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Human Target Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Loosely based on the DC Comics comic book series and graphic novels, this action drama features Mark Valley as Christopher Chance, an all-purpose bodyguard who puts himself in danger to protect his clients. But Chance can't do it alone and employs the support of his handler Winston (Chi McBride) and high-tech helper Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley). In this first season, Chance finds himself protecting a district attorney from an organized crime boss, a computer hacker while flying on a burning plane, and a female engineer and her passengers on a high-speed train with no emergency brakes.
Episode 1
Pilot
Sun, Jan 17, 2010 60 mins
In the pilot of this comic-book adaptation about a private contractor enlisted to protect clients in imminent danger, Christopher Chance (Mark Valley) watches over a high-speed train's engineer on its inaugural trip in California. Winston: Chi McBride. Guerrero: Jackie Earle Haley. Directed by Simon West.
Episode 2
Rewind
Wed, Jan 20, 2010 60 mins
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.
Episode 3
Embassy Row
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 59 mins
Chance's search for a friend's killer makes him an uninvited guest at the Russian embassy, where he gets mixed up in the worldwide weapons trade and tangles with a distaff counterpart.
Episode 4
Sanctuary
Wed, Feb 3, 2010 60 mins
A reformed thief needs Chance's protection after he hunkers down in an isolated Canadian monastery to hide from his former associates, who are after a cache of religious relics---and revenge.
Episode 5
Run
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 60 mins
Chance takes the case of a district attorney (Kristin Lehman) when her investigation of organized crime makes her a target of the mob.
Episode 6
Lockdown
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 60 mins
A gifted engineer (Kevin Weisman) wants to leave his job at a weapons company, but he needs Chance's help to get out of his employer's top-secret, high-rise base of operations.
Episode 7
Salvage & Reclamation
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 60 mins
Chance reconnects with an old girlfriend when he goes to South America to protect an archaeologist whose discovery of a priceless artifact makes him a wanted man by a nation's military and a ruthless bounty hunter.
Episode 8
Baptiste
Wed, Mar 17, 2010 60 mins
Chance reconnects with FBI agent Emma Barnes (Emmanuelle Vaugier) when his former associate plans to assassinate a VIP who's visiting from a foreign country. Meanwhile, Guerrero recruits a new member for the team.
Episode 9
Corner Man
Wed, Mar 24, 2010 60 mins
Chance is smitten with the daughter of a boxing champion in Vienna, but he begins to sour on the sweet science when he has to get in the ring to protect a prizefighter from a heartless businessman. Eva: Grace Park.
Episode 10
Tanarak
Wed, Mar 31, 2010 60 mins
Chance journeys to an isolated Alaskan island to search for a missing doctor and get to the bottom of a corporation's role in a miner's death.
Episode 11
Victoria
Wed, Apr 7, 2010 60 mins
Chance is tapped to guard a British princess (Christina Cole) when her romance with an ordinary citizen makes her the target of an assassination plot.
Episode 12
Christopher Chance
Wed, Apr 14, 2010 60 mins
In the first-season finale, Chance's former boss (Armand Assante) tries to convince him to come back to his old job, which prompts Chance, Winston and Guerrero to reminisce about the origins of their unusual alliance.
