Viper: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Viper Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Winner Take All
Sep 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 sys
MIG-89
Oct 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.
Condor
Oct 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.
Talk is Cheap
Oct 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.
Diamond in the Rough
Oct 26, 1996
A disgruntled former security officer decides to become a jewel thief.
Standoff
Nov 2, 1996
Thieves after a new weapon have the Viper team trapped in an abandoned refinery.
White Fire
Nov 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.
Die Laughing
Nov 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.
On a Roll
Nov 23, 1996
The Viper team and their superior are accused of treason after following a Government command to steal a lethal weapon.
Breakdown on Thunder Road
Jan 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.
Manhunt
Jan 18, 1997
A scientist's invention saves his life but turns him into a killer cyborg.
Turf Wars
Feb 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.
Forget-me-Not
Feb 8, 1997
A scientist is brainwashed into stealing nerve gas to be used in an attack on the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Wheelman
Feb 15, 1997
An escaped con looking for revenge happens to be Cole's former mentor.
Shutdown
Feb 22, 1997
The city is terrorized by a criminal who is driving around in a clever imitation of the Viper.
Echo of Murder
Mar 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.
Thieves Like Us
Mar 22, 1997
The Viper team is accused of treason after their new boss tells them to steal a weapon that creates spontaneous human combustion.
Cold Storage
Apr 26, 1997
A charismatic mass-murderer in cryogenic suspension manages to escape to rejoin his followers.
Whistle Blower
May 3, 1997
An autistic man is the only witness to the murder of his brother.
Black Box
May 10, 1997
A murdered software designer leaves artificial intelligence to his girlfriend.
The List
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.