The Best Episodes of seaQuest DSV

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   6.8/10(4 votes)

   #1 - Brothers and Sisters

   S1:E610/17/1993

   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

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   Director:Bill L. Norton

   Writer:Art Monterastelli
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   6.2/10(4 votes)

   #2 - The Devil's Window

   S1:E29/19/1993

   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

   Writers:David J. Burke, Hans Tobeason

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   Director:Bryan Spicer

   Writers:David J. Burke, Hans Tobeason
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   6.0/10(9 votes)

   #3 - To Be or Not to Be

   S1:E19/12/1993

   Captain Nathan Bridger is hauled out of retirement to command the new submarine SeaQuest, under the authority of the United Earth/Oceans Organization. His ship goes up against pirate forces commanded by Marilyn Stark, a former SeaQuest captain who tried to instigate a war.

   Directors:Irvin Kershner, Les Landau

   Writers:David J. Burke, Hans Tobeason

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   Directors:Irvin Kershner, Les Landau

   Writers:David J. Burke, Hans Tobeason
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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Games

   S1:E410/3/1993

   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

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   Director:Joe Napolitano

   Writer:David Venable
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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Bad Water

   S1:E911/7/1993

   Commander Ford, Dr. Westphalen, Lucas and Lieutenant Krieg are trapped on the surface of the ocean as a hurricane rages above them. Meanwhile, suffering severe damage from a lightning strike, the seaQuest must desperately search for a sunken French submarine before its passengers, all children, run out of air.

   Director:Bryan Spicer

   Writer:David Kemper

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   Director:Bryan Spicer

   Writer:David Kemper
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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Better Than Martians

   S1:E131/2/1994

   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

   Writers:David Kemper, Dan Brecher

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   Director:Les Sheldon

   Writers:David Kemper, Dan Brecher
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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Greed for a Pirate's Dream

   S1:E151/16/1994

   Dr. Raleigh Young's magma buoy launched from the seaQuest months earlier rockets out of the sea and crash lands onto an island. A group of treasure hunters believe that the UEO is on their way to steal the fortune they hope to find.

   Director:Bryan Spicer

   Writers:Robert Engels, Patrick Hasburgh, David J. Burke

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   Director:Bryan Spicer

   Writers:Robert Engels, Patrick Hasburgh, David J. Burke
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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Dead End

   S2:E1112/18/1994

   Henderson, Lucas, Brody, and O'Neill are drawn into a furious underwater whirlpool that pulls their shuttle beneath the ocean floor and into a maze of ancient caverns.

   Director:Steven Robman

   Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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   Director:Steven Robman

   Writer:Carleton Eastlake
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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Splashdown (1)

   S2:E225/21/1995

   The seaQuest is captured by an alien spacecraft and taken to Hyperion, a completely aquatic planet. The crew is then drawn into the civil war between the KrayTaks and the Hyperion resistance.

   Director:Anson Williams

   Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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   Director:Anson Williams

   Writer:Carleton Eastlake
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    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Resurrection

    S3:E812/6/1995

    After faking his own death a second time, radical environmentalist, Max Scully, returns and is pardoned for his murderous crimes. Captain Hudson is ordered to escort him to an undersea ecological utopia, unaware of Scully's true intentions.

    Director:Oscar L. Costo

    Writers:Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin

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    Director:Oscar L. Costo

    Writers:Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin
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    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Second Chance

    S3:E1012/27/1995

    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

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    Director:Bill L. Norton

    Writer:Carleton Eastlake
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    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Treasures of the Tonga Trench

    S1:E510/10/1993

    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?

    Directors:Les Sheldon, Bill L. Norton

    Writers:Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar

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    Directors:Les Sheldon, Bill L. Norton

    Writers:Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Treasures of the Mind

    S1:E39/26/1993

    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

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    Director:Bryan Spicer

    Writer:David Kemper
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Give Me Liberte

    S1:E710/24/1993

    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

    Writers:Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar

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    Director:Helaine Head

    Writers:Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Knight of Shadows

    S1:E810/31/1993

    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.

    Directors:Helaine Head, Bryan Spicer

    Writer:Melinda M. Snodgrass

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    Directors:Helaine Head, Bryan Spicer

    Writer:Melinda M. Snodgrass
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - The Regulator

    S1:E1011/21/1993

    When the air conditioning breaks down in the crew quarters, Krieg has no choice but to turn to "The Regulator". He's a cut-throat black market trader who hides a shamed past with whom Bridger is familiar with and whom Lucas finds he can sympathize with.

    Directors:Les Sheldon, Gabrielle Beaumont

    Writer:David J. Burke

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    Directors:Les Sheldon, Gabrielle Beaumont

    Writer:David J. Burke
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Photon Bullet

    S1:E1212/19/1993

    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.

    Directors:Steve Dubin, John T. Kretchmer

    Writer:Michael Cassutt

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    Directors:Steve Dubin, John T. Kretchmer

    Writer:Michael Cassutt
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #18 - The Stinger

    S1:E172/20/1994

    Lucas and Lt. Commander Hitchcock enter the seaQuest in a competition to design a revolutionary new kind of single-seat submersible. However, while testing it, Lucas is fired upon and the sub is captured by a rival developer.

    Director:Jonathan Sanger

    Writers:Robert Engels, Patrick Hasburgh, David J. Burke

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    Director:Jonathan Sanger

    Writers:Robert Engels, Patrick Hasburgh, David J. Burke
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #19 - The Last Lap at Luxury

    S1:E193/20/1994

    UEO Secretary General Andrea Dre travels aboard the seaQuest en route to a conference where she invites Lucas to join her to speak out on his work with Darwin. However, Lucas soon finds himself held hostage along with the leaders of the other UEO confederations.

    Directors:Les Sheldon, Bryan Spicer

    Writers:Patrick Hasburgh, Zora Quayton

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    Directors:Les Sheldon, Bryan Spicer

    Writers:Patrick Hasburgh, Zora Quayton
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Such Great Patience

    S1:E215/8/1994

    The seaQuest makes the biggest discovery in Human history when they discover an alien starship entombed in an undersea rock face; trapped there for over a million years. When an away team goes inside the ship, they find that they might not be the only thing aboard it.

    Directors:David J. Burke, Bryan Spicer

    Writers:Hans Tobeason, David Kemper

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    Directors:David J. Burke, Bryan Spicer

    Writers:Hans Tobeason, David Kemper
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Higher Power

    S1:E235/22/1994

    A brand new power plant which is set to supply energy to the whole world goes wrong and there is a danger of the polar ice caps melting. Bridger decides he must sacrifice the seaQuest in order to save the world. Meanwhile, Lucas has a reunion of sorts with his father.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer

    Writers:Patrick Hasburgh, David J. Burke

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    Director:John T. Kretchmer

    Writers:Patrick Hasburgh, David J. Burke
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Daggers (1)

    S2:E19/18/1994

    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

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    Director:Bryan Spicer

    Writer:Jonathan Falls
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Sympathy for the Deep

    S2:E410/2/1994

    Bridger responds to a plea from an old girlfriend living in an underwater colony that has been dedicated to non-violence. After ten years of peace, the citizens are trying to kill each other.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green

    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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    Director:Bruce Seth Green

    Writer:Carleton Eastlake
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - The Sincerest Form of Flattery

    S2:E711/13/1994

    An experimental submarine escapes from its moorings and manages to launch its nuclear weapons targeted at New Cape Quest, a city with 5 million inhabitants including relatives of the seaQuest crew.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer:Carleton Eastlake
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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - By Any Other Name

    S2:E811/20/1994

    A distress call from an underwater horticultural colony leads the crew into an investigation of the mysterious disappearance of all human life inside the former paradise.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff

    Writer:Lawrence Hertzog

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    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff

    Writer:Lawrence Hertzog