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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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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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Michael IronsideCaptain Oliver Hudson
Roy ScheiderCaptain Nathan Bridger
Jonathan BrandisLucas Wolenczak
Don FranklinCommander Jonathan Ford
Stephanie BeachamDr. Kristin Westphalen
Edward KerrLieutenant James Brody
Michael DeLuiseSeaman Anthony Piccolo
Rosalind AllenDr. Wendy Smith
NBCUnited States
Universal TelevisionUnited States
Amblin EntertainmentUnited StatesWatch options above are for the show and may vary by season or episode.
Episode 1
When genetically engineered people, no longer happy with their captivity, stage a revolt, seaQuest, with some new faces are called in to help.
Directed by Bryan SpicerWritten by Jonathan FallsGuest stars Sam Sorbo, Kurt Smildsin, Dennis Neal, Jesse Doran
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Episode 2
When genetically engineered people, no longer happy with their captivity, stage a revolt, seaQuest, with some new faces are called in to help.
Directed by Bryan SpicerWritten by Jonathan FallsGuest stars Sam Sorbo, Kurt Smildsin, Dennis Neal, Jesse Doran
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Episode 3
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.
Directed by Robert WiemerWritten by Clifton CampbellGuest stars Kent McCord, Jesse Doran, Neil Giuntoli, Karyn Malchus, Christinna Chauncey, K.D. Edwards, Robin O'Dell, Joe Candelora
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Episode 4
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.
Directed by Bruce Seth GreenWritten by Carleton EastlakeGuest stars Mimi Kuzyk, Robert Foxworth, Bill Welter, Matt Davison, Thomas R. Martin, Keith Hudson, Steve Howard, Christopher Miles
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Episode 5
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.
Directed by Les SheldonWritten by David J. BurkeGuest stars Dom DeLuise, David DeLuise, Leslie Hope, Patricia Kennell Carroll, Tressa DiFiglia, Char Richards
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Episode 6
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.
Directed by Robert WiemerWritten by Lawrence HertzogGuest stars JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Kelly Morgan, J.D. Sutton, Lamont Lofton, Jonathan Bouck, Heather De Oreo, Lisa Rafel, April McCarrick
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Episode 7
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.
Directed by Jesús Salvador TreviñoWritten by Carleton EastlakeGuest stars Jonathan Mangum, Richard Herd, William Morgan Sheppard, Amie Bluff, Mimi Lieber, Bob Wells, Danny Jacobsen, Paul Vroom
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Episode 8
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.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffWritten by Lawrence HertzogGuest stars Michael Stephen Costello, Roger Ranney, Nick Kurtz, Michael Deeg, Scott Reichert, George Colangelo
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Episode 9
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.
Directed by Annette Haywood-CarterWritten by Clifton CampbellGuest stars Sherman Howard, Jim Lau, Alison Moir, Michael H. Moss, Jesse Doran, Punky Leonard, Jack Swanson, Lehua Reid
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Episode 10
Dagwood maintains his innocence after being found guilty of murdering the genetic engineer who created him, despite having apparently been caught in the act on video.
Directed by Gus TrikonisWritten by Patrick HasburghGuest stars Brittany Snow, Karen Fraction, Ian Sullivan, Elizabeth Fendrick, Mikki Scanlon, David Silverthorn, Leroy Mitchell Jr., Steve Raulerson
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Episode 11
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.
Directed by Steven RobmanWritten by Carleton EastlakeGuest stars Gregory Paul Martin
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Episode 12
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.
Directed by Anson WilliamsWritten by Tom SzollosiGuest stars J.A. Preston, Parker Whitman, T.E. Russell, Gary Bristow, Dorian Field, Tony Sago
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Episode 13
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.
Directed by Bruce Seth GreenWritten by David J. Burke, Ted RaimiGuest stars Barry Primus, Charles Gitonga Maina, Patrick Bresnyan, Michael Stephen Costello
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Episode 14
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.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffWritten by Lawrence HertzogGuest stars Leslie Bega, Max Brown, David Spielberg, Michael A. Nickles, Jeff Moldovan, Timothy Bass, Mark Brown
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Episode 15
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.
Directed by Oscar L. CostoWritten by Clifton CampbellGuest stars Mark Hamill, Kent McCord, Karyn Malchus, Melanie Adams, Christinna Chauncey, Robert Scott
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Episode 16
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.
Directed by David J. BurkeWritten by Carleton EastlakeGuest stars Joe Seneca, Raphael Sbarge, Michael Stephen Costello, Marc Macaulay, Tom Celli, Dorian Field, Michelle T. Carter, Dottie Healy
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Episode 17
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.
Directed by Casey O. RohrsWritten by Patrick HasburghGuest stars Dawn Robinson, Charles Noel
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Episode 18
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.
Directed by Steven RobmanWritten by Lawrence HertzogGuest stars Lewis Arquette, Sandra Hess, Nicolas Surovy, Peggy O'Neal, Patricia Matthews
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Episode 19
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.
Directed by Oscar L. CostoWritten by Patrick HasburghGuest stars Luca Bercovici, Sam Sorbo, Brett Rice, Dana Tyson, Dean Cudworth, Danny Gil, Jim Vickers, Brian Ward
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Episode 20
In order to gain control of seaQuest's nuclear weapons, a powerful psychic plants a nightmare in both Piccolo and Dagwood's minds, so that he will be invited on board to interpret their dreams.
Directed by Jesús Salvador TreviñoWritten by David J. Burke, Jonathan BrandisGuest stars Todd Allen, Tamara Tunie, Robert Small, Robert Herrick
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Episode 21
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.
Directed by Anson WilliamsWritten by Clifton CampbellGuest stars Leif Riddell, Juan Fernández, Hank Stone, Marty Connell, Scott Coyote, Michael Stephen Costello
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Episode 22
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.
Directed by Anson WilliamsWritten by Carleton EastlakeGuest stars Brittany Snow, Mark Hamill, Kent McCord, Tom Nowicki, Kristy Ridley, Kristy Ridley
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