1996 • 22 Episodes
September 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.
October 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.
October 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.
October 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.
October 26, 1996
A disgruntled former security officer decides to become a jewel thief.
November 2, 1996
Thieves after a new weapon have the Viper team trapped in an abandoned refinery.
November 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.
November 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.
November 23, 1996
The Viper team and their superior are accused of treason after following a Government command to steal a lethal weapon.
November 30, 1996
A band of weapons thieves plans to take the Defender next.
January 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.
January 18, 1997
A scientist's invention saves his life but turns him into a killer cyborg.
February 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.
February 8, 1997
A scientist is brainwashed into stealing nerve gas to be used in an attack on the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
February 15, 1997
An escaped con looking for revenge happens to be Cole's former mentor.
February 22, 1997
The city is terrorized by a criminal who is driving around in a clever imitation of the Viper.
March 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.
March 22, 1997
The Viper team is accused of treason after their new boss tells them to steal a weapon that creates spontaneous human combustion.
April 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.