Jim, Detective & Sentinel

• likes sushi -- The Killers
• works out -- Cypher
• took SenQuil, non-drowsy formula in Night Train to combat cold (bad move)
• golfs -- Vow of Silence
• likes to gamble -- Caesar's Tahoe comment in bus and Vegas comment at tag scene of Vow of Silence
• plays basketball -- Vow of Silence and Three-Point Shot
• when angry, tends to grab phone away from Blair -- Flight and The Rig
• likes the music group Santana -- Out of the Past
• likes to fish -- Reunion, Secret, and Poachers
• likes motorcycles, used to ride in high school -- Payback
• has a phobia about deep water out of sight of land -- The Rig and Storm Warning
• likes poppyseed -- Blind Man's Bluff
• likes buttermilk in donuts -- Blind Man's Bluff
• likes to surf -- Light My Fire
• hates pineapple -- Second Chance (Thanks to Gen for the suggestion.)
• doesn't like horse racing -- His Brother's Keeper
• rides horses well (except for the blue-screening) -- His Brother's Keeper
• Jim reads books by author Jack Kerouac -- Sleeping Beauty
• seems to have a thing about silverware theft -- Sleeping Beauty (locking it up) and The Girl Next Door (counting it)
• likes the TV show Bonanza (has at least 5 episodes recorded) -- Vendetta
• Jim's cell phone number is 555-4563 -- Poachers
• reads Asian philosophy -- Poachers
• cousin Rucker is a Coast Guard -- Storm Warning
• plays poker -- Storm Warning
• has a six-year-old niece -- Prisoner X
• grew up in Cascade, rich family -- Remembrance
• parents divorced, he and Steven both living with father -- Remembrance
• father - William, mother - Grace (?), housekeeper - Sally -- Remembrance
• got nickname of "Chief" from an adult friend, Bud, which, of course, he later uses for Blair -- Remembrance
• played football, number 12 -- Remembrance
• had Sentinel senses as a child (age 10), suppressed them after finding Bud's dead body -- Remembrance
• father somehow knew about Jim's special senses, didn't want Jim to use them -- Remembrance
• has a habit of clenching his jaw -- just about every episode!
• frequents hot dog stands ("Mr. Tube Steak") -- Blind Man's Bluff, Sweet Science, Foreign Exchange
• likes prune danish -- Most Wanted

Blair, Anthropologist & Guide

• phobia about heights -- Black or White and Survival
• climbs trees at Jim's request despite height phobia -- Pilot and Dead Certain
• has a brown backpack he carries with him about everywhere
• Blair's outfit in Siege is the exact outfit later worn by Lash in Cypher (he won't be wearing that again)
• "Uh-huh, no way, I'm not going around packing. My deal is that I'm here strictly, strictly as an observer." -- famous last words by Blair in referring to using a gun -- The Killers
• beginning of the great "Does he or doesn't he have a nipple ring?" debate -- tag scene of Cypher
• doesn't approve of junk food -- Love and Guns, Blind Man's Bluff
• plays basketball -- Vow of Silence, Three-Point Shot
• ironically lacks a sense of direction despite "Guide" status -- Reunion and Survival
• collects baseball cards and things relating to the year 1961 -- True Crime
• likes to surf the net and is computer-savvy -- True Crime, Secret, Red Dust
• mother Naomi; father unknown, maybe Timothy Leary -- Spare Parts
• has an uncle who drives semi-trucks; Blair helped him drive one summer -- Spare Parts
• ate a piece of contaminated pizza despite aversion to junk food -- Blind Man's Bluff
• "I minored in psych." -- Dead Drop
• "Spent two summers at a welding plant. Fastest torch on my crew." -- Dead Drop
• started taking college classes at 16, thought he knew everything -- Smart Alec
• leaves keys in bad places -- Smart Alec (in his car) and Vendetta (on top of loft door jamb)
• likes horse racing and likes to bet on them (and is pretty good at it too!) -- His Brother's Keeper
• stole a microscope when he was 12 (I think) -- His Brother's Keeper
• has basketball card that "Orvelle Wallace" signed when Blair was in high school -- Three-Point Shot
• cousin Robert is a bookie -- Three-Point Shot
• has cousins in Fort Worth, Texas -- Vendetta
• twelfth birthday present was an electric guitar signed by Jimi Hendrix originally given to Naomi -- The Girl Next Door
• eats weird food (he calls it "experimenting in panculture cuisine") -- Foreign Exchange
• doesn't like sauerkraut -- Foreign Exchange
• is very adept at calling the station for backup/reporting crimes (playing "Phoneboy" as named by Moniker and Kaz) -- multiple episodes (Out of the Past, Vanishing Act, Foreign Exchange)
• has an algae shake every morning for breakfast (Neighborhood Watch)
  

Jim & Blair's Undercover Personas

• Blair as a social worker into Earl's grandmother's building -- The Debt
• Jim as country town policeman -- Reunion
• Blair and Jim infiltrate a car theft ring; Blair is semi-truck driver (and Jim is a wanna-be) -- Spare Parts
• Blair pretends to be Amber's male friend, Hank (complete with facial hair, picture right) -- Iceman
• Jim and Blair as Cyrus's drug dealing agents in the area -- Blind Man's Bluff
• Jim (as Jim Tanner) and Elaine as poachers and contraband dealers -- Poachers
• Jim as Jim Lawson - security for a mafia family and Blair as a personal tutor -- The Inside Man
• Jim as Bill Murdoch from Texas, a safecracker (with a lilt) -- Vendetta
• Jim as Jim Curtis, a copkiller and Blair as a creative writing teacher -- Prisoner X
• Blair as a mental patient at Conover -- Mirror Image
• Jim as Joe Brock (freon buyer) and Blair as Arthur Saban (freon seller) -- Finkelman's Folly
• Jim and Blair as bums -- Love Kills
• Jim and Megan as a married couple and Blair as Jim's nephew (by a second marriage) -- Neighborhood Watch
• Jim -- Carl McQueen, hired as a bodyguard by Hydra -- The Real Deal
• Blair -- Anthony, an artist, lover of Mrs. Somerset -- The Real Deal
• Megan -- Mrs. Somerset, rich married woman who hires Hydra to protect her from a lover who won't leave her alone -- The Real Deal
• Jim -- driver for bank robbery heist -- Most Wanted

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