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Season 1 – Viper

Play trailer Season 1 – Viper Jan 1994 Crime Drama Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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An engineer and a driver transform a Dodge sports car into a crime-fighting supercar.

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Tony Scott Variety 07/18/2019
There's enough action, i.e., screeching tires and hardware gimmicks, to attract susceptible viewers with its win-by-hook-or-crook message. The graham cracker brigade and undiscriminating adults might well just buy into this one. Go to Full Review John J. O'Connor New York Times 07/18/2019
Viper is the virtual-reality hologram of the Lethal Weapon movies starring Danny Glover and Mel Gibson. Go to Full Review Howard Rosenberg Los Angeles Times 07/16/2019
Even though the Viper's unspectacular special effects are basically upgraded James Bond or modified Batmobile, the car looks sturdier than the series. Go to Full Review David Hiltbrand People Magazine 07/16/2019
C+
Visually and vehicularly, the show is definitely cool. But the plots and characters land firmly on the hackneyed side of the street. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Viper — Season 1

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Cast & Crew

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James McCaffrey

Joe Astor

Dorian Harewood

Actor

Joe Nipote

Frankie Waters

Faye Hauser

Actor

Dawn-Lyen Gardner

Actor

Patricia Charbonneau

Guest Star

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 2, 1994 Pilot An engineer and a driver pit the transforming supercar against a near-future crime syndicate. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 7, 1994 Once a Thief ... To obtain the microchip that contains his lost memory, Astor breaks the law to get an amnesia implant for a brain surgeon. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 14, 1994 Ghosts Wilkes befriends Anna, a co-worker at the rehabilitation center whose boyfriend is an old enemy out to locate the Viper's hiding place. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 21, 1994 Safe as Houses While helping one of the last families resisting the Outfit, Astor becomes stranded in a small town where he befriends a boy who unknowingly idolizes him. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 28, 1994 Firehawk Astor matches the Viper's defenses against an equally sophisticated machine after the Outfit kidnaps Wilkes and forces him to set a trap. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 11, 1994 Mind Games Astor, Wilkes and Frankie must pool their resources when Frankie's friend is brainwashed into helping the Outfit get hold of a genetic shipment. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 18, 1994 The Face A former hitman takes on Astor's physical identity to carry out a hit in order to free his innocent girlfriend from the Outfit. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 25, 1994 Wheels of Fire A brilliant automotive designer is kidnapped when her invention threatens to put a petroleum executive's shady company out of business. Details Episode 9 Aired Mar 4, 1994 Past Tense Astor meets a woman who claims to be his wife while he is investigating the Outfit's kidnapping of a teenage boy. Details Episode 10 Aired Mar 11, 1994 Scoop Astor helps a female police officer accused by a news reporter of being a vigilante who is killing members of the Outfit. Details Episode 11 Aired Mar 18, 1994 Thief of Hearts Astor battles a vengeful former adversary who steals an artificial heart and places a dying young girl in danger. Details Episode 12 Aired Apr 1, 1994 Crown of Thorns A visiting dignitary is targeted by the assassin who killed her father; Frankie is attracted to a royal attendant. Details

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Season Info

Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 2, 1994