7.6/1029 votes#1 - 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
- 7.1/1023 votes
#2 - 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
- 7.0/1020 votes
#3 - 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
- 6.9/1022 votes
#4 - 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
- 6.2/1017 votes
#5 - Diamond in the Rough
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1996
A disgruntled former security officer decides to become a jewel thief.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1022 votes
#6 - Standoff
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1996
Thieves after a new weapon have the Viper team trapped in an abandoned refinery.
Director: N/A
Writer: Howard Chaykin
- 7.2/1018 votes
#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
- 6.3/1014 votes
#8 - Die Laughing
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1996
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1016 votes
#9 - On a Roll
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1996
The Viper team and their superior are accused of treason after following a Government command to steal a lethal weapon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1014 votes
#10 - Street Pirates
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1996
A band of weapons thieves plans to take the Defender next.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1015 votes
#11 - 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
- 5.6/1014 votes
#12 - Manhunt
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/1997
A scientist's invention saves his life but turns him into a killer cyborg.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1016 votes
#13 - Turf Wars
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1997
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1016 votes
#14 - Forget-me-Not
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1997
A scientist is brainwashed into stealing nerve gas to be used in an attack on the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1017 votes
#15 - Wheelman
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1997
An escaped con looking for revenge happens to be Cole's former mentor.
Director: Danny Bilson
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1014 votes
#16 - Shutdown
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1997
The city is terrorized by a criminal who is driving around in a clever imitation of the Viper.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1015 votes
#17 - Echo of Murder
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1997
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1013 votes
#18 - Thieves Like Us
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/1997
The Viper team is accused of treason after their new boss tells them to steal a weapon that creates spontaneous human combustion.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/1014 votes
#19 - Cold Storage
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/1997
A charismatic mass-murderer in cryogenic suspension manages to escape to rejoin his followers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1015 votes
#20 - Whistle Blower
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1997
An autistic man is the only witness to the murder of his brother.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/1013 votes
#21 - Black Box
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1997
A murdered software designer leaves artificial intelligence to his girlfriend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1017 votes
#22 - The List
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1997
Westlake witnesses Cole's death, only to learn that he's alive and well---and working as an informant for a powerful crime family.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Viper Season 2
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Winner Take All" is the best rated episode of "Viper" season 2. It scored 7.6/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by Danny Bilson and written by Tommy Thompson, it aired on 9/27/1996. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "MIG-89".