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The Worst Episodes of The Sentinel

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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 Worst Episode
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    The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 10 - Dead Certain
    6.1/10(23 votes)

    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.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Gail Morgan Hickman

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  2. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 17 - Remembrance
    6.1/10(23 votes)

    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.

    Director:Tim Van Patten
    Writers:Tom Fudge, Joe Johnson

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

    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.

    Director:Tony Westman
    Writers:David H. Balkan, Rich Tabach

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  4. The Sentinel Season 2 Episode 11 - Black or White
    6.4/10(25 votes)

    S2:E11

    When a series of explosions level black churches throughout Cascade, Ellison, Sandburg and Captain Banks uncover the racist influences of the White Aryan Resistance (WAR) in their city.

    Director:William Gereghty
    Writer:Peter Lance

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  5. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 21 - Neighborhood Watch
    6.4/10(22 votes)

    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.

    Director:Scott Williams
    Writer:Harold Apter

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  6. The Sentinel Season 4 Episode 6 - The Real Deal
    6.4/10(22 votes)

    S4:E6

    When retired television actor Vince Deal suspects that one of his friends has been murdered he enlists the help of Jim Ellison.

    Director:James Marshall
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Sentinel Season 4 Episode 3 - Four Point Shot
    6.5/10(24 votes)

    S4:E3

    Ellison knows that the city is in for trouble when Garrett Kincaid, the leader of the Sunrise Patriots militia group, escapes from prison. While Jim tracks the escaped convict, Captain Banks, Daryl Banks, and Blair Sandburg attend a Cascade Jaguars' basketball game.

    Director:Danny Bilson
    Writer:Harold Apter

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  8. The Sentinel Season 2 Episode 2 - Out of the Past
    6.6/10(30 votes)

    S2:E2

    Jim and Blair are assigned to protect pop singer Angie Ferris from an obsessive, escaped convict named Jay Weston.

    Director:Danny Bilson
    Writers:David Newman, Gail Morgan Hickman

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  9. The Sentinel Season 2 Episode 13 - Hear No Evil
    6.6/10(26 votes)

    S2:E13

    Ellison sees an undercover police detective named Brent Marten thrown to his death from a police helicopter. Ellison watches Banks and his men retrieve the body from the harbor, then learns the case has been placed under the jurisdiction of Internal Affairs investigator Sheila Irwin.

    Director:John J. Connor
    Writer:Harold Apter

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  10. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 2 - Three Point Shot
    6.6/10(22 votes)

    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.

    Director:Danny Bilson
    Writer:Darrell Fetty

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  11. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 11 - Breaking Ground
    6.6/10(27 votes)

    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.

    Director:William Gereghty
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Sentinel Season 1 Episode 8 - Love and Guns
    6.7/10(35 votes)

    S1:E8

    After stopping an armored car heist, Ellison is struck by the high-tech weaponry at the criminals' disposal.

    Director:Tim Van Patten
    Writer:Bruce Kalish

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

    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.

    Director:William Gereghty
    Writer:Harold Apter

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  14. The Sentinel Season 2 Episode 3 - Deep Water
    6.9/10(26 votes)

    S2:E3

    At an unrelated auto accident by the river, evidence surfaces which implicates Jim and his old partner, Jack Pendergrast, in a kidnapping/murder case from four years prior.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Harold Apter

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  15. The Sentinel Season 2 Episode 4 - Reunion
    6.9/10(29 votes)

    S2:E4

    When Blair and Jim join Captain Banks at his 20-year high school reunion they discover more than just nostalgia awaiting them in the officer's hometown.

    Director:Greg Beeman
    Writer:Unknown

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

    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
    Writer:Tony Westman

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

    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.

    Director:James Marshall
    Writer:Ann Powell

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

    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.

    Director:Michael Lacoe
    Writer:Harold Apter

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  19. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 18 - Love Kills
    6.9/10(22 votes)

    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.

    Director:William Gereghty
    Writers:Tom Fudge, Joe Johnson

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  20. The Sentinel Season 4 Episode 4 - Dead End on Blank Street
    6.9/10(32 votes)

    S4:E4

    When Internal Affairs accuses him of stealing money captured in local drug busts, Ellison finds that during this case he's forced to answer the hard questions instead of asking them.

    Director:Don Kurt
    Writer:David H. Balkan

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  21. The Sentinel Season 2 Episode 5 - Payback
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    S2:E5

    Ellison finds himself witness to the beginnings of an underworld war between the drug-running bikers of The Void and the local representatives of the deadly Japanese Yakuza.

    Director:William Gereghty
    Writer:Peter Lance

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  22. The Sentinel Season 2 Episode 8 - The Rig
    7.0/10(29 votes)

    S2:E8

    When employees start dying "accidentally" aboard the North Star Five oilrig, Jim and Blair discover that their newest assignment has them walking a decidedly watery beat.

    Director:Danny Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Sentinel Season 2 Episode 18 - Smart Alec
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    S2:E18

    Ellison and Sandburg are sent to a college campus to investigate the murder of Fred Turlock, a maintenance worker.

    Director:Tony Westman
    Writer:John Vorhaus

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  24. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 1 - Warriors
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    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
    Writer:David Newman

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  25. The Sentinel Season 3 Episode 20 - Foreign Exchange
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    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.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writers:David H. Balkan, Laurence Frank, Harold Apter, Gail Morgan Hickman

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Dead Certain" is the worst rated episode of "The Sentinel". It scored 6.1/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by Bruce Bilson and written by Gail Morgan Hickman, it aired on 11/26/1997. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Remembrance".