The Philanthropist

Just wishing that they did more episodes of this. I really liked it!

This short series was an excellent idea and show. James Purefoy makes a great leading man and really brings charm to the character. The cast overall is great and really keeps the human story alive. There have been negative reviews and comments about the theme of the show (big corporation, leading man tries to sleep with women, etc.). However I feel these are obviously shallow and completely show a misunderstanding of character and point, which I feel is evident from just watching the first episode. The main character is a co-CEO of a multi-billion dollar corporation. Who, through a very chaotic event(and related past event), begins to see the fallacy of his company's so-called humanity efforts (not to say such things do not help, just that they can be limited). He wants to be very specific in his help due to personal issues (its called character development, which shows the personal motivation for the character and his ultimate change in perception). He does not pretend to be a hero or great humanitarian, outside of obvious sarcastic remarks, but simply someone who sees that he can help and thus refuses to sit by and do nothing.It is a great story, fun, fills the action quota, shows good character development thus far (haven't finished the series yet). I think its marketing and title are what ultimately did it in, more then the premise or writing of the show. Definitely a worthy show, should have been given more time.

This show had it all (in theory). I wanted to like it but if this was based in real life, the real live person is a sicko. Sure, yes, lets help these people as long as the female de jour sleeps with the guy? Because he's such a hunk? No, because he is a piece of scum. Teddy? Give me a break the guy was an adult not a ten year old. Human Target is a similar show. A good looking guy with a past who wants to help others, lots of action and shooting. Human Target's Chase is redeming himself, they creep is using his fame and money to "help" himself with an ultimate motive. I wasn't surprised it failed.

This show is great and they should bring it back! The real life story of Bobby Sager (the show is based on him) is very inspiring and so uplifting to see that there are still people out there that care.