The Sentinel

These are recaps of the first season of The Sentinal, which showed in the mid-nineties and was, from everything I’ve read about it, terrible yet slashtastic. It involves Jim, who has supernaturally strong senses of sight, hearing, smell, and manliness, and his sidekick Blair, who teaches Jim how to use his senses and spends a lot of time in Mortal Peril.

The recap is hilarious. Some pulled quotes, in case you’re curious;

Jim sneaks inside using his Sentinel senses and action stealth, eventually saving the day in a climactic action sequence which involves Jim hanging off the runners of a helicopter for a really long time, which has nothing to do with his actual superpowers and everything to do with the sheer awesome power of his manliness.


Jim stays to take down the jet with the pure power of testosterone.


It turns out the villain is a rogue CIA agent (the actor wants to be one of those shining-smiled handsome devilish guys so hard he almost pulls it off; no doubt the following conversation took place:
CASTING AGENT: You're playing a rogue CI--
ACTOR (overlapping): A rogue?? Finally, the part I was born to play!
CASTING AGENT: A rogue CIA agent.
ACTOR (dreamily): With a heart of gold.