Viper: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
The Return
Sep 22, 1998 · 45 min
Joe Astor returns to drive the new Viper when Thomas Cole is reassigned after blowing up the old Viper.
Once a Con
Sep 29, 1998 · 45 min
A small-time con artist helps Astor and Westlake catch a money launderer in an elaborate sting operation.
Wisegal
Oct 6, 1998 · 45 min
Astor infiltrates a security-tight mafia conference; a labor negotiator tries to seduce Westlake.
Holy Matrimony
Oct 13, 1998 · 45 min
Astor falls in love with the wife of a Colombian drug lord while investigating the Blanca Noche cartel.
Wanted: Fred or Alive
Oct 20, 1998 · 45 min
Astor and Westlake encounter a ruthless bounty hunter while trying to exonerate a man accused of murder.
The Full Frankie
Oct 27, 1998 · 45 min
Frankie bares all to uncover a blackmail-murder plot at a local strip club for women.
Honest Abe
Nov 3, 1998 · 45 min
A former Israeli spy's new life is threatened when arms dealers kidnap his wife.
Aftermath
Nov 10, 1998 · 45 min
An apparent terrorist bombing camouflages an elaborate plot for an heir to claim her father's million-dollar pension.
Family Matters
Nov 17, 1998 · 45 min
Astor and Westlake try to locate a stolen cache of diamonds before some dangerous criminals take possession of them.
The Really Real Re-Enactment
Dec 8, 1998 · 45 min
While staking out robbery suspects, Westlake finds out Astor isn't the man she thought he was.
Best Seller
Jan 5, 1999 · 45 min
After Catlett reads his brother's latest novel, fact becomes stranger than fiction as the plot line becomes real.
Seminar from Hell
Feb 6, 1999 · 45 min
One of Westlake's old enemies resurfaces to exact revenge after escaping from prison.
People Like Us
Feb 13, 1999 · 45 min
Astor and Westlake go under cover as a married couple to expose a ring of diamond thieves.
My Fair Hoodlums
Feb 20, 1999 · 45 min
Astor and Westlake try to stop a man who's plotting to kill his ex-wife for her jewel necklace.
Safe House
Feb 27, 1999 · 45 min
After desperate bank robbers take Astor hostage, Frankie and Catlett try to track him down.
Tiny Bubbles
Mar 20, 1999 · 45 min
Astor and Westlake must unravel a conspiracy after the secret formula is stolen from a soda company and its owner is murdered.
Of Course, It's a Miracle
Mar 27, 1999 · 45 min
Frankie befriends a self-proclaimed psychic who becomes involved in a plot to assassinate a senator.
Holy Terror
Apr 17, 1999 · 45 min
Astor and Westlake must protect a spiritual ruler from a fated encounter with an assassin.
Hell Hath No Fury
May 1, 1999 · 45 min
A series of deaths links to an old case, but someone does not want Astor and Westlake to reopen it.
Attack of the Teki-Ya
May 8, 1999 · 50 min
A Japanese detective, in town to extradite an assassin, goes head-to-head with an international crime boss.
Split Decision (1)
May 15, 1999 · 45 min
An electric shock causes Astor's brain implant to malfunction, turning him back into a criminal.
Split Decision (2)
May 22, 1999 · 45 min
Astor agrees to have the brain implant removed; a distraught Westlake must focus on saving a kidnapping victim.