 In this cross-over from the  Pretender  series episode,  End Game , Sam continues to study the case of Bryce Banks, a 13-year-old chess prodigy, whose life might still be in danger and deals with  Pretender  Jarod (impersonating a police detective named Doyle) whom is looking after Bryce. Her fears are prov en right when Bryce disappears. Sam and Jarod suspect the enigmatic Father (aka: Ronald Dain) is using the boy in his revenge plans by killing all the members of a top-secret project 20 years before involving brainwashing.