The WORST episodes of Viper
Every episode of Viper ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Viper!
In the near future, an organized crime group known as the "Outfit" has become a major force in America. Engineer Julian Wilkes develops a high-tech crime-fighting vehicle called the Viper, which is intended to be a "flagship" in a new crackdown on crime. The Viper needs a driver, so when Outfit driver Michael Payton is injured and captured, his memory is erased, and he is given a new identity as Joe Astor, MetroPol employee. The Outfit discredits the Viper project, but when it is canceled, Joe and Julian steal the Viper and strike out on their own private war against crime.
#2 - Crown of Thorns
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/1994
A foreign dignitary visiting the U.S. becomes the new target of the assassin who previously killed her father.
#3 - Firehawk
Season 1 - Episode 6 - 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.
#4 - Triple Cross
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1997
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.
#5 - Thief of Hearts
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/18/1994
An artificial heart that will save the life of a young girl is stolen.
#6 - Scoop
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/11/1994
Joe teams with a police detective--a suspected vigilante--to find the culprit behind the murder of Outfit thugs.
#7 - Ghosts
Season 1 - Episode 4 - 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.
#8 - Wheels of Fire
Season 1 - Episode 9 - 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.
#9 - Mind Games
Season 1 - Episode 7 - 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.
#10 - The Face
Season 1 - Episode 8 - 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.
#11 - Past Tense
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/4/1994
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.
#12 - 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.
#14 - Safe as Houses
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/21/1994
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'.
#15 - 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.
#16 - Once a Thief ...
Season 1 - Episode 3 - 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.
#17 - Attack of the Teki-Ya
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/1999
A Japanese detective, in town to extradite an assassin, goes head-to-head with an international crime boss.
#18 - Manhunt
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/1997
A scientist's invention saves his life but turns him into a killer cyborg.
#19 - Pilot (Part 1)
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/1994
The ultimate weapon against crime, the Viper Defender is the city's only hope to stop a crime syndicate, the 'Outfit', from destroying the city. However, the Viper is just too fast and too powerful for all the police officers recruited to drive it. City Commissoner Strand (Jon Polito) 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 (James McCaffrey) 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. Once Joe gets behind the wheel of the Viper, it is obvious he has the skill to handle driving the car.
#20 - Hot Potato
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/1998
A computer disk becomes the key to catching a corrupt federal marshal.
#21 - Breakout
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1998
Cole and Westlake desperately search for an escaped convict who is carrying a deadly virus.
#22 - 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.
#23 - First Mob Wives' Club
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1997
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.
#24 - Cat and Mouse
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1997
Westlake kills the lover of a professional assassin during a prison break, and soon finds herself targeted for revenge.
#25 - 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.