Alaina and Grant take a journey through the wondrous depths of 1993's seaQuest DSV. Meeting at the intersection of childhood nostalgia and the pressures on production, we fit a bygone era of tv sci-fi into history and our hearts. Yes, this is about the show with the talking dolphin.
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Season 2, episode 4: Vapors Written by David J Burke Directed by Les Sheldon The seaQuest's crew enjoys some well deserved shore leave, in a slice-of-life episode, introducing the new cast and new versions of the returning cast. At the center of it all lie two very questionable romances. Bizarre Podcast: Space Puppets episode 52: https://www.patreon.com/posts/125132294
Season 2, episode 3: Sympathy for the Deep Written by Carleton Eastlake Directed by Bruce Seth Green Panic and and old love bring the seaQuest to an undersea colony gone wrong in a story about the nature of evil and the mind. It's metaphysics week on seaQuest DSV, a program not terribly equipped to carry that load but does its best anyway.
Season 2, episode 2: The Fear That Follows Written by Clifton Campbell Directed by Robert Weimer SeaQuest DSV proves the new season is the same old show by making a direct sequel to one of its most memorable episodes. The aliens are back with a mysterious agenda that the paranoid wing of the UEO is incapable of understanding.
Season 2, episode 1: Daggers Written by Jonathan Falls Directed by Bryan Spicer It's a brand new season with a brand new seaQuest and her partially new crew. They're sailing new waters in a double-length premiere that packages sweeping changes to the show's setting and tone inside an action film about what makes someone human. Every sci-fi story is about what makes someone human, it's not special.
Season 1, episode 23: Higher Power Written by David J. Burke & Patrick Hasburgh Directed by John T. Kretchmer It's the end of the seaQuest's first tour under the UEO, and the crew takes time to say goodbye to the vaguely defined set who will not be on the next one. Meanwhile, Lucas' dad is getting his comeuppance in a way that might doom civilization itself. ANNOUNCEMENT! Devin Nelson, composer of the WSKRS theme music, is also a game designer and his latest work is available on Kickstarter for the next week or so: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paledot/pale-dot