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The Sentinel (1996)
The greatest show no one remembers.
This show is a superhero TV show. It is a historic, sci-fi, metaphysical, buddy, cop drama.
A cop discovers his ancient sentinel abilities and enlist the help of a local anthropologist to help him get rid of them. But the anthropologist convince him that he must learn to control his abilities, because they are just as much a part of him as breathing.
Learning to control all five of his senses to the 10th power and using them to solve crimes makes this an unprecedented show and The cool thing is that instead of hiding the secret from his boss, by the second episode, his Boss has been made aware of his superhuman abilities.
His Captain decides to keep his secret from the other police officers, including the upper brass at the police department like; the commissioner, and everyone in the district attorney's office. They decide no one should know about his sentinel abilities until he has learned to fully control them.
Some people may see an error in the police procedures, but people forget about how bad police procedures were before 9/11, even in the city where the show is taking place in, Vancouver Canada.
Throughout the show you begin to discover, because his captain is aware of his abilities, he allows Jim and his team to take liberties that other officers can't in order to cover up the superhuman nature in which the crimes were solved.