The Pretender: Island of the Haunted (2001 TV Movie)

Michael T. Weiss: Jarod

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Quotes 

• Miss Parker : [Jarod and Miss Parker are on the phone - talking about the events that had transpired that day]  I hope you find your mother.

  Jarod : And what about... *us*?

  Miss Parker : You run - I chase. That choice was made for us a long time ago.

  Jarod : Maybe *that* is the "Parker Curse".

  Miss Parker : [wips away a tear]  Yeah. Hell of a life we live in, Jarod.

• Miss Parker : [picks up phone]  What?

  Jarod : [slightly annoyed]  You've been chasing me for five years. Why don't you leave me alone?

• Jarod : [after missing seeing his mother by mere seconds]  She was right here. My mother was right here in front of me. And once again, it's the Centre that stops us from being together.

• Jarod : [talking by a fire - Jarod had just put a blanket around Miss Parker shoulders to keep her warm]  The Centre wants us to believe that finding the truth is a mistake, that looking for answers about who we really are is futile and finding any kind of... connection outside their control is wrong. I know you don't want to hear this but you can feel it. You've been a Centre prisoner all these years just like me. And with every discovery you find you're every bit the outcast. Just like me.

  Miss Parker : Why is it that the one person that I've been trained to distrust, to hate, to capture is always with me during the most difficult moments of my life?

  Jarod : [voice barely above a whisper]  Maybe, it's supposed to be that way.

  [they lean closer until they are close enough to kiss] 

• Jarod : We've been through a lot together you and me. From when we were kids at the Centre, to the last couple of days. I know that barely our allegiances are the same but I've always felt...

  [sigh] 

  Jarod : I've always known that there's something more to our lives than I run and you chase.

  Miss Parker : [staring out the window of the car at her father]  Maybe we do what we have to, to get by in this life.

  Jarod : Maybe we both deserve something more.

  Miss Parker : [voice breaking slightly]  Just forget what happened on that island, forget that moment of weakness. Turning points only come when you've got something to turn to.

  [Jarod looks hurt by her rejection. In a silent plea, he grabs her hand into both of his. After a few seconds of staring into each others eyes, Parker yanks her hand out of his hands] 

  Miss Parker : I'm sorry. This isn't the different ending you were looking for. But it's just the way the damn story goes, Jarod.

• Jarod : [Jumping out of a third floor window]  Are you alright?

  Miss Parker : I've been better

• Jarod : [about a statue]  Meet the demon Asmodeus.

  Miss Parker : Ugly son of a bitch!

  [Small pause] 

  Miss Parker : Reminds me of Raines.