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  • NBC
  • Sep 12, 1993
  • NBC
  • Sep 12, 1993
seaQuest DSV

Summary In the year 2018, mankind is colonizing the oceans and exploiting their resources, establishing small undersea farming, mining, and manufacturing communities. But with the newfound potential comes old-fashioned conflict and the United Earth Oceans Organization (U.E.O.) assigns the submarine, seaQuest, DSV, led by Captain Nathan Bridger t...

Created By: Rockne S. O'Bannon

  • NBC
  • Sep 12, 1993
  • NBC
  • Sep 12, 1993
seaQuest DSV
Season 1
Season Premiere: Sep 12, 1993
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary In the year 2018, mankind is colonizing the oceans and exploiting their resources, establishing small undersea farming, mining, and manufacturing communities. But with the newfound potential comes old-fashioned conflict and the United Earth Oceans Organization (U.E.O.) assigns the submarine, seaQuest, DSV, led by Captain Nathan Bridger t...

Created By: Rockne S. O'Bannon

Season Episodes

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Episode 0 • Sep 12, 1993 • 1 h 28 m
To Be or Not to Be
Episode 1 • Sep 19, 1993 • 44 m
The Devil's Window
Captain Bridger must decide whether to continue assisting Dr. Raleigh Young with his hydrothermal vent experiments or help the ailing Darwin.
Episode 2 • Sep 26, 1993 • 44 m
Treasure of the Mind
Episode 3 • Oct 3, 1993 • 43 m
Games
Episode 4 • Oct 9, 1993 • 44 m
Treasures of the Tonga Trench
Lt. Krieg, while out on a short reconnaissance mission, locates mysterious gems in a deep ocean trench guarded by a large sea creature.
Episode 5 • Oct 17, 1993 • 44 m
Brothers and Sisters
Episode 6 • Oct 24, 1993 • 44 m
Give Me Liberte
The Captain and crew are at risk after being exposed to biological contamination that killed the crew of an underwater facility. Contamination came from a downed French space station called Liberte, found on the ocean floor.
Episode 7 • Oct 31, 1993 • 44 m
Knight of Shadows
When Bridger is hurled across his quarters by an unknown force, it leads the seaQuest to find a hundred-year-old sunken ship where the spirits of those who perished there haunt its ancient hull, one of which possesses Dr. Westphalen.
Episode 8 • Nov 7, 1993 • 43 m
Bad Water
A French submarine with school children has been sucked into a fresh water hole, sea quest rushes to save them before their air runs out.
Episode 9 • Nov 21, 1993 • 43 m
The Regulator
The regulator (a trader) kidnaps Darwin after a visit to Sea Quest, the regulator wants to find the center of the universe and tries to use Darwin to find it.
Episode 10 • Nov 28, 1993 • 42 m
SeaWest
Episode 11 • Dec 19, 1993 • 44 m
Photon Bullet
Lucas, dissatisfied with his job, is invited to stay with a group of IT workers - who moonlight as hackers stealing money for humanitarian purposes - and their charismatic leader.
Episode 12 • Jan 2, 1994 • 44 m
Better Than Martians
Episode 13 • Jan 9, 1994 • 43 m
Nothing But the Truth
While operating on a skeleton crew the Seaquest is taken over by terrorists who want to use the computer access to steal codes to polluters around the world.
Episode 14 • Jan 16, 1994 • 44 m
Greed for a Pirate's Dream
After gaining advance knowledge of volcanic attack, SeaQuest needs to convince treasure hunters to cease excavations, or die trying.
Episode 15 • Feb 6, 1994 • 44 m
Whale Song
Bridger is instructed to go after someone who is sinking whaling ships. He refuses because he doesn't support whaling so he resigns. But he later finds out who is doing it; an old friend, so he returns and goes after him.
Episode 16 • Feb 20, 1994 • 43 m
The Stinger
Several companies compete to develop a single-seated submersible. Lucas, while testing "The Stinger", is injured during an accident and the submersible is stolen by a competitor.
Episode 17 • Feb 27, 1994 • 44 m
Hide and Seek
The crew dreams of Darwin including an evil dictator named Tezlof (Shatner). Tezlof comes aboard to get help for his son from Darwin.
Episode 18 • Mar 20, 1994 • 43 m
The Last Lap at Luxury
While attending a conference at an underwater resort, several leaders including Lucas are kidnapped. The kidnapping is used as an excuse for a coup d'état by the head of the UEO.
Episode 19 • May 1, 1994 • 44 m
Abalon
While testing a new deep-sea dive suit, Commander Ford sees a mermaid. This leads him to a recluse scientist. Meanwhile, Lucas has his first date.
Episode 20 • May 8, 1994 • 44 m
Such Great Patience
While exploring an underwater earthquake, the Seaquest discovers an alien spaceship that has been buried for close to 1 million years.
Episode 21 • May 15, 1994 • 43 m
The Good Death
The Seaquest inadvertently fires on a sub carrying children. During the rescue a few crew members end up in an evil dictator's country, on the run from the government which is trying to kill the children.
Episode 22 • May 22, 1994 • 44 m
Higher Power

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Jonathan Brandis

Lucas Wolenczak, Ensign Lucas Wolenczak

Don Franklin

Commander Jonathan Ford

Ted Raimi

Lt. j.g. Timothy O'Neill

Darwin

Darwin

Roy Scheider

Captain Nathan Bridger

Marco Sanchez

Sensor Chief Miguel Ortiz

Frank Welker

Special Vocal Effects

Peter DeLuise

Dagwood, Wiggins

Michael DeLuise

Tony Piccolo, Petty Officer Tony Piccolo, Warrant Officer Tony Piccolo

Kathy Evison

Helmswoman Lonnie Henderson, Lt. J.G. Lonnie Henderson

Edward Kerr

Lt. James Brody

John D'Aquino

Lt. Benjamin Krieg, Benjamin Krieg

Stacy Haiduk

Lt. Cmdr. Katherine Hitchcock

Royce D. Applegate

Chief Manilow Crocker

Stephanie Beacham

Dr. Kristin Westphalen

Rosalind Allen

Dr. Wendy Smith

Michael Stephen Costello

Secretary General McGath, UEO General McGath, UEO Secretary General McGath

Michael Ironside

Captain Oliver Hudson

Elise Neal

Lt. J.J. Fredricks

Richard Herd

Admiral Noyce, Secretary General Noyce

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
51
9% Positive
1 Review
73% Mixed
8 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
51
9% Positive
1 Review
73% Mixed
8 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews

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67
Jun 26, 2013
They should have spent less of that budget on computer graphics, scale models and sets—and more on the writing. This is drab melodrama.
By David Hiltbrand FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 20, 2020
This derivative but technologically advanced series has a sufficiently interesting premise and enough high-tech toys to perhaps survive the hostile waters of Sunday night programming.
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60
Jul 2, 2013
The marvel is that anyone is still watching after the plodding premiere episode. ... Succeeding episodes have been better, mainly because they have emphasized the show's homespun attractions. One is a talking dolphin named Darwin... The other is a Star Trek-like combination of imaginative sci-fi story lines and the cozy ethos of Wagon Train.
By Richard Zoglin FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 21, 2020
Much of the opening episode is weighted with defining all this glistening new hardware, introducing the staff and waiting around wondering if the reluctant Bridger will return to duty. [14 Sept 1993]
By Irv Letofsky
50
Apr 20, 2020
It needs people stories instead of technology stories.
By Howard Rosenberg FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 20, 2020
Ham performances seem to be encouraged, perhaps as a means of keeping viewers puzzled in lieu of being enthralled.
By John J. O'Connor FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 21, 2020
Good TV you can find almost every night. Titanics on the scale of ''seaQuest'' are few and far between. [11 Sept 1993]
By Robert Bianco

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