Human Target - Episode 3: Embassy Row

There are people out there complaining about Chance’s ability to speak several languages fluently. Mark Valley’s accents are off; the words spoken don’t make sense, yadda yadda yadda.

This is a television show based on a comic book, people. Yes, there should be some expected level of accuracy when it comes to plot and technology, languages and skills. But with any given form of weekly entertainment, sacrifices must be made in order to meet the weekly deadlines. It happens. Deal with it. Moving on…

Aaron and Danny are two brothers. One’s a journalist, the other a covert agent. Danny (the agent) is dying from a poison, and gives Aaron a number to call. It reaches Chance, who knew Danny, and knows Aaron is in trouble.

Chance learns that Danny was poisoned by Raven, a spy Danny was tracking. Danny knew Raven was going to attend a party at the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C., and had planned to go himself before he died.

The Problem:
Aaron has contracted the same poison that killed his brother, and Chance is his only hope of getting the antidote from Raven. Then it gets worse, because Chance is infected too…

The Target:
Danny (who’s already dead I know, but still…)

The Threat:
Raven

The Cover:
C. C. Baxter, Danny’s intended cover for this operation (which Christopher Chance just happened to help build)

The Plan:
Identify and capture Raven, get the antidote in time for Aaron and Chance.

What surprised me about this episode?
Again, it is technology. The idea that something could be auctioned in a room full of strangers via cyberspace is pretty cool.

Big Adorkification Moment:
Two things -
1) I liked ‘the girl in the jumpsuit from Buck Rogers’ too. The actor’s name is Erin Gray, and her character was Wilma Deering.
2) Seeing Doctor Simon Tam asking Rorschach about a defibrillator.

Here’s what we learn this episode:
1) Chance knew Danny was a Spy Hunter, but didn’t say they worked together. Could Danny have once hunted Chance? Or vice versa?
2) Chance and his partners have caused some sort of international incident in the past.
3) Chance and Danny fought together in Kosovo. Danny saved Chance’s life there, along with someone named Pristina while under fire.
4) Chance did something for Fred Galvis, The Secretary of Defense, involving Galvis’ boat, house…and horse, and called in the favor here.
5) Chance understands Russian
6) Looks like Chance’s operation is stationed in San Francisco.
7) Chance can take a woman’s earring off with his mouth - Skills!
8) Chance can speak Russian.
9) Chance can ride a motorcycle
10) The FBI database has Chance’s fingerprints under the name John Doe with lots of aliases, including Christopher Chance.
11) Chance keeps Aaron as a potential contact for future use.
12) Winston has a way of knowing when the FBI scans for Chance’s prints.