The Sentinel: Season 1

I've been waiting for way too long for the whole of 'The Sentinel' to come out on DVD, and they've only released the first season! That's a great blessing, because the show is unique, a cop-buddy-action-myth-legend-paranormal combination that works, as unlikely as it sounds. And it's not humor, but a serious show. The idea is that Detective Jim Ellison, the Sentinel, has all five senses enhanced way past everyone else's; his buddy, Blair Sandburg, a young anthropologist on the cusp of getting his Ph.D., says he's 'beyond the curve' on all of them. But staying sane when your senses are that extreme requires help and Blair Sandburg is the single person on earth who can give it. Their temperaments are completely opposite: Jim is ex-military, bad-tempered and officious, while Blair has been raised by a flower-power hippie who has no idea who Blair's father is. The show is steeped in South American mythology, with both of the guys having spirit animals to lend meaning to certain episodes in their lives; Jim's predicament is partly due to his time as a Ranger in Peru, where an indigene called Incacha was Jim's first guide, and he is certain he doesn't want any other guide, no matter what, no matter who. But Jim and Blair are both strong, both caring and both heroes. Oh, I want the whole series! Please, please don't stop with season 1, and bring out the others too. The number of prospective purchasers in the TS fandom is enormous, and we'll all buy all of them, probably twice or three times over! We're notorious for forcing UPS to bring out a very short season 4 after killing off Blair at the end of season 3 by a non-stop write-in campaign, and we're as rabid as we ever were. That's how good the show is, and how hooked you get on it. And how likely we are to buy all the DVDs again and again!

I loved the TV series so when the first season finally came out I jumped to get it. Now if they'd only release the other seasons so I can buy them too!