They’ve really pulled out all the stops for the season finale of FOX’s Human Target. Of course, they have to since there’s no guarantee that the series will be back next season. But, even if you haven’t watched the series before, hearing that the Six Million Dollar Man himself, Lee Majors, will be a guest star, should have action fans tuning in to take a look.
Human Target premiered in January and stars Mark Valley as Christopher Chance. He’s a bodyguard of sorts, but instead of just throwing his body in front of his clients, he completely integrates himself into their lives, to become the target of whoever wants his clients dead. Winston and Guerrero (Chi McBride and Jackie Earle Haley) are his business associate and hired gun.
A few weeks ago on Human Target we were given a glimpse into Chance’s mysterious past and we discovered how he started working with Winston and Guerrero. Lennie James played his former partner, Baptiste, who is considered “the best assassin out there.” Valley admits, “I think he kicked my ass to be honest with you… I feel like the audience is rooting for Chance to kick his ass next time.”
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Next time? Yep, Baptiste is back, and Chance is going to get some help from Lee Majors, who plays his former mentor. The casting turned out to be a dream come true for Valley. He’s a big fan of Majors and said of working with the former star of The Six Million Dollar Man, “The little boy in me was tearing around the house, screaming at the top of his lungs… Inside I was like [mouth opened wide], Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!” Majors could see that Valley was moved and got a chuckle out of it.
Valley wasn’t the only one with admiration for Majors. The more eloquent McBride, who worked with him previously on The Brothers Solomon, admires the veteran actor for his long history in the business, and said, “You get to hear him talk about television, and he’s been around for a long time, you know, from Big Valley to Six Million Dollar Man, and you’ve got so much stuff in between.”
McBride also admires Majors for having been married to Farrah Fawcett, along with his work acumen. “The guy was actually standing in for himself between setups and stuff like that… I wish more younger people especially would get an opportunity to work with people like that.”
As devoted fans know, Human Target has not been renewed for next season and it appears the network is still on the fence. The ratings have been okay for this season; not bad and not great. Considering the fact that FOX has cancelled 24, it seems likely that the network will take a chance (no pun intended) and bring it back next season. We’ll know for sure by mid-May.
What do you think? Should Human Target come back for a second season? If so, would you like to see Majors again?
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Love Human Target, almost as exciting as 24. Sure hope they bring it back. Mark Valley is great!
How is it that all these great shows are being cancelled and you have like 3 csi’s 3 law & order? Human target needs to come back!
Human Target is worth watching for its fast pace action.It should come back for the second season.
Love Human Target!!!! Love Mark Valley!! One of the better new shows on t.v. today!!! It better come back….everyone I’ve talked to love it!!!
best show on tv,bring it back next season
We truely enjoyed Human Target – a show that had the excitement and adventure of James Bond, The Transporter and The Bourne movies. We looked forward to each week’s adventure – each one new and fresh. Please continue this series!
please bring it back i love the show and characters and moral code and the dog
PLEASE BRING HUMAN TARGET BACK I MISS IS SOOOO MUCH
Keep it. Good show, fun stories. Give it a chance.
LOVED Human Target. Bring it back!
ALL Networks need to stop coddling ‘target’ age groups. Lots of age groups have disposable income and I number among them. Nothing good, like HUMAN TARGET, gets the chance to earn a following; new shows are cancelled or face cancellation before we have a chance to find/follow them. Stop ranking our tastes by your precious demographics and keep really good shows on the air. Some of the brainless junk that reaches TV’s targets, can’t really be reaping their sponsors much financial reward.
TO THE NETWORK CHIEFS,
DO YOU REMEMBER HOW WELL RECEIVED THE OLD JAMES BOND MOVIES WERE ? HUMAN TARGET COULD WELL BE THEIR EQUAL.
I SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU WILL RENEW THIS SERIES, BOTH FOR MY OWN ENJOYMENT AND YOUR CHANNELS RATEINGS .
WENDELL EDWARD MOSELEY
Really love the show a lot, my husband and I both really hope it returns!
FOX Network should keep “Human Target”. If the second season had started I would be watching “Human Target” now. The show has ingenuity, talented actors and actresses, I miss “Human Target”, so now when is the second season going to begin? Do I have to send Fox Network a “A Card” to get the messagae across. “Bring it back, Yea Bring it back, b r i n g i t b a c k! I miss it, it has excellent writers, aw come on, BRING IT BACK! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BRING IT BACK!
Its a great show most ashuredly it should be given a chance for a second season