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* AbusiveParents: Jim's father, William, wasn't ''physically'' abusive, but he was manipulative and tended to think Jim was "strange" because of his Sentinel abilities. Having to compete with one's brother for season tickets or an overseas vacation ''really'' doesn't help the family dynamic, and his constant harangues over Jim "seeing things" is why Jim [[LaserGuidedAmnesia suppressed]] his Sentinel abilities until he was an adult - and why he's so [[FlatEarthAtheist dismissive of Sandburg's countercultural lifestyle and research]].
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* AbusiveParents: Jim's father, William, wasn't ''physically'' abusive, but he was manipulative and tended to think Jim was "strange" because of his Sentinel abilities. Having to compete with one's brother for season tickets or an overseas vacation ''really'' doesn't help the family dynamic, and his constant harangues over Jim "seeing things" is why Jim [[LaserGuidedAmnesia suppressed]] his Sentinel abilities enhanced senses until he was an adult - and why he's so [[FlatEarthAtheist dismissive of Sandburg's countercultural lifestyle and research]].
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* AbusiveParents: Jim's father, William, wasn't ''physically'' abusive, but he was manipulative and tended to think Jim was "strange" because of his Sentinel abilities. Having one's life compared to that of one's brother for season tickets or a vacation ''really'' doesn't help the family dynamic, and his constant harangues over Jim "seeing things" is why Jim didn't develop his Sentinel abilities until he was an adult - and why he's so [[FlatEarthAtheist dismissive of Sandburg's countercultural lifestyle and research]].
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* AbusiveParents: Jim's father, William, wasn't ''physically'' abusive, but he was manipulative and tended to think Jim was "strange" because of his Sentinel abilities. Having one's life compared to that of compete with one's brother for season tickets or a an overseas vacation ''really'' doesn't help the family dynamic, and his constant harangues over Jim "seeing things" is why Jim didn't develop [[LaserGuidedAmnesia suppressed]] his Sentinel abilities until he was an adult - and why he's so [[FlatEarthAtheist dismissive of Sandburg's countercultural lifestyle and research]].
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* AbusiveParents: Jim's father, William, wasn't ''physically'' abusive, but he was manipulative and tended to think Jim was "strange" because of his Sentinel abilities. Having one's life compared to that of one's brother for season tickets or a vacation ''really'' doesn't help the family dynamic, and his constant harangues over Jim "seeing things" is why Jim didn't develop his Sentinel abilities until he was an adult - and why he's so [[FlatEarthAtheist dismissive of Sandburg's countercultural lifestyle and research]].
* ArbitrarySkepticism: For a psychic cop with an invisible spirit animal, Jim ''really'' doesn't like to hear about all the weird stuff Sandburg believes in.
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** In the third season, it's revealed that he actually had his abilities in childhood, but repressed them then after witnessing a murder - or more precisely, because his father harangued him for "lying" about witnessing it; "Normal people can't ''do'' that! You want to be treated like a freak? No? ''Then shut up, brat!''" And now you know where Jim got a lot of his issues.
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** In the third season, it's revealed that he actually had his abilities in childhood, but repressed them then after witnessing a murder - or more precisely, because his father harangued him for "lying" "[[CassandraTruth lying]]" about witnessing it; "Normal it;
-->'''William Ellison''': ''Now you got to stop pretending or peoplecan't ''do'' that! are going to think you're a freak! You want to be treated like a freak? No? ''Then shut up, brat!''" And now understand? Huh? Is that what you know where Jim got a lot of his issues.want? For people to think there's something wrong with you?''
-->'''William Ellison''': ''Now you got to stop pretending or people
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* BlondesAreEvil: Alex Barnes. That is all.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Jeri Ryan]] as Alex Barnes. Also Udo Kier, the go-to guy anytime anyone needs a creepy-looking German guy, as Klaus Zellar.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only season 1 has been released on DVD, the other seasons have not been released in the 5+ years since.
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* NamesTheSame: No, our intrepid hero has never sung lead for Material Issue or served as mayor of [[UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} Royal Oak, Michigan.]]
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'''''The Sentinel''''' aired in the mid- to late 1990s on {{UPN}}. A cross between a CopShow and SciFi, it followed the life of Detective Jim Ellison and his civilian partner, Blair Sandburg.
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* DaChief: Captain Simon Banks. He knows about Jim's abilities and is continually having to explain away Jim's eccentricities to his superiors along with why Blair's still hanging around when his observer's pass expired years ago.
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* DaChief: Captain Simon Banks. He knows about Jim's abilities and is continually having to explain away Jim's eccentricities to his superiors along with why Blair's still hanging around when his observer's pass expired years ago. As fitting with the stereotype, he smokes cigars, wears suspenders and a shoulder holster, and always has the Mayor up his ass.
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* {{Protectorate}}: Ellison uses his heightened Sentinel senses to better serve and protect the city of Cascade.
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* TheNotLoveInterest: Blair to Jim, see HoYay above. Most of the roles typically filled by the girlfriend of the protagonist are filled by him, from being Jim's emotional ballast to [[JamesBondage constantly getting in trouble and needing to be rescued by Jim.]]
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* TheNotLoveInterest: Blair to Jim, see HoYay above.Jim. Most of the roles typically filled by the girlfriend of the protagonist are filled by him, from being Jim's emotional ballast to [[JamesBondage constantly getting in trouble and needing to be rescued by Jim.]]
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** Justified to some degree: when Jim asks Simon why he has to deal with every weirdo that wanders into town, Simon says he always assigned Jim the challenging cases because he thought he liked them.
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* HeroicBastard: Blair's mother has never told him who his father is, and may not even know.
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* HeroicBastard: Blair's mother has never told him who his father is, and may not even know. Though he likes to think it could be Timothy Leary.
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* CoincidenceMagnet: Blair. If there is a psycho trying to blow up a bus, bring down down a trapped elevator with explosives, or poison a small town for nefarious reasons, then Blair will be on that bus, be in that elevator, or have drunk that poison. Only one of the three examples can be considered a direct result of Blair's work with Jim. Also he rented a warehouse apartment next to a drug lab that blew up.
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* CoincidenceMagnet: Blair. If there is a psycho trying to blow up a bus, bring down down a trapped elevator with explosives, or poison a small town for nefarious reasons, then Blair will be on that bus, be in that elevator, or have drunk that poison. Only one of the three examples can be considered a direct result of Blair's work with Jim. Also he rented a warehouse apartment next to a drug lab that blew up. Jim wasted no time in asking Blair how he'd managed to miss that.
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* HotMom: Jim feels this way towards Blair's mother, much to the latter's chagrin.
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* {{Affectionate Nickname}}: Blair gets not one, but two: "Chief" (by Jim) and "Sandy" (by Megan).
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* WorkingWithTheEx: Jim's ex-wife worked in the department with him during the first season. She got PutOnABus before long, though.
** Somewhat unusually for this trope, Jim and Carolyn got along well together, with their snarky comments toward each other sounding more like friendly ribbing than actual malice. They even went out to dinner on occasion, with no strings attached, having decided they were BetterAsFriends.
** Somewhat unusually for this trope, Jim and Carolyn got along well together, with their snarky comments toward each other sounding more like friendly ribbing than actual malice. They even went out to dinner on occasion, with no strings attached, having decided they were BetterAsFriends.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: Jim's ex-wife worked in the department with him during the first season. She got PutOnABus before long, though.
**though. Somewhat unusually for this trope, Jim and Carolyn got along well together, with their snarky comments toward each other sounding more like friendly ribbing than actual malice. They even went out to dinner on occasion, with no strings attached, having decided they were BetterAsFriends.
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** As mentioned in other places on this page, Blair attracts as much, if not more.
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* BuddyCopShow: Jim and Blair's developing friendship is a major factor in early episodes, and their relationship problems provides drama in later seasons.
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* BuddyCopShow: Jim and Blair's developing friendship is a major factor in early episodes, and their relationship problems provides drama in later seasons. An interesting example considering half of the partnership isn't even a cop, he's an anthropology student.
