Viper

Jan 2, 1994

City Commissioner Strand is desperate to get the Viper on the road. He plans on using the Viper's crime-fighting abilities to bolster support for his campaign to become mayor. After stealing a satellite, Michael Payton flips his black Dodge Stealth in a spectacular crash. Strand hears about the accident and has Payton pronounced dead at the scene. Payton is the best getaway driver the Outfit had. Commissoner Strand orders that Payton's memory be erased and his appearance altered. When Payton awakes, he is told that he is a police officer named Joesph Payne Astor.

Jan 7, 1994

Joe faces a terrifying choice when the doctor who performed memory-altering surgery on him offers to restore his criminal identity.

Jan 14, 1994

Joe's former partner in crime (Jason Carter) is sprung from prison by the Outfit in order to locate the Viper.

Jan 21, 1994

Nate Benedict, a Mob Boss who is about to be tried for various crimes, fakes his own death. He starts over in a small town to lay low and continue his criminal operations. The residents of Mesa Rose, the small town Benedict takes over, are powerless against Benedict's strong reach. The Viper turns out to be 'the great equalizer'.

Jan 28, 1994

As part of a plan to destroy the Viper, the Outfit kidnaps Julian and forces him to upgrade its own urban assault vehicle.

Feb 11, 1994

After Frankie is injured in a suspicious car crash, the Viper team uncovers a plot to hijack a transport loaded with highly contagious diseases.

Feb 18, 1994

"The Face", a famous hit man, has just been released from prison. His plans to go straight are jeopardized when his former employer kidnaps his wife to force him to do one last hit! Through the Consortium, he asks Joe Astor for help.

Feb 25, 1994

Joe falls for the inventor of a highly efficient car battery, but painful memories of his murdered fiancee surface when her life is threatened. Meanwhile, the discovery of a long-lost concept car shocks everyone.

Mar 4, 1994

The Viper team must crack a ring that abducts youths and molds them into specialized criminals. Meanwhile, Joe encounters a special someone from his past.

Mar 11, 1994

Joe teams with a police detective--a suspected vigilante--to find the culprit behind the murder of Outfit thugs.

Mar 18, 1994

An artificial heart that will save the life of a young girl is stolen.

Apr 1, 1994

A foreign dignitary visiting the U.S. becomes the new target of the assassin who previously killed her father.

Sep 27, 1996

The Viper returns to the streets of Metro City. The new prototype is given to Ex-CIA operative Thomas Cole (Jeff Kaake) and his team: Technician Frankie Waters (Joe Nipote) and systems programmer Dr. Allie Farrow (Dawn Stern). After the death of her partner, police officer Cameron Westlake (Heather Medway) joins the Viper team. The team then concentrates on taking Dekker, a rogue trucker who has been terrorizing the city.

Oct 5, 1996

Cameron uncovers an illegal arms-smuggling ring---but not before Allie and a visiting scientist are kidnapped and forced to develop a highly advanced fighter jet.

Oct 12, 1996

The massacre of four undercover cops, all of them set to share information regarding the mob, leads the team to seek help from a helicopter squad that's Viper's aerial equivalent.

Oct 19, 1996

A talk-show host is targeted by a killer who has a unique way of getting rid of the bodies of his victims.

Oct 26, 1996

A disgruntled former security officer decides to become a jewel thief.

Nov 2, 1996

Thieves after a new weapon have the Viper team trapped in an abandoned refinery.

Nov 9, 1996

A string of diamond thefts points to a notorious criminal, but she cooperates with the Viper team to catch whom she claims is the real culprit.

Nov 16, 1996

It's no joke when the Viper team's assigned to protect a comedienne and her son, who's witnessed the murder of an undercover FBI agent.

Nov 23, 1996

The Viper team and their superior are accused of treason after following a Government command to steal a lethal weapon.

Nov 30, 1996

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

Jan 11, 1997

A scientist fears his runaway son may be behind the theft of an extremely combustible rocket fuel, which the boy is using to power racing cars.

Jan 18, 1997

A scientist's invention saves his life but turns him into a killer cyborg.

Feb 1, 1997

The Viper team is assigned to stop a gang war between two rival factions, and a 13-year-old gets caught in the middle of the fighting.

Feb 8, 1997

A scientist is brainwashed into stealing nerve gas to be used in an attack on the U.S. Secretary of Defense.

Feb 15, 1997

An escaped con looking for revenge happens to be Cole's former mentor.

Feb 22, 1997

The city is terrorized by a criminal who is driving around in a clever imitation of the Viper.

Mar 1, 1997

Cole's investigates the death of his friend, an investigative reporter, but his only clue is a holgram of a movie star who committed suicide long ago.

Mar 22, 1997

The Viper team is accused of treason after their new boss tells them to steal a weapon that creates spontaneous human combustion.

Apr 26, 1997

A charismatic mass-murderer in cryogenic suspension manages to escape to rejoin his followers.

May 3, 1997

An autistic man is the only witness to the murder of his brother.

May 10, 1997

A murdered software designer leaves artificial intelligence to his girlfriend.

May 17, 1997

Westlake witnesses Cole's death, only to learn that he's alive and well---and working as an informant for a powerful crime family.

Sep 23, 1997

Cole's former fiancée, who says she's dying and needs a bone-marrow transplant, convinces Cole to temporarily release a prisoner whose marrow matches hers.

Sep 30, 1997

Westlake kills the lover of a professional assassin during a prison break, and soon finds herself targeted for revenge.

Oct 7, 1997

A simple background check on Westlake's friend's new husband turns up information suggesting that the groom may not be what he seems.

Oct 14, 1997

An arson killing rings a bell for Cole, who investigated similar cases years ago and suspects they're related. His only lead is a mysterious woman who was on the scene.

Oct 21, 1997

When Cole discovers an old CIA buddy living on the streets, he's again led into a world of espionage and intrigue.

Oct 28, 1997

A fully equipped motorcycle and rider threaten the future of the team.

Nov 4, 1997

Westlake's mother is captivated by a secret agent.

Nov 11, 1997

Cole goes under cover at a health club frequented by the beautiful wives of gangsters in order to solve the murder of one woman's husband.

Nov 18, 1997

Cole's niece must live with the consequences of a fatal drunken driving accident; Frankie, Catlett and Cole uncover a drug ring at a local club.

Nov 25, 1997

Cameron Westlake, a police officer, volunteers to spend a week helping her friend Elise Grayhawk, who run Camp Sasamat, a retreat for over worked executives. Hanley (Michael Mahonen) and his friend, Mike, plot to kidnap his former boss, Iris Bentine, and hold her for five million dollars ransom. Hanley had been a janitor at her corporation, but was fired and is very bitter about it. He plots revenge... Iris, and her assistant, Julie Stone, have come for a week long retreat in the wilderness. Here they are supposed to spend time in the woods, enjoying nature and learn team work skills as a ""get back to nature, and find your true self..."" experience; but, Iris is work driven and can not relax . She is annoyed that Julie talked her into taking time off from work. Hanley stops a pair of forest rangers, kills them and steals their uniforms. Then he and his Mike, pretending to be Rangers Crawford and Barnes, proceed to the woods to find and kidnap his former boss, Iris Bentine! Cole a

Jan 6, 1998

Cole and Westlake desperately search for an escaped convict who is carrying a deadly virus.

Jan 27, 1998

A crime lord's murder threatens to reveal government corruption.

Feb 3, 1998

An ex-con turned tabloid news reporter gets mixed up in Cole's investigation of an arms dealer.

Feb 10, 1998

Cole's girlfriend becomes a prime suspect in a million-dollar robbery.

Feb 17, 1998

After an attempt on Catlett's life, Cole and Frankie must find the insider responsible.

Feb 24, 1998

Catlett and Westlake pose as husband-and-wife burglars in order to catch an arms dealer.

Mar 3, 1998

Catlett and Westlake pose as husband-and-wife burglars in order to catch an arms dealer.

Mar 17, 1998

A computer disk becomes the key to catching a corrupt federal marshal.

Apr 21, 1998

Cole returns to his hometown to help his father solve a mystery when the local police chief dies.

Apr 28, 1998

Westlake must protect her photojournalist ex-husband from sudden attempts on his life.

May 5, 1998

After an undercover assignment goes awry, Westlake is abducted by mercenaries bent on detonating a bomb -- with her help.

May 12, 1998

Notorious criminal Giles Seton masterminds a plot to create a Cole look-alike to steal the Defender.

Sep 22, 1998

Joe Astor returns to drive the new Viper when Thomas Cole is reassigned after blowing up the old Viper.

Sep 29, 1998

A small-time con artist helps Astor and Westlake catch a money launderer in an elaborate sting operation.

Oct 6, 1998

Astor infiltrates a security-tight mafia conference; a labor negotiator tries to seduce Westlake.

Oct 13, 1998

Astor falls in love with the wife of a Colombian drug lord while investigating the Blanca Noche cartel.

Oct 20, 1998

Astor and Westlake encounter a ruthless bounty hunter while trying to exonerate a man accused of murder.

Oct 27, 1998

Frankie bares all to uncover a blackmail-murder plot at a local strip club for women.

Nov 3, 1998

A former Israeli spy's new life is threatened when arms dealers kidnap his wife.

Nov 10, 1998

An apparent terrorist bombing camouflages an elaborate plot for an heir to claim her father's million-dollar pension.

Nov 17, 1998

Astor and Westlake try to locate a stolen cache of diamonds before some dangerous criminals take possession of them.

Dec 8, 1998

While staking out robbery suspects, Westlake finds out Astor isn't the man she thought he was.

Jan 5, 1999

After Catlett reads his brother's latest novel, fact becomes stranger than fiction as the plot line becomes real.

Feb 6, 1999

One of Westlake's old enemies resurfaces to exact revenge after escaping from prison.

Feb 13, 1999

Astor and Westlake go under cover as a married couple to expose a ring of diamond thieves.

Feb 20, 1999

Astor and Westlake try to stop a man who's plotting to kill his ex-wife for her jewel necklace.

Feb 27, 1999

After desperate bank robbers take Astor hostage, Frankie and Catlett try to track him down.

Mar 20, 1999

Astor and Westlake must unravel a conspiracy after the secret formula is stolen from a soda company and its owner is murdered.

Mar 27, 1999

Frankie befriends a self-proclaimed psychic who becomes involved in a plot to assassinate a senator.

Apr 17, 1999

Astor and Westlake must protect a spiritual ruler from a fated encounter with an assassin.

May 1, 1999

A series of deaths links to an old case, but someone does not want Astor and Westlake to reopen it.

May 8, 1999

A Japanese detective, in town to extradite an assassin, goes head-to-head with an international crime boss.

May 15, 1999

An electric shock causes Astor's brain implant to malfunction, turning him back into a criminal.

May 22, 1999

Astor agrees to have the brain implant removed; a distraught Westlake must focus on saving a kidnapping victim.