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 · 50 min
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 · 50 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
A disgruntled former security officer decides to become a jewel thief.
Standoff
Nov 2, 1996 · 45 min
Thieves after a new weapon have the Viper team trapped in an abandoned refinery.
White Fire
Nov 9, 1996 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
The Viper team and their superior are accused of treason after following a Government command to steal a lethal weapon.
Street Pirates
Nov 30, 1996 · 45 min
A band of weapons thieves plans to take the Defender next.
Breakdown on Thunder Road
Jan 11, 1997 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
A scientist's invention saves his life but turns him into a killer cyborg.
Turf Wars
Feb 1, 1997 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
An escaped con looking for revenge happens to be Cole's former mentor.
Shutdown
Feb 22, 1997 · 45 min
The city is terrorized by a criminal who is driving around in a clever imitation of the Viper.
Echo of Murder
Mar 1, 1997 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
A charismatic mass-murderer in cryogenic suspension manages to escape to rejoin his followers.
Whistle Blower
May 3, 1997 · 45 min
An autistic man is the only witness to the murder of his brother.
Black Box
May 10, 1997 · 45 min
A murdered software designer leaves artificial intelligence to his girlfriend.
The List
May 17, 1997 · 45 min
Westlake witnesses Cole's death, only to learn that he's alive and well---and working as an informant for a powerful crime family.