Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1994)

Cast

James McCaffrey as Michael Payton / Joe Astor
James McCaffrey

as Michael Payton / Joe Astor

Dorian Harewood as Julian Wilkes
Dorian Harewood

as Julian Wilkes

Joe Nipote as Frankie Waters
Joe Nipote

as Frankie Waters

Episodes

Pilot (Part 1) poster

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January 2, 1994

City Commissoner Strand (Jon Polito) is desperate to get the Viper on the road. He plans on using the Viper's crime-fig…

Pilot (Part 2) poster

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January 2, 1994

Once a Thief ... poster

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January 7, 1994

Joe faces a terrifying choice when the doctor who performed memory-altering surgery on him offers to restore his crimin…

Ghosts poster

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January 14, 1994

Joe's former partner in crime (Jason Carter) is sprung from prison by the Outfit in order to locate the Viper.

Safe as Houses poster

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January 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 t…

Firehawk poster

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January 28, 1994

As part of a plan to destroy the Viper, the Outfit kidnaps Julian and forces him to upgrade its own urban assault vehic…

Mind Games poster

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February 11, 1994

After Frankie is injured in a suspicious car crash, the Viper team uncovers a plot to hijack a transport loaded with hi…

The Face poster

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February 18, 1994

""The Face"", a famous hit man, has just been released from prison. His plans to go straight are jeopardized when his …

Wheels of Fire poster

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February 25, 1994

Joe falls for the inventor of a highly efficient car battery, but painful memories of his murdered fiancee surface when…

Past Tense poster

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March 4, 1994

The Viper team must crack a ring that abducts youths and molds them into specialized criminals. Meanwhile, Joe encounte…

Scoop poster

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March 11, 1994

Joe teams with a police detective--a suspected vigilante--to find the culprit behind the murder of Outfit thugs.

Thief of Hearts poster

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March 18, 1994

An artificial heart that will save the life of a young girl is stolen.

Crown of Thorns poster

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April 1, 1994

A foreign dignitary visiting the U.S. becomes the new target of the assassin who previously killed her father.