Was watching an episode of The Sentinel yesterday from 1996 and I'd nearly forgotten that Lucifer himself, Mark Pellegrino was in it! Look at that hair! LOL! He actually played a really good psycho character named Ray Weston that beat the crap out of the hero, Jim Ellison, which didn't happen very often.

If I ever get to see Mark at another convention I should bring this picture to show him. :-)

Always loved this episode because it was patterned after Shoot to Kill, the great Sidney Poitier/Tom Berenger film.

Does Blair look gorgeous in this entire episode or what?

Sorry, Jim, no golfing on this vacation! Aww, good for Blair, wanting Jim to take some time off - communing with nature. At a monastery. :-) And really, I don't see Jim as a golfer, do you? I don't think he has the patience for it. Like Blair says next season - "You have the attention span of a gerbil"

Love that they're sharing the same room. ;-)

"Did you just make a date? In a monastery?"

And Jim loses his radio, too. "Maybe he's a Sentinel monk." - Ha!

Aww! Family reunion! Garett and his dad, Brandon. :-)

No elbows on the table, Jim! Is Jim's "prayer" awesome or what? "Thank you for the chili" Hee!

The basketball scene is great! So nice to see Jim and Blair goofing around and having fun. :-)

Poor Brother Timothy. :-( I still think it's strange that he wouldn't have hit the trip wire on the way up, you know? So much for a relaxing vacation for Sentinel and Guide.

Sorry, but that shot with Jim crouching on the stairs and the camera looking between Blair's legs? Mmmm….yeah. ;-)

Major lack of personal space between Jim and Blair in this episode. Love it.

That's a very unique way of making a bomb - injecting kerosene into a lightbulb.

Aww, no, Brother Christopher! I really liked him. :-(

I don't blame Blair for feeling betrayed by Brother Marcus. How awesome the monks rallied around Marcus and said they were all Jackie Kosinski. Brilliant move.

"Brother Anthony" got as much gas on himself as he did on the church! At least Jim couldn't drop his gun because he couldn't use it anyway. ;-)

I know I've mentioned the soundtrack before and again, the music in this episode is great - when the bad guys are chasing Jim and Blair around the monastery and the monks are upstairs praying. Beautiful music.

Loved Blair's heartfelt reaction when he thought Marcus was dead, with Jim having to hold him back physically.

"Vow of silence? Me? It's not possible." You can say that again, Blair! LOL!

"Maybe Vegas?" - "Sin city?" - "I was going to ask Brother Theodore to bless my dice."

And that wraps up season one! Thanks for "watching" along with me!

aka both Jim and Blair have woman troubles and should realize they're better off together

Love the beginning conversation between Jim and Blair in the car, about Jim's eating habits. "Why don't you shoot the lard straight into your veins, Jim?" Loved Blair's car, the Corvair. Between Jim's F150 and this - why did they eventually have to destroy them both? :-(

Look! Jim dropped his gun! LOL!

Blair to the rescue with the firehose! Again proving you don't need a gun to take down the bad guys. And how completely pumped he is afterwards, bouncing around! Hee!

Oh Blair, see this is what got you in trouble, thinking with your little brain instead of your big brain. [shakes head] (as a shallow aside, Blair looks gorgeous in that red and black plaid jacket)

Blair's "office" is such an extension of himself. :-) And we get a glimpse into Blair's anthropological life, traveling all over, living with different tribes. And showing off his knowledge of South American art, too. His intellect is what I always admired about Blair. He wasn't just some sidekick.

Jim, what did you think was going to happen when you asked Blair to "watch" a gorgeous girl like Maya? Like putting a fox in the hen house.

Ah, again with the soundtrack here with "Blair's Love Theme". Gorgeous piece of music.

And here comes the showdown between Maya and Blair that was inevitable. How did Blair think this was going to end? And really Blair, she's a complete airhead. Stick with Jim.

Blair shouldn't be upset with Jim. He didn't tell Blair to fall for Maya. Love how Jim just stops messing with that little thing he's holding when Blair says he's falling in love with Maya. Is that a telling reaction, or what, says my little slashy heart. :-)

Wasn't Blair just captured and tied up a couple of episodes ago?

Liked this glimpse into Jim's past - his story about when he was a rookie just out of the academy, losing his friend Delgado.

"Nobody moves until I give the word. We spook Vargas and we get Sandburg killed." Jim's on his way, Chief!

The end scene always breaks my heart. Even though Blair got himself into this situation that he knew could never end well he did truly like Maya and he's hurting. Love that Jim tries to do what he can for Blair, that he understands. Noodles = Love

Tune in tomorrow for Attraction! Where it's Jim's turn to have women problems! When will these guys learn? :-)

This is another of my favorite episodes, in part because of the infamous "SenQuil" cold medicine it introduced, which even inspired an actual TV commercial on UPN!

OMG, Blair dancing and banging on the drum trying to help Jim kick his cold - "sonic antihistamine" and his "stew" of twigs cooking on the stove. "Any illegal substances?" LOL! Gives Blair his used kleenex - "Here hold this." Gross! LOL!

TS always had a thing with big vehicles - helicopters, buses, trains

If they were supposed to have a whole car to themselves why not one at the back of the train that could be closed off so other passengers couldn't walk through it?

Oh Blair, smitten by another pretty face. [shakes head] And Jim makes sure to move him away and handcuff him to the witness, then instead of sitting in the comfortable seat next to her, perches next to Blair. Territorial a bit there, Jim? Ha!

"Don't you think we should have some kind of secret password?" - "Why don't you say 'Who is it?' and I'll say 'Ellison' and then you open the door." LOL!

Jim refuses Blair's natural remedies and then ends up taking a chemical cold medicine. SenQuil to the rescue! Or not, eh? See, Jim, you should've listened to Blair! Great special effects here as Jim's senses go haywire. Love Blair's response when Jim describes what's going on with his senses - "Sounds like menopause" - LOL Blair!

Second time Jim hands Blair his gun. I wonder if Blair could've really pulled the trigger. I say no, which is why he wouldn't be cut out to be a cop. But that's a discussion for season four. :-)

We're seriously supposed to believe that Jim could've fallen out the train's window and grabbed onto a chain underneath it and hooked his legs around it? And then somehow pull himself along underneath it? Yeah, there's some suspension of disbelief right there!

LOVED seeing the flashback of Blair testing Jim's senses with his homemade contraption. I wish we'd seen more of this during the series. Blair very much in "Guide" mode. And I'm glad Jim remembers what Blair taught him and uses it.

"I got it for my Bar Mitzvah". I think that was a throwaway line that ended up taking on a life of its own in fandom.

Again with the good stunt work on the show as "Jim" hops from the car onto the train.

"Together you guys have everything I've been searching for in a man. Now if I could just find THAT man" - sorry, sweetheart, these guys are already spoken for. :-)

Touchy-feely at the end there, Jim! You really do love patting Blair on the face, don't you? Hee!

Tune in Monday for Rogue where the "Guide" was born!

Yep, this is the episode where us slash fans rejoiced. Just four episodes in and they start living together! It's canon! LOL!

But let's start off with Larry the Barbary ape. Ah, Blair, only you would be studying the effects of television violence on primates. [snort] And really, how cute was Larry all snuggled up against Jim, eating popcorn? Hee!

See, we really needed to get Blair out of where he was living anyway, above a drug lab, for crying out loud. Yes, he gets 10,000 square feet for only $850/month but the rats are the size of small dogs! So it's Jim to the rescue! "One week and I'll be out of your hair". Uh-uh. And four years later they're still living together. :-)

Love the scene where Jim discovers Larry has completely trashed his loft, then escaped. Mainly because I think Blair looks amazing in that sweater. Who me, shallow? ;-)

Didn't take long for us to have our first "domestic" scene the very next morning with Blair making Jim breakfast. "Scrambled firm, just the way you like it." Then Jim calling the breakfast a "courtship ritual". [ahem] No comment. ;-)

Even though Blair looks like a flake with his long hair, earrings and colorful clothing he's actually an incredibly intelligent guy. I'm glad that he gets to prove he's an asset to Jim here by giving his insight into gang violence thanks to his anthropology studies.

Love Blair in his suit and glasses and his hair pulled back, rallying the senior citizens to take a stand against the gang members. He just keeps proving he's pretty fearless!

Here's a blooper for you - Jim drops his gun (shocker!) as he's thrown off the roof of the moving truck, but somehow has it back in his hands as he hits the ground and rolls over. :-)

The ending of the ep is classic - Jim getting a phone call that Larry busted BACK into Jim's loft -
"What's he doing?"
"He's watching TV"
"What program?"
Ha! Blair!

Tune in tomorrow for one of my all time favorite episodes - Cypher

Or as I lovingly refer to it as - An episode of tall tales, one "obfuscation" after another. You needed a score card to keep track of all the lies going on in this one!

Let's see, there's the made-up story of why Blair wants to tag along with Jim, added onto by Jim saying that Blair is his cousin's kid and that his mom called begging him to help. (Which completely contradicts the latter seasons when you find out that Jim's mom has been gone since he was a kid)

Already we're seeing that the Cascade PD building is the most un-secure police department EVER. Geez, how many times in the course of the show did the bad guys get in the building and take over?? LOL!

This was before the days of cell phones being common (and they were as big as a brick) so things weren't as easy to get done when you couldn't call someone or look things up on the internet. I actually miss that in TV shows now - effort being put into an investigation, etc. instead of reaching for a phone.

Oh man, I LOVE Jim's Ford F150 truck SO much. It was just so….him. I mourned its loss in season two. [sniff]

Can we give props to Blair Sandburg for taking out not one, but TWO bad guys without a gun or throwing a punch? Who knew that a bathroom door and a vending machine could be so deadly! LOL!

Mmm…Jim is damn sexy in that grey t-shirt and kevlar vest. I'm just sayin'. ;-)

Ah, the famous rocket launcher scene that really did blow out about a hundred windows in downtown Vancouver. Watch closely and you'll see them shake from the explosion. The TS crew was in big trouble after that!

And here's another lie for you - "I'm Lieutenant Sandburg. Narcotics." Actually good call, Blair, with your long hair and wacky clothes. You'd fit right in!

Let's not forget one of the funniest bloopers that happens in this episode - Simon enters the stairwell with a revolver. Goes up the stairs and he's got an assault rifle. Gets to the top of the stairs and he's got the revolver again. Ha!

Oh look! There's Danny Bilson's favorite toy! A helicopter! Try having a drinking game to TS whenever you see a helicopter. You'll be under the table in no time!

And let's end the episode with yet another tall tale! "I flew Apaches in Desert Storm!" But again, nice job thinking on your feet, Blair. And you inspired a zillion fanfic stories from that one line. :-)

Did anyone else wonder when everyone found out that Blair took out those two perps single-handedly?

Gotta love the last line of the episode - "This wasn't like, a typical day for you was it?" LOL! Oh Blair, you have no idea the wild ride you're in for!

Tune in on Monday for a rewatch of Killers!

Cross posted from ts_news

Do you realize that it's been almost TWENTY YEARS since The Sentinel first aired on TV? That's right - March 20, 2016 will mark the TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY of the first appearance of Jim and Blair and the show we all love. That's a little more than two years away!

We were talking about this in our weekly TS chat, and we thought that it would be awesome to do something - maybe several things - to celebrate the TS fandom and how long it's been going. We tossed around several ideas - a convention, maybe with Richard, Bruce, Garett, Danny, and/or Paul; a fan meet-up; a special challenge around the twentieth anniversary; a site with fanworks dedicated to our excellent long-lived fandom...

And then we figured that the first step might be to figure out if/how many people were interested in those sorts of things, because that would help us decide where to focus our energy.

So, if you're a TS fan now or you've ever been a TS fan, please fill out this poll:

http://ts-news.livejournal.com/509151.html

And please forward this link to any person and any lists that you think might be interested!

Thanks!