Viper Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Viper: Season 4 (1998 - 1999)

• Season 4 Episode 22: Split Decision - Part Two

  Part two of two. Astor agrees to undergo surgery to remove the implant from his brain which has caused a sinister personality shift. Meanwhile, Westlake tries to focus on saving a kidnapping victim

• Season 4 Episode 21: Split Decision - Part One

  Part one of two. Astor suffers an electric shock which causes the implant in his brain to malfunction and a sinister personality shift to take place

• Season 4 Episode 20: Attack of the Teki-Ya

  A Japanese detective comes to town to extradite an assassin but lands himself in trouble when he is brought face to face with an international crime boss

• Season 4 Episode 19: Hell Hath No Fury

  A series of deaths prompts Astor and Westlake to reopen the old case files, but someone is hindering their progress

• Season 4 Episode 18: Holy Terror

  Astor and Westlake are called upon to defend a spiritual ruler whose life is threatened by an assassin

• Season 4 Episode 17: Of Course, It's a Miracle

  Frankie makes a bad decision when he befriends a psychic who later becomes embroiled in a plot to assassinate a senator

• Season 4 Episode 16: Tiny Bubbles

  A secret formula for a fizzy drink is stolen and the company's owner is murdered, prompting Astor and Westlake to investigate

• Season 4 Episode 15: Safe House

  In an act of desperation, a gang of bank robbers take Astor hostage, prompting Frankie and Catlett to try to secure his release

• Season 4 Episode 14: My Fair Hoodlums

  Astor and Westlake are hot on the trail of a sinister character who has hatched a plot to kill his ex-wife for her expensive jewelled necklace

• Season 4 Episode 13: People Like Us

  Astor and Westlake pose as a married couple to infiltrate a gang of jewel thieves suspected of stealing a large cache of diamonds

• Season 4 Episode 12: Seminar from Hell

  One of Westlake's old enemies escapes from prison and immediately sets out to hunt her down and exact revenge

• Season 4 Episode 11: Best Seller

  The boundary between fiction and reality becomes blurred when the plot of the latest novel by Catlett's brother starts coming true

• Season 4 Episode 10: The Really Real Re-Enactment

  Westlake works on a stake-out with Astor, and soon comes to realise he isn't quite the man she thought he was

• Season 4 Episode 9: Family Matters

  Astor and Westlake try to locate a cache of stolen diamonds, knowing that a gang of dangerous criminals are also looking for them

• Season 4 Episode 8: Aftermath

  The team investigate a bombing which they believe to be the work of terrorists, but the emergence of a millionaire with a hefty pension and a conniving daughter lead them to suspect this may have just been a smokescreen

• Season 4 Episode 7: Honest Abe

  A former Israeli spy tries to escape the murky world of espionage, but finds himself in a tight spot when his wife is kidnapped by a gang of arms dealers

• Season 4 Episode 6: The Full Frankie

  Frankie takes on a case involving blackmail and murder, but finds it requires a stint working undercover as a performer at a male strip club. Joe Nipote stars

• Season 4 Episode 5: Wanted Fred or Alive

  Astor and Westlake have to deal with a hard-boiled bounty hunter as they try to clear the name of a man suspected of murder

• Season 4 Episode 4: Holy Matrimony

  Astor investigates the Blanca Noche cartel, but finds himself falling for the wife of his target : a Colombian drug pusher

• Season 4 Episode 3: Wisegal

  Astor manages to sneak into a high-security Mafia conference and a labour negotiator tries to seduce Westlake

• Season 4 Episode 2: Once a Con

  Astor and Westlake enlist the help of a petty criminal in an elaborate scheme to catch a money launderer

• Season 4 Episode 1: The Return

  Joe Astor returns to drive the new Viper when Cole is reassigned after blowing up the old one. Starring James McCaffrey and Jeff Kaake

Viper: Season 3 (1997 - 1998)

• Season 3 Episode 22: About Face

  A notorious criminal creates a replica of Cole in a nefarious plot to steal the Defender

• Season 3 Episode 21: Internal Affair

  Westlake goes undercover, but things don't go according to plan and she is kidnapped by a group of mercenaries who try to force her into detonating a bomb

• Season 3 Episode 20: Old Acquaintance

  Followed by assassins, Westlake's photojournalist ex-husband arrives with news that their divorce was never finalized.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Homecoming

  Cole returns to his hometown to help his estranged father investigate the death of the police chief.

• Season 3 Episode 18: Hot Potato

  The team attempt to get their hands on a computer disk which holds the key to nailing a corrupt official

• Season 3 Episode 17: Double Team

  Catlett and Westlake try to bring an arms dealer to justice by posing as burglars

• Season 3 Episode 16: Trust No-One

  The team investigate a mass suicide and stumble upon a government cover-up

• Season 3 Episode 15: Regarding Catlett

  An attempt on Catlett's life prompts Cole and Frankie to set about finding out who was behind the attack

• Season 3 Episode 14: Paper Trail

  Cole's girlfriend finds herself under the spotlight when the investigation into a million-dollar robbery leads to her

• Season 3 Episode 13: What Makes Sammy Chun

  Cole looks into the case of an arms dealer, but his investigations are hindered by a tabloid reporter with a criminal history

• Season 3 Episode 12: The Getaway

  Following the death of a notorious criminal, the credibility of the government is questioned

• Season 3 Episode 11: Breakout

  A convict with a deadly virus escapes, leaving Cole and Westlake desperately trying to hunt him down before the disease spreads

• Season 3 Episode 10: Wilderness Run

  A wilderness tour turns deadly when extortionists take Westlake and a corporate executive hostage.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Getting MADD

  Cole's niece is left to deal with the consequences of a drunk-driving accident, while Frankie and Cartlett discover a drug ring at a local club

• Season 3 Episode 8: First Mob Wives' Club

  Cole goes undercover at a health club frequented by the wives of a mob of gangsters to try to uncover clues in a murder case

• Season 3 Episode 7: Cold Warriors

  Westlake's mother becomes smitten with a secret agent.

• Season 3 Episode 6: Storm Watch

  The future of the Viper team is threatened when they fall foul of a mysterious motorcyclist

• Season 3 Episode 5: Out from Oblivion

  Cole bumps into an old acquaintance, who used to work for the CIA but is now impoverished and living on the streets, and tells his former colleague of a nefarious spy ring that needs investigating

• Season 3 Episode 4: Hidden Agenda

  Cole is drafted in to investigate a case of arson, but his search for clues bears no fruit, until he notices the case has stark similarities to an unsolved crime from years before

• Season 3 Episode 3: The Best Couple

  Westlake makes a shocking discovery about her friend's new husband, prompting an investigation into the man's past to find out his true identity

• Season 3 Episode 2: Cat and Mouse

  During a prison break, Westlake kills an assassin's boyfriend and becomes a target for revenge.

• Season 3 Episode 1: Triple Cross

  Cole is forced to grant a prisoner temporary release when a former lover is in desperate need of a rare bone-marrow transplant

Viper: Season 2 (1996 - 1997)

• Season 2 Episode 22: The List

  Westlake witnesses Cole's death but later learns that he is still alive and kicking, working as a spy for a criminal organisation

• Season 2 Episode 21: Black Box

  A software designer is murdered but bequeaths an artificial intelligence programme to his girlfriend

• Season 2 Episode 20: Whistle Blower

  The team face a difficult predicament when the only witness to a man's murder is his autistic brother

• Season 2 Episode 19: Cold Storage

  A dangerous serial killer who has been cryogenically frozen manages to escape and rejoins his rampaging followers on the streets

• Season 2 Episode 18: Thieves Like Us

  The Viper team is accused of treason following the theft of a powerful new weapon that causes instant human combustion

• Season 2 Episode 17: Echo of Murder

  Cole is left vengeful after a friend is murdered and the only clue to the death of the investigative reporter is the hologram of a movie star who committed suicide long ago

• Season 2 Episode 16: Shutdown

  The city is left dumbfounded as a terrorist impersonating the Viper races throughout the suburbs, leaving devastation in his wake

• Season 2 Episode 15: Wheelman

  A surprise is in store for Cole when an escaped criminal in search of revenge turns out to be his former mentor

• Season 2 Episode 14: Forget-Me-Not

  Criminals brainwash a scientist into stealing nerve gas, which they plan to use in an attack on the US secretary of defence

• Season 2 Episode 13: Turf Wars

  A 13-year-old is caught in the middle of a gang war, prompting the team to intervene

• Season 2 Episode 12: Manhunt

  A scientist creates a device which initially proves its worth, but chaos ensues when the machine malfunctions and turns him into a killer cyborg

• Season 2 Episode 11: Breakdown on Thunder Road

  A scientist's runaway son helps muscle-car racers steal rocket fuel; written by Darrell Petty.

• Season 2 Episode 10: Street Pirates

  A band of weapons thieves plans to take the Defender next.

• Season 2 Episode 9: On a Roll

  The members of the Viper team come under scrutiny after obeying a government command to steal a lethal weapon, and soon find themselves accused of treason

• Season 2 Episode 8: Die Laughing

  An FBI agent is killed and the Viper team do all they can to protect a mother and her son who witnessed his murder

• Season 2 Episode 7: White Fire

  The Viper team are left dumbfounded by a string of diamond thefts, and when their principal suspect claims she didn't do it they enlist her help to find out who did

• Season 2 Episode 6: Standoff

  A gang of thieves, looking for a new weapon, trap the Viper team in an abandoned refinery

• Season 2 Episode 5: Diamond in the Rough

  After a spate of jewellery robberies, the team find themselves on the trail of a former security guard with a chip on his shoulder

• Season 2 Episode 4: Talk Is Cheap

  A serial killer's latest target is believed to be a talk-show host, and, in the light of his bizarre methods of disposing of his victims' bodies, the homicide squad worry that bringing him to justice may prove difficult

• Season 2 Episode 3: Condor

  The squad have to pool their resources to investigate the brutal murders of four undercover policemen, who got a little too close to the Mob for their own safety

• Season 2 Episode 2: MIG-89

  Allie and a scientist are kidnapped and when Cameron ventures out to investigate, she stumbles upon a major gun-smuggling operation

• Season 2 Episode 1: Winner Take All

  Cameron Westlake joins the Viper team after her partner is killed and helps them bring a rogue trucker to justice

Viper: Season 1 (1994)

• Season 1 Episode 12: Crown of Thorns

  A visiting dignitary is targeted by the assassin who killed her father; Frankie is attracted to a royal attendant.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Thief of Hearts

  Astor's adversary steals an artificial heart intended for a dying girl.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Scoop

  A reporter probing a string of murders falsely names a police lieutenant as the prime suspect.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Past Tense

  Astor meets a woman who claims to be his wife.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Wheels of Fire

  A car inventor's revolutionary design may put a shady oil executive out of business.

• Season 1 Episode 7: The Face

  A hit man takes on Joe's appearance to carry out a killing to free his girlfriend from the Outfit.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Mind Games

  Frankie's friend is brainwashed into helping the Outfit hijack a shipment of deadly viruses.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Firehawk

  Astor matches Viper against an equally sophisticated machine while searching for kidnapped Wilkes.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Safe as Houses

  Astor is stranded in a town taken over by a gang and befriends a boy who idolizes him.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Ghosts

  Wilkes befriends a co-worker at the rehabilitation center, unaware she is dating Astor's nemesis.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Once a Thief ...

  To obtain the microchip that contains his lost memory, Astor breaks the law to get an amnesia implant for a brain surgeon.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  An engineer and a driver pit the transforming supercar against a near-future crime syndicate.