List of Human Target episodes

Human Target is an American action drama television series, which premiered on January 15, 2010 in Canada on CTV,^[1] and began airing in the United States on Fox two days later.^[2] The series was canceled on May 10, 2011, after two seasons totaling 25 episodes.^[3]

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			Season premiere	Season finale
	1	12	January 15, 2010	April 11, 2010
	2	13	November 17, 2010	February 9, 2011

Episode list

Season 1 (2010)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
1	1	"Pilot"	Simon West	Jonathan E. Steinberg	January 15, 2010 (CTV)	296758	10.12[4]
An ex-bank-employee takes the bank hostage; when he agrees to release the bystanders he finds that his main victim, Lydecker, is replaced by Chance. After the attempted murder of Stephanie Dobbs (Tricia Helfer), the designer of a Californian bullet train, she hires Chance to protect her. He poses as her Japanese-English translator. Chance accompanies her on the train's first voyage – a three-hour trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles. When an attempted poisoning is spotted by Chance, the killer, dressed as a waiter, takes a more direct approach. Chance is able to fight him off and kill him. Meanwhile Guerrero and Winston discover that Dobbs used to have a relationship with reporter Mark Hoffer, to whom Dobbs anonymously leaked damaging information about the train manufacturer. Dobb's husband knew about the affair, but waited to kill her until she finished designing the train so that he could receive the financial bonus for its completion.
2	2	"Rewind"	Steve Boyum	Robert Levine	January 18, 2010 (CTV)	2J5154	10.46[5]
Chance is hired by Tennant (Alessandro Juliani) to protect a hacker (Ali Liebert) that is flying over to meet him. The hacker, who goes by the screen name Casper discovered 'the skeleton key' to the internet, a means to bypass all security. But Chance only knows the flight and has no way of reaching her. Chance disguised as Martin Gill, a passenger, boards the plane along with Winston disguised as a flight attendant to identify both hacker and assassin. Chance subdues the assassin but shots fired in the struggle rupture a fuel tank and expose wiring, creating a fire in the planes conduits. A Sky Marshal handcuffs Chance. With the plane on fire and the pilot out, Chance, with the help of a flight attendant, Laura (Courtney Ford), subdue the Air Marshal and flip the plane upside down to direct the heavier airstream above the plane through the conduit and blow out the fire. When the plane is upside down the flight computer freezes. Casper proposes to replace the computer with her laptop, but it must be patched in manually and the flight computer is at the bottom of the plane. Chance and Laura crawl into the fuselage and connect the laptop. Laura reaches for her concealed gun, but Chance already swiped it off her. While the plane is turning Laura attacks Chance and attempts to push him out of the plane, he injects her with Ketamine and she falls out the plane. Meanwhile Guerrero, with help from Sergei (Sean Owen Roberts), discover who hired the kidnappers. Casper makes it safely to Tennant.
3	3	"Embassy Row"	Steve Boyum	Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia	January 25, 2010 (CTV)	2J5152	9.26[6]
Chance 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 Emma Barnes (Emmanuelle Vaugier).
4	4	"Sanctuary"	Sanford Bookstaver	Kalinda Vazquez	February 1, 2010 (CTV)	2J5155	7.80[7]
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 monastery in northeastern Quebec.
5	5	"Run"	Kevin Hooks	Jonathan E. Steinberg	February 8, 2010 (CTV)	2J5151	8.91[8]
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. Chance battles against rogue San Francisco police detectives out to assassinate the attorney in the course of protecting her.
6	6	"Lockdown"	Jon Cassar	Josh Schaer	February 15, 2010 (A)	2J5156	7.14[9]
Chance is hired by the father of a weapons designer for a top secret defense company because they are holding his son hostage. The company fears their prized weapons engineer might whistleblow on them for covering up a situation involving the Burmese government using one of their secret weapons to crush dissent. The company killed the man's partner and it seems apparent they will kill him also after he completes his current task. Chance's goal is to sneak the engineer out of the highly-secured facility with no one noticing. The company's heads decide to cut their losses and use every effort to make certain that their employee does not leave the building alive. Chance's ID is sent to a mysterious location after a computer signal bounces across several different continents. It is implied in the end of the episode by Guerrero that the signal belongs to Chance's yet unnamed "old boss", who has been hunting him down for years. Now, Chance's ex-boss is one step closer to finding him.
7	7	"Salvage & Reclamation"	Bryan Spicer	Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine	March 10, 2010 (Fox)	2J5157	7.83[10]
Chance is reunited with an old flame when he goes to South America to rescue an archeologist being targeted by a deadly bounty hunter. But all is not as it seems, for his ex has changed her allegiances.
8	8	"Baptiste"	Paul A. Edwards	Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia	March 14, 2010 (CTV)	2J5158	8.01[11]
Chance’s past comes into focus when he recruits FBI Agent Emma Barnes to help him stop his former partner, an assassin named "Baptiste", from assassinating a visiting foreign dignitary. Meanwhile, Guerrero tests out a familiar face as a new recruit to the team.
9	9	"Corner Man"	Steve Boyum	Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine	March 21, 2010 (CTV)	2J5159	6.80[12]
Chance enters the ring as a prize fighter in Belgium in order to make an underworld figure lose. In the course of his investigation, Chance meets up Eva Kahn (Grace Park), the daughter of a prize fighter before he died.
10	10	"Tanarak"	Kevin Hooks	Mike Ostrowski	March 28, 2010 (CTV)	2J5153	8.23[13]
Chance travels to a remote Alaskan island to find a missing doctor (Moon Bloodgood) and expose an industrial giant’s involvement in the death of a mining foreman after mercenaries were sent to kill her.
11	11	"Victoria"	Paul A. Edwards	Story: Zak Schwartz Teleplay: Kalinda Vasquez & Sonny Postiglione	April 4, 2010 (CTV)	2J5160	7.73[14]
Chance is hired to protect Victoria, Princess of Wales (Christina Cole) whose decision to seek a divorce to marry a commoner has her marked for assassination by her corrupt Royalty Protection bodyguards. Forced to take on the Royal Family's "Cleaner", Chance and the Princess are forced to seek help from an ex-IRA guerrilla – who had previously placed two bounties on Victoria's head.
12	12	"Christopher Chance"	Steve Boyum	Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robbie Thompson	April 11, 2010 (CTV)	2J5161	7.24[15]
When clients of Chance's old boss capture and question him about an old assignment when he was an assassin, Chance, Winston and Guerrero recall the events that led up to their unlikely partnership including Chance's meeting Katherine (Amy Acker), whose death drove him to adopt his current profession. Lee Majors appears as the preceding man to adopt the Christopher Chance alias as well.

Season 2 (2010–11)

On May 12, 2010, it was announced that Human Target had been renewed for a second season.^[16] The second season was due to premiere on September 24, 2010^[17] and later delayed to October 1, 2010 airing in a new time slot, Fridays at 8:00 pm ET.^[18] Instead of airing the season premiere Fox aired a rerun of Human Target and moved the show to back to Wednesdays, taking Lie to Me's time-slot, which moved to Mondays due to the cancellation of Lone Star. The second season premiered November 17, 2010.^[19] Indira Varma and Janet Montgomery join the main cast as Ilsa Pucci and Ames respectively, as new members of the team.^[20]

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
13	1	"Ilsa Pucci"	Steve Boyum	Matt Miller	November 17, 2010 (Fox)	2J5701	6.59[21]
Following Winston's kidnapping, Chance and Guerrero plan his rescue. Following the success of the rescue at a bank, Chance retires from the protection business. Six months later he is found in Nepal and approached by billionaire philanthropist Ilsa Pucci, who wants to hire him following the mysterious death of her husband Marshall Pucci, fearing someone is after her. Chance eventually gets out of retirement to help her, but she is later kidnapped during an evening event. Meanwhile, Winston and Guerrero catch Ames, a master thief who stole Ilsa's ring. Ames later admits that she was instructed to do so by Ilsa's kidnapper, who is revealed to be her lawyer. Chance and the team track them to a bank in Geneva. Chance is able to stop the assailants and escape from them. In the end, Ilsa wants Chance to work for her, and in exchange they will have access to funds to help his clients.
14	2	"The Wife's Tale"	Mimi Leder	Andrea Newman & Zev Borow	November 24, 2010 (Fox)	2J5702	5.54[22]
Chance is contacted by Donnelly (M. C. Gainey) who tells him that Rebecca Brooks (Molly Parker), the wife of a man he assassinated seven years earlier, is a target. Chance pretends to be her date from an online dating serves to get her to safety, but her real date "Kevin" (Adrian Hein) shows up and turns out to be the assassin. Rebecca takes off and Chance follows her and drives off with her when the assassin starts shooting at her. They figure out that he must have been killed over a theory which she wants to complete, but he shipped his papers from the university to a family home in Tiburon. Meanwhile Guerrero and Ames figure out that a lawyer from a private investment bank ordered the hit, and that Daniel Brooks used to blackmail the firm. Brooks realizes that the theory can be applied to manipulating the stock market. Chance confesses that he killed her husband and she shoots him in the shoulder and runs away. The assassin shows up and he and Chance fight, Chance wins. Rebecca pulls a gun on Chance, Donnelly disarms Rebecca and is about to shoot Chance as Winston shoots him.
15	3	"Taking Ames"	Paul A. Edwards	David Simkins	December 1, 2010 (Fox)	2J5703	5.78[23]
Chance follows Ames after she stole some of Guerrero's tools, and confronts her after she and Brody Rivera (J. D. Pardo) steal explosives. When Rivera delivers the explosives to Mr. Markus (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) he's presented the score of a lifetime, steal three massive diamonds, but they need Ames for the heist. After they leave Ames calls Chance and asks for help. Chance infiltrates the team by pretending to be Mr. Chicago, while Guerrero intercepted the real Chicago (Mike Dopud). The team breaks into the museum. Chance takes out the members of the team, including Yuri (Douglas O'Keeffe) another cleaner. Rivera spots him and drives off with the van, but Ames lifted the diamonds off him. Markus phones Ames telling her to bring the diamonds to the train station or Rivera dies. She places the diamonds in a locker, after Markus leaves with them he gives Rivera's location, Winston, Guerrero stop him and the real Mr. Chicago drives off with Markus. Rivera sits on a bomb with a pressure switch, Chance tackles him off the bench clear of the explosion. Pucci admits that Ames is loyal and accepts her back on the team.
16	4	"The Return of Baptiste"	Bryan Spicer	Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine	December 8, 2010 (Fox)	2J5704	5.64[24]
A journalist friend of Ilsa, Susan Connors, is kidnapped by Miguel Cervantes. In an effort to find and rescue her, Chance is forced to turn to Baptiste, who once worked with Cervantes, and is in a Siberian prison. Under Chance's guard the two travel to Paraguay and are quickly met by resistance. When they meet Cervantes, Baptiste appears to betray Chance by offering his services to Cervantes. An imprisoned Chance finds Connors and they break free. Baptiste assists in allowing the two to escape. Meanwhile, Winston and Guerrero and Ilsa work to release her plane from the Paraguayan army. They succeed just as Chance, Baptiste and Connors arrive at flee the country. Baptiste reveals he has no intention of going back to prison, but Chance manages to drug his drink beforehand, and he is returned to Siberia.
17	5	"Dead Head"	Paul A. Edwards	Story: Tom Spezialy Teleplay: Dan E. Fesman & Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman	December 15, 2010 (Fox)	2J5705	5.82[25]
When a client's (Roger Bart) amnesia prevents him from remembering his identity—and knowing who might want him dead—Winston is forced to ask his ex-wife (Tracie Thoms) for help.
18	6	"The Other Side of the Mall"	Peter Lauer	Zev Borow	December 22, 2010 (Fox)	2J5708	5.75[26]
The team travels to a suburb during the holiday season as they go undercover to try and figure out why a seemingly innocent family was a target of a murder attempt.
19	7	"A Problem Like Maria" (Part 1)	Guy Ferland	Dan McDermott & Andrea Newman	January 5, 2011 (Fox)	2J5706	6.18[27]
Chance and Ilsa's partnership is tested when his former girlfriend (Leonor Varela) requests his help to rescue a colleague of hers who is held captive by a South American dictator.
20	8	"Communication Breakdown" (Part 2)	Steve Boyum	Jonathan E. Steinberg	January 5, 2011 (Fox)	2J5707	6.49[27]
Winston, Guerrero and Ames must save inept private investigator Harry (Tony Hale) when he blows his case making him a target. Meanwhile Ilsa and Chance's plane is shot down by a man seeking revenge.
21	9	"Imbroglio"	Steve Boyum	Robert Levine	January 12, 2011 (A)	2J5709	4.69[28]
Chance and Ilsa try to protect her sister-in-law (Olga Sosnovska) when a hostage situation develops at the opera.
22	10	"Cool Hand Guerrero"	Craig R. Baxley	Matt Whitney	January 12, 2011 (A)	2J5710	4.80[28]
When Guerrero is framed for a friend's murder and ends up in jail, Chance is forced to break him out.
23	11	"Kill Bob"	John Terlesky	Brad Kern & Zev Borow	January 31, 2011 (Fox)	2J5711	7.75[29]
Chance believes a man's wife is a Russian spy who is trying to kill him and steal classified military information. Meanwhile, Ames tries to keep a secret from Winston and Guerrero discovers a secret file on Marshall Pucci.
24	12	"The Trouble with Harry"	Peter Lauer	Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine	February 2, 2011 (Fox)	2J5712	9.22[30]
Chance reunites with inept private investigator Harry when the girlfriend of the owner of a rival security firm needs protection. Meanwhile, Ilsa faces her first field mission and two members of the team get closer. At the end of the episode, Ilsa and Chance discuss a photo of Marshall and his possible mistress, and share a kiss.
25	13	"Marshall Pucci"	David Barrett	Matt Miller & Heather V. Regnier	February 9, 2011 (Fox)	2J5713	8.13[31]
Ilsa plans to move back to London, but Guerrero finds Marshall's (Steven Brand) supposed mistress, Julia (Emily Foxler). Ilsa tries to help Julia, who was not Marshall's mistress but a worker for him. Julia isolates Ilsa from the team and tries to kill her on a subway, telling Ilsa that she killed Marshall. Ilsa escapes but Julia returns to a rogue CIA agent, who infiltrates the teams office. They run: Guerrero returns to the office to stop the CIA from hurting his son. Meanwhile, Chance, Ilsa, and Ames go to a hotel Marshall and Ilsa visited a lot and find evidence that could end the hostilities, but when Ilsa finds out that Julia is present, she takes her hostage to the roof. Chance climbs up and finds that Ilsa can't shoot Julia, and the CIA arrives. Chance and Ilsa jump off the building, but grab onto a gargoyle to hold themselves up as Ames and Winston arrive and order the rogue SOG operatives to surrender, which they do. Guerrero kills the agent with a car bomb. Winston promises Ilsa to send the file she found to the appropriate parties. Ilsa once again tries to move back to London. Chastised by Winston, Chance drives to the airport and asks her to stay, but she had already cancelled her flight plans. She stays in San Francisco with the team.

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External links

• List of Human Target episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• List of Human Target episodes at TV.com
• Human Target at epguides.com