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Human Target

TV·2010–2011·2 seasons, 25 episodes·FOX·Action, Adventure, Crime·1h·8.0·Created by Jonathan E. Steinberg

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Christopher Chance is a unique private contractor/security expert/bodyguard hired when an unusual or imminent threat cannot be solved through normal means of protection. Chance works with his business partner and trusted friend, Winston, and hired gun, Guerrero, to integrate himself completely into his clients' lives and eliminate the threat by becoming the Human Target.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Human Target S01E12Christopher ChanceS01E12 · 8.0When Chance's former boss makes a move to bring him back into the fold, flashbacks reveal the events that lead to Chance, Winston and Guerrero's unlikely partnership.
  2. 02Human Target S01E03Embassy RowS01E03 · 7.8Chance races against time and crashes a black-tie affair at the Russian Embassy to find a friend's killer. As he becomes embroiled in an international arms deal, he meets his match in a beautiful female counterpart.
  3. 03Human Target S02E03Taking AmesS02E03 · 7.8When Ames is pulled back into her old criminal life, Chance goes undercover as part of a gang attempting to stage a daring diamond heist to help protect her.

Cast

Mark ValleyMark ValleyChristopher ChanceChi McBrideChi McBrideWinstonJackie Earle HaleyJackie Earle HaleyGuerreroIndira VarmaIndira VarmaIlsa PucciJanet MontgomeryJanet MontgomeryAmes

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2010Aired 7.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Human Target S01E01PilotJanuary 17, 2010 7.5Christopher Chance is a unique private contractor/security expert/bodyguard hired when an unusual or imminent threat cannot be solved throug
  2. S01E02Human Target S01E02RewindJanuary 20, 2010 7.4Chance and Winston encounter some severe turbulance when they work together to protect a client they have never met from an assassin aboard
  3. S01E03Human Target S01E03Embassy RowJanuary 26, 2010 7.8Chance races against time and crashes a black-tie affair at the Russian Embassy to find a friend's killer. As he becomes embroiled in an int
  4. S01E04Human Target S01E04SanctuaryFebruary 3, 2010 7.4Chance needs a miracle to help protect a reformed thief from his vengeful former accomplices as they race to recover priceless religious art
  5. S01E05Human Target S01E05RunFebruary 10, 2010 7.6Chance is hired to protect a district attorney who is running from her family's past and marked for murder because of her investigation into
  6. S01E06Human Target S01E06LockdownFebruary 17, 2010 7.7Chance must break in then break out of the maximum-security high-rise headquarters of a weapons manufacturer when he is hired to rescue a ge
  7. S01E07Human Target S01E07Salvage & ReclamationMarch 10, 2010 7.2Chance reunites with a fiery former flame when he is called to South America to rescue an archeologist whose discovery of a lost treasure ma
  8. S01E08Human Target S01E08BaptisteMarch 17, 2010 7.5Chance's past comes into focus when he recruits FBI Agent Emma Barnes to help him stop his former partner from assassinating a visiting fore
  9. S01E09Human Target S01E09Corner ManMarch 24, 2010 7.4Chance is knocked out when he meets the beautiful daughter of a former heavyweight champ in Vienna and must jump in the ring to protect a pr
  10. S01E10Human Target S01E10TanarakMarch 31, 2010 7.1Chance travels to a remote Alaskan island to find a missing doctor and expose an industrial giant's involvement in the death of a mining for
  11. S01E11Human Target S01E11VictoriaApril 7, 2010 7.2Chance is hired to protect a member of the British royal family whose decision to abdicate the throne for the love of a commoner has her mar
  12. S01E12Human Target S01E12Season's bestChristopher ChanceApril 14, 2010 8.0When Chance's former boss makes a move to bring him back into the fold, flashbacks reveal the events that lead to Chance, Winston and Guerre

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2010–11Aired 7.6Season avg
  1. S02E01Human Target S02E01Ilsa PucciNovember 17, 2010 7.6Picking up from the thrilling first season cliffhanger, Chance and Guererro stage a daring rescue of Winston from the hands of his torturous
  2. S02E02Human Target S02E02The Wife's TaleNovember 24, 2010 7.6Chance must protect the wife of a man he killed seven years ago as his conscience eats at him for his past misdeeds. Meanwhile, Ames hopes G
  3. S02E03Human Target S02E03Season's bestTaking AmesDecember 1, 2010 7.8When Ames is pulled back into her old criminal life, Chance goes undercover as part of a gang attempting to stage a daring diamond heist to
  4. S02E04Human Target S02E04The Return of BaptisteDecember 8, 2010 7.8When Ilsa's friend is held hostage, Chance must turn to the only person he knows has information to help rescue her: his archenemy Baptiste,
  5. S02E05Human Target S02E05Dead HeadDecember 15, 2010 7.7When Chance and the team help a client suffering from retrograde amnesia discover who he is and why someone is out to kill him, Winston is f
  6. S02E06Human Target S02E06The Other Side of the MallDecember 22, 2010 7.7When a murder attempt is made on a seemingly innocuous family, the team travels to their version of hell during the holiday season: suburbia
  7. S02E07Human Target S02E07A Problem Like MariaJanuary 5, 2011 7.4Chance and Ilsa's partnership is put to the test when Chance's old flame asks for his help in rescuing a kidnapped colleague from a ruthless
  8. S02E08Human Target S02E08Communication BreakdownJanuary 5, 2011 7.6Chance and Ilsa's partnership is put to the test when Chance's old flame asks for his help in rescuing a kidnapped colleague from a ruthless
  9. S02E09Human Target S02E09ImbroglioJanuary 14, 2011 7.8Chance and Ilsa must protect her sister-in-law when a night at the opera turns into a hostage situation. Guerrero gets a taste of southern h
  10. S02E10Human Target S02E10Cool Hand GuerreroJanuary 14, 2011 7.7Chance and Ilsa must protect her sister-in-law when a night at the opera turns into a hostage situation. Guerrero gets a taste of southern h
  11. S02E11Human Target S02E11Kill BobJanuary 31, 2011 7.8Chance and the team protect a husband who thinks his wife is a Russian spy and out to kill him for classified defense secrets. Meanwhile, Am
  12. S02E12Human Target S02E12The Trouble with HarryFebruary 2, 2011 7.7Chance is reunited with Harry when he is hired to protect the girlfriend of a rival security agency owner. Meanwhile, Ilsa must go into the
  13. S02E13Human Target S02E13Marshall PucciFebruary 9, 2011 6.9Chance's investigation into Ilsa's late husband's past uncovers a web of deception and lies that may tear the team part forever.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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