Bryan Becze I am a Trekkie, so I appreciate this show. However, like most Steven Spielberg shows, it is not without a downward spiral.Season 1: Excellent season. Had a good storyline, focused on issues, and you felt good after watching an episode. There was Darwin, the talking Dolphin. Everything was there; chemistry, story, cast. It was very educational and fun to watch. The mission was to protect and explore. Also, they did informative lessons as the credits rolled. It was awesome and I was hooked.Season 2: You can see a lot of Spielberg here, and not the good side. They decided that some of the cast that made the chemistry in the first season was not helping target a younger crowd, and subsequently, did not bring back John D'Aquino, Stacy Haiduk, and Stephanie Beacham. They brought on an annoying psychic, Dr. Wendy Smith, who for me, ruined some of the shows. She "knew everything about everything" and was a constant nail on the chalkboard. Some of the topics for the shows were far out there, but none the less, entertaining. I enjoyed this season, just not as much as the first, but Michael Deluise's character brought some laughs.Season 3: This season replaced Roy Scheider as captain with Michael Ironside. It's now ten years later and the crew magically reappears after being annihilated on an alien planet. ??? Already a reach. Also, there was way too much focus on Helmswoman Lonnie Henderson, and thus, her new relationship with Commander Ford. Not to mention that she wore nothing but tank-tops in her "uniform." This was unnecessary and took away from the show. It almost became a soap opera. Now, we have submersibles that move as fast as super-sonic jets. Michael Deluise's character was restricted and Johnathan Brandis becomes an officer. Also, Darwin is so limited that you forget he was an integral part of the other two season. This season was canceled after 13 episodes.

johnboy1260-1 Seaquest DSV was a show that could have stood above all the mediocre offerings out in TV Land today. At a time when Television Sci Fi is being bombarded with Aliens, Eco Terrorists, Mythical beasties Seaquest was an attempt to give the world an accurate depiction of what our future 'could' have been. Now I am a HUGE Sci Fi nut and will always love the genre, but I was thrilled when I saw the first episode come on TV in 1993. Here was a future mankind could actually look forward to. No Spaceships zipping across galaxies in half an hour, No ray guns that would vaporize an enemy. Here was Science, without the fiction. Deep sea colonization, deep sea mining, exploring underwater volcano's, All of this was within the realm of what Man could achieve. Seaquest presented an atmosphere where ALL nationalities came together with a goal of bettering ourselves, not just snatch and grab. Alas, it was not meant to be. The evil Ratings gods looked at the 1st season's ratings and said.."Let's make it more Science FICTION" And the fans died off one by one. They, like me, stayed faithfully with the show thru it's second season. But by season 3 the interest was gone and what could have been a Shining example of the Future, became just another entry in the book of "What might wave been"

Li-1 I was a bit of a sci-fi nut growing up, so you can imagine the joy I experienced when sci-fi on the small screen made a strong resurgence in the early to mid 90s. Yep, those were the days, back when I found myself glued to the television, eagerly watching and awaiting the newest episodes of shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, The X-Files, Earth 2, Sliders, The Outer Limits, and NBC's Seaquest DSV.Seaquest caught my attention for three particular reasons: the premise of an undersea world was immensely appealing, the series was being executive produced by none other than Steven Spielberg, and the star of the show was one of my favorite actors, Roy Scheider. With all these ingredients, I just knew this was going to be a sci-fi classic and given how undemanding a sci-fi fan I was back then, this show won me over from the start. Watching season 1 again, it's a bit tougher to imagine why I was so fond of this show in the first place.Certainly, there's a handful of bright spots to be expected. Scheider, as always, does a great job of playing the fatherly authority figure/everyman role that I'm sure he's grown used to. The f/x and sets, very "90s" in look and style, were quite impressive for its time and are still passable enough today that they don't often distract the viewer. The series even occasionally delivered its share of high adventure and mild suspense. I also liked John Debney's main theme, which is actually kind of catchy.But the series never came together like it should have. From the start, Seaquest was clearly aping ST: TNG, what with the UEO/Federation parallels, the captain/ship's doctor romance, and the brilliant but annoying teenager who served no other purpose than to draw in a younger demographic (even though Jonathan Brandis, RIP, was a better actor than Wil Wheaton, I still found Lucas far more irritating than Wesley Crusher).This would all be perfectly forgivable if the show actually delivered on its fantastic premise. Unfortunately, Seaquest is cluttered with too much vanilla-bland writing and cheesy dialogue. Seemingly 3/4's of the episodes attempt to deliver an important "lesson," but this tends to come off as self-consciously heavy-handed and corny. The show was also clearly intended for a family audience, hence the mostly light tone and lack of any material that might come across as potentially offensive; this must almost be entirely attributed to Spielberg's presence, as I cannot imagine Rockne S. O'Bannon pandering to younger audiences.Looking back at the first season's 23 episodes, I wouldn't say they're awful; in fact, I found most of them just plain and mediocre. The only one that stood out was Episode 4, entitled "Games," which managed to deliver sharp suspense for most of its duration, still unfortunately marred by a cheesy climax, which became a staple of the series. Of all the shows I mentioned above, this rests with Earth 2 as the worst of the bunch (TNG still the best, of course).Is Seaquest a bad series? For the most part, yes, but I've got too much of a sci-fi slant to hate it. Anyone completely weaned on today's sci-fi shows (Battlestar Galactica, Farscape, Firefly, Stargate, Enterprise) aren't going to find much in Seaquest that would appeal to them. But those who grew up on early 90s sci-fi...well, you've undoubtedly seen this show enough times already to know if it's up your alley or not.

zheper62-1 When I was a kid I love anything that has to do with sci-fi. But when I got older I begin to shift my preferences and realized how I could be much of a romantic freak. So when I saw Sea Quest DSV for the first time it caught my fancy. 2 reasons: it brought back the child in me and the series met my current preferences. The first season was awesome in the sense that it was done intelligently with scientific basis. Adding up was the superb and talented cast. Im not being biased but when they eliminated casts from the first season I declined immidiately although I have watched the first episode and glanced once in a while in the other episodes from the second season. Third season is way out of the question. I never did like the captain of the third season. Roy Scheider was the best captain there is. He was perfect for the role. Couldnt see anyone else for the role. Sea Quest was sort of a family to come home to. I was in highschool back then and I look forward each week for each episode, excited about what the crew was up to that time. The first season was excellent in my book cos the characters was played by wonderful actors and actresses. It appeals to different ages. The content of each episodes make sense. It was really an underwater adventure with relationships on the side was a real treat for me. I never missed an episode from the first season. I love each and every cast. They all have great chemistry. I like Stephanie Beacham, Stacy Haiduk, John D'Aquino, the one who played crocker, and the chinese guy. I didnt even bother looking up for the names who replaced these wonderful characters. It was unbearable. After watching the last episode of the first season, I knew this was coming. I never expected it to be so soon. It was kind a big question for me at that time as to why do they have to change and replace some of the great cast. Until recently I found out that it was a choice made by the actors and actresses. They have to change locations. It was a very sad thing for me then cos I have gotten used to these characters. Its like they were one big happy family of some sort trying to explore the wonders ot the sea. Well I realized then that as the saying goes some good things never last. Thanks to the internet I get to reminisce that good old sea quest days of my life.