8.4/10298 votesLoading...#1 - Ilsa Pucci
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2010
Chance and Guererro stage a daring rescue of Winston from the hands of his torturous kidnappers. Two beautiful women join the team: billionaire philanthropist Ilsa Pucci, who fears for her life after the mysterious death of her husband; and Ames, a chameleon-like master thief who inadvertently becomes involved with the plot to murder her new associate.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: N/A
8.4/10230 votesLoading...#2 - Marshall Pucci
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2011
Chance’s investigation into Ilsa’s late husband’s past uncovers a web of deception and lies that may tear the team part forever.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: N/A
8.3/10305 votesLoading...#3 - Christopher Chance
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/11/2010
When Chance's former boss makes a move to bring him back into the fold, flashbacks reveal the events that lead to Chance, Winston and Guerrero's unlikely partnership.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robbie Thompson
8.3/10241 votesLoading...#4 - Kill Bob
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/31/2011
Chance and the team protect a husband who thinks his wife is a Russian spy and out to kill him for classified defense secrets. Meanwhile, Ames has a secret of her own that she doesn't want Chance to find out.
Director: John Terlesky
Writer: N/A
8.2/10293 votesLoading...#5 - Baptiste
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/2010
Chance's past comes into focus when he recruits FBI Agent Emma Barnes to help him stop his former partner from assassinating a visiting foreign dignitary. Meanwhile, Guerrero tests out a familiar face as a new recruit to the team.
Director: N/A
Writer: Stephen Scaia
8.2/10221 votesLoading...#6 - The Return of Baptiste
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/2010
When Ilsa's friend is held hostage, Chance must turn to the only person he knows has information to help rescue her: his archenemy Baptiste, who is currently banished to a Russian prison.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
8.2/10208 votesLoading...#7 - Cool Hand Guerrero
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/2011
Guerrero gets a taste of southern hospitality when he's framed for the murder of a friend, forcing Chance to help break him out of prison.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10206 votesLoading...#8 - Communication Breakdown (2)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/5/2011
Winston, Guerrero and Ames must save an inept private investigator when he blows his case making him a target. Winston, Guerrero and Ames must save a bumbling private investigator whose botched case has him targeted for death.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg
8.1/10204 votesLoading...#9 - Imbroglio
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/14/2011
Chance and Ilsa must protect her sister-in-law when a night at the opera turns into a hostage situation.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Robert Levine
8.1/10197 votesLoading...#10 - The Trouble with Harry
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2011
Chance is reunited with Harry when he is hired to protect the girlfriend of a rival security agency owner. Meanwhile, Ilsa must go into the field on a mission for the first time, and two team members get closer than ever.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
8.0/10292 votesLoading...#11 - Lockdown
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/2010
Chance must break in then break out of the maximum-security high-rise headquarters of a weapons manufacturer when he is hired to rescue a genius engineer who is held prisoner by his murderous employers.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Josh Schaer
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#12 - Taking Ames
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/1/2010
When Ames is pulled back into her old criminal life, Chance goes undercover as part of a gang attempting to stage a daring diamond heist to help protect her.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Simkins
7.9/10308 votesLoading...#13 - Embassy Row
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/2010
Chance races against time and crashes a black-tie affair at the Russian Embassy to find a friend's killer. As he becomes embroiled in an international arms deal, he meets his match in a beautiful female counterpart.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Stephen Scaia, Matthew Federman
7.9/10294 votesLoading...#14 - Run
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2010
Chance is hired to protect a district attorney who is running from her family's past and marked for murder because of her investigation into an organized crime family.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg
7.9/10272 votesLoading...#15 - Corner Man
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/21/2010
Chance is knocked out when he meets the beautiful daughter of a former heavyweight champ in Vienna and must jump in the ring to protect a prize fighter on the run from a ruthless businessman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#16 - A Problem Like Maria (1)
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 1/5/2011
Chance and Ilsa's partnership is tested when his former girlfriend requests his help to rescue a colleague of hers who is held captive by a South American dictator.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Andrea Newman
7.8/10276 votesLoading...#17 - Salvage & Reclamation
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/7/2010
Chance reunites with a fiery former flame when he is called to South America to rescue an archeologist whose discovery of a lost treasure makes him the target of a South American army and a deadly bounty hunter.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg, Robert Levine
7.8/10275 votesLoading...#18 - Victoria
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/4/2010
Chance is hired to protect a member of the British royal family whose decision to abdicate the throne for the love of a commoner has her marked for assassination.
Director: Paul A. Edwards
Writer: N/A
7.8/10243 votesLoading...#19 - The Wife's Tale
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/2010
Chance must protect the wife of a man he killed seven years ago as his conscience eats at him for his past misdeeds. Meanwhile, Ames hopes Guerrero will take her under his wing, and Ilsa is shocked at what she discovers about the business.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Andrea Newman
- 7.8/10237 votesLoading...
#20 - The Other Side of the Mall
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/22/2010
When a murder attempt is made on a seemingly innocuous family, the team travels to their version of hell during the holiday season: suburbia. Chance and Guerrero go undercover at a boring corporate office, Winston joins a neighborhood book club and Ames chaperones a high-school party as they try to figure out which family member is being targeted and why.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: N/A
7.7/10255 votesLoading...#21 - Tanarak
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/28/2010
Chance travels to a remote Alaskan island to find a missing doctor and expose an industrial giant's involvement in the death of a mining foreman.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: N/A
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#22 - Dead Head
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/15/2010
When Chance and the team help a client suffering from retrograde amnesia discover who he is and why someone is out to kill him, Winston is forced to ask his ex-wife for help.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Spezialy
7.6/10350 votesLoading...#23 - Rewind
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2010
Chance and Winston encounter some severe turbulence when they work together to protect a client they have never met from an assassin aboard a passenger plane.
Director: Steve Boyum
Writer: Robert Levine
7.5/10296 votesLoading...#24 - Sanctuary
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2010
Chance needs a miracle to help protect a reformed thief from his vengeful former accomplices as they race to recover priceless religious artifacts hidden in a remote Canadian monastery.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: N/A
7.4/10440 votesLoading...#25 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2010
Christopher Chance is hired to protect the engineer of California's first bullet train as it makes its maiden voyage from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
Director: Simon West
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg
The Best Episodes of Human Target
Every episode of Human Target ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Human Target!
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Best Episodes Summary
"Ilsa Pucci" is the best rated episode of "Human Target". It scored 8.4/10 based on 298 votes. Directed by Steve Boyum and written by N/A, it aired on 11/17/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Marshall Pucci".