Fox's Human Target "Preview Event"

When I first saw a preview for Fox's new series Human Target I was excited to see it. After seeing a couple of other previews, I started to wonder if it was going to be any good. Since the 24 2 hour premiere was directly after Human Target's hour I decided to just have an evening of TV premieres.

Human Target stars Christopher Chance (Mark Valley) a body guard with a knack for blending in to draw out the would be assassins. His business manager Winston (Chi McBride) is a rather no-nonsense type of guy who doesn't seem to like people going off book or being too unpredictable. Thrown into the mix and apparently come to stay is Guerrero (Jack Earle Haley) a hacker, informant type who Winston has a strong dislike for. Each episode is a new client Christopher has to protect by assuming a different role.

The preview episode has the group protecting a high level employee of a train company who was desiring protection after her mechanic found a unexploded bomb in her car. Without spoiling the episode it was entertaining enough but I found it a little lack luster. This might have been due to the fact that I have a feeling like the show won't make it and I don't want to get invested in a show that is going to be canceled. Unless a story arc is introduced that ties each episode together such as the conspiracy behind Michael Weston's burn notice in USA Network's Bur Notice, I don't see the show going very far. In the current network TV climate I don't think a show can get enough ratings without something to suck you in. The one exception to this is a comedy. While Psych, also a USA Network show, is a crime drama it is also a comedy. I don't care about the fact that there is very little that ties each episode together.

Christopher and Guerrero both give off a bad-boy, "I don't care about consequences or your opinions" type of vibe. I generally like this type of character; however, I think that I might have to pass when it comes to this show. Typically for that type of attitude to work you need another character to balance it out which usually adds good comedic and/or dramatic elements. I don't see Winston as being the right type of character to pull that off. Currently the shows seems a little one dimensional

I'll give it a B+ since I enjoy action shows but they will need to seriously impress me in the next few episodes before I drop it from my viewing roster.