The Sentinel

TV Show (1996 - 1999)

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Synopsis:

Drama about an American policeman who uses special powers to help solve crimes. Richard Burgi stars

Cast:

Richard Burgi, Henri Brown, Kelly Curtis, Ken Earl, Anna Galvin, Garett Maggart, Bruce A Young

Credits:

Danny Bilson - Executive-Producer, Paul De Meo - Executive-Producer

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Episode Guide

Season 4 - The Sentinel

Season 4 Episode 8: The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg (1999) After seeing Sandburg's thesis, the media exposes Ellison's powers, greatly jeopardizing the safety of a union leader facing death threats.
Season 4 Episode 7: Most Wanted (1999) Ellison is assigned to protect a mother and son from her own father, one of the FBI's most wanted men. Richard Burgi stars
Season 4 Episode 6: The Real Deal (1999) An actor (Robert Vaughn) who once played a TV detective helps reluctant Ellison catch a killer.
Season 4 Episode 5: The Waiting Room (1999) Sandburg and Ellison look for a connection between an abandoned corpse and the restless ghost of a woman murdered 45 years earlier.
Season 4 Episode 4: Dead End on Blank Street (1999) Ellison falls for a femme fatale and may wind up in jail when she tries framing him for murder.
Season 4 Episode 3: Four Point Shot (1999) A fanatical militia takes over at a nationally televised basketball game, and Sandburg and Banks end up in a hostage situation.
Season 4 Episode 2: Murder 101 (1999) The mysterious activities of two anthropology students are investigated. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 4 Episode 1: Sentinel Too : Part Two (1999) Part two of two. Jim finds himself in a stalemate situation with the opposing Sentinel. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi

Season 3 - The Sentinel

Season 3 Episode 23: Sentinel Too : Part One (1998) Part one of two. Jim suspects another Sentinel may be operating in Cascade City. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 3 Episode 22: Night Shift (1998) A murder investigation is launched after a car crashes into the Cascade police station. Drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 3 Episode 21: Neighbourhood Watch (1998) A friend of Jim is killed in a car-bombing : leading him to suspect the victim was working on something which led to his death. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 3 Episode 20: Foreign Exchange (1998) Ellison reluctantly works with Australian police detective to thwart a robber's plan to hit a federal mint.
Season 3 Episode 19: Crossroads (1998) A money heist, phony military officers and a train bound for nowhere thwart Ellison's peaceful fishing getaway in a remote town.
Season 3 Episode 18: Love Kills (1998) Jim learns his former partner may be involved in a series of murders in Chinatown. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 3 Episode 17: Remembrance (1998) Ellison learns his special abilities began in youth when a childhood pal becomes a murder suspect.
Season 3 Episode 16: Sweet Science (1998) When a boxer dies suddenly in the ring, all the evidence points to his younger brother as a potential suspect
Season 3 Episode 15: Finkelman's Folly (1998) Ellison and Sandburg help the substitute chief bust a drug lord; recuperating Capt. Banks overhears doctors plotting a murder.
Season 3 Episode 14: Mirror Image (1998) Ellison investigates how a mental institution patient could have first-hand knowledge of murders occurring around the city
Season 3 Episode 13: The Trance (1998) The sole witness to a murder is a woman in a deep trance. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 3 Episode 12: Prisoner X (1998) Ellison becomes an inmate in hope of avenging the death of his friend, a model prisoner who was killed trying to escape.
Season 3 Episode 11: Breaking Ground (1997) Greed leads to murder at an archaeological dig where a treasure map is supposed to lead to precious antiquities.
Season 3 Episode 10: Dead Certain (1997) An unusual murder case leads to a corrupt plastic surgeon who gives wanted criminals new identities.
Season 3 Episode 9: Red Ice (1997) Jim investigates when a famous poet is assassinated. American Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 3 Episode 8: Storm Warning (1997) Jim rescues a woman who turns out to be a drug dealer's ex-girlfriend. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 3 Episode 7: Fool Me Twice (1997) A murder investigation puts Ellison and Sandburg in the middle of a plot to assassinate a peace activist from a tyrannical nation.
Season 3 Episode 6: Vendetta (1997) A man suffering from road rage torments Ellison, exposing him during an undercover operation.
Season 3 Episode 5: The Inside Man (1997) Working as a bodyguard for a crime family, Ellison tries to help a woman and her young son escape from the life of the mob.
Season 3 Episode 4: Poachers (1997) Ellison busts poachers who turn out to be wardens investigating the sale of endangered species.
Season 3 Episode 3: The Girl Next Door (1997) Police drama about a cop who uses his special powers to help solve crimes in Cascade, Washington. Richard Burgi stars
Season 3 Episode 2: Three Point Shot (1997) Ellison investigates the murder of a man closely associated with a basketball team. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 3 Episode 1: Warriors (1997) Ellison sets out to track down a murderer from the tribe who helped him develop his special powers. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi

Season 2 - The Sentinel

Season 2 Episode 24: Sleeping Beauty (1997) Ellison opens a murder investigation when a woman awakes from a coma and sheds new light on a deadly accident.
Season 2 Episode 23: His Brother's Keeper (1997) A construction worker is murdered at a racetrack and his body hidden in a pillar. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 22: Survival (1997) A dangerous convict escapes during a transfer to another prison. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 21: Pennies from Heaven (1997) A ghetto neighbourhood community are surprised when an armoured car explodes : scattering $100 bills everywhere. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 20: Disappearing Act (1997) Ellison and Sandburg spot a Mob accountant previously thought to be dead. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 19: Private Eyes (1997) Ellison and Sandburg seek help from a psychic in their search for a kidnap victim. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 18: Smart Alec (1997) The team investigate the murder of a maintenance worker on a college campus. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi and Henri Brown
Season 2 Episode 17: Red Dust (1997) Ellison and Sandburg pursue Russian mobsters who are blackmailing a desperate immigrant family into smuggling plutonium into the area.
Season 2 Episode 16: Dead Drop (1997) Sandburg gets caught in a dangerous situation when an extortionist puts his evil plan into action. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 15: Secret (1997) A former military intelligence officer who runs a drug-smuggling operation kidnaps Ellison; guest Steven Ford.
Season 2 Episode 14: Light My Fire (1997) Ellison is forced to enter a burning building to rescue an unconscious guard after an arsonist sets the place on fire. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 13: Hear No Evil (1997) Ellison sees an undercover detective thrown to his death from a helicopter. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 12: Blind Man's Bluff (1997) When Ellison investigates the influx of a designer drug his contact with the substance leaves him temporarily blind.
Season 2 Episode 11: Black or White (1996) Ellison and Sandburg confront racism in the form of the White Aryan Resistance. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi and Henri Brown
Season 2 Episode 10: Second Chance (1996) A girl is held hostage in a blackmail scheme : can Ellison and Sandburg get to her before it's too late? Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 9: Spare Parts (1996) Sandburg's mother (Leigh Taylor-Young) gets caught up in a trap Ellison has set to catch violent car-jackers.
Season 2 Episode 8: The Rig (1996) Jim and Blair investigate a series of mysterious deaths aboard an oil rig. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 7: Ice Man (1996) Ellison develops feelings for a young graduate student who works as a prostitute running an international extortion scheme.
Season 2 Episode 6: True Crime (1996) A pushy camera crew hinders Ellison's pursuit of bank robbers when they film a day in the life of the detective.
Season 2 Episode 5: Payback (1996) Ellison witnesses the outbreak of a vicious gang war. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 4: Reunion (1996) Captain Banks is suspected of murdering his high-school sweetheart. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi
Season 2 Episode 3: Deep Water (1996) Ellison becomes a suspect in a murder-for-hire case involving a kidnapping and his former partner who disappeared along with the ransom money.
Season 2 Episode 2: Out of the Past (1996) Jim and Blair are assigned to protect a pop singer from an escaped convict. Police drama, guest starring Valerie Pettiford and Mitchell Kosterman
Season 2 Episode 1: Flight (1996) Captain Banks disappears while attending an anti-drug conference in Peru, prompting Ellison and Sandburg to set out to find him. Police drama, starring Richard Burgi

Season 1 - The Sentinel

Season 1 Episode 10: Vow of Silence (1996) Jim is forced to take a vacation at a remote monastery, but his holiday takes an unpleasant turn when one of the monks is found dead. Richard Burgi stars
Season 1 Episode 9: Attraction (1996) Ellison's strange attraction to a beautiful woman during a jewel-heist case leads Sandburg (Garett Maggart) to identify the diamond thief.
Season 1 Episode 8: Love and Guns (1996) Sandburg (Garett Maggart) jeopardizes Ellison's investigation of an international weapons cartel when he falls in love with the daughter of the cartel leader.
Season 1 Episode 7: Rogue (1996) An urban terrorist threatens to release a canister of Ebola virus unless Ellison (Richard Burgi) helps him steal an Air Force reconnaissance plane.
Season 1 Episode 6: Night Train (1996) Flu-stricken Ellison (Richard Burgi) suffers adverse effects from medicine while escorting a police informant via train to the witness protection program.
Season 1 Episode 5: Cypher (1996) Jim and Blair try to prove a spate of murders are actually the work of a serial killer. Richard Burgi stars
Season 1 Episode 4: The Debt (1996) Jim inadvertently gets involved in a gang war when Blair moves into an apartment next to an illegal drug lab. Guest starring Sherman Augustus
Season 1 Episode 3: Killers (1996) Jim witnesses the shooting of an undercover cop and tries to use his super-powers to help catch the killer. Richard Burgi stars
Season 1 Episode 2: Siege (1996) Sandburg (Garett Maggart) becomes a hostage when a paramilitary group takes over the central police department.
Season 1 Episode 1: The Switchman (1996) An anthropologist (Garett Maggart) teaches a police detective (Richard Burgi) how to use his heightened senses to fight crime.