Someone to Watch Over Me

(1) Someone to Watch Over Me (Sentinel/X-Files)

By Laura Picken
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 16th January 2000 (3)

The problem with this one is that I can't really accept the premise. This isn't helped by having been written before "Sentinel Too" and therefore inconsistent with that and later Sentinel lore. Given that, however, it's not bad. Some bits are passed over a bit quickly, that might have been better gone into in a bit more detail, but the idea about this particular serial killer was a good one, though again, a bit lacking in detail, since we never actually find out his motive.

(2) Siege (Sentinel/X-Files)

By Laura Picken
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 16th January 2000 (4)

Sequel to Someone To Watch Over Me. Now, having read Tate's "psychic" series (starting with Dead Drop: Alternate Ending), this story makes more sense than it did when I read it the first time. When I read it the first time, having a psychic link between a Sentinel and a Guide seemed too far-fetched, and treated far too casually. Now that I know the antecedents, I still feel as if it were treated too casually. At least in Tate's series, it was something surprising, dangerous and disturbing. Here, it's simply accepted, snap, like that. I find that a bit hard to believe.