(If you are in Canada, please try Human Target on CTV)
Or If you'd rather see it on your tv, be sure to catch it when it is re-aired Tuesday night at 9pm.
The next episode, Rewind, will air after Idol Wednesday the 20th at nine. But don't get to used to the timeslot, starting the 27th with Embassy Row, Target will be sliding into the 8pm slot Wednesday nights.
While recovering from that little adventure Chance catches his good friend and business partner Winston, played by Chi McBride, trying to turn away potential client, Stephanie Dobbs, who is played by Tricia Helfer- and is well received by the hooting and hollering Comic Con crowd as she makes her first appearance in the following clip.
The line "Will I get to ride on it?" gets a lot of laughs from the crowd. It speaks volumes of Chances character and his inner child.
Posing as an interpreter, Chance boards California's first bullet train along side the woman he is paid to protect. When greeting a Japanese business man Chance suddenly finds the ability to speak Japanese, and invents quite a colorful history for his new fake persona.
Some fans who are fluent in the language have commented Valley's enunciation is not up to par, but I'm a little ashamed to admit that to my uncultured ear it sounded fine. We shall have to forgive him, as his claims of being an interpreter are only an elaborate cover story.
Guerrero, played by Watchman's Jackie Earle Haley was a fan favorite. His debut scene was greeted by the crowd with cheers and laughs as the underhanded character gains the upper hand in a debate with two thugs. You might have to wait until January to catch that scene, but until then, you can enjoy Earle in this scene. It was another crowd favorite with Guerrero's matter-of-fact admittance of his double life.
The climax of the show is a close range gun battle between Chance and the hired hit man. This scene is only the start of the action that remains non stop until the end.
Be sure to catch the premiere yourself Sunday January 17, 2010!
On May 18th 2009 the return of Human Target to the small screen was confirmed at Fox's upfront celebration.1 The new show will come to Fox mid season premiering on Sunday January 17, 2010 and then after taking the 9:00 Wednesday slot behind Idol. It will star Mark Valley of Boston Legal and Fringe, Jackie Earle Haley, Watchmen and A Nightmare on Elm Street and Chi McBride, Pushing Daisies and Boston Public.
People have secrets, and secrets can be dangerous. But nobody deserves to die. This is the thinking of Christopher Chance, a mysterious security agent for hire who assumes different identities, at times literally becoming a human target on behalf of his clients. Using the popular DC Comics title as a springboard for riveting and intelligent action and adventure, HUMAN TARGET provides a thrill ride with no clear boundaries. Resourceful, driven and compelled by a force known only to him, this take-charge antihero will barter his services for an aged bottle of scotch, much to the chagrin of his shadowy associates. If someone is threatened or a life is in danger...leave it to Chance. (official WB synopsis)
As the pilot begins Christopher Chance, played by Mark Valley, is in quite the tight spot. An irate gunman with plastic explosive strapped to his chest holds up the bank he was recently fired from. The former bank employee, played by Mark Moses (Desperate Housewives) is not about to let Chance go, even though he soon realizes he is not his former boss Ken Lydecker. Lydecker was not the model citizen, but for a fee Chance is willing to take a bullet for him, or in this case shrapnel from an exploding bomb.
But this is only the start of the episode. Ignoring the advice of his well-meaning friend Winston, played by Chi McBride, Chance is soon back on his feet taking up the case of Stephanie Dobbs, played by Tricia Helfer, the engineer aboard California's first bullet train. Posing as her interpreter, Chance suddenly finds the ability to speak Japanese as he slips into his roll to help fish out her would be killer.
Meanwhile, a shady figure named Guerrero played by Jackie Earle Haley, who seems to switch his loyalties daily based on price, is digging into the case, much to the chagrin of the by the books Winston.
Aboard a train racing along at 220 mph the stakes are high. Chance not only has his client to protect, but the lives of everyone aboard the trains maiden voyage.
As the first season begins, Winston takes on an unlikely role to help Chance protect an unknown client, a pseudonymous computer hacker with potentially devastating information, from an unidentified assassin aboard a very unusual flight to Seattle.
Chance's seach for a friend's killer makes him an uninvited guest at the Russian embassy, where he gets mixed up in the worldwide weaons trade and tangles with a distaff counterpart.
Chance needs a miracle to help protect a reformed thief from his vengeful former accomplices as they race to recover priceless religious artifacts hidden in a remote Canadian monastery. Guest star SAM HUNTINGTON (Superman Returns) appears as John Gray, SARAH SMYTH (Naked Josh, Durham County) appears as Emily and WILLIAM MAPOTHER (Lost) appears as Fisher.
Chance is hired to protect a district attorney who is running from her family's past and marked for murder because of her investigation into an organized crime family. Guest star KRISTIN LEHMAN (Drive, Judging Amy) appears as Allyson.
Chance must break in -- then break out -- of the maximum-security high-rise headquarters of a weapons manufacturer when he is hired to rescue a genius engineer who is held prisoner by his murderous employers. Guest star KEVIN WEISMAN (Alias) appears as Martin Gleeson; guest star MITCH PILEGGI (Grey's Anatomy, Sons of Anarchy, The X Files) appears as Leonard Kreese; guest star AUTUMN REESER (Entourage, The O.C.) appears as Layla; and guest star GARCELLE BEAUVAIS-NILON (NYPD Blue, The Jamie Foxx Show) appears as Vivian Cox.
Chance reunites with a fiery former flame when he is called to South America to rescue an archeologist whose discovery of a lost treasure makes him the target of a deadly bounty hunter -- and a South American army. Guest stars include KRIS MARSHALL (My Family, Murder City) as Doug, KIM COATES (Sons of Anarchy, Prison Break, CSI: Miami) as Bertram and LEONOR VARELA (Cleopatra, Where God Left His Shoes, Innocent Voices) as Maria.
Pieces of Chance's past come into focus when he recruits FBI Agent Emma Barnes (recurring guest star EMMANUELLE VAUGIER) to help him stop his former partner from assassinating a visiting foreign dignitary. Meanwhile, Guerrero tests out a familiar face as a new recruit to the team. Guest stars include AUTUMN REESER (Entourage, The O.C.) as Layla and LENNIE JAMES (Jericho, Snatch, 24 Hour Party People) as Baptiste.
Chance 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 prize fighter on the run from a ruthless businessman. Guest star GRACE PARK (Battlestar Galactica, The Cleaner, Edgemont) appears as Eva.
Chance travels to a remote Alaskan island to find a missing doctor and expose an industrial giant's involvement in the death of a mining foreman. Guest star MOON BLOODGOOD (Terminator Salvation, Day Break, Journeyman) appears as Dr. Jessica Shaw.
Chance is hired to protect a member of the British Royal family (guest star Christina Cole, R) in the HUMAN TARGET episode "Victoria" airing Wednesday, April 14 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
HUMAN TARGET: Chance's (Mark Valley, L) former boss makes a bold move in the HUMAN TARGET season finale episode "Christopher Chance" airing Wednesday, April 14 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
