Viper

September 22, 1998

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

September 29, 1998

A small-time con artist helps Astor and Westlake catch a money launderer in an elaborate sting operation.

October 6, 1998

Astor infiltrates a security-tight mafia conference; a labor negotiator tries to seduce Westlake.

October 13, 1998

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

October 20, 1998

Astor and Westlake encounter a ruthless bounty hunter while trying to exonerate a man accused of murder.

October 27, 1998

Frankie bares all to uncover a blackmail-murder plot at a local strip club for women.

November 3, 1998

A former Israeli spy's new life is threatened when arms dealers kidnap his wife.

November 10, 1998

An apparent terrorist bombing camouflages an elaborate plot for an heir to claim her father's million-dollar pension.

November 17, 1998

Astor and Westlake try to locate a stolen cache of diamonds before some dangerous criminals take possession of them.

December 8, 1998

While staking out robbery suspects, Westlake finds out Astor isn't the man she thought he was.

January 5, 1999

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

February 6, 1999

One of Westlake's old enemies resurfaces to exact revenge after escaping from prison.

February 13, 1999

Astor and Westlake go under cover as a married couple to expose a ring of diamond thieves.

February 20, 1999

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

February 27, 1999

After desperate bank robbers take Astor hostage, Frankie and Catlett try to track him down.

March 20, 1999

Astor and Westlake must unravel a conspiracy after the secret formula is stolen from a soda company and its owner is murdered.

March 27, 1999

Frankie befriends a self-proclaimed psychic who becomes involved in a plot to assassinate a senator.

April 17, 1999

Astor and Westlake must protect a spiritual ruler from a fated encounter with an assassin.

May 1, 1999

A series of deaths links to an old case, but someone does not want Astor and Westlake to reopen it.

May 8, 1999

A Japanese detective, in town to extradite an assassin, goes head-to-head with an international crime boss.

May 15, 1999

An electric shock causes Astor's brain implant to malfunction, turning him back into a criminal.

May 22, 1999

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