About : Human Target on Fox

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)

Pilot

Aired: January 17, 2010
Writer: Jon Steinberg (Jericho)
Director: Simon West
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: Danny Glover, Mark Moses (Hollis) and Tricia Helfer (Stephanie Dobbs)

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.

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Rewind

Aired: January 20, 2010
Writer: Robert Levine
Director: Steve Boyum
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: Courtney Ford as Laura; Alessandro Juliani as Tennant; Ali Liebert as Brooke; Robert Weiss as Larry; Sean Owen Roberts as Sergei; David Nykl as Vincent

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.

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Embassy Row

Aired: January 26, 2010
Writers: Matthew Federman, Stephen Scaia
Director: Steve Boyum
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: Guest Cast: Sean Maher as Aaron Cooper; Emmanuelle Vaugier as Emma Barnes; Aleks Paunovic as Alexi Volkov; Alex Fernandez as Peter Blanchard; Tyler McClendon as Danny Cooper

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.

Sanctuary

Aired: February 3, 2010
Writer: Kalinda Vazquez
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: Sam Huntington as John Gray; Sarah Smyth as Emily; William Mapother as Fisher; Merwin Mondesir as Tom Karrel; Peter Bryant as Abbot Stevens

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.

Run

Aired: February 10, 2010
Writer: Jon Steinberg (Jericho)
Director: Kevin Hooks
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: Kristin Lehman as Allyson; Dylan Neal as Wes Gibson; Chris Mulkey as Det. Jenkins; William B. Davis as Whitey Doyle; Gardiner Millar as Frank Murphy; Andrew Hedge as Scar; Ted Whittall as A.D.A. Harris; BJ Harrison as Judge Heard; Brandon Jay McLaren as Omar

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.

Lockdown

Aired: February 17, 2010
Writer: Josh Schaer
Director: Jon Cassar
Producer: Peter Johnson

Guest stars: KEVIN WEISMAN (Alias) appears as Martin Gleeson; MITCH PILEGGI (Grey's Anatomy, Sons of Anarchy, The X Files) appears as Leonard Kreese; AUTUMN REESER (Entourage, The O.C.) appears as Layla; and GARCELLE BEAUVAIS-NILON (NYPD Blue, The Jamie Foxx Show) appears as Vivian Cox.

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.

Salvage and Reclamation

Aired: March 10, 2010
Writers: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
Director: Bryan Spicer
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Leonor Varela - Maria Kris Marshall - Doug Kim Coates - Bertram Bruce Ramsay

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.

Baptiste

Aired: March 17, 2010
Writers: Matthew Federman, Stephen Scaia
Director: Paul Edwards
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier - Emma Barnes Autumn Reeser - Layla Samantha Ferris Lennie James - Baptiste

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.

Corner Man

Aired: March 24, 2010
Writers: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
Director: Steve Boyum
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Dash Mihok - Eddie Dunn Grace Park - Eva Khan Kenneth Welsh - Tony Bevilacqua Peter Wingfield - Hugh Prentiss Dan Payne - Foster Larouche

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.

Tanarac (formally Company Town)

Aired: March 31, 2010
Writer: Mike Ostrowski
Director: Kevin Hooks
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Moon Bloodgood - Dr. Jessica Shaw

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.

Victoria

Aired: April 7, 2010
Writer: Mike Ostrowski
Director: Kevin Hooks
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Christina Cole

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.

Christopher Chance

Will Air: April 14, 2010
Writer: Mike Ostrowski
Director: Kevin Hooks
Producer: Peter Johnson
Guest stars: Armand Assante, Amy Acker

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.