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The Sentinel

The Sentinel

★ 7.2/10•1996•45m•Drama•Crime•Action & Adventure
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The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with Jim, helping him develop these senses.

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 20, 1996

Episodes

Episode 1 - The SwitchmanE145m

The Switchman

The sole survivor of an Army plane crash in the Peruvian hinterlands, Jim Ellison subsisted for nearly two years on his raw animal instincts. When he returned to America and became a police lieutenant, Jim discovered that the abilities that had kept him alive in the jungle now gave him extraordinary senses of perception. With the help of Captain Simon Banks and a grad student Blair Sandburg, Jim now attempts to use these powers to apprehend a terrorist bomber called the Switchman.

Mar 20, 1996

Episode 2 - SiegeE245m

Siege

The town of Cascade is brought to its knees when Garrett Kincaid, a notorious criminal that Jim Ellison had arrested years before, seizes control of the town's police station with the help of his gang of felons.

Mar 27, 1996

Episode 3 - The KillersE345m

The Killers

After witnessing the death of undercover officer Danny Choi at the hands of a sniper named Tommy Juno, Jim uses his enhanced vision to identify and apprehend the killer. But the case against Juno is thrown out of court when its decided that no human could possibly have seen as far as Ellison had claimed.

Apr 3, 1996

Episode 4 - The DebtE445m

The Debt

When Blair unknowingly moves into an apartment next to the drug lab of a local gang (dubbed the 357), Jim suddenly finds himself embroiled in the beginnings of an all-out gang war.

Apr 10, 1996

Episode 5 - CypherE545m

Cypher

Blair and Jim, along with forensics specialist Carolyn Plummer, suspect that a series of seemingly unrelated murders are actually the work of a serial killer.

Apr 24, 1996

Episode 6 - Night TrainE645m

Night Train

Jim and Blair are assigned to escort Derek Wilson, a key witness in a local homicide case, on his train ride from Oregon to the courthouse in Cascade. Wilson has essential information that will link his employer to charges of arson and murder.

May 1, 1996

Episode 7 - RogueE745m

Rogue

While guest-lecturing in Blair's anthropology class, Jim saves the entire building from a deadly gas leak only to discover that the leak was designed to distract the campus' attention while a canister of the Ebola virus was being stolen from the hazardous materials lab.

May 8, 1996

Episode 8 - Love and GunsE845m

Love and Guns

After stopping an armored car heist, Ellison is struck by the high-tech weaponry at the criminals' disposal.

May 15, 1996

Episode 9 - AttractionE945m

Attraction

Jim's sentinel abilities detect something strange at the crime scenes of all the recent jewelry robberies but he's unable to figure out exactly what's causing the reaction.

May 22, 1996

Episode 10 - Vow of SilenceE1045m

Vow of Silence

Blair forces Jim to take a vacation at a remote monastery. Initially reluctant, Ellison begins to enjoy the solitude until one of the monks is found dead.

Jul 17, 1996

Actors

Richard Burgi

Richard Burgi

Jim Ellison

Garett Maggart

Garett Maggart

Blair Sandburg

Bruce A. Young

Bruce A. Young

Simon Banks

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