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The Worst Episodes of seaQuest DSV

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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 keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 15 - Dream Weaver
    5.7/10(143 votes)

    S2:E15

    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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  2. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 16 - Alone
    5.9/10(147 votes)

    S2:E16

    Wendy employs her psychic abilities and risks her life in a battle of the mind against Avatar, a powerful paranormal being who threatens the world's security with his ability to place political leaders into comas.

    Director:David J. Burke
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  3. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 17 - Watergate
    5.9/10(144 votes)

    S2:E17

    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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  4. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 17 - The Stinger
    6.0/10(188 votes)

    S1:E17

    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:David J. Burke, Robert Engels, Patrick Hasburgh

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  5. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 4 - Sympathy for the Deep
    6.1/10(159 votes)

    S2:E4

    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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  6. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 7 - The Sincerest Form of Flattery
    6.1/10(151 votes)

    S2:E7

    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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  7. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 14 - And Everything Nice
    6.2/10(142 votes)

    S2:E14

    On the mainland, Lucas falls for a beautiful woman and asks to resign from his position, however plans change when she is suddenly kidnapped by terrorists in an attempt to take control of seaQuest.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Lawrence Hertzog

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  8. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 18 - Something in the Air
    6.3/10(135 votes)

    S2:E18

    The crew protects a group of researchers at an abandoned mining outpost while they study an ancient chest found buried deep in the Mediterranean. However the chest proves to be like Pandora's box, housing a demon who escapes and then preys upon the landing party.

    Director:Steven Robman
    Writer:Lawrence Hertzog

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  9. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 3 - The Fear That Follows
    6.4/10(155 votes)

    S2:E3

    Extra-terrestrials that are searching for the beginnings of intelligent life are welcomed aboard seaQuest, only to be taken captive by a general determined to have their advanced technological secrets.

    Director:Robert Wiemer
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  10. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 5 - Vapors
    6.4/10(171 votes)

    S2:E5

    Piccolo's estranged father seeks his help after his wife becomes addicted to an experimental drug. When Bridger and Smith are discovered in an embrace, rumours spread like wildfire about their supposed shipboard romance.

    Director:Les Sheldon
    Writer:David J. Burke

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  11. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 11 - Dead End
    6.4/10(140 votes)

    S2:E11

    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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  12. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 13 - Lostland
    6.4/10(138 votes)

    S2:E13

    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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  13. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 19 - Dagger Redux
    6.4/10(148 votes)

    S2:E19

    A rogue nuclear physicist known only as the Marauder is determined to destroy the seaQuest. As part of his plan, he rescues a revenge-minded dagger who was imprisoned by Bridger.

    Director:Oscar L. Costo
    Writer:Patrick Hasburgh

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  14. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 21 - Blindsided
    6.4/10(135 votes)

    S2:E21

    When his plane crashes in the South American jungle, Piccolo is kidnapped by a ruthless dictator who he finds out has secretly been creating artificial life forms that have now gone out of control.

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  15. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 19 - The Last Lap at Luxury
    6.5/10(203 votes)

    S1:E19

    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:Bryan Spicer, Les Sheldon
    Writers:Patrick Hasburgh, Zora Quayton

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  16. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 23 - Higher Power
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    S1:E23

    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:David J. Burke, Patrick Hasburgh

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  17. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 8 - By Any Other Name
    6.5/10(145 votes)

    S2:E8

    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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  18. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 12 - Meltdown
    6.5/10(145 votes)

    S2:E12

    A massive prehistoric crocodile is released from its icy tomb when extensive undersea farming and mining cause the temperature of the South Atlantic to rise.

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Tom Szollosi

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  19. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 21 - Such Great Patience
    6.6/10(171 votes)

    S1:E21

    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:Bryan Spicer, David J. Burke
    Writers:Hans Tobeason, David Kemper

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  20. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 2 - Daggers (2)
    6.6/10(160 votes)

    S2:E2

    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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  21. seaQuest DSV Season 3 Episode 11 - Brainlock
    6.6/10(127 votes)

    S3:E11

    As the world leaders debate the renewal of the UEO charter a number of assassination attempts are made against the delegates.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  22. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 6 - Playtime
    6.7/10(145 votes)

    S2:E6

    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

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  23. seaQuest DSV Season 3 Episode 3 - Smoke on the Water
    6.7/10(129 votes)

    S3:E3

    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:William Rabkin, Lee Goldberg

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  24. seaQuest DSV Season 3 Episode 5 - Chains of Command
    6.7/10(128 votes)

    S3:E5

    Hudson must relieve his old commanding officer from duty onboard a heavily armed underwater base after the base fires on Macronesia.

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writers:William Rabkin, Lee Goldberg

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  25. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 9 - Bad Water
    6.8/10(184 votes)

    S1:E9

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Dream Weaver" is the worst rated episode of "seaQuest DSV". It scored 5.7/10 based on 143 votes. Directed by Oscar L. Costo and written by Clifton Campbell, it aired on 2/19/1995. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Alone".