So I watched Human Target last night and you know, I felt a spark. Mark Valley — who was long overdue for a starring role as an action hero — showed just enough charm and personality to be unique, even though his character is just another super cop. Now I’m not saying that Human Target and I are destine to be together because it didn’t knock my socks off and it certainly wasn’t love at first sight, but I’d be open to a second episode. I’ll call. And I’m not just saying that.
But it did get me thinking, I wonder who the best super agents are on TV right now? The men and women who’s pay grade goes above dealing with the common crazies in common ways. Does newcomer Christopher Chance even make the list? Only one way to find out.
5) Myka Bering & Peter Lattimer (Warehouse 13)
Area of expertise: A pair of secret service agents who investigate paranormal activity caused by powerful artifacts.
Guard the President? Any Joe-Schmo off the street can do that. Guard a warehouse full of creepy and sometimes pointless artifact and you’d have to call on a Myka Bering and Peter Lattimer. These agents don’t always face world ending danger, but they do get to play with gadgets that would make James Bond jealous, which takes some pretty high clearance.
4) Olivia Dunham (Fringe)
Area of expertise: An FBI agent who investigates the worlds unexplained phenomenons.
Technically Olivia Dunham is just an FBI agent, but that’s what makes her even more super of an agent. Out of the hundreds of FBI agents, she’s the one the Fringe Division recruited. There was a time when everyone knew the answer to the simple question, “when their something strange, in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?” But with Olivia on the job…I’d think twice about that life line.
3) Christopher Chance (Human Target)
Area of expertise: A bodyguard and security expert who protects his clients by using them as bait.
You have to have some kind of ego to believe you can protect anybody, anywhere so much that you put your clients in the line of fire. After all, if they get killed, you don’t get paid. But Christopher Chance is that cocky and that good. The perfect ingredients for any super agent.
2) Jack Bauer (24)
Area of expertise: A counter terror agent specializing in thwarting domestic Armageddons.
Jack Bauer is a one man wrecking crew that I’d want on the case, but only as a last resort. He’d use C4 to redecorate the walls. And it’s obvious that the United States government feels the same way considering that he’s only worked 8 days in the last couple of years.
1) Michael Weston (Burn Notice)
Area of expertise: A covert operative burned from the CIA now working local crimes in Miami too complex for police.
Michael Weston is the ultimate everyday super spy. And he’ll even work pro bono if you’re in enough trouble. You can’t beat a top of the line private protector off the clearance rack.
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