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Rating:  - So there's just the one and now we switch to Blue Ray
Dang!
Well, I expect to buy a Blue Ray for my next player, anyway. Still, it's a bit frustrating! Just season One? *sniffle*
Rating: - Quality T.V. entertainment
I really enjoyed watching this series again. It was unique and well done when it first aired, with good scripts and terrific actors. I found watching 'The Sentinel' nostalgic but by no means dated. The quality of the dvd (picture & sound)was great, and I look foward to the release of the second and third seasons.
Rating:  - The Sentinel: Something different...
"The Sentinel: The Complete First Season" contains the initial 10 episodes for a unique police procedural, first aired in 1996. Jim Ellison (a stalwart Richard Burgi) is the sole survivor of a Special Forces mission in the jungles of Peru. Now a police detective in Cascade, Washington, Ellison discovers that he has acquired heightened senses highly useful in crime-fighting, if he can learn to control them. His consultation with anthropology graduate student Blair Sandberg (Garrett Maggart) reveals that he has a rare genetic predisposition for heightened sensory powers. Blair teams up with Jim to help him learn to control his unusual condition, while gathering material for what promises to be a fantastic graduate thesis. Bruce Young is outstanding as the Police Chief.
The ten episodes cover an variety of crimes and opponents, from simple killers to serial murders to gunrunners and drug traffickers. Jim and Blair make an appealing team, if often hamstrung by clunky dialogue and very limited special effects. Most episodes provide Ellison one or more opportunities to solve a crime or save a life using his remarkable ability to see, hear, smell, touch, or taste better than the average human. One memorable episode has Blair trapped inside police headquarters, which has been taken over by a criminal gang, while Jim tries to break in. Another, exceptionally innovative episode has Jim and Blair escorting a criminal on a train, only to have Jim's senses go haywire from a dose of cold medicine.
The series was interesting in its time, and worth a look-back now.
Rating: - It's about friendship!
This show is about so much more than just your average "get the bad guys" cop show... It has so much more to offer, but I guess that it is hard for some to grasp the deep friendship build from nothing and all the different characters preformanses...
Richard Burgi is just great as Detective Ellison - and yes, he is a bit stiff (or whatever) sometimes... but that is just so Ellison like..
And Garett Maggart is super as Blair Sandburg - his enthusiasm, energy and way of seeing things is refreshing and you just have to love him...
The extra twist of the show are the senses and if you took 'em away, I agree it might have been a dull show, but with them.. - oh, man (blair style)..
If you, like me, like buddy shows with a good plot and a lot of action.
Then this is something for you!
Rating:  - Great Beginning
When this show first aired, I was unable to watch it (I was one of few who didn't have cable LOL). I was glad to see that the first season was released on dvd and was very pleased with the offering. What I don't like is that this is it! What's happened to the remaining seasons? Anyway, if you're considering purchasing this set but don't want to start without the entire series being available, I urge you to go ahead and buy it. **Spoiler** The final episode of this set does not end w/a cliff-hangar so you won't feel as if you're missing out on the opening episode of the 2nd season. **End Spoiler**
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