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The Best Episodes of Viper

Every episode of Viper ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Viper!

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Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Viper Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.3/10(52 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Danny Bilson
    Writer:Danny Bilson

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  2. Viper Season 3 Episode 19 - Homecoming
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    #2 - Homecoming

    S3:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Viper Season 3 Episode 22 - About Face
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #3 - About Face

    S3:E22

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

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Viper Season 2 Episode 1 - Winner Take All
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    #4 - Winner Take All

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Danny Bilson
    Writer:Tommy Thompson

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  5. Viper Season 1 Episode 5 - Firehawk
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #5 - Firehawk

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Mario Philip Azzopardi
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Viper Season 2 Episode 7 - White Fire
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    #6 - White Fire

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Vern Gillum
    Writer:Howard Chaykin

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  7. Viper Season 1 Episode 8 - Wheels of Fire
    7.3/10(23 votes)

    #7 - Wheels of Fire

    S1:E8

    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.

    Directors:Don Kurt, Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Viper Season 1 Episode 11 - Thief of Hearts
    7.3/10(22 votes)

    #8 - Thief of Hearts

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Danny Bilson
    Writer:Howard Chaykin

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  9. Viper Season 4 Episode 22 - Split Decision (2)
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #9 - Split Decision (2)

    S4:E22

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Viper Season 1 Episode 7 - The Face
    7.2/10(24 votes)

    #10 - The Face

    S1:E7

    "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.

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:Tommy Thompson

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  11. Viper Season 2 Episode 3 - Condor
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    #11 - Condor

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Danny Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Viper Season 2 Episode 11 - Breakdown on Thunder Road
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #12 - Breakdown on Thunder Road

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Viper Season 3 Episode 5 - Out from Oblivion
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #13 - Out from Oblivion

    S3:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Viper Season 3 Episode 18 - Hot Potato
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #14 - Hot Potato

    S3:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Viper Season 1 Episode 2 - Once a Thief ...
    7.1/10(32 votes)

    #15 - Once a Thief ...

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Viper Season 2 Episode 2 - MIG-89
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #16 - MIG-89

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:Howard Chaykin

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  17. Viper Season 3 Episode 10 - Wilderness Run
    7.1/10(21 votes)

    #17 - Wilderness Run

    S3:E10

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Viper Season 4 Episode 4 - Holy Matrimony
    7.1/10(21 votes)

    #18 - Holy Matrimony

    S4:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Viper Season 1 Episode 10 - Scoop
    7.0/10(23 votes)

    #19 - Scoop

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Viper Season 4 Episode 11 - Best Seller
    7.0/10(23 votes)

    #20 - Best Seller

    S4:E11

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

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Viper Season 1 Episode 3 - Ghosts
    6.9/10(28 votes)

    #21 - Ghosts

    S1:E3

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

    Directors:Danny Bilson, Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Viper Season 1 Episode 6 - Mind Games
    6.9/10(24 votes)

    #22 - Mind Games

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Mario Philip Azzopardi
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Viper Season 1 Episode 9 - Past Tense
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    #23 - Past Tense

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Danny Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Viper Season 2 Episode 4 - Talk is Cheap
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #24 - Talk is Cheap

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Don Kurt
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Viper Season 2 Episode 13 - Turf Wars
    6.9/10(21 votes)

    #25 - Turf Wars

    S2:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Viper". It scored 8.3/10 based on 52 votes. Directed by Danny Bilson and written by Danny Bilson, it aired on 1/2/1994. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Homecoming".