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The Best Episodes of The Sentinel Season 3

Every episode of The Sentinel Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Sentinel Season 3!

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The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. 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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 1 - Warriors
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #1 - Warriors

    S3:E1

    In the Peruvian jungle, a Chopec Sentinel named Incacha is enraged by the pollution of his land by a contaminated oil well and the murder of one of his tribesman by an employee of the Cyclops Oil Co. ... Back in Cascade, Ellison foils a burglary but accidentally shoots a security guard. Luckily, the guard is OK, but Ellison's dismay causes his Sentinel powers to disappear.

    Director:Danny Bilson

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  2. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 2 - Three Point Shot
    6.6/10(21 votes)

    #2 - Three Point Shot

    S3:E2

    When basketball players on the Cascade Jaguars start turning up dead, Jim must calculate the difference between a good shot and a deadly one.

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  3. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 3 - The Girl Next Door
    6.8/10(20 votes)

    #3 - The Girl Next Door

    S3:E3

    Blair falls for Jim's new neighbor; a beautiful woman named Iris, but learns that this particular girl next door isn't as innocent as she appears. Iris and her ex-boyfriend Chance haven't exactly been living the American dream and the smitten Sandburg is quickly sucked into this couple's twisted nightmare.

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  4. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 4 - Poachers
    6.9/10(18 votes)

    #4 - Poachers

    S3:E4

    While Captain Banks, Blair, and Jim are fishing together they stumble across a poaching ring that's hooked up with a powerful Chinese gangster named Ho Ng.

    Director:Tony Westman

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  5. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 5 - The Inside Man
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #5 - The Inside Man

    S3:E5

    Using his sentinel powers, Jim saves Edward, the grandson of Mafia don Dominick Lazar, from drowning. When Don Dominick himself thanks Jim for his efforts, he decides to use this opportunity to get on the inside of the city's organized crime world.

    Director:Bruce Bilson

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  6. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 6 - Vendetta
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #6 - Vendetta

    S3:E6

    After a minor car accident and heated argument with the driver, Dan Freeman, Jim Ellison finds that this unbalanced man has targeted him for a full-blown vendetta.

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  8. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 7 - Fool Me Twice
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #7 - Fool Me Twice

    S3:E7

    During a local Amnesty International conference, Ellison and Sandburg are assigned to watch over Genevieve Benet, the outspoken St. Germainian peace activist.

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  9. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 8 - Storm Warning
    8.0/10(28 votes)

    #8 - Storm Warning

    S3:E8

    Visiting his cousin Rucker on a remote island, Jim learns that people on deserted islands don't always pursue the "natural life." While rescuing a woman named Monique from a storm-tossed boat, a huge bag of heroin surfaces.

    Director:Oley Sassone

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  10. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 9 - Red Ice
    7.5/10(19 votes)

    #9 - Red Ice

    S3:E9

    Poet Dimitri Gordienski is killed by a sniper at Cascade's Russian Arts Festival. Captain Banks wants the case resolved quickly before the federal government gets involved.

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  11. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 10 - Dead Certain
    6.1/10(22 votes)

    #10 - Dead Certain

    S3:E10

    When a dead body falls out of the sky with every bone broken, every organ shattered, and no identification, Ellison and Sandburg know that they are not dealing with an ordinary criminal.

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  12. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 11 - Breaking Ground
    6.6/10(26 votes)

    #11 - Breaking Ground

    S3:E11

    When archaeology student Martin Gillman is buried alive by a cave-in at an excavation site, Ellison and Sandburg suspect foul play. As they unearth vendettas between various members of the archaeological team allusions also surface to hidden treasure buried at the site.

    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 12 - Prisoner X
    7.3/10(22 votes)

    #12 - Prisoner X

    S3:E12

    Jim Ellison agrees to go undercover as an inmate in Starkville Prison to investigate a series of suspicious prisoner suicides. He must depend on his thick skin and diplomatic skills as well as his sentinel abilities to navigate through the treacherous world of gangs and dishonest guards within the prison walls.

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  14. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 13 - The Trance
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    #13 - The Trance

    S3:E13

    When a local Santeria ceremony goes wrong, one man is dead and the only witness is a woman who was deep in a religious trance while she unknowingly watched the murder. Ellison and Sandburg need to enter into Cascade's Little Havana community in order to uncover the killer.

    Writer:Ann Powell

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  15. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 14 - Mirror Image
    6.3/10(24 votes)

    #14 - Mirror Image

    S3:E14

    Jim Ellison can't explain how Warren Chapel, a permanent patient at a maximum-security mental institution, has detailed firsthand knowledge of a string of grisly murders occurring around Cascade.

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  16. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 15 - Finkelman's Folly
    6.9/10(21 votes)

    #15 - Finkelman's Folly

    S3:E15

    When Captain Banks is injured in a shootout at the Cascade National Bank, Captain Sarah Finkelman steps in as his replacement and steps on some toes. She rubs Ellison and Sandburg the wrong way with her new policy changes and obsessive control.

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  17. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 16 - Sweet Science
    7.1/10(20 votes)

    #16 - Sweet Science

    S3:E16

    It's guys' night out for Ellison and Sandburg as they watch Sandburg's old buddy, boxer "Sweet" Roy Williams fight a few rounds. Things turn decidedly sour when Sweet Roy winds up dead and all the leads point to his jealous little brother, Jamie.

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  18. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 17 - Remembrance
    6.1/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Remembrance

    S3:E17

    Professor Robert McCain, the Rainier University expert in serial killers, turns up dead and Ellison is forced to re-open a case that dates back to his youth. As a 10-year-old Jim discovered the last known victim of the infamous Country Club Strangler and it's haunted him ever since.

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  19. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 18 - Love Kills
    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #18 - Love Kills

    S3:E18

    Some visiting Buddhist monks start dying in Cascade's Chinatown district and Lila, Jim's old love from his days in Bali, seems to be involved. Jim's investigation is hampered by some overwhelming sensory overloads that all but incapacitate him.

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  20. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 19 - Crossroads
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #19 - Crossroads

    S3:E19

    Ellison, Blair, and Captain Banks are trapped in Clayton Falls when some overzealous military officers quarantine the small town. Apparently, an airborne virus wreaked havoc on the community and now everyone's been ordered to stay in protective custody.

    Writer:Rick Husky

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  21. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 20 - Foreign Exchange
    7.1/10(21 votes)

    #20 - Foreign Exchange

    S3:E20

    When the federal mint is targeted for a major heist, Ellison and Sandburg are joined by Megan Conner, a visiting police officer from Australia, as they prepare to apprehend the robbers in the act.

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  22. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 21 - Neighborhood Watch
    6.6/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Neighborhood Watch

    S3:E21

    Jim's friend Roger Corman, a U.S. Marshall, is killed in a car bombing before he can reveal the name of a corrupt marshall that he's uncovered. Ellison must ferret out the traitor but finds his hands tied when the U.S. Marshalls themselves take over the investigation.

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  23. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 22 - Night Shift
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    #22 - Night Shift

    S3:E22

    When a car comes barreling into the Cascade Police Station in the middle of the night, the Sentinel team finds themselves abruptly thrown into a murder investigation. Initially, their only witnesses are shaken-up but, when an alligator gets loose in the station, everyone goes crazy.

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  24. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 23 - Sentinel Too (1)
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #23 - Sentinel Too (1)

    S3:E23

    With Ellison having strange visions of jaguars and a series of superhumanly performed thefts occurring around the city, Blair and Jim suspect that he may not be the only sentinel in town.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Warriors" is the best rated episode of "The Sentinel" season 3. It scored 7/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Danny Bilson and written by David Newman, it aired on 9/10/1997. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Three Point Shot".