air date: October 17, 1998

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

Directed by: Fred K. Keller

In the aftermath of the explosion at the Centre, Miss Parker makes some shocking discoveries while Jarod helps a woman who is being heavily sedated and kept in a mental asylum.

Jarod’s Discoveries:

Jarod’s Occupations: Mental Patient,State Trooper, Psychiatrist, Janitor

Jarod’s Aliases: Jarod,  Jarod Raines,  Jarod Ratchett,

Behind the scenes insights and the Creator’s Take

Official Synopsis

Jarod impersonates a mental patient in hopes of unraveling a mystery. Meanwhile, Miss Parker searches for the identity of her brother.

Workers comb through twisted metal and charred debris in their search for survivors of the blast that rocked Center SL-27 (see previous season’s cliffhanger).  They discover a human hand protruding from the debris.  Meanwhile, Mr. Parker and his daughter, who survived the explosion thanks to some torsion barriers, get back to the business at hand.  Mr. Parker tells his daughter that the Triumvirate is calling for a shift in strategy… and is adding a new player to help hunt down Jarod.  Shortly thereafter, the pair examines DSA footage, taken at a Center records lab, of Jarod in a crazed state of mind.

Meanwhile, in Towson, Maryland, a straight-jacketed Jarod, his identity unknown, is tended to by an orderly named Jimbo Hanson.  Jimbo escorts his patient to an office, where he is met by Dr. Carla Goetz and Dr. Randall Blythe.  Jarod tells Goetz about his upbringing at the Centre.  But his incredible tale is met with disbelief.

Miss Parker learns that the body found in the debris is not Sydney, but Gar the Sweeper.  Miss Parker notices Raines performing unusual activity in the Centre’s renewal wing.  She decides to investigate.  She discovers Sydney in a holding wing, his features gaunt and hallow, his eyesight gone.  Sydney explains that he has been subjected to “re-education”… but insists he would plant the bomb again to save the little boy.  Later, Parker and Broots visit the Centre records lab.  They determine that Jarod accessed files on Miss Parker’s mother and his own father, looking for some connection between the two.

It turns out that the “new player” Mr. Parker referred to is none other than Mr. Lyle.  Miss Parker is stunned.

While inside Goetz’s office, Jarod accesses a file on Mary Blake, a fellow patient at the asylum.  Newspaper clippings detail Mary’s escape from the facility, along with a second patient, Erica Michaels.  The articles reveal that Mary was apprehended after she attempted suicide by jumping off a bridge.  Erica’s whereabouts are unknown.  Later, Jarod crawls through air ducts and accesses Mary’s room.  Jarod shows her a photo of Erica, whom she recognizes.  She notes that Erica wore a pretty bracelet.  Jarod tells Mary to stop taking her medication, as she is being sedated to make her forget some past event.

Mr. Lyle accidentally cuts his thumb on the sharp edge of a picture frame.  When Lyle is out of the room, Miss Parker collects a bloody tissue he tossed into the trash.  She then collects a blood sample from Angelo, and has Broots run a DNA test to determine if she is related to either of the men.  Later, Lyle tells Miss Parker and Sydney that his report stated that Sydney could not have planted the bomb.  Lyle lays the blame on Gar, the deceased Sweeper.

Jarod slips away from the asylum and reenacts Erica and Mary’s flight into nearby woods.  He finds the bridge from which Mary supposedly attempted to commit suicide.  He then jumps into the lake beneath the bridge.  He finds a car submerged beneath the water, and makes note of its license plate number.  He also finds human remains… a bracelet hanging from the wrist.  Later, Jarod accesses Goetz’s computer and runs a check on the license plate number.  It turns out that the submerged vehicle is registered to Dr. Blythe.

Mary stops taking her medication and regains her memory.  She recalls how Blythe got Erica pregnant, and then wanted the baby to “go away.”  Mary then plotted Erica’s escape.  But their journey was cut short when Blythe discovered them near the bridge.  Blythe knocked Erica unconscious, placed her body in his car, and pushed the vehicle into the water.  Mary jumped into the water and tried to save her friend.  But Jimbo arrived at the scene.  Blythe concocted a story about Mary and a suicide attempt.  He then subjected Mary to heavy doses of medication to keep her from revealing the truth.

Miss Parker and Lyle eventually determine Jarod’s whereabouts.  They set off on the journey to the asylum.  Meanwhile, Jarod tricks Blythe into returning to the bridge.  When Blythe arrives at the scene, he discovers his automobile connected to a tow truck.  Jarod shoves him into the car.  Blythe realizes the inner handles have been removed, trapping him inside.  Jarod lowers the vehicle into the water as Blythe screams.  Later, Jarod assumes the identity of a psychiatrist and escorts Blythe to another mental health facility.  In a crazed state, Blythe claims that Jarod tried to kill him.  But no one at the institution believes his tale.

When Parker and Lyle arrive at the Maryland facility, they discover that Jarod has escaped.  Goetz discovers a sketchpad on Jarod’s bed, a pad containing renderings of Lyle and Miss Parker (confirming his story about the Centre’s existence).  Later, Mary is released from the facility.

Broots tells Miss Parker that the DNA results returned from the lab—and that Mr. Lyle is her brother.