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Episodes: All (65)

Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4
Year: 1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: The Switchman

Original Air Date—20 March 1996
After spending years in the Peruvian jungle during his tour in Army Special Forces, Cascade PD Detective James Ellison developed hyperactive senses, which came back to him five years after his return to the US. He can see people in darkened windows at night from two hundred yards, hear the music playing on the radio of the car he's chasing after he's lost sight of it, and can distinguish between wood and plastic after both have been in a three thousand degree fire. Blair Sandburg, a local anthropology student, tells Ellison that he is a "Sentinel," who in ancient tribes would protect the village and seek out game using such hyperactive senses. Sandburg becomes Ellison's back-watcher and teacher of how to use his new powers as Ellison brings a whole new edge to the war on crime in Cascade, Washington.

Season 1, Episode 2: Siege

Original Air Date—27 March 1996
Jim tries to find a way for Sandburg to help him on duty. They need to talk to the Captain, but a terrorist manages to take control of Police Headquaters. Sandburg is one of the hostages. Ellison and Captain Banks try to figure a way to free all the hostages and take out the terrorists.

Season 1, Episode 3: Killers

Original Air Date—3 April 1996

Season 1, Episode 4: The Debt

Original Air Date—10 April 1996

Season 1, Episode 5: Cypher

Original Air Date—24 April 1996

Season 1, Episode 6: Night Train

Original Air Date—1 May 1996

Season 1, Episode 7: Rogue

Original Air Date—8 May 1996

Season 1, Episode 8: Love and Guns

Original Air Date—15 May 1996

Season 1, Episode 9: Attraction

Original Air Date—22 May 1996

Season 1, Episode 10: Vow of Silence

Original Air Date—17 July 1996

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: Flight

Original Air Date—4 September 1996

Season 2, Episode 2: Out of the Past

Original Air Date—11 September 1996

Season 2, Episode 3: Deep Water

Original Air Date—18 September 1996

Season 2, Episode 4: Reunion

Original Air Date—22 May 1996

Season 2, Episode 5: Payback

Original Air Date—2 October 1996

Season 2, Episode 6: True Crime

Original Air Date—9 October 1996

Season 2, Episode 7: Ice Man

Original Air Date—30 October 1996

Season 2, Episode 8: The Rig

Original Air Date—6 November 1996

Season 2, Episode 9: Spare Parts

Original Air Date—13 November 1996

Season 2, Episode 10: Second Chance

Original Air Date—20 November 1996
A Chilean druglord's enemies kidnap his daughter while she is in Ellison and Sandburg's protective care.

Season 2, Episode 11: Black or White

Original Air Date—27 November 1996

Season 2, Episode 12: Blind Man's Bluff

Original Air Date—8 January 1997

Season 2, Episode 13: Hear No Evil

Original Air Date—15 January 1996

Season 2, Episode 14: Light My Fire

Original Air Date—5 February 1997

Season 2, Episode 15: Secret

Original Air Date—12 February 1997

Season 2, Episode 16: Dead Drop

Original Air Date—19 February 1997

Season 2, Episode 17: Red Dust

Original Air Date—26 February 1997

Season 2, Episode 18: Smart Alec

Original Air Date—12 March 1997

Season 2, Episode 19: Private Eyes

Original Air Date—26 March 1997

Season 2, Episode 20: Disappearing Act

Original Air Date—9 April 1997
Ellison clashes with a manipulative FBI agent when he learns that a mob informant that is supposed to be dead is really still alive.

Season 2, Episode 21: Pennies from Heaven

Original Air Date—30 April 1997
Ellison suspects a setup when an armored car spills it's payload onto the streets of a poor neighborhood and millions vanish.

Season 2, Episode 22: Survival

Original Air Date—7 May 1997
A cop killer takes Capt. Banks hostage during his extradition.

Season 2, Episode 23: His Brother's Keeper

Original Air Date—14 May 1997

Season 2, Episode 24: Sleeping Beauty

Original Air Date—21 May 1997

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: Warriors

Original Air Date—10 September 1997

Season 3, Episode 2: Three Point Shot

Original Air Date—17 September 1997

Season 3, Episode 3: The Girl Next Door

Original Air Date—24 September 1997

Season 3, Episode 4: Poachers

Original Air Date—1 October 1997

Season 3, Episode 5: The Inside Man

Original Air Date—15 October 1997

Season 3, Episode 6: Vendetta

Original Air Date—29 October 1997

Season 3, Episode 7: Fool Me Twice

Original Air Date—5 November 1997

Season 3, Episode 8: Storm Warning

Original Air Date—12 November 1997

Season 3, Episode 9: Red Ice

Original Air Date—19 November 1997

Season 3, Episode 10: Dead Certain

Original Air Date—26 November 1997

Season 3, Episode 11: Breaking Ground

Original Air Date—17 December 1997

Season 3, Episode 12: Prisoner X

Original Air Date—14 January 1998

Season 3, Episode 13: The Trance

Original Air Date—21 January 1998

Season 3, Episode 14: Mirror Image

Original Air Date—11 February 1998

Season 3, Episode 15: Finkelman's Folly

Original Air Date—18 February 1998

Season 3, Episode 16: Sweet Science

Original Air Date—25 March 1998

Season 3, Episode 17: Remembrance

Original Air Date—11 March 1998

Season 3, Episode 18: Love Kills

Original Air Date—18 March 1998

Season 3, Episode 19: Crossroads

Original Air Date—22 April 1998

Season 3, Episode 20: Foreign Exchange

Original Air Date—29 April 1998

Season 3, Episode 21: Neighborhood Watch

Original Air Date—6 May 1998

Season 3, Episode 22: Night Shift

Original Air Date—13 May 1998

Season 3, Episode 23: Sentinel Too: Part 1

Original Air Date—20 May 1998
Blair encounters a woman who is having problems with her senses. He finds out she has Sentinel abilities, and helps her cope with her abilities just as he helped Jim. Unknown to Blair, she's a criminal, and her team is on a crime spree in Cascade, Jim is on the case.

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: Sentinel Too: Part 2

Original Air Date—1 February 1999
Alexis attempted to kill Sandburg before escaping. Ellison arrives and tries to revive his friend. Then they head to Peru in pursuit of Alexis.

Season 4, Episode 2: Murder 101

Original Air Date—8 February 1999

Season 4, Episode 3: Four Point Shot

Original Air Date—15 February 1999

Season 4, Episode 4: Dead End on Blank Street

Original Air Date—22 February 1999

Season 4, Episode 5: The Waiting Room

Original Air Date—1 March 1999

Season 4, Episode 6: The Real Deal

Original Air Date—10 May 1999

Season 4, Episode 7: Most Wanted

Original Air Date—17 May 1999

Season 4, Episode 8: The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg

Original Air Date—24 May 1999
Blair's mother tries to help him out by giving his dissertation to a friend whose a publisher, so he can proof read it. He wants to publish it, soon everyone knows Jim's secret. The courts want to review all his cases, Jim is now plagued by people who want to meet the Sentinel, which causes problems as he tries to track down an assassin. Blair must decide whether which is more important his friendship with Jim, or his paper.

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