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.
7 July 1970, Queens, New York, USA
30 June 1972, Canada
20 September 1963, Brooklyn, New York, USA
27 February 1978, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
3 November 1960, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1947, Burlington, Vermont, USA
12 April 1968, Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA
7 February 1962, Havana, Cuba
12 April 1967, Carrot River, Saskatchewan, Canada
8 March 1970, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
5 April 1971, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
11 January 1942, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
26 September 1935, Cabin Creek, West Virginia, USA
13 July 1987, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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.
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
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
[GI Jim] Ellison sniffs out serial bombers and terrorists in an exciting but hyperactive series.
