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First off, I am a HUGE fan of the first season of seaQuest DSV! Unfortunately, season 2 lost a lot of what made season 1 so great! First off, several wonderful characters were removed from the series, including Dr. Kristin Westphalen, Chief Crocker, Lt. Krieg and Lt. Commander Hitchcock. I don't particularly like the interior design of the "new" seaQuest submarine. I don't like the fact that seemingly after every mission they return back to their home port instead of staying on patrol for an extended period as the real Navy does and they did in the first season. That brings up another thing I don't like, namely the new home port for the seaQuest called New Cape Quest on the Florida coast. I felt the sub base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii worked just fine. All that aside, the most disturbing thing wrong with season 2 was that the stories just got plain WEIRD! Some are downright BAD! One example is the simply stupid and pointless plot in the episode named "Playtime". That is 45 minutes I will never get back! In season 2 the story plots began taking the seaQuest away from its original purpose which was namely undersea exploration with the occasional sub battle or rescue thrown in for excitement. I always found the undersea adventures of seaQuest to be utterly exciting, engaging and logical (since we ARE on a submarine) not to mention that for sci-fi an undersea environment is relatively unique! Suddenly seaQuest became more concerned with aliens, underwater time warps, forays into the future and the like. I had heard that actor Roy Scheider who plays Captain Bridger in the series had left after the second season because he claimed that the show had gone in a direction he didn't agree with and that he simply wasn't going to continue with it. One can fully understand his decision to leave the show after they have watched it! I don't like some of the characters/actors that replaced the originals, such as Dr. Wendy Smith who replaced Dr. Westphalen, both as ships Doctor and as Bridger's love interest. She is too young for Bridger and doesn't have half the class of Westphalen! The replacement of Lt. Krieg with Lt. Brody was a huge mistake too! The character Piccolo is simply annoying! Also, one of my favorite characters who survived from the first season, Petty Officer Miguel Ortiz is now BADLY in need of a haircut! Little thing called Military Regulations! That would NEVER fly! Also, I miss the "Sea Facts" done at the end of each episode by Oceanographer Robert Ballard from the first season which in the second season are done by the cast, poorly at that! That being said, the second season is not all bad. The special effects have, for the most part, improved over the first season, which for their time were impressive for broadcast television. The sets, costumes and locations are all fine. The photography is brilliant and beautifully lighted! The acting is first rate, especially from Roy Scheider who was always one of my favorites, ever since JAWS. One addition to the cast I did like was Lt. Loni Henderson who is not only cute as a bugs ear but is a good actress too! Even the character Dagwood is endearing in his own simplistic way! Bottom line is, if you are a seaQuest DSV fan this is a must have set. It still has much if that "seaQuest" feeling! Season 3 is where they really destroyed the series! Hint: In season 3 Roy Scheider's role as Captain is taken over by the cardboard cutout actor Michael Ironside! Nuff said!! Long Live seaQuest DSV!Read full review
if you like seaquest you will like season two seaQuest DSV was an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest DSV originally mixed high drama with realistic scientific fiction.[4] It originally starred film star Roy Scheider as Captain Nathan Bridger, designer and commander (for the first two seasons) of the titular naval submarine seaQuest DSV 4600. Other actors who comprised the show's original cast were Jonathan Brandis as Lucas Wolenczak, a teenaged computer genius, Stephanie Beacham as Kristin Westphalen, the chief medical officer and head of the seaQuest science department and Don Franklin as Commander Jonathan Ford, the first mate of the submarine. Michael Ironside starred as Captain Oliver Hudson, captain of the vessel during the third season. Steven Spielberg expressed interest in the project and served as one of the show's executive producers during the first two seasons.Read full review
Some compare it to Star Trek but I for one enjoy the Characters & storyline better in seaQuest! I believe the first season is the best but the second season rocks as well! I love the concept of the UEO and how mankind is inhabiting the seas. If it’d not been miss handle by corporate television executives it changing everything around it would have had more then only 3 seasons!!!
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This is a replacement DVD of one that was stolen from us, so we are familiar with the series. Seaquest DSV is a great series with amazing, talented and engaging actors. The adventures occur in"Inner Space", with all of the excitement of the unknown that occurs in outer space.There is action, and, yes, some action violence, but no graphic death- I'd say on the order of "Star Trek". The episodes are interesting- involving mythology, the paranormal and sci fi. And the show emphasizes loyalty, friendship and doing the "Right" thing, something we all can learn from.
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One of my Favorites TV shows.I ordered the second season because of the price. It turns out that is the one I was looking for. Older TV shows are a great to help with dealing with the isolation from the Pandemic.
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