Pilot

Episode aired Jan 17, 2010
TV-14
1h

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

473

YOUR RATING

Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller

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 desig... Read allChristopher 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... Read allChristopher 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.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

473

YOUR RATING

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3TechRen

Processed Cheese and Cardboard

This show is mildly amusing, just for the cliché after cliché storyline. A protagonist who can do everything (James Bond, pre-Daniel Craig, would be jealous); air ducts large enough to crawl through and fight in (and they're on a train!); and the ever-popular time bomb plot ("We've got to get off this train before it crashes!").

SPOILER: Superman, uh, "Christopher Chance", engages in a shoot-out with an assassin, escapes, then follows the assassin and prepares to shoot him. But *click*! He's out of ammunition! Yes, Mister Perfect was too stupid to check his weapon, and reload after he'd sprayed the area with lead.

Summary: "Human Target" is like Domino's Pizza: it's television of the last resort.

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Trivia
Christopher Chance's dog is named Carmine. Along with writer Len Wein, the character of Christopher Chance was created by legendary comic book artist Carmine Infantino.

Goofs
Chance and the bartender draw their guns on each other after a shoot out, both pull their triggers at the same time and hear clicks realizing that both of their guns are empty. In reality the slides on their guns would have locked back indicating that the gun was empty. Also, being proficient in small arms they would have most likely been able to tell by the diminished weight of their guns that they were empty.

Quotes
Guerrero: I got to warn you guys, if this gets violent, I'm gonna fight back.
Alfredo the Thug: You think you're gonna fight back?
Guerrero: All right, maybe fight back's a little misleading. I'll take the beating 'cause that's all you two amateurs are cleared to do. And then one night soon, I'm gonna break into your house and kill each of you in your sleep. Probably start with you, Alfredo. That way Steven here can have a few extra days with Marla and the girls. It's only fair.

Soundtracks
Soldier Boy
Written by Luther Dixon and Florence Greenberg (as Florence Green)
Performed by The Shirelles
Courtesy of EMI Longitude Music (BMI) and Abko Music
Courtesy of Sundazed Records