Viper

The ultimate weapon against crime, the Viper Defender is the citys only hope to stop a crime syndicate, the Outfit, from destroying the city. However, the Viper is just too fast and too powerful for all the police officers recruited to drive it. City Commissoner Strand (Jon Polito) is desperate to get the Viper on the road. He plans on using the Vipers crime-fighting abilities to bolster support for his campaign to become mayor. After stealing a satellite, Michael Payton (James McCaffrey) flips his black Dodge Stealth in a spectacular crash. Strand hears about the accident and has Payton pronounced dead at the scene. Payton is the best getaway driver the Outfit had. Commissoner Strand orders that Paytons memory be erased and his appearance altered. When Payton awakes, he is told that he is a police officer named Joesph Payne Astor. Once Joe gets behind the wheel of the Viper, it is obvious he has the skill to handle driving the car. Under the supervision of the Viper designer, Jul

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

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

""The Face"", a famous hit man, has just been released from prison. His plans to go straight are jeopardized when his former employer kidnaps his wife to force him to do one last hit! Through the Consortium, he asks Joe Astor for help.

The Viper team must crack a ring that abducts youths and molds them into specialized criminals. Meanwhile, Joe encounters a special someone from his past.

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

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 systems programmer Dr. Allie Farrow (Dawn Stern). After the death of her partner, police officer Cameron Westlake (Heather Medway) joins the Viper team. The team then concentrates on taking Dekker, a rogue trucker who has been terrorizing the city.

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 thats Vipers aerial equivalent.

A disgruntled former security officer decides to become a jewel thief.

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.

The Viper team and their superior are accused of treason after following a Government command to steal a lethal weapon.

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.

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.

An escaped con looking for revenge happens to be Coles former mentor.

Coles 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.

A charismatic mass-murderer in cryogenic suspension manages to escape to rejoin his followers.

A murdered software designer leaves artificial intelligence to his girlfriend.

Coles former fiancée, who says shes dying and needs a bone-marrow transplant, convinces Cole to temporarily release a prisoner whose marrow matches hers.

A simple background check on Westlakes friends new husband turns up information suggesting that the groom may not be what he seems.

When Cole discovers an old CIA buddy living on the streets, hes again led into a world of espionage and intrigue.

Westlakes mother is captivated by a secret agent.

Coles niece must live with the consequences of a fatal drunken driving accident; Frankie, Catlett and Cole uncover a drug ring at a local club.

Cole and Westlake desperately search for an escaped convict who is carrying a deadly virus.

An ex-con turned tabloid news reporter gets mixed up in Coles investigation of an arms dealer.

After an attempt on Catletts life, Cole and Frankie must find the insider responsible.

Catlett and Westlake pose as husband-and-wife burglars in order to catch an arms dealer.

Cole returns to his hometown to help his father solve a mystery when the local police chief dies.

After an undercover assignment goes awry, Westlake is abducted by mercenaries bent on detonating a bomb -- with her help.

Joe Astor returns to drive the new Viper when Thomas Cole is reassigned after blowing up the old Viper.

Astor infiltrates a security-tight mafia conference; a labor negotiator tries to seduce Westlake.

Astor and Westlake encounter a ruthless bounty hunter while trying to exonerate a man accused of murder.

A former Israeli spys new life is threatened when arms dealers kidnap his wife.

Astor and Westlake try to locate a stolen cache of diamonds before some dangerous criminals take possession of them.

After Catlett reads his brothers latest novel, fact becomes stranger than fiction as the plot line becomes real.

Astor and Westlake go under cover as a married couple to expose a ring of diamond thieves.

After desperate bank robbers take Astor hostage, Frankie and Catlett try to track him down.

Frankie befriends a self-proclaimed psychic who becomes involved in a plot to assassinate a senator.

A series of deaths links to an old case, but someone does not want Astor and Westlake to reopen it.

An electric shock causes Astors brain implant to malfunction, turning him back into a criminal.