What I’m Watching: Human Target

Human Target: Season 1, Episode 5 “Run” (B+)

This show manages to pick some pretty exciting plotlines with some thrilling twists along the way to set up each of the episodes. A district attorney trying to protect a witness and then, only minutes later, on the run from corrupt police officers, made for a great story arc in this episode. The actress who played the district attorney was Kristin Lehman, whose resume includes poor vehicles like “Drive” and “Killer Instinct,” but she didn’t do a half bad job, and watching her shocked reaction to everything Chance did made it all even more fun. Chance made a very speedy discovery of who were the villains were, which was cool, and then Allyson did some extremely impressive driving to help them get away. The reveal that the major confidential informant was actually her father was fantastic, and I did not see that coming at all, which made it all the more exciting. This show often makes me smile, and this episode’s moment came when a stunned Allyson asked Chance if he was thinking about driving an ambulance through the front door and he responded with delight, “have you ever tried that?” He also pulled off another stellar serious line when she said that she wouldn’t know who to trust in there and he simply said, “trust me.” This show has some really stellar guests, featuring in this episode the dependable Chris Mulkey (“Sleeper Cell”), who I had hoped would become a recurring player, but sadly was killed off in his first appearance. I knew from the first moment of the episode that the informant’s voice was none other than the Cigarette Smoking Man from “The X-Files,” William B. Davis himself, and was very proud of myself when he popped up later to help his daughter out. Bring on the great guest stars!