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Human Target Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
Pilot
Sun, Jan 17, 201060 mins
Christopher Chance is a man who seems to get his thrills on protecting people from all walks of life. In the opener, he takes a case where he needs to protect a mechanical engineer who designed California's first bullet train, capable of reaching speeds up to two hundred miles an hour.
Episode 2
Rewind
Wed, Jan 20, 201060 mins
Phil Tennant hires Christopher, Wilson and Guerrero to protect anonymous hacker 'Casper' on a flight to his Seattle HQ. Casper holds the key to a way to circumvent all Internet security. Tennant's suspicion are proved right as attempts aboard are made to sabotage the plane or kill passengers, presumably by Casper. Fake flight attendant Winston takes a long time to identify the hacking genius. Chase has to substitute for the knocked-out pilot and handle official security as well as the sabotage. Guerrero leans on computer expert Sergei to find any accomplices.
Episode 3
Embassy Row
Tue, Jan 26, 201060 mins
Christopher Chance drops everything to respond to a secret alarm code agreed with Danny Cooper, who saved his life during military service in the Balkans. Danny died from a mysterious radiation poisoning outside a nature reserve. His kid brother Aaron, who ignored Danny was in counter-espionage, is already badly contaminated, and Chance soon will be to. The team works out Danny was after a military top-secret to be sold, actually auctioned, at the Russian embassy. Chance intrudes and finds the fiend, in a most uneasy collaboration with FBI agent Emma Barnes, facing embassy security chief Alexei Volkov.
Episode 4
Sanctuary
Wed, Feb 3, 201060 mins
Chance poses as a fellow monk to protect good-natured street orphan John Gray, who went in hiding after ratting on a crime lord who recently got out of prison. His gang beleaguers the Quebec mountain top monastery and takes monks hostage. The abbot helps Chance and John to track down the priceless 'ransom'. It's a book which may change the history of Christianity, but has a sophisticated protection mechanism. Meanwhile Guerrero accepts a super-dodge 'location' job, peeks at the documents and realizes it compromises Chance.
Episode 5
Run
Wed, Feb 10, 201055 mins
San Francisco District Attorney Allyson Russo hires Chance to protect her against anyone who doesn't want her to get a testimony from a member of Whitey Doyle's gang, which has immense corrupt connections. Indeed, SFPD detective Wes Gibson would have killed her if Chance hadn't guessed in time. So they go in hiding while chased by bad cops. Guerero must find a way to remove a bothersome bug. The plot thickens when a family connection proves to chance everything.
Episode 6
Lockdown
Wed, Feb 17, 201044 mins
Chance has to rescue a man who is being held against his will by the company, he works for,a defense contractor, because he want to reveal that the company gave one of their weapons to a country that's an enemy of the United States. All he has to do is break into a secured building, which he does but. But when his exit strategy is foiled he and the guy have to get out the hard way, with the company's entire security force after them. Winston and Guerrerro have to find a way to get the Feds involved but unfortunately they want more proof.
Episode 7
Salvage & Reclamation
Wed, Mar 10, 201060 mins
Chance's team drops him in South American republic San Carlos to rescue English anthropology professor Doug Slocum from ruthless colonel Vasquez. As they flee and wait for the plane Guerero has trouble navigating anyway, Doug shows he found the gold bullion treasure of murdered president Sandolval. It proves irresistible to their military pursuers, private 'salvage and claim' pirate Bertram and even Maria Gallego, once Chance's local lover but also a retired guerrilla brigadier.
Episode 8
Baptiste
Wed, Mar 17, 201060 mins
Christopher has a hard time telling FBI Agent Emma Barnes, and facing his own past, to organize an effort to stop previously flawless hit man Baptiste. Christopher trained Baptiste while a hired killer, from impersonating a UN diplomat to get to FBI Deputy Director Lynch. But another personal trauma, like the one which caused Christopher to chance his course of life, seems in the making.
Episode 9
Corner Man
Wed, Mar 24, 201050 mins
A boxer is hiding after refusing to lose a fight for gambling baron Hugh Prentiss. Chance gets common enemy mob lord Tony Belvilacqua to fiance a sting, setting up himself as rising start Grant Stanton, promising to make Prentiss lose his entire fortune. The team is worried sick about how hard it is on Chance psychologically, despite markers and bribery, while a killed boxer's daughter Eva Khan, 'inherited' by Prentiss, is the game's wildcard.
Episode 10
Tanarak
Wed, Mar 31, 201060 mins
Rita Shaw hires Chance to retrieve her daughter, Dr. Jessica Shaw, from the Alaskan forest island Tanarak. It is completely controlled by Jason Banneker's company Agrius, which owns the mine which constitutes its economic value. Jessica is haunted down since she refused to accept a then unverified heart attack as cause of death of mine foreman Hank Benson. Chance intrudes the island as a mining official. Guerreor finds out from R&D chief Dr. Patel the key may be the chemical propalyde.
Episode 11
Victoria
Wed, Apr 7, 201060 mins
British princess Victoria's loyal aid Gerard hires old friend Chace to protect her during a royal visit to New York, suspecting a plot from conservative prince Walter, who considers her misconduct a threat to the dynasty, so they hide incognito. Chance's team must also protect Victoria's American lover, EMT Tony Sorrento, against whom IRA veteran Connor Dunham was hired.
Episode 12
Christopher Chance
Wed, Apr 14, 201060 mins
Long flash-backs from six years ago show how 'assistant US Attorney' Conrad 'Junior' Hall adopted the pseudonym Christopher Chance from an older lost cases savior. He teamed up with retiring police detective Laverne Winston and fellow hired killer Guerrero. Together they took a huge risk to save his former mark, Katherine Walters, but this rescue went tragically wrong. Now the client and his equally murderous partner Joubert, have captured the team. They hope to obtain, by torture, the book that Katherine held.
