6.7/10214 votes#1 - To Be or Not to Be
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1993
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.
Director: Irvin Kershner, Les Landau
Writer: Hans Tobeason, David J. Burke
7.1/10193 votes#2 - 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 votes#3 - 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
6.9/10180 votes#4 - 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 votes#5 - 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 votes#6 - 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
7.0/10184 votes#7 - 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
7.2/10180 votes#8 - 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
6.7/10155 votes#9 - Bad Water
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1993
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
6.6/10166 votes#10 - The Regulator
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1993
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.
Director: Les Sheldon, Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: David J. Burke
6.8/10167 votes#11 - seaWest
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1993
When the seaQuest visits the Broken Ridge mining colony, one of the colonists desperately pleads for the crew's help to escape from a dangerous situation straight out of the Old West.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont, Steve Dubin
Writer: John J. Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart
7.2/10157 votes#12 - 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
7.1/10155 votes#13 - 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
6.9/10141 votes#14 - 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
6.7/10142 votes#15 - Greed for a Pirate's Dream
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1994
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
Writer: David J. Burke, Robert Engels, Patrick Hasburgh
6.7/10152 votes#16 - Whale Song
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/6/1994
When an environmental radical begins to sink whaling ships, the UEO orders Bridger to find the attacker and destroy him. However, Bridger refuses on moral grounds and resigns as captain of the seaQuest.
Director: Bryan Spicer, Jonathan Sanger
Writer: Patrick Hasburgh
5.8/10155 votes#17 - The Stinger
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1994
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
Writer: David J. Burke, Robert Engels, Patrick Hasburgh
6.9/10150 votes#18 - 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
6.4/10175 votes#19 - The Last Lap at Luxury
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/20/1994
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.
Director: Bryan Spicer, Les Sheldon
Writer: Patrick Hasburgh, Zora Quayton
7.2/10153 votes#20 - 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
6.5/10141 votes#21 - Such Great Patience
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/1994
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.
Director: Bryan Spicer, David J. Burke
Writer: Hans Tobeason, David Kemper
7.2/10165 votes#22 - 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
5.5/102 votes#23 - Higher Power
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/22/1994
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
Writer: David J. Burke, Patrick Hasburgh
The Best Episodes of seaQuest DSV Season 1
Every episode of seaQuest DSV Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of seaQuest DSV Season 1!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"To Be or Not to Be" is the best rated episode of "seaQuest DSV" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 214 votes. Directed by Irvin Kershner, Les Landau and written by Hans Tobeason, David J. Burke, it aired on 9/12/1993. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Devil's Window".