The Best Episodes of seaQuest DSV

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   7.0/10(4 votes)

   #1 - 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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   6.6/10(5 votes)

   #2 - 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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   6.6/10(5 votes)

   #3 - The Siamese Dream

   S2:E204/30/1995

   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

   Writers:David J. Burke, Jonathan Brandis

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   Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño

   Writers:David J. Burke, Jonathan Brandis
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   6.5/10(4 votes)

   #4 - 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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   6.5/10(4 votes)

   #5 - 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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   6.5/10(4 votes)

   #6 - 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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   6.5/10(4 votes)

   #7 - 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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   6.5/10(4 votes)

   #8 - 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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   6.4/10(11 votes)

   #9 - 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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    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #10 - 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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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #11 - 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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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #12 - 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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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #13 - 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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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #14 - 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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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #15 - 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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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #16 - 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
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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Lostland

    S2:E131/15/1995

    Ford discovers an ancient warrior's helmet and sword that prove that the lost continent of Atlantis did exist. The helmet though may carry a deadly curse that could destroy Bridger and the crew.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green

    Writers:David J. Burke, Ted Raimi

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    Director:Bruce Seth Green

    Writers:David J. Burke, Ted Raimi
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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Dream Weaver

    S2:E152/19/1995

    A blind astrophysicist and a NASA commander team up with the crew to battle a hostile alien, hidden in a fallen comet that seaQuest was attempting to recover.

    Director:Oscar L. Costo

    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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    Director:Oscar L. Costo

    Writer:Clifton Campbell
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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Watergate

    S2:E173/5/1995

    The crew transports a pop star to an island military base. Upon arrival they encounter an apparition of the Greek god Neptune, who mistakenly believes the singer and Henderson are actually Minvera and Medusa.

    Director:Casey O. Rohrs

    Writer:Patrick Hasburgh

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    Director:Casey O. Rohrs

    Writer:Patrick Hasburgh
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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Brave New World (2)

    S3:E19/20/1995

    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

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    Director:Anson Williams

    Writer:Clifton Campbell
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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Smoke on the Water

    S3:E310/11/1995

    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

    Writers:Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin

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    Director:Oscar L. Costo

    Writers:Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin
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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #22 - 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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    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Weapons of War

    S3:E136/9/1996

    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

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    Director:Steve Beers

    Writer:Javier Grillo-Marxuach
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    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #24 - 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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    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #25 - 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