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SeaQuest 2032

Original title: Seaquest DSV
  • TV Series
  • 1993–19961993–1996
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
7K
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1,544
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Stephanie Beacham, Jonathan Brandis, Ted Raimi, Roy Scheider, Royce D. Applegate, and Don Franklin in Seaquest DSV (1993)
Seaquest DSV: Season 1
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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 ... Read allIn 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.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.

IMDb RATING
6.7/10
7K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,544
107
  • Creator
    • Rockne S. O'Bannon
  • Stars
    • Jonathan Brandis
    • Don Franklin
    • Ted Raimi
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  • Creator
    • Rockne S. O'Bannon
  • Stars
    • Jonathan Brandis
    • Don Franklin
    • Ted Raimi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 44User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations total

    Episodes57

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    Seaquest DSV: Season 1
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    Seaquest DSV: Season 1

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    Peter DeLuise as Dagwood on "SeaQuest DSV" (1993)
    Stephanie Beacham, Jonathan Brandis, and Roy Scheider in Seaquest DSV (1993)
    Jonathan Brandis, Roy Scheider, Rosalind Allen, Peter DeLuise, and Edward Kerr in Seaquest DSV (1993)
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    Seaquest DSV (1993)
    Michael Ironside and Don Franklin in Seaquest DSV (1993)
    Kathy Evison in Seaquest DSV (1993)
    Julia Nickson in Seaquest DSV (1993)
    Karen E. Fraction in Seaquest DSV (1993)
    Michael DeLuise in Seaquest DSV (1993)
    Jonathan Brandis in Seaquest DSV (1993)
    Michael Ironside and Don Franklin in Seaquest DSV (1993)

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    Jonathan Brandis
    Jonathan Brandis
    • Lucas Wolenczakas Lucas Wolenczak…
    57 episodes57 eps • 1993–1996
    Don Franklin
    Don Franklin
    • Commander Jonathan Fordas Commander Jonathan Ford
    57 episodes57 eps • 1993–1996
    Ted Raimi
    Ted Raimi
    • Lt. j.g. Timothy O'Neillas Lt. j.g. Timothy O'Neill
    57 episodes57 eps • 1993–1996
    Darwin
    • Darwinas Darwin
    57 episodes57 eps • 1993–1996
    Roy Scheider
    Roy Scheider
    • Captain Nathan Bridgeras Captain Nathan Bridger
    47 episodes47 eps • 1993–1995
    Marco Sanchez
    Marco Sanchez
    • Sensor Chief Miguel Ortizas Sensor Chief Miguel Ortiz
    44 episodes44 eps • 1993–1995
    Frank Welker
    Frank Welker
    • Special Vocal Effectsas Special Vocal Effects
    41 episodes41 eps • 1993–1996
    Peter DeLuise
    Peter DeLuise
    • Dagwoodas Dagwood…
    35 episodes35 eps • 1994–1996
    Michael DeLuise
    Michael DeLuise
    • Tony Piccoloas Tony Piccolo…
    34 episodes34 eps • 1994–1996
    Kathy Evison
    Kathy Evison
    • Helmswoman Lonnie Hendersonas Helmswoman Lonnie Henderson…
    34 episodes34 eps • 1994–1996
    Edward Kerr
    Edward Kerr
    • Lt. James Brodyas Lt. James Brody
    28 episodes28 eps • 1994–1996
    John D'Aquino
    John D'Aquino
    • Lt. Benjamin Kriegas Lt. Benjamin Krieg…
    24 episodes24 eps • 1993–1995
    Stacy Haiduk
    Stacy Haiduk
    • Lt. Cmdr. Katherine Hitchcockas Lt. Cmdr. Katherine Hitchcock
    23 episodes23 eps • 1993–1994
    Royce D. Applegate
    Royce D. Applegate
    • Chief Manilow Crockeras Chief Manilow Crocker
    23 episodes23 eps • 1993–1994
    Stephanie Beacham
    Stephanie Beacham
    • Dr. Kristin Westphalenas Dr. Kristin Westphalen
    23 episodes23 eps • 1993–1994
    Rosalind Allen
    Rosalind Allen
    • Dr. Wendy Smithas Dr. Wendy Smith
    21 episodes21 eps • 1994–1995
    Michael Costello
    Michael Costello
    • Secretary General McGathas Secretary General McGath…
    18 episodes18 eps • 1994–1996
    Michael Ironside
    Michael Ironside
    • Captain Oliver Hudsonas Captain Oliver Hudson
    13 episodes13 eps • 1995–1996
    • Creator
      • Rockne S. O'Bannon
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    Storyline

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    By the mid-21st Century, humankind has colonized the oceans and formed the UEO--the United Earth Oceans--as a military organization to police it. Formerly a high-ranking member of the UEO, Nathan Bridger retired after the death of his wife, and retreated to an isolated island to study dolphins. An attempt is made to hijack the Seaquest DSV, the UEO's most powerful undersea vessel, and Nathan--its original designer--is convinced to return to active service, to assume command of it. His second in command is Cmdr. Jonathan Ford. In second season, the DSV added Dagwood, a prototype GELF (Genetically Engineered Life Form), Tony Piccolo, a man with surgically implanted gills, and Dr. Wendy Smith, a telepath/empath, to its crew of specialists. The series has New Age leanings, often presenting stories that deal with environmental issues or mix myth and mysticism--from ghosts to "gods"--into its science fiction. —Marg Baskin <marg@asd.raytheon.ca>
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      • Beneath the surface lies the future.
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    • Trivia
      During the original broadcast of the first season, during the end credits, Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Institute would appear and speak about an aspect of current undersea research, usually related to the content of that episode. Ballard was also the technical advisor for the show and the discoverer of the wrecks of Titanic, Bismarck and Yorktown and someone who really has been in the ocean's depths.
    • Quotes

      O'Neill: I'm Catholic, Captain, I believe in anything that makes me nervous.

    • Crazy credits
      Brief profiles of sea-life conservation programs and efforts were shown during the closing credits of the first two seasons. 'Bob Ballard (I)' , the show's scientific advisor, narrated the first season segments; during the second year, cast members did the narration.
    • Alternate versions
      The episode "Abalon" originally aired with Jimmy Buffett's "A Pirate Looks at Forty" playing in the background in a bar scene. In the R1 DVD release this song has been replaced by generic rock music.
    • Connections
      Edited into South Park: Go God Go XII (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      To Be Or Not To Be

    User reviews44

    Review
    Top review
    Forget "jumping the shark." Try "triple backflip over the shark."
    The sad tale of seaQuest DSV should forevermore be inscribed into a producer's guide of "what not to do" to a TV series.

    The first season was hands-down one of the greatest seasons of sci-fi adventure television ever. The premise, the characters, the writing, the acting, the production design, and even one of the most inspiring opening themes ever...

    I was a huge fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in many respects the first season of seaQuest DSV, airing opposite TNG's seventh season, was a more interesting show. It succeeded by not copying the Trek science fiction formula, but by complementing it, with a mythology grounded more in science fact than fiction. The series just exuded the feel of smart television, whether that feeling came from the subtle nods to current scientific research coming true or the almost Sorkinesque highbrow dialogue or Dr. Rob Ballard's involvement as a consultant.

    And then, well, to adapt a common internetism, the show "triple backflipped over the shark."

    Perhaps the one in the opening credits.

    All of a sudden, four of the more interesting characters (those played by Applegate, Beacham, D'Aquino and Haiduk) vanished into thin air. The remaining cast were neutered to shells of their former selves. The show took a nosedive as far as plotting was concerned, and instead of thoughtful stories about real issues we got pulp culled from the worst of the worst of cruddy science fiction. Psychics! Laser guns! Time travel! Plants taking over the sub! Gigantic Crocodiles! Evil Aliens(tm)! Genetically-engineered slave warriors in skimpy wetsuits!

    Wherever the show could have stunk, it did. NBC, still no doubt rather proud of the fact that they'd cancelled Star Trek twenty-five years earlier, wanted silly lowest-common denominator sci-fi to grab an even bigger share of the ratings. Unfortunately for NBC, as the ratings attested, even the lowest common demoninator of Americana really had no wish to have to endure an hour of second season sQ DSV.

    There is some online opinion that show redeemed itself in its third season, although I personally feel that "seaQuest 2032" was no less odious than the year that had preceded it. After pushing the magic reset button as hard as they could following the events of the second-season cliffhanger finale, the writers essentially remade the show, turfing Scheider and any pretext that they'd attempt to tell smart television ever again. The show became a hammily-acted excuse of a drama, ditching the wide-eyed wonder of the first season and turning it into a geekfest of underwater shoot-em-ups with an evil bunch of pseudo-Australian pseudo-Fascists wrapped in a coat of paper-thin political intrigue(tm). Now more of an underwater Babylon 5 (and even that's being too kind) than an underwater Star Trek, I cried few tears when NBC put the show out of its misery.

    So, for all you wanna-be producers out there, a few lessons: (1) If a show is smart and popular, consider the fact that making it dumb will probably make it unpopular. (2) Never, ever toss aside characters for no reason other than to get people who'd look better in a wetsuit. (3) I'll take a talking dolphin over a bald tattooed version of Forrest Gump anyday. (4) Despite what your polling data may tell you, submarine fighters are not cool. (5) If a friggin' genius like Rob Ballard has agreed to work on your show, you're doing something right. If said friggin' genius leaves your show and you replace him with Michael deLuise attempting to read fascinating facts about penguins off a teleprompter, you're doing something wrong.
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    • Release date
      • September 12, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Seaquest DSV
    • Filming locations
      • University Of Central Florida - 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida, USA
    • Production companies
      • Amblin Entertainment
      • Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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