7.6/10119 votesLoading...#1 - Second Chance
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/27/1995
The crew members travel through a ""space-time sphere"" that rockets them back in time to October 1962. This places them in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis where they have to try to prevent a nuclear holocaust.
Director: Bill L. Norton
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
7.4/10109 votesLoading...#2 - Equilibrium
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1995
Lucas must face up to Bridger over his potentially risky solution to combat an organism that threatens to reach epidemic proportions.
Director: Anson Williams
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Naren Shankar
7.2/10180 votesLoading...#3 - Knight of Shadows
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1993
When Bridger is hurled across his quarters by an unknown force, it leads the seaQuest to find a hundred-year-old sunken ship. The spirits of those who perished there haunt its ancient hull, one of which possesses Dr. Westphalen.
Director: Bryan Spicer, Helaine Head
Writer: Melinda M. Snodgrass
7.2/10157 votesLoading...#4 - Photon Bullet
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1993
Feeling isolated, unwanted, and unappreciated aboard the seaQuest, Lucas visits Node Three, a communications colony populated by other teenage computer geniuses. Node Three is led by legendary computer hacker Martin Clemens, aka. "Mycroft". However, Lucas soon finds himself caught up in the group's tampering with global finances and tampering's that have more motive than they appear.
Director: Steve Dubin, John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Michael Cassutt
7.2/10153 votesLoading...#5 - Abalon
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/1994
When Commander Ford believes he saw a mermaid at the bottom of the ocean, Captain Bridger orders him to take shore leave. While on leave, Ford encounters the same woman again and soon finds himself ensnared in a mysterious scientist's unnatural experiment. Meanwhile, Lucas sneaks away to a party where Julianna and he may go “all the way.”
Director: Bryan Spicer, Les Sheldon
Writer: Patrick Hasburgh
7.2/10165 votesLoading...#6 - The Good Death
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/1994
When the crew of seaQuest are tricked into torpedoing a refugee ship containing Westphalen's daughter, Dr. Westphalen, Ford, and Shan are trapped trying to save her.
Director: John T. Kretchmer, David J. Burke
Writer: Patrick Hasburgh
7.2/1097 votesLoading...#7 - SpinDrift
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1995
When Henderson is captured by Macronesia and sentenced to death, Hudson leads an undercover team to free her from the secure facility.
Director: Oscar L. Costo
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
7.2/10100 votesLoading...#8 - Weapons of War
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 6/9/1996
The seaQuest is drawn into the dangerous neutral area where the UEO and Macronesian borders meet the territory of a silent and elusive Asian power.
Director: Steve Beers
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
7.1/10193 votesLoading...#9 - The Devil's Window
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1993
While investigating a black smoker, Darwin becomes seriously ill. Bridger must contemplate setting his long-time aquatic pal free in order to save his life.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Hans Tobeason, David J. Burke
7.1/10188 votesLoading...#10 - Treasures of the Mind
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1993
The seaQuest discovers the lost Library of Alexandria sunken beneath the sea. However, when surrounding nations cannot agree on a peaceful way to share the discovery, Bridger must act as mediator before escalating tensions result in the destruction of the library.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: David Kemper
7.1/10155 votesLoading...#11 - Better Than Martians
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1994
The first manned mission to Mars returns home to Earth, led by Commander Scott Keller, an old friend of Bridger's. However, a malfunction during re-entry plunges the capsule into the ocean where a corrupt general from a foreign confederation races to recover the astronauts before the seaQuest can.
Director: Les Sheldon
Writer: David Kemper, Dan Brecher
7.1/10118 votesLoading...#12 - Special Delivery
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1994
Dagwood maintains his innocence after being found guilty of murdering the genetic engineer who created him, despite having apparently been caught in the act on video.
Director: Gus Trikonis
Writer: Patrick Hasburgh
7.1/10103 votesLoading...#13 - Good Soldiers
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/20/1995
Captain Bridger seeks seaQuest's help to go deep into Macronesian waters and retrieve some top secret data crystals that reveal unspeakable atrocities committed against humanity 20 years earlier. The crimes in which Bridger and Ford may have been involved.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: Naren Shankar
7.0/10184 votesLoading...#14 - Give Me Liberte
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1993
A virus found on board a sunken space station infects the crew. As Bridger rushes to find the inventor of the pathogen, a warrior submarine from an opposing confederation arrives to cover up their crimes, even if it means the destruction of the seaQuest.
Director: Helaine Head
Writer: John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart
7.0/10149 votesLoading...#15 - Daggers (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1994
When genetically engineered people, no longer happy with their captivity, stage a revolt, seaQuest, with some new faces are called in to help.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Jonathan Falls
7.0/10121 votesLoading...#16 - The Siamese Dream
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/1995
In order to gain control of seaQuest's nuclear weapons, a powerful psychic plants a nightmare in both Piccolo and Dagwood's minds, so that he will be invited on board to interpret their dreams.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: David J. Burke, Jonathan Brandis
6.9/10180 votesLoading...#17 - Games
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1993
Mass murderer Dr. Rubin Zellar is unwittingly taken aboard the seaQuest. Placing him in custody, Zellar is able to escape and informs Bridger that he's hidden a toxin frozen in ice somewhere aboard the ship... a toxin that is surely melting with each passing second.
Director: Joe Napolitano
Writer: David Venable
6.9/10183 votesLoading...#18 - Treasures of the Tonga Trench
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1993
As the seaQuest undergoes inspection, Lieutenant Benjamin Krieg has a close encounter with an unknown life form while in a seaCrab in the Tonga Trench. When the creature lets him go, Krieg discovers a treasure trove of mysterious glowing stones; stones that may mean big money. However, is the bigger threat to seaQuest the greed that overtakes the crew or the unknown life form?
Director: Les Sheldon, Bill L. Norton
Writer: John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart
6.9/10167 votesLoading...#19 - Brothers and Sisters
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1993
The seaQuest is ordered to entomb a munitions depot thought to be abandoned. However, when the crew discovers children living inside, Bridger must convince them to follow him to safety.
Director: Bill L. Norton
Writer: Art Monterastelli
6.9/10141 votesLoading...#20 - Nothing but the Truth
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1994
In preparation for an experiment, the crew evacuates the seaQuest, leaving only Commander Ford, Lt. Commander Hitchcock, Lieutenant Krieg, Chief Crocker, and Lucas aboard. However, environmental extremists use the seaQuest's vulnerable state to seize control of the boat.
Director: Les Sheldon, James A. Contner
Writer: David J. Burke, Robert Engels, David Kemper
6.9/10150 votesLoading...#21 - Hide and Seek
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1994
While visiting Dr. Westphalen is visiting Malcolm Lansdowne, the two of them are captured by ousted dictator and escaped UEO prisoner Milos Tezlov, who wants Malcolm's dolphins to train for militaristic purposes. However, when Kristin notices Tezlov's autistic son Caesar taking an extreme liking to dolphins, she forges a deal for her release, granting Tezlov passage aboard the seaQuest.
Director: Bryan Spicer, Lindsley Parsons III
Writer: Robert Engels
6.9/10116 votesLoading...#22 - Playtime
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1994
In response to the voice of a child calling for help, the seaQuest journeys through an underwater vortex and find themselves 250 years in the future where humans are on the brink of extinction.
Director: Robert Wiemer
Writer: Lawrence Hertzog
6.9/10119 votesLoading...#23 - Brave New World (2)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1995
Ten years after its mysterious disappearance, the seaQuest appears back on Earth. A tough Navy officer, who had been obsessed with searching for the submarine, assumes command of the seaQuest due to the new hostile world climate.
Director: Anson Williams
Writer: Clifton Campbell
6.9/1099 votesLoading...#24 - Smoke on the Water
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1995
The seaQuest attempts to find out the cause of the disappearance of a number of haulers from one of the remotest colonies in the Free Zone where Hudson meets up with a person from his past.
Director: Oscar L. Costo
Writer: Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin
6.9/10101 votesLoading...#25 - Destination Terminal
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1995
Lucas oversees the maiden journey of a revolutionary new underwater train, while Ford and Henderson go on a secret date as passengers.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
The Best Episodes of seaQuest DSV
Every episode of seaQuest DSV ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of seaQuest DSV!
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to...
Genres:Action & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Second Chance" is the best rated episode of "seaQuest DSV". It scored 7.6/10 based on 119 votes. Directed by Bill L. Norton and written by Carleton Eastlake, it aired on 12/27/1995. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Equilibrium".