In my latest column, I review "Human Target," which debuts Sunday on Fox:"Where's my vest?" one of Christopher Chance's clients demands after she discovers he's been wearing a bulletproof vest while protecting her from an assassin, in the pilot episode of "Human Target." (Sunday at 8 p.m. on Ch. 5)You can read the full "Human Target" review here - including a sneak peek at the show's wicked awesome title sequence. At the tail end, I talk a little bit about the new season of "24," which I won't be writing about going forward.
"I'm your vest," Chance tells her.
Chance is the bodyguard of last resort, the guy you go to when you know your life is in danger but, for some reason, the authorities can't help. He is very good at what he does, but he's also reckless and possibly unhinged.
"Am I crazy?" he tells a man with a gun on him. "I'm assuming that was a rhetorical question."
And, as played by the charming, rough-and-tumble Mark Valley, he's a very entertaining action hero.
I'm swamped at press tour, but I'll get up some kind of post for after the "Human Target" pilot on Sunday, possibly just to gauge your reaction.