AirDate: December 6, 1997

Episode Notes

• Young Jarod has an identity crisis.
• Angelo saves Broots from being shot. He got out of the Centre using a top-security access card
• Flashback: 12/4/67 Jarod paints his face
• Jarod lists his qualifications as: ...? ...Post graduate at Harvard and training at the Claydough institute

Episode Quotes

Jarod: Only you hold the key to your future.

Jarod: I know that life is a..a weird journey, but to live it you have to be out there.

Jarod: I know what it's like to be on the outside.

Jarod: I wanna know what I look like. I wanna know who I am.

Jarod: Only you hold the key to your future.

Miss Parker: Do you want me to hurt you?

Miss Parker: Have you tried counselling?

Miss Parker: Amateurs.

Miss Parker: It only makes sense to go after the weakest link.

Miss Parker: The only one who terrorizes him is me.

Brigitte: It was a very tough call.

Brigitte: Survival of the fittest. You know. The choice is yours.

Brigitte: Sorry luv, don't follow.

Young Sydney: Your name is Jarod and you have a tremendous gift to offer the world.

Young Sydney: This is what you look like. This is who you are.

Jarod's Euphemisms

Locations

Santa Barbara, California (Surgicare)

Jarod's Discoveries

Claydough/playdough

Jarod's ignorance

"Grease" (the musical)

"Is the Pope Catholic?"

Last Name Origin

Clay from Claydough or clay itself.

Aliases

Jarod Clay

Occupations

Plastic surgeon

First lines

Jarod:
Miss Parker:
Young Jarod:
Young Sydney:

Last lines

Miss Parker: This is a waste of time.

Jarod: Can I give you a ride? (...lift?)

Sydney: Who is angry? Who? (Angelo, who is angry?)

Angelo: I decide who lives or dies.

Brigitte: And they said you weren't a bitch.

Music

Transcript

Detailed transcript coming soon

Jarod impersonates a plastic surgeon so he can probe the tragic disfigurement of a teenage girl.

In flashback, a young Jarod awakens one morning with seemingly no knowledge of his own identity. Sydney blames the episode on years of Pretender simulations, and fears the child may lose his true self permanently if his withdrawal continues.

Meanwhile, Miss Parker and Sydney burst into Jarod's old lair, where they discover dozens of copies of Aphrodite sculpted in clay dough. The statues are brought to Angelo, an empath who possesses the ability to feel the emotions of the artist at the time the statues were created. Broots interrupts the meeting, telling the others he is certain he's being stalked.

Jarod, meanwhile, has assumed the identity of a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon at the Surgicare Cosmetic Surgery Clinic. He and a colleague, the materialistic Wade Eubanks, perform reconstruction on a patient. Afterward, they are joined by Dr. Christine Brant, the clinic's Chief of Surgery. She insists that her staff help not only the well-to-do but also operate pro bono for those in need.
Later, Jarod pays a visit to Tricia Homes, an African American teenager who dropped out of high school after she was disfigured in a car wreck. Tricia's grandmother is puzzled by the mysterious CDs mailed to Tricia by an anonymous source. Painfully shy and self-conscious, Tricia remains hidden in the shadows. Eventually, Jarod helps bring her out of her shell.

Meanwhile, as Broots attempts to open the front door of his house, he notices an envelope containing photographs of he and his daughter. He is suddenly hit by a flying tackle and knocked to the ground. Almost simultaneously, gunfire rings out, and bullets explode against the front door of the house. Broots discovers his savior is none other than Angelo. Later, Broots discovers evidence that seems to imply Miss Parker was the shooter. Brigitte offers Broots protection in exchange for information regarding her every move. As Brigitte leaves the room, she sneezes. A few moments later, Angelo picks up the shell casings found near Broots' home. Angelo sneezes. Broots realizes it was Brigitte who fired the weapon.

Jarod tricks Eubanks into accompanying him to Tricia's home. After looking at the girl's face, Eubanks swears to Jarod that, although he did perform the reconstructive surgery, he is not responsible for the girl's disfigurement. Jarod determines that Brant was performing a chin implant when Eubanks was operating on Tricia. Jarod realizes that the anonymous donor of CDs sent to Tricia is the director of Surgicare Santa Barbara, Brad Hoffner. Jarod convinces Hoffner that a medical review of Tricia's surgery is close at hand. Wracked with guilt, Hoffner describes the night of the operation. Eubanks, it turns out, did an excellent job. But Brant, who was performing the chin implant on a movie star, found herself in trouble when she discovered the bone grafts for the procedure had been damaged. Brant cut open Tricia's face and harvested the needed bone. In her haste, she inadvertently severed Tricia's facial nerve, disfiguring her. Hoffner received a big promotion in return for his silence.

Meanwhile, Miss Parker learns of Brigitte's underhanded maneuvering, and realizes the Centre is attempting to pit she, Broots and Sydney against one another. Brigitte admits it was she who fired at Broots...but denies taking photographs. Later, Angelo empaths with the photos, telling the others he feels anger and confusion. When Sydney and Miss Parker leave the room, Angelo glares through demented eyes, and whispers "I decide who lives or dies."

Jarod stages a phony car accident and races a drugged Brant into an operating room. When Brant regains consciousness, Jarod assures her he can repair the damage to her face... but adds he'll be harvesting grafts from her face so a super model in a nearby operating room can be reconstructed. Jarod places an anesthesia mask over Brant's horrified face and fires up a pair of air-powered skin shearers. When Brant reawakens, Jarod holds a mirror to her face, revealing a visage almost mangled beyond recognition. Brant screams in horror. Unbeknownst to her, the "new look" is formed from clay dough. Later, Jarod remembers when Sydney gave him a mirror so he could see his own reflection for the very first time.

Guest stars:

Young Jarod Ryan Merriman

Young Sydney Alex Wexo
Young Miss Parker Ashley Peldon

Tricia Holmes Saadia Persad

Creative Consultant Rick Wallace?

Produced by Harvey Frand?

Producer Marianne Canepa?

Supervising Producer Kimberly Costello?

Co-executive Producer Tommy Thompson?

Executive Producers Craig W Van Sickle & Steven Long Mitchell

Written by Juan Carlos Coto?

Directed by Thomas J. Wright?

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