J.F. Lawton
Director
V.I.P. (1998)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 26, 1998
Episode 45 min
14+
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Watch Providers: Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Production Companies: Lawton Entertainment, Lafitte Productions, Sony Pictures Television, Global Medien KG
Network: Syndication
10.0
S1E1 - 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.
Sept. 26, 1998, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
Oct. 3, 1998, midnight
S1E3 - Bloody Val-entine
A world-famous assassin is hired to kill a paparazzo under Vallery's protection.
Oct. 10, 1998, midnight
S1E4 - One Wedding and Val's Funeral
The agency is hired to protect a young prince who is plotting to overthrow his country's king.
Oct. 17, 1998, midnight
S1E5 - Scents and Sensibility
A laboratory hires the agency to protect a scientist who has invented an aphrodisiac.
Oct. 24, 1998, midnight
S1E6 - Diamonds are a Val's Best Friend
An 80-carat diamond is stolen while under the protection of V.I.P.
Oct. 31, 1998, midnight
S1E7 - Deconstructing Peri
Vallery Irons Protection is hired to guard an actress whose tell-all memoirs pose a threat to some people in Washington, D.C.
Nov. 7, 1998, midnight
S1E8 - Val Got Game
V.I.P. is hired to protect a professional basketball player from an unscrupulous sports agent.
Nov. 14, 1998, midnight
S1E9 - Vallery of the Dolls
V.I.P. must keep centerfold models from disappearing by placing them in its protection.
Nov. 21, 1998, midnight
S1E10 - Midnight in the Garden of Ronnie Beeman
Vallery and company are hired to protect a controversial TV talk show host.
Jan. 16, 1999, midnight
S1E11 - Good Val Hunting
A wealthy businessman puts out a $10 million bounty on his own life and V.I.P. must protect him.
Jan. 23, 1999, midnight
S1E12 - Escape from Val-catraz
A convict will turn over a robbery cache in exchange for being able to attend his daughter's wedding.
Jan. 30, 1999, midnight
S1E13 - The Last Temptation of Val
An action star from Hong Kong arrives in Los Angeles to clear his name after the death of his friend.
Feb. 6, 1999, midnight
1.0
S1E14 - Val Under Siege With a Vengeance
The V.I.P. team is held hostage by kidnappers and it's up to Val to track down the real targets and save her friends.
Feb. 13, 1999, midnight
S1E15 - Val on the Run
Val is hired to protect a movie producer who's the government's key witness in a video piracy case.
Feb. 20, 1999, midnight
S1E16 - ThunderVal
Vallery's former rival, an imprisoned chemist, insists V.I.P. protect her in exchange for helping the National Security Agency.
Feb. 27, 1999, midnight
S1E17 - The Quiet Brawler
Val offers protection to a man attempting to clean up his neighborhood.
March 6, 1999, midnight
S1E18 - K-Val
The team tries to help a radio psychologist who is receiving threatening phone calls.
March 12, 1999, midnight
1.0
S1E19 - Mudslide Val
Val's attractive client is a former government agent targeted for vengeance by a drug dealer.
May 1, 1999, midnight
S1E20 - Raging Val
A plot by the Russian mob to control boxing draws in V.I.P. and brings Quick's past to light.
May 8, 1999, midnight
1.0
S1E21 - Three Days to a Kill
It looks as if Kay is a hired killer whose target is her college sweetheart.
May 15, 1999, midnight
S1E22 - Val the Hard Way
Val and the gang pose as out-of-town thieves brought to Las Vegas to steal a cache of platinum.
May 22, 1999, midnight
Network: Syndication
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 3960 min.
Released: Sept. 26, 1998
Last Air Date: May 18, 2002, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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