"SeaQuest 2032" (1993) "SeaQuest DSV" (original title), TV series 1993-1996

Creator:

Rockne S. O'Bannon
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

12 September 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Family | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Beneath the surface lies the future.

Plot:

The Seaquest never had an attempt to "hijack" it. Instead, an attempt is made to "disable" it.

Plot Keywords:

Dolphin | Science | 2010s | Surrogate Father | U Boat

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Jonathan Brandis	...	Lucas Wolenczak / ... (57 episodes, 1993-1996)
Don Franklin	...	Commander Jonathan Ford (57 episodes, 1993-1996)
Ted Raimi	...	Lt. j.g. Timothy O'Neill (57 episodes, 1993-1996)
Roy Scheider	...	Captain Nathan Bridger (47 episodes, 1993-1995)
Marco Sanchez	...	Sensor Chief Miguel Ortiz (44 episodes, 1993-1995)
Peter DeLuise	...	Dagwood / ... (35 episodes, 1994-1996)
Michael DeLuise	...	Tony Piccolo / ... (34 episodes, 1994-1996)
Kathy Evison	...	Helmswoman Lonnie Henderson / ... (34 episodes, 1994-1996)
Edward Kerr	...	Lt. James Brody (28 episodes, 1994-1996)
Frank Welker	...	Special Vocal Effects (28 episodes, 1993-1995)
John D'Aquino	...	Lt. Benjamin Krieg / ... (24 episodes, 1993-1995)
Stacy Haiduk	...	Lt. Cmdr. Katherine Hitchcock (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Royce D. Applegate	...	Chief Manilow Crocker (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Stephanie Beacham	...	Dr. Kristin Westphalen (23 episodes, 1993-1994)

Series Directed by
Anson Williams		(7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Bryan Spicer		(6 episodes, 1993-1994)
Les Sheldon		(5 episodes, 1993-1994)
Jesús Salvador Treviño		(5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Oscar L. Costo		(5 episodes, 1995)
Bruce Seth Green		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Bill L. Norton		(2 episodes, 1993)
Burt Brinckerhoff		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
David J. Burke		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Steven Robman		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
John T. Kretchmer		(2 episodes, 1994)

Series Writing credits
Rockne S. O'Bannon		(24 episodes, 1993-1995)
Carleton Eastlake		(8 episodes, 1994-1996)
David J. Burke		(7 episodes, 1993-1995)
Patrick Hasburgh		(7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Clifton Campbell		(6 episodes, 1994-1996)
David Kemper		(5 episodes, 1993-1994)
Kerry Lenhart		(4 episodes, 1993-1994)
John J. Sakmar		(4 episodes, 1993-1994)
Lawrence Hertzog		(4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Javier Grillo-Marxuach		(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Lee Goldberg		(3 episodes, 1995)
William Rabkin		(3 episodes, 1995)
Hans Tobeason		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Robert Engels		(2 episodes, 1994)
Naren Shankar		(2 episodes, 1995)
Jonathan Falla		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Steven Spielberg	....	executive producer (44 episodes, 1993-1995)
David J. Burke	....	executive producer (38 episodes, 1993-1995)
Clifton Campbell	....	executive producer / supervising producer / ... (34 episodes, 1993-1996)
Patrick Hasburgh	....	executive producer (34 episodes, 1994-1996)
Philip Carr Neel	....	co-producer / associate producer (33 episodes, 1993-1996)
Carleton Eastlake	....	supervising producer / co-executive producer / ... (30 episodes, 1994-1996)
Lindsley Parsons III	....	coordinating producer (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Oscar L. Costo	....	producer (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Lawrence Hertzog	....	supervising producer (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Peter Mavromates	....	associate producer (16 episodes, 1995-1996)
Les Sheldon	....	consulting producer / supervising producer (13 episodes, 1993-1995)
Steve Beers	....	producer (9 episodes, 1995-1996)
Lee Goldberg	....	supervising producer (9 episodes, 1995-1996)
William Rabkin	....	supervising producer (9 episodes, 1995-1996)
Harker Wade	....	co-producer (9 episodes, 1995-1996)
David Kemper	....	co-producer / producer (5 episodes, 1993)
Kerry Lenhart	....	supervising producer (5 episodes, 1993)
John J. Sakmar	....	supervising producer (5 episodes, 1993)
Gregg Fienberg	....	producer (4 episodes, 1993)
Tommy Thompson	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1993)
Hans Tobeason	....	supervising producer (2 episodes, 1993)

Series Original Music by
Russ Landau		(24 episodes, 1994-1996)
Don Davis		(9 episodes, 1994-1995)
John Debney		(5 episodes, 1993-1994)

Series Cinematography by
Kenneth Zunder		(23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Stephen McNutt		(21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Geoffrey Schaaf		(7 episodes, 1995-1996)

Series Film Editing by
Jimmy Giritlian		(10 episodes, 1993-1996)
Casey O. Rohrs		(9 episodes, 1994-1995)
Troy Takaki		(5 episodes, 1995)
Tanya M. Swerling		(4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Douglas Ibold		(3 episodes, 1994)

Series Casting by
Vicki Huff		(21 episodes, 1993-1995)
Dava Waite		(7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Elaine J. Huzzar		(2 episodes, 1993)
Johanna Ray		(2 episodes, 1993)

Series Production Design by
Vaughan Edwards		(19 episodes, 1993-1995)
Okowita		(7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Richard B. Lewis		(3 episodes, 1993)

Series Art Direction by
Richard Fojo		(21 episodes, 1994-1995)
James Lima		(3 episodes, 1993)

Series Set Decoration by
Cindy Coburn		(21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Brenda Meyers-Ballard		(20 episodes, 1993-1994)
Carol Bayne Kelley		(7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer		(3 episodes, 1993)

Series Costume Design by
Ingrid Price		(12 episodes, 1994-1995)
Emae Villalobos		(10 episodes, 1993-1995)
Andrea Ayre Mol		(7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Michael T. Boyd		(2 episodes, 1993)

Series Makeup Department
Erin Koplow	....	makeup artist (36 episodes, 1993-1996)
Gary Walker	....	key hair stylist (28 episodes, 1994-1996)
Louis Lazzara	....	key makeup artist (24 episodes, 1993-1995)
Denise Paulson	....	makeup artist (21 episodes, 1993-1994)
Mary Ann Valdes	....	hair stylist / assistant hair stylist (8 episodes, 1993-1994)
Mary Ellen James	....	key makeup artist / assistant makeup artist (8 episodes, 1994-1996)
Colleen LaBaff	....	key hair stylist (6 episodes, 1995-1996)
Carol Pershing	....	key hair stylist (2 episodes, 1993)
Tony Gardner	....	special makeup effects artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Peter Mavromates	....	post-production supervisor (35 episodes, 1993-1995)
Oscar L. Costo	....	production manager (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
George Lakes	....	production supervisor (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Janie Thompson	....	post-production supervisor (9 episodes, 1992-1995)
Harker Wade	....	production manager (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Philip David Segal	....	executive in charge of production (5 episodes, 1993-1994)
Lindsley Parsons III	....	production manager (3 episodes, 1993)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Finn	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (34 episodes, 1994-1996)
Kimberly Law	....	second second assistant director (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Paul Sirmons	....	first assistant director (15 episodes, 1994-1996)
Frank Falvey	....	first assistant director (10 episodes, 1994-1995)
James Dillon	....	first assistant director (5 episodes, 1995-1996)
Frank Davis	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1993)
Brian Sofsky	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1994)
John T. Kretchmer	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1993)
Kurt Kulhanek	....	second assistant director / second second assistant director (2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Gary Rogers	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Matthew T. Weiner	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Jeffrey Scott Taylor	....	leadman / set dressing leadman (57 episodes, 1993-1996)
John Harrington	....	assistant property master (56 episodes, 1993-1996)
Joan Bernier	....	scenic (51 episodes, 1993-1995)
John Eaves	....	storyboard artist (36 episodes, 1993-1996)
Michael Metzel	....	construction coordinator (34 episodes, 1994-1996)
Ricardo F. Delgado	....	storyboard artist (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Andrew T. Grant	....	property master (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Mark Simon	....	storyboard artist (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Stephen I. Erdberg	....	assistant property master (15 episodes, 1994-1996)
William D. McLane	....	assistant property master (14 episodes, 1995-1996)
Dawn Brown	....	art department assistant (8 episodes, 1993-1994)
Kurt Thoresen	....	property master / property master: inside (8 episodes, 1994-1996)
Michael Hendrick	....	set dresser (7 episodes, 1993-1994)
Ian Scheibel	....	property master (3 episodes, 1993)
Jo Brown	....	head scenic / lead scenic (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
James Harris	....	foreman / general foreman (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Mike Brooks	....	propmaker (unknown episodes)
Karl J. Martin	....	set designer (unknown episodes)
Randal Woodward	....	stand-by painter (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Troy Porter	....	foley mixer (37 episodes, 1993-1996)
Jeffrey Kaplan	....	sound designer / sound effects editor (32 episodes, 1993-1995)
Robb Navrides	....	sound editor (25 episodes, 1993-1995)
John S. Orr	....	supervising sound editor (24 episodes, 1993-1995)
Andy Dawson	....	adr supervisor / dialogue editor / ... (24 episodes, 1993-1994)
Douglas Shamburger	....	second boom operator (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Henri Lopez	....	sound mixer (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Ron S. Herbes	....	first assistant sound editor (16 episodes, 1993-1994)
Peter Reale	....	sound re-recording mixer (15 episodes, 1994-1996)
Charles Bruce	....	sound editor (13 episodes, 1995-1996)
Thomas E. Allen	....	sound mixer (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Joseph A. Johnston	....	supervising sound editor (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Eric A. Norris	....	supervising sound editor (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Will Yarbrough	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 1993)
Rich Cusano	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Daniel J. Leahy	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Skip Adams	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
John Asman	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Gary Raymond	....	sound utility (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Dennis Yeager II	....	special effects technician (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Kevin Harris	....	special effects / special effects supervisor (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Bruce E. Merlin	....	special effects (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Joss Geiduschek	....	special effects (3 episodes, 1993)
William Butler	....	special effects coordinator: underwater suits (unknown episodes)
Brian Sipe	....	creature and makeup effects technician (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Bruce Hall	....	CGI senior animator / cg artist / ... (36 episodes, 1993-1995)
Glen David Miller	....	digital effects artist (33 episodes, 1993-1996)
John F.K. Parenteau	....	CGI effects supervisor / cgi effects supervisor / ... (29 episodes, 1993-1996)
Tony Stutterheim	....	CGI effects supervisor / cgi effects supervisor / ... (29 episodes, 1993-1996)
Eileen O'Connor	....	CGI coordinator / CGI effects coordinator / ... (3 episodes, 1993-1996)
James Lima	....	CGI effects supervisor (3 episodes, 1993)
Nancy Shumovich	....	CGI supervisor (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Rob Bonchune	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects coordinator: onset playback (unknown episodes)
Karl J. Martin	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Scott Milne	....	visual effects (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Cort Hessler	....	stunt double / stunts (35 episodes, 1993-1996)
Lex D. Geddings	....	stunt actor (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Nick Brandon	....	stunts (19 episodes, 1994-1995)
Tommy Mack Turvey	....	stunts (11 episodes, 1993-1995)
Brian J. Williams	....	stunt double: Roy Scheider / stunt double: David Marciano / ... (7 episodes, 1993-1994)
John Zimmerman	....	stunts / stunt performer / ... (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunt coordinator (6 episodes, 1995-1996)
John Evanko	....	stunts (5 episodes, 1995-1996)
Bryan Hanna	....	scuba diver (4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Keith Meriweather	....	stunts (4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Kokoa Woodget Aubert	....	utility stunts (4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Jay Amor	....	stunts (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jodi Lyn Brockton	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1993)
Jim O'Rear	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Mitchell Dean	....	utility stunts (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunt double / stunt performer (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Mike Washlake	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 1993)
Tom Akos	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Kevin Ball	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Andy Gill	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steve Hart	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
David Jolin	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Barbara Anne Klein	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Larry A. Lee	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Mike Massa	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Thomas J. McTague	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Larry Nicholas	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Felipe Savahge	....	utility stunts (unknown episodes)
Gar Stephen	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jimmy Waitman	....	utility stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Dennis Parker	....	video assist (57 episodes, 1993-1996)
Craig W. Richards	....	rigging gaffer (34 episodes, 1994-1996)
Robert Kositchek	....	director of photography: second unit (31 episodes, 1993-1994)
Andy Clapp	....	gaffer / electrical gaffer (29 episodes, 1993-1996)
Ben Betts	....	video engineer (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Joseph T. Terranova	....	best boy / best boy electric (21 episodes, 1993-1994)
Ben Kanegson	....	grip / best boy grip (13 episodes, 1995-1996)
Frank Miller	....	camera operator (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Barry Ryan	....	key grip (6 episodes, 1995-1996)
Walt Fraser	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1993)
Tim Metivier	....	second assistant camera (2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Hugh O'Neill	....	video playback supervisor (2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Larry Markart	....	video/computer playback (2 episodes, 1994)
Jerry Bertolami	....	dolly grip (1 episode, 1994-1995)
Michael Noles	....	video engineer (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Fred Tepper	....	animator (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Lee Shapiro	....	animation intern (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Melvin Johnson	....	casting: Orlando (28 episodes, 1994-1996)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stanley Moore	....	costume supervisor (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Marie Boller	....	costumer (11 episodes, 1994)
Barnaby Smith	....	costume supervisor (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Emae Villalobos	....	costume supervisor (2 episodes, 1993-1994)

Series Editorial Department
Martin C. Heselov	....	assistant editor (1 episode, 1993)
Cara Howe	....	post-production assistant (1 episode, 1993)
Evelyn Purwins	....	assistant editor (1 episode, 1993)
Janie Thompson	....	post-production coordinator (1 episode, 1993)
Gaston Santiso	....	assistant editor (1 episode, 1994)
Tanya M. Swerling	....	assistant editor (1 episode, 1994)
Sarah Johnstone	....	post-production coordinator (1 episode, 1996)
Lance Anderson	....	post-production assistant (unknown episodes, 1993)
Bruce Gorman	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Eric Johannessen	....	colorist (unknown episodes)
Todd Ludy	....	post-production assistant (unknown episodes)
Jim Thomson	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
John Debney	....	composer: theme music (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Carl Swartz	....	music editor (20 episodes, 1994-1995)
Douglas M. Lackey	....	music editor (8 episodes, 1995-1996)
Lori L. Eschler	....	music editor (3 episodes, 1993)
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator (unknown episodes)
Russ Landau	....	composer: new title theme (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Doug Wilson	....	transportation captain / transportation co-captain (24 episodes, 1993-1994)
Gina August	....	driver (7 episodes, 1993-1994)
Manuel Angel Gonzalez	....	production driver (6 episodes, 1994)
Chris Haynes	....	driver (2 episodes, 1993)
Steven Salzman	....	transportation captain (1 episode, 1993-1994)
Danny Mortenson	....	transportation captain (unknown episodes)
Ron Parsell	....	captain / talent driver (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Gregory Allen	....	stand-in (32 episodes, 1994-1996)
Leslie S. Stevens	....	production coordinator (28 episodes, 1994-1996)
Eric Dyson	....	production assistant (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Suzan Lowitz	....	script supervisor / continuity (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Jacqueline R. Clay	....	script supervisor (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Lisa Marie Hill	....	first assistant accountant / assistant accountant (19 episodes, 1994-1995)
Kacy Palmieri	....	assistant to producer (18 episodes, 1994-1995)
Matthew Houbrick	....	production auditor / production accountant (13 episodes, 1993-1995)
Jim Lau	....	assistant to producer / assistant: producer (13 episodes, 1994-1995)
Rick Callan	....	assistant location manager (13 episodes, 1995-1996)
Roger Darnell	....	assistant to producers (13 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kokoa Woodget Aubert	....	stand-in for elise neal (13 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jesse Blanco	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1993)
Amy A. Blanc	....	script supervisor (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Sara Fuller	....	location manager (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Naren Shankar	....	executive story editor (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Bob Ballard	....	technical consultant (3 episodes, 1993)
Aaron Bennet	....	location assistant: Universal Florida / location coordinator: Universal Florida (unknown episodes, 1994-1996)
Matthew D'Acquisto	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 1995)
Amy Lee Allison	....	stand-in (unknown episodes)
Wendy Delouche	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Leila Huff	....	research assistant (unknown episodes)
Micah May	....	stand-in (unknown episodes)
Jeffrey T. Spellman	....	location manager (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
David J. Burke	....	special thanks (1 episode, 1993)
Carl Swartz	....	in memory of (1 episode, 1995)

Production Companies

• Amblin Entertainment
• Universal TV

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1993-1996) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1994) (Greece) (VHS)
• Studios USA Television
• Universal Home Entertainment (2005-) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 2)
• Universal TV

Special Effects

• Amblin Imaging
• Makeup Effects Laboratories

Other Companies

• MFX  visual effects

Also Known As:

"SeaQuest DSV" - USA (original title)

Runtime:

60 min (59 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:G (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

Trivia:

When guest star William Shatner appears on a viewscreen, the ID code at the bottom reads "JTK NCC1701". This stands for "James T. Kirk", Shatner's character on "Star Trek" (1966) and the registry number of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Kirk's ship.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Lucas Wolenczak is a magna cum laude graduate of Stanford University. Stanford University doesn't award cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude distinctions. Even if they did, Lucas would most likely have been a summa cum laude since his GPA record was never broken.

Quotes:

O'Neill:He was also the god of earthquakes - he'd stick his trident in the ground and shake it.
Ford:Oh, that's very scientific. Let's hope he doesn't flush the toilet.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Pandora Directive (1996) (VG)

Soundtrack:

To Be Or Not To Be

After The Seaview & The Stingray Came The SeaQuest

Here are my favourite episodes of seaQuest DSV/seaQuest 2032. However, I should point out that all episodes in all three seasons are watchable (which can't be said for ALL other 1990s sci-fic TV shows).

**** To Be Or Not To Be (90 minute pilot). Despite being known as a movie star, I wish to say that Roy Scheider did his best acting in this pilot episode. Roy very reluctantly takes command of the supersub and his exchanges with the crew and confusion over the workings of the sub make for great viewing. However, not a perfect ep, no seaQuest ep is perfect, the CGI underwater effects do not work for me as my lifetime exposure to Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea has given me views on how a submarine series should be produced.**** SeaWest (episode 10) The supersub goes to a rather false looking (and false sounding) Australia, underwater. But despite being phony (to an Aussie like me), this story of down and dirty miners is cool. Note: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea never went Down Under! This was the first episode since the all-important pilot to really capture my interest a lot, SeaWest was a big sign that seaQuest was not a one episode wonder after all. We had something special here and VERY special compared to other 1990s sci-fi shows**** Greed For A Pirate's Dream, highlighted by great characterisation from the regulars and that nut scientist from episode two returns. The scripting here is very good and we have shades of a disaster movie as the island folk refuse to leave the island despite knowing that doom is around the corner.**** Whale Song, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea-ish episode as the military orders Bridger to take the sub into combat and destroy a sub. The early scene of the remains of a beached whale is of motion picture standard. The all-male crew of the trouble making submarine has a Voyage/Sea-look. **** Abalon (see my review of this episode on the episode list link).**** Higher Power, season final and things really do end, characterisation moments come thick and fast in this gem of an episode.

**** Daggers (year two opener), Genetically engineered people cause trouble in this high energy ep. The bright blue sky of Florida seems to play a role in this hour as we never seem to escape thrilling outdoor images of the Daggers dancing around in the yard or images of the regular cast looking smart in bright Florida locations, it makes me want to go to Florida! I like seaQuest year one but it was time for a change and year two provides different-but-still-just-as-good fun. Granted, some of the year two shore leave episodes left a bit to be desired but even Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea has some lesser episodes as well.**** Playtime, The sub travels through time, 225 years into the future.**** The Sincerest Form Of Flattery, Computers cause disaster and a war almost starts (when viewed in the mid-1990s, I thought a world war would never happen again, then came Sep 11).**** Meltdown, A 200 foot crocodile makes trouble for everyone...and the ending of this hour is very well scripted. Not a very popular episode with many but this stuck-in-Irwin Allen monsters-reviewer likes it. **** Lostland, The crew get taken over by the curse of an ancient warrior's helmet and Scheider's bad guy acting makes this the second most memorable ep after the pilot. A top episode that captures tiny shades of 1960s Irwin Allen.

**** Brave New World (year three opener), Now set in 2032, this ep contains the one of the few effect scenes in the whole series that really pleased me, the supersub gets transported to a corn field ... even Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea never went that far! Lucas was now older than before and this helped the series a bit, now he no longer seemed like a child being an adult...he was too young before.

Over the decades television has produced so many spaceship TV shows but submarine TV shows are so few in number (Voyage/Sea and Gerry Anderson's Stingray) which means that the few that have been produced have a special place in the history of TV. I am sure another such series will be made sooner or later but the Seaview, the Stingray and the seaQuest will be a hard act to follow. Will the next sub have a name beginning with "S" again??? Thanks to a DVD release, seaQuest is getting new viewers who can be thrilled by NINE minutes of "deleted" footage from the pilot! The footage should never of been removed, however, I admit that one deleted moment on the enemy submarine looks a bit too goofy and Voyage/Sea-ish (a crewman gets zapped to death), this bit just does not fit the pilot...but I like it.

An added comment here, I am not sure how well this series rated worldwide, but in Sydney Australia it was screened on the most popular viewing night of the week (Sunday) and the ratings for the whole series were very good. In fact, being popular (back then) was half the appeal of the show as nearly all other sci-fic TV shows (including Star Trek) were being aired at 11pm at night!

Fans of seaQuest may email me.