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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 1 Episode 23 - Higher Power
    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Higher Power

    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:Patrick Hasburgh, David J. Burke

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  2. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 17 - The Stinger
    5.8/10(168 votes)

    #2 - The Stinger

    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:Robert Engels, Patrick Hasburgh, David J. Burke

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  3. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 15 - Dream Weaver
    5.9/10(123 votes)

    #3 - Dream Weaver

    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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  4. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 22 - Splashdown (1)
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Splashdown (1)

    S2:E22

    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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  5. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 4 - Sympathy for the Deep
    6.1/10(139 votes)

    #5 - Sympathy for the Deep

    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(131 votes)

    #6 - The Sincerest Form of Flattery

    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 16 - Alone
    6.1/10(127 votes)

    #7 - Alone

    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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  8. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 17 - Watergate
    6.1/10(125 votes)

    #8 - Watergate

    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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  9. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 3 - The Fear That Follows
    6.3/10(133 votes)

    #9 - The Fear That Follows

    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
    6.3/10(149 votes)

    #10 - Vapors

    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 19 - Dagger Redux
    6.3/10(129 votes)

    #11 - Dagger Redux

    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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  12. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 19 - The Last Lap at Luxury
    6.4/10(185 votes)

    #12 - The Last Lap at Luxury

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

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  13. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 14 - And Everything Nice
    6.4/10(123 votes)

    #13 - And Everything Nice

    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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  14. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 21 - Such Great Patience
    6.5/10(153 votes)

    #14 - Such Great Patience

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

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  15. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 2 - Daggers (2)
    6.5/10(140 votes)

    #15 - Daggers (2)

    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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  16. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 18 - Something in the Air
    6.5/10(116 votes)

    #16 - Something in the Air

    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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  17. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 9 - When We Dead Awaken
    6.6/10(131 votes)

    #17 - When We Dead Awaken

    S2:E9

    When a woman is released from a cryogenic institute after 22 years, she is targeted by an assassin. Brody attempts to help her, and discovers that she is linked to his past and to a possible murder.

    Director:Annette Haywood-Carter
    Writer:Clifton Campbell

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  18. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 11 - Dead End
    6.6/10(121 votes)

    #18 - Dead End

    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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  19. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 9 - Bad Water
    6.7/10(166 votes)

    #19 - Bad Water

    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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  20. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 10 - The Regulator
    6.7/10(177 votes)

    #20 - The Regulator

    S1:E10

    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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  21. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 15 - Greed for a Pirate's Dream
    6.7/10(154 votes)

    #21 - Greed for a Pirate's Dream

    S1:E15

    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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  22. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 12 - Meltdown
    6.7/10(127 votes)

    #22 - Meltdown

    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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  23. seaQuest DSV Season 2 Episode 21 - Blindsided
    6.7/10(117 votes)

    #23 - Blindsided

    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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  24. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 1 - To Be or Not to Be
    6.8/10(229 votes)

    #24 - To Be or Not to Be

    S1:E1

    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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  25. seaQuest DSV Season 1 Episode 16 - Whale Song
    6.8/10(163 votes)

    #25 - Whale Song

    S1:E16

    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.

    Directors:Bryan Spicer, Jonathan Sanger
    Writer:Patrick Hasburgh

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Higher Power" is the worst rated episode of "seaQuest DSV". It scored 5.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by John T. Kretchmer and written by Patrick Hasburgh, David J. Burke, it aired on 5/22/1994. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Stinger".