Seaquest Episode Guide: Both ‘DSV’ and ‘2032’ Seasons
Premise: It’s 2018 and people have learned to live and work underwater in Earth’s vast oceans. But who will keep order in these international territories? The UEO (United Earth Oceans) creates a powerful submarine, ‘Seaquest’, to patrol the world’s oceans on both a scientific and military mission. Captained by Nathan Bridger, an ex-navy oceanographer who commands respect from both world. (Oh, and he has a talking dolphin named Darwin, who is truly the star of the show!)
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Season 1 Episode List:
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101 | To Be Or Not To Be | The UEO (United Earth Oceans) wants recently retired Nathan Bridger to command their new flagship vessel 'Seaquest', a hybrid science/military submarine that Bridger designed. | September 12, 1993 |
102 | The Nathan Bridger Incident | In the second half of the pilot, Nathan takes temporary command to deal with Marilyn Stark, the previous commander of Seaquest; Stark has sabotaged Seaquest and wants to destroy the vessel. | September 12, 1993 |
103 | The Devil's Window | Seaquest discovers hydrothermal vents that host life forms never before discovered. When Darwin becomes deathly ill, Bridger must decide between the mission's benefits and the life of his beloved dolphin. | September 19, 1993 |
104 | Treasure of the Mind | Seaquest discovers a perfectly preserved Library of Alexandria; But when competing nations cannot agree on what to do with these priceless artifacts, Bridger must act to prevent the destruction of the library itself. | September 26, 1993 |
105 | Games | Bridger and his crew rescue a warden and his prisoner: a mass murderer named Dr. Rubin Zellar; He's hidden a deadly toxin in ice, somewhere on the ship. The crew must scramble to find it before the ice melts. | October 3, 1993 |
106 | Treasures of the Tonga Trench | Krieg brings back bio-luminescent crystals that may make everyone rich; Rumors of sea monsters are ignored...until one attacks Seaquest. | October 9th, 1993 |
107 | Brothers and Sisters | Seaquest discovers a group of children living in a facility that's on the brink of collapse. Lucas develops feelings for one of the girls. | October 17th, 1993 |
108 | Give Me Liberte | The crew comes down with a deadly virus contracted from a downed space station; Bridger finds that the government is more interested in keeping their secrets than in saving lives. | October 24th, 2013 |
109 | Knight of the Shadows | The crew enter an ancient sunken ship to discover why it went down. But the crew find themselves surrounded by strange, supernatural forces. | October 31st, 2013 |
110 | Bad Water | A french vessel is stuck in a fresh water sinkhole; The rescue team, faced with a hurricane, are forced to surface and try to survive the storm in a raft. | November 7th, 2013 |
111 | The Regulator | Darwin disappears; an air conditioning malfunction forces Krieger to delve into the black market to save Seaquest; | November 21st, 2013 |
112 | seaWest | Seaquest answers a distress call from an underwater gold mining company...to find that the family is being held hostage. | November 28th, 2013 |
113 | Photon Bullet | Lucas visits his hacker friends, who convince him to break into the world bank for humanitarian reasons. | December 19th, 1993 |
114 | Better than Martians | Seaquest goes to rescue astronauts from a manned Mars mission...but finds that a sinister organization also want the astronauts. | January 2nd, 1994 |
115 | Nothing but the Truth | During a skeleton crew exercise, a team of Commandos take over the ship. | January 9th, 1994 |
116 | Greed for a Pirate's Dream | Seaquest tries to convince a group of treasure seekers that their island is about to be destroyed by a volcanic eruption. The treasure hunters think that the UEO has designs on the treasure. | January 16th, 1994 |
117 | Whale Song | The UEO sends Bridger after a renegage who is sinking whaling vessels (which are illegal in this time); Bridger refuses on moral grounds and resigns as Captain; Krieger tries to get his hands on red meat: an illegal substance. | February 6th, 2013 |
118 | The Stinger | Seaquest enters a competition to create a speedy single seat submersible. However, Lucas is fired upon and the Stinger is stolen. | February 20th, 1994 |
119 | Hide and Seek | A Serbo-Croat dictator (played by William Shatner) takes Drs. Westphalen in order to use Seaquest's advanced technology to help his autistic son. | February 27th, 1994 |
120 | The Last Lap at Luxury | Lucas and a group of UEO leaders are taken hostage at a very high profile conference. | March 20th, 1994 |
121 | Abalon | Commander Ford accidentally discovers a colony where genetically engineered people have the ability to breathe underwater (Charlton Heston guest stars). | May 1st, 1994 |
122 | Such Great Patience | First contact is here: Seaquest discovers a million year old alien space ship. Darwin may be the only being capable of communicating the alien messages. | May 8th, 1994 |
123 | The Good Death | Seaquest is tricked into torpedoing a sub full of child refugees; When the rescue attempt fails, Ford, Westphalen and company must take refuse with the brutal Amazonian Confederation. | May 15th, 1994 |
124 | Higher Power | Seaquest is about to be retired, and an underwater power plant that can supply the world with free electricity is about to go online; But when the Earth's crust opens up under the power plant, the entire ocean (and life on Earth) is threatened; | May 22nd, 1994 |
Metacritic Score for Season 1: 65
IGN Rating for Season 1 DVD: 5/10
Amazon Customer Rating (Season 1): 4.7/5
Season 2 Episode List:
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201 | Daggers (parts 1 &2) | The new Seaquest's first run is interrupted when Genetically Engineered Life Forms (GELF's) take over an island colony. | September 18th, 1994 |
202 | The Fear that Follows | Aliens curious about the origins of life come aboard Seaquest, only to have paranoid Generals take them captive. | September 25th, 1994 |
203 | Sympathy for the Deep | Bridger's ex-girlfriend pleas for help after her peaceful colony erupts in anarchic violence. | October 2nd, 1994 |
204 | Vapors | Piccolo's Dad asks for his help after his wife become addicted to age-reversing drugs. | October 9th, 1994 |
205 | Playtime | Seaquest accidentally travels 200 years into the future...where the human race is extinct except for some video game addicted teens. | October 23rd, 1994 |
206 | The Sincerest Form of Flattery | An armed sub escapes and aims missiles at New Cape Quest; Who's in charge? A computerized version of Nathan Bridger. | November 13th, 1994 |
207 | By Any Other Name | Lt. Brody and a team investigate a horticulture colony with no human life; A flower brought on board begins to mutate. | November 20th, 1994 |
208 | When We Dead Awaken | A woman is awakened after a 22 year cryogenic sleep; Lt. Brody tries to help her after an assassin targets her; the woman has a connection to one of the crew members. | November 27th, 1994 |
209 | Special Delivery | Dagwood is given shore leave, and is then implicated in the murder of his creator. Dagwood has no memory of the event. | December 11th, 1994 |
210 | Dead End | Lucas, Brody's shuttle is pulled into a series of ancient caverns. | December 18th, 1994 |
211 | Meltdown | Extensive undersea farming and mining cause the ocean's temperature to rise in the South Atlantic...releasing a gigantic prehistoric Crocodile. | January 8th, 1994 |
212 | Lostland | Commander Ford discovers an ancient gold helmet that proves Atlantis did exist. When Bridger tries on the helmet, he is subject to an ancient curse and starts behaving erratically. | January 15th, 1995 |
213 | And Everything Nice | Lucas is ready to resign his post after meeting a beautiful woman. However, she is then kidnapped by terrorists who wish to take control of Seaquest. | January 22nd, 1995 |
214 | Dream Weaver | A destructive alien hides in a comet that falls to Earth. The comet surrounds Seaquest and tries to destroy it. Only a blind astrophysicist (played by Mark Hamill) can help defeat the alien. | February 19th, 1995 |
215 | Alone | A powerful psychic being name Avatar is putting the world's leaders into comas. Wendy (also a telepath) puts her life at risk to stop him. | February 26th, 1995 |
216 | Watergate | Seaquest takes a pop star named Sarah Toenin to a USO show. Upon arriving they learn that the island is actually an ancient pyramid. An apparition of Neptune attack Seaquest believing the pop star to be Minerva. | March 5th, 1995 |
217 | Something in the Air | A group of researchers discover an ancient box. Turns out: it's Pandora's Box. The Box unleashes a demon on Seaquest. | March 19th, 1995 |
218 | Dagger Redux | The Marauder is a nuclear physicist hell-bent on destroying Seaquest. He springs an imprisoned Dagger who wants revenge on Bridger. | April 2nd, 1995 |
219 | The Siamese Dream | Picollo and Dagwood have powerful nightmares, which leads them to invite a powerful psychic onto Seaquest to help treat it. The psychic may have an ulterior motive of his own. | April 30th, 1995 |
220 | Blindsided | Piccolo survives a plane crash only to be kidnapped by a ruthless Dictator who has been been doing some genetic engineering of his own. | May 13th, 1995 |
221 | Splashdown | Seaquest is transported to an alien planet to help them fight a civil war on their own planet. | May 21st, 1995 |
Amazon Customer Rating (Season 2): 4.2/5
Season 3 Episode List:
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301 | Brave New World | 10 years after Seaquest vanishes, it reappears, in a dark dangerous new world of dictatorships and confederations. Bridger retires. | September 20th, 1995 |
302 | In the Company of Ice and Profit | Hudson is ordered to destroy an iceberg directed towards Saudi Arabia. On the iceberg they find a group of refugees sworn to protect it. | September 27th, 1995 |
303 | Smoke on the Water | Seaquest investigates the disappearance of UEO haulers from a remote area. | October 11th, 1995 |
304 | Destination Terminal | Lucas oversees the maiden voyage of an undersea train. Commander Ford has a secret date on the train. Deon plans to blow it up. | October 18th, 1995 |
305 | Chain of Command | When nuclear missiles are launched on a Micronesian outpost, Hudson must relieve the command of a former commanding officer with a thirst for nuclear war. | November 1st, 1995 |
306 | SpinDrift | Henderson is captured by Micronesian soldiers. Hudson leads a rescue mission. | November 8th, 1995 |
307 | Equilibrium | A pathogen released by Seaquest 10 years earlier is threatening sealife. Lucas develops an antidote, but Bridger arrives on scene to let it break down naturally. | November 15th, 1995 |
308 | Resurrection | Max Scully returns after faking his own death. Hudson is ordered to escort Scully to a utopian colony. Scully may have ulterior motives for travelling there. | December 6th, 1995 |
309 | Good Soldiers | Bridger gets Seaquest to retrieve information crystals related to atrocities committed 20 years later. | December 20th, 1995 |
310 | Second Chance | A reactor core imbalance takes Seaquest back to the Cuban Missile Crisis; Seaquest must act to reset the timeline to the correct one. | December 27th, 1995 |
311 | Brainlock | UEO leaders debate extending the charter, but are subject to a number of assassinations. | January 12,1996 |
312 | Reunion | At a penal colony, Henderson recognizes some prisoners, which causes a riot and hostages to be taken. | January 29th, 1996 |
313 | Weapons of War | Seaquest enters a free zone between the UEO and Micronesia; A silent Asian power makes itself known with powerful firepower that ends one of the Seaquest crew's lives. | June 9th, 1996 |
Trivia
- NBC would frequently air episodes out of order, which created many continuity problems: Roy Schneider grew a beard in the middle of Season 1, and it would appear and disappear between episodes. There was even a character who was killed in season 3, but would appear alive in a later episode with zero explanation.
- Executive Produced by Steven Spielberg
- When NBC ordered the series it payed $1 million per episode, much higher than other TV series of the time. Production delays due to computer generated special effects ballooned the budgets to $2 million per episode.
- In the first season, Seaquest DSV would have segments teaching viewers about Earth’s oceans. The segments were hosted by Bob Ballard, who is considered the world’s foremost oceanographer. He also served as technical consultant on the series. The teaching segment was scrapped in Season 2 as the series focused more on Sci-fi/alien/supernatural story lines.
- Production of the series moved from Los Angeles to Florida between seasons 1 and 2. This led to several cast departures, including Stacy Haiduk, John D’Aquino, and Stephanie Beacham.
Credits
Creator: Rockne S. O’Bannon
First Aired: September 12, 1993
Final Airdate: June 9th, 1996
Cast: Roy Schneider, Stephanie Beacham, Jonathan Brandis, Michael Ironside.
Network:NBC
First Aired: September 12, 1993
Final Airdate: June 9th, 1996
Cast: Roy Schneider, Stephanie Beacham, Jonathan Brandis, Michael Ironside.
Network:NBC