Series synopsis
V.I.P. is an American action & adventure comedy crime television series that premiered on Syndication on September 26, 1998. It ended on May 18, 2002. It was created by J.F. Lawton. It stars Pamela Anderson, Molly Culver, Shaun Baker and Natalie Raitano.
While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's Vallery who becomes the hero. Suddenly, she's thrown into a world of action and danger as owner of a Hollywood protection agency, Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.), taking risks to protect others at a price few are willing to pay.
Premise
While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's Vallery who becomes the hero. Suddenly, she's thrown into a world of action and danger as owner of a Hollywood protection agency, Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.), taking risks to protect others at a price few are willing to pay.
Premise: Action never looked so good.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Pamela Anderson as Vallery Irons
- Molly Culver as Tasha Dexter
- Shaun Baker as Quick Williams
- Natalie Raitano as Nikki Franco
- Leah Lail as Kay Simmons
- Angelle Brooks as Maxine de la Cruz
- Dustin Nguyen as Johnny Loh
- Shawn Weatherly as Margot Burns
Supporting cast
- Bruce Locke as Victor Chang
- Lee Majors as Jed Irons
- Alexander Enberg as Obsessed Vallery Irons Fan
- James Horan as Smith
- Keith Campbell as Shane
- Louie Anderson as Homeless Person
- Shamari DeVoe as Herself (as Blaque)
- Natina Reed as Herself (as Blaque)
- Brian McNamara as Andrew D Welles
- Joseph C. Phillips as Geiger
- Ty Upshaw as Operative #1
- Brandon Douglas as Spencer Burke
Guest cast
- Shawn Weatherly as Margot Burns
- Bruce Locke as Victor Chang
- Lee Majors as Jed Irons
- Alexander Enberg as Obsessed Vallery Irons Fan
- James Horan as Smith
- Keith Campbell as Shane
- Louie Anderson as Homeless Person
- Shamari DeVoe as Herself (as Blaque)
- Natina Reed as Herself (as Blaque)
- Brian McNamara as Andrew D Welles
- Joseph C. Phillips as Geiger
- Ty Upshaw as Operative #1
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 88 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 22 | September 26, 1998 | May 22, 1999 |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 25, 1999 | May 20, 2000 |
| Season 3 | 22 | October 7, 2000 | May 19, 2001 |
| Season 4 | 22 | September 22, 2001 | May 18, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand Vallery Irons moves to Southern California, searching for fame and fortune, only to find herself heading a Beverly Hills bodyguard agency. |
September 26, 1998 |
| 2 |
What to Do with Vallery When You're Dead Vallery and the agency are hired by an Internet author who fears his tell-all book will put his life in jeopardy. |
October 3, 1998 |
| 3 |
Bloody Val-entine A world-famous assassin is hired to kill a paparazzo under Vallery's protection. |
October 10, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Return of The Owl Tasha goes to meet a man but he shows up dead. She checks his pockets and finds a microchip in a little plastic bag. Kay cracks it open to discover that it's in Russian. According to Tasha it's a list of Tregoran sleeper spies. Tregoran was a scientist who would brainwash ordinary people and turn them into unwilling assassins who could be activated by a codeword or phrase. Tasha then goes to a museum to meet up with her ex-husband, a man known only as The Owl, to see if he can help her. As they leave two men attack them but are soon defeated. Val, Nikki and Quick show up and Tasha informs them that she's on the list of Tregoran sleeper spies. They decide to take Tasha off active duty because the wrong word or phrase can set her off. They have to monitor her every move. A man calls to meet with Tasha but they decide to send Val undercover posing as Tasha to meet with them. The men tell Val the codeword thinking it will set her off but since she isn't Tasha it doesn't. Her cover being bl |
September 25, 1999 |
| 2 |
Big Top Val V.I.P. are hired to baby-sit a millionaire's daughter. They take her to the circus where they run into trouble when they run into two guys from Nikki's past. Tommy Wipp and Tino Scarlatti had faked their deaths after ratting out Don Franco to the feds now they're back and selling guns. |
October 2, 1999 |
| 3 |
Ransom of Red Val Val is kidnapped when she is mistaken for a temperamental diva V.I.P. is protecting. When the kidnappers discover their mistake they try to kill her. |
October 9, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Survi-Val Val is selected to be a contestant on ""Danger Island"", a new reality show where six people have to survive on a deserted island in order to win two million dollars, but when a contestant is killed on the pilot episode V.I.P. are called in to investigate. Jeff Groom, a network executive, says that since the island is already pre-rigged with camera's they only send along two crew guys with digi-cams and the show's producer so Quick volunteers himself and Nikki. Once on the island however two contestant and the show's producer are killed and another contestant has his brains fried from the inside but he manages to survive. After Quick mentions one of the weapons used by the killer Kay hacks into some military files and discovers that the killer is a Major Ving Talbot, an army weapons designer who is believed dead, who claims that the army prematurely tested his prototypes and on their own men as well. Tasha and Johnny drop in to help and a battle with Talbot ensues. He decides to reveal h |
October 7, 2000 |
| 2 |
Loh-Down Dirty Shame V.I.P. are hired to protect the ancient Chinese mask of Jin-Doo but Johnny is under the influence of his mentor from China. |
October 14, 2000 |
| 3 |
For Val's Eyes Only When Nikki, Val and Tasha stumble upon an attempted bank robbery Nikki discovers that the group leader is the same man that killed her father 10 years ago. |
October 21, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
21 Val Street When Relic goes missing from Foam V.I.P. decide to check it out and they discover that he's taking college classes. Val goes to talk to him but he acts as though he doesn't know until she saves him from an assassin. He tells her that he's working undercover trying to uncover a bookmaking operation. She offers V.I.P.'s services since she probably led the assassin to him and V.I.P. go undercover as members of the faculty. Kay goes undercover as a student and is the butt of a practical joke by a sorority sister. |
September 22, 2001 |
| 2 |
Chasing Anna Quick and Johnny are both dating the woman they're supposed to be protecting. When they find out they decide to keep it strictly business until she's no longer a client. They, along with her, later discover that she's a princess and the rightful heir to the throne of some European country and that her parents were murdered by a member of the secret police. She decides to return home and asks Quick if it's okay if Johnny takes her to the airport, she then asks Johnny if it's okay if Quick takes her to the airport.Once Quick and Johnny are gone she heads over to kill the man who murdered her parents and almost gets killed herself if it wasn't for Nikki who had to take her driving test all over again. |
September 29, 2001 |
| 3 |
Holy Val V.I.P. are hired to protect an ancient spiritual artifact only to discover that it contains a bomb and that there's plans to steal it. |
October 6, 2001 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Syndication |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 26, 1998 |
| Last aired | May 18, 2002 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday |