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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!

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...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
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  • Pilot
    8.2/10(49)
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    #1 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 1/2/1994

    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.

    Director: Danny Bilson

    Writer: Danny Bilson

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  • Homecoming
    7.9/10(20)
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    #2 - Homecoming

    Season 3 Episode 19

    Aired 4/21/1998

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Firehawk
    7.4/10(25)
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    #3 - Firehawk

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 1/28/1994

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

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writer: N/A

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  • Winner Take All
    7.4/10(33)
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    #4 - Winner Take All

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/27/1996

    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.

    Director: Danny Bilson

    Writer: Tommy Thompson

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  • About Face
    7.4/10(17)
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    #5 - About Face

    Season 3 Episode 22

    Aired 5/12/1998

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

    Director: Bruce Bilson

    Writer: N/A

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  • Wheels of Fire
    7.1/10(21)
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    #6 - Wheels of Fire

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 2/25/1994

    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.

    Director: Bruce Bilson, Don Kurt

    Writer: N/A

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  • White Fire
    7.1/10(21)
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    #7 - White Fire

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/9/1996

    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.

    Director: Vern Gillum

    Writer: Howard Chaykin

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  • Out from Oblivion
    7.1/10(18)
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    #8 - Out from Oblivion

    Season 3 Episode 5

    Aired 10/21/1997

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Hot Potato
    7.1/10(17)
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    #9 - Hot Potato

    Season 3 Episode 18

    Aired 3/17/1998

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Once a Thief ...
    7.0/10(30)
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    #10 - Once a Thief ...

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 1/7/1994

    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: N/A

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  • MIG-89
    7.0/10(26)
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    #11 - MIG-89

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 10/5/1996

    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.

    Director: Joe Napolitano

    Writer: Howard Chaykin

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  • Holy Matrimony
    7.0/10(17)
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    #12 - Holy Matrimony

    Season 4 Episode 4

    Aired 10/13/1998

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • My Fair Hoodlums
    7.0/10(17)
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    #13 - My Fair Hoodlums

    Season 4 Episode 14

    Aired 2/20/1999

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

    Director: Gus Trikonis

    Writer: N/A

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  • Split Decision (2)
    7.0/10(17)
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    #14 - Split Decision (2)

    Season 4 Episode 22

    Aired 5/22/1999

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Condor
    6.9/10(23)
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    #15 - Condor

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/12/1996

    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.

    Director: Danny Bilson

    Writer: N/A

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  • Breakdown on Thunder Road
    6.9/10(18)
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    #16 - Breakdown on Thunder Road

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 1/11/1997

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Return
    6.9/10(17)
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    #17 - The Return

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 9/22/1998

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

    Director: Danny Bilson

    Writer: N/A

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  • Ghosts
    6.8/10(26)
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    #18 - Ghosts

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 1/14/1994

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

    Director: Danny Bilson, Bruce Bilson

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Face
    6.8/10(22)
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    #19 - The Face

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 2/18/1994

    "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.

    Director: Gus Trikonis

    Writer: Tommy Thompson

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  • Talk is Cheap
    6.8/10(25)
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    #20 - Talk is Cheap

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 10/19/1996

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

    Director: Don Kurt

    Writer: N/A

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  • Wilderness Run
    6.8/10(18)
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    #21 - Wilderness Run

    Season 3 Episode 10

    Aired 11/25/1997

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Breakout
    6.8/10(17)
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    #22 - Breakout

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 1/6/1998

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Mind Games
    6.7/10(22)
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    #23 - Mind Games

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 2/11/1994

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

    Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi

    Writer: N/A

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  • Thief of Hearts
    6.7/10(20)
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    #24 - Thief of Hearts

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 3/18/1994

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

    Director: Danny Bilson

    Writer: Howard Chaykin

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  • Storm Watch
    6.7/10(18)
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    #25 - Storm Watch

    Season 3 Episode 6

    Aired 10/28/1997

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Viper". It scored 8.2/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by Danny Bilson and written by Danny Bilson, it aired on 1/2/1994. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Homecoming".