EPISODE
SEASON
The Sentinel - Season 1
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.
14 June 1951, Canada
9 November 1973, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
11 February 1964, Kazan, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Tatarstan, Russia]
28 January 1965, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
5 March 1924, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
18 October 1966, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
July 30, 2019
It's certainly not the slickest or most exciting cop show you'll ever see, but it comes with a cool enough gimmick to keep you entertained.
July 30, 2019
The budget appears to be lavish for explosives and almost nil for writers since almost nothing in the first two scripts made any sense at all.
July 30, 2019
With [Richard] Burgi soberly underplaying Ellison as a perplexed, vulnerable protagonist, "The Sentinel" is still swimming in intriguing murkiness. Inevitably, though, formulaic TV intervenes.
July 30, 2019
[GI Jim] Ellison sniffs out serial bombers and terrorists in an exciting but hyperactive series.
July 30, 2019
Writing is sharp, direction is snappy, and actors perform to maximum effect. [Richard] Burgi conveys complexities of Ellison's confusion and efforts to cope with what's happening to him, and [Garett] Maggart is a good foil.
