# The Pretender makes love! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 1999, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712 "1999-11-14T07:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/1 "1999-11-14T07:51:00Z")
## Too bad it wasn’t with me! I thought it was about time he got a little nooky! I also liked the entire story line tonight; romance, adventure… gonna go write now (one handed) 😉 Best! Byz ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/2 "1999-11-14T09:43:00Z")
ARGH! And I missed it. I had the rugrat over tonight and he’s grounded from TV, so I couldn’t watch. * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. Semper Ubi Sub Ubi ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/3 "1999-11-14T10:49:00Z")
Oh Kat! I hope I didn’t spoil it for you! You will catch the re-run and now I’ve blown it. Damn! Again, sorry. I was just so happy for him. I mean, he’s like what, 35? Long time to wait. And he waited for a nice woman. * * * Best! Byz ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/4 "1999-11-14T15:32:00Z")
Hell, I would’ve dove into the TV for that woman. A perky redhead! _Oh, baby…_ Just a general question about the show: does Sidney want to recapture him or not? Sometimes he’s helping Ms. Parker, other times he gets call and/or clues from Jarod but doesn’t mention them to her. And his twins research? He was a Nazi camp survivor, probably a Dr. Mengele subject, and then he grows up and works for the Centre? Sidney’s a little warped, I think. **Slight spoiler ahead** In the final scene, I half-expected Quantum-Leap blue lightning to surround Jarod and whisk him away. Dr. Beckett sure had it easy with his exits. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/5 "1999-11-14T17:12:00Z")
What I want to know is why Andrea Parker uses her own name as the character name? The only other time you usually see an actor/actress do that is in a sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/6 "1999-11-14T17:22:00Z")
_funneefarmer: What I want to know is why Andrea Parker uses her own name as the character name? The only other time you usually see an actor/actress do that is in a sitcom._ From [www.nbc.com:](http://www.nbc.com:) \[Andrea Parker on Ms. Parker] > [@](#): > > Ever since she left home at 15 to become a ballerina, a confident Andrea Parker always knew that she would achieve succcess. After recurring roles on NBC’s ER and JAG, she knew as soon as she started reading the pilot script for The Pretender that she was destined to play the alluring female lead. > > “It was kind of strange,” says Parker. “As soon as I saw the role of Miss Parker, I said, ‘Hey, my name’s all over this script.’ I knew I had to make it mine. There was just too much synchronicity for it not to happen. After I was cast, I had to tap into a lot of anger and pain in playing her. We’re both alike in that we go after what we want, but I would never dream of treating people the way she does.” \ So, it was just happenstance that the character and her had the same last name. But comics/actors; I think they need help acting, so their characters have the same first name: Tim Allen (Taylor), Bob Newhart (Hartley), Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld). And then there’s Tony Danza (Banta/Micelli/Canetti/DiMeo). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/7 "1999-11-14T17:55:00Z")
_The Pretender makes love!_ Do you think he faked his orgasm? * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/8 "1999-11-14T21:24:00Z")
AWB – I don’t think he really wants to get him back. He’s had too many chances to do it. Even Ms. Parker has let him go a few times. Sealemon88 – Bwha ha ha! You funny! But since he pretends everything, maybe he’s pretending being a man too. Hell, if he is, I’ll still take him; any man who can pretend to be that fine is a keeper! I know it’s weird but this is one of my favorite shows. I like that he really is a good guy and his ability to do anything makes for a “new” show every week. There have been a few shows that were too silly, like his brother coming back from the dead only to die in that same episode (how soap opera), and some of the “spooky half references” that ended up never being explained. But overall, it’s in my top ten. Lest you find me a shallow idiot, NOVA is in my top ten too. So, how many out here would love the ability to be a Pretender? Or the ability to “do” the Pretender? I’d say yes to both! ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/9 "1999-11-14T22:56:00Z")
Thanks for the info. AWB ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 1999, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/10 "1999-11-14T23:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh Kat! I hope I didn’t spoil it for you! You will catch the re-run and now I’ve blown it. Damn! Again, sorry. I was just so happy for him. I mean, he’s like what, 35? Long time to wait. And he waited for a nice woman. No, that’s fine. Now I have something to look forward to during rerun season. If I’d known in advance he was grounded from TV, I would’ve set up the VCR to record it, but I didn’t find out until I asked him if he wanted to watch TV. (On the other hand, it was rather impressive that he came right out and said he was grounded from TV.) ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pretender-makes-love/13712/11 "2000-02-13T11:26:00Z")
I laughed my a$$ off last night when ‘Mr Wiggles’ came into the room. I haven’t laughed that hard at a TV show in quite some time. Now if NBC could make their sitcoms that funny…