By DG Chichester, Keith Pollard, and others

Bridger saves lives aboard a family submarine before investigating a new undersea religion in a 4-color take on the seaQuest multimedia launch, in what would turn out to be its only issue. This comic book tie-in ramps up the action, quips, and sex appeal beyond where the show would reach in only the first ish.

By Diane Duane and Peter Morwood, based on a script by Rockne S O'Bannon and Tommy Thompson

As seaQuest embarked on its tv journey, the multimedia strategy made port in bookstores as well. This novelization of the premiere episode centers the action in the minds of Captains Bridger and Stark, and has an electric prose in moments of tension. How does it compare to the filmed version that's become so familiar?

Written by Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin

This unproduced seaQuest episode would have been wall-to-wall climactic action, shocking reveals, twists and turnabouts, as every power player reacts to the destabilizing force of an orbital superweapon. Also, Hudson's relationship with his father is revealed.

Read The Depths of Deceit: https://archive.org/details/seaquest-the-depths-of-deceit-writers-draft-unproduced

The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne returns June 21st: https://www.lydiadisappears.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-disappearances-of-lydia-fountayne/id1750730095

Written by Naren Shankar

After a year and a half of talking about the seaQuest that was, we look at an episode that almost was, a script left unfilmed by the cancellation but preserved by the fandom. Lucas discovers his father may be alive in 2032, and risks everything to save him.

Read the script yourself: www.atech-software.com/fan-fiction/seaquest/private-archive/af2032/un-iff.txt

Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach

Directed by Steve Beers

The crew investigates an attack by a secretive superpower, while trying to protect an alleged defector. One more ensemble member is killed as our understanding of the 2032 world changes again. Neither will matter. This is the final episode of seaQuest.

Brandis and Ironside's message to the crew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaoIb3C7yy0

Written by Carleton Eastlake

Directed by Anson Williams

seaQuest once again finds itself between the UEO's stated ideals and its political goals during negotiations with an oppressive regime. This time there's a personal touch, as someone from Henderson's past struggles for freedom.

This week in the Movie Star Minute: Starship Troopers

Let's Play Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irvIa9QTmFs&list=PLrekaHLD2rhaopJHQCBlR52b2Gfs0LQI-

Moonrace Wireless on the Giant Robot FM patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/giantrobotfm

Written by Carleton Eastlake

Directed by Frederick King Keller

The seaQuest stumbles into history, trying to defuse nuclear brinksmanship in the waters off Cuba, 1962. It's time travel week as we contemplate paradoxes, confront white supremacists, and joyride with guest star Brittany Murphy.

This week in the Movie Star Minute: Free Willy

Written by Naren Shankar

Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño

Bridger returns to commandeer seaQuest for an operation to cover up the UEOs past crimes, and his part in them. Farewell Roy.

https://thefmin.us/the-tedious-bois-worth-it/

Written by Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin

Directed by Oscar L. Costo

We talk about the time skip moving the world and the UEO, but this episode is about an individual remade over the missing years. Max Scully is back from season 1 as a now-respected dignitary, but still putting his environmental mania above human lives. But like... a LOT this time.

This week in the Movie Star Minute: Highlander II

https://scanlinemedia.com/2025/12/15/gundam-base-chicago-opens/

Written by Naren Shankar & Javier Grillo-Marxuach

Directed by Anson Williams

seaQuest is dispatched to apply a scientific solution to an ecological crisis, and Nathan Bridger stands on her bridge. It's not a rerun or an unaired episode, but the return of Roy as he butts heads with Lucas and Hudson on the best way to save lives.

Learn more about Monkey Business by Carleton Eastlake: https://carletoneastlake.com/

This week in the Movie Star Minute: Total Recall

Written by Naren Shankar & Javier Grillo-Marxuach

Directed by Anson Williams

The UEO faces another crisis, and this time the crew of seaQuest could be the problem. It's Manchurian Candidate week as all the recurring characters gather together in some familiar locations and our second new ensemble member finally gets her focus.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irvIa9QTmFs&list=PLrekaHLD2rhaopJHQCBlR52b2Gfs0LQI-

Written by Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin

Directed by Anson Williams

The specter of war looms over the Pacific as seaQuest is set against the cause of a rogue missile strike: Captain Hudson's former mentor. It's an argument over the fundamental state of man, and the purpose of the structures we build around it, an argument made with laser whips.

This week in the Movie Star Minute; Top Gun

Written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach

Directed by Bruce Seth Green

Trans-Pacific travel is set to change forever with a 2000mph undersea train tunnel, unless its competitors sabotage it. Three of seaQuest's crew are trapped aboard trying to save lives. This has to be the worst first date ever.

This week in the Movie Star Minute: Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Written by Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin

Directed by Oscar L. Costo

Submarine haulers have been disappearing in the Atlantic, and seaQuest is put to the task of stopping it. In the affected Perseid colony Dagwod finds community, Lucas finds responsibility, and Hudson reveals his heart.

Written by Patrick Hasburgh

Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño

The world of 2032 has another threat: a CEO with enough money and power to never face consequences, and the canniness to bend every situation to his advantage. His current plan puts him up against Hudson, but the Captain isn't who he needs to account for. #KriegGang

This week in the Movie Star Minute: Scanners

Written by Clifton Campbell

Directed by Anson Williams

It's been ten years since seaQuest disappeared to fight the space war, and the oceans have changed. It's a new tone, a new style, and a new situation for those who return; all delivered by the gravel voice of legendary character actor Michael Ironside. A brave new world, indeed.

Grant on Side 6 Soundwaves (free feed): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/giant-robot-fm/id1606667976?i=1000735488457

Written by Carleton Eastlake

Directed by Anson Williams

Season 2 ends in perhaps the most appropriate way: a brainless action romp whose action is underbaked and overexposed. But it has its moments. Allegedly.

This week in the Movie Star Minute: Sorcerer

Mechanista in G: Aura Battlers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uaaXr8IUi0

Written by Clifton Campbell

Directed by Anson Williams

Tony Piccolo gets entangled in the schemes of a man from his past and has to survive in an unfriendly jungle. Meanwhile, the UEO and seaQuest scramble to contain the political fallout.

This week in the Movie Star Minute: Aztec Rex

Written by Jonathan Brandis & David J. Burke

Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño

The seaQuest and her compliment of warheads are once more under threat, and yet another psychic force is leveled against Dr Wendy Smith, but this time is different. This time, it's really good.

In the Movie Star Minute: It (1990)

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Written by Patrick Hasburgh

Directed by Oscar L. Costo

A mastermind brings together a robot conspiracy, a custom-build sea monster, and a super-commando to threaten the seaQuest. But this episode isn't about that. It's about Tim O'Neill feeling sad.

Written by Lawrence Hertzog

Directed by Steven Robman

seaQuest is dispatched to solve an archeology mystery that becomes a murder mystery, deep in an abandoned seabase. Demons and vampires make trouble in what may, or may not, be a Pandora's Box episode.

This week on the Movie Star Minute: Night Game

Written by Patrick Hasburgh

Directed by Casey O. Rohrs

Welcome back, fish fans! The seaQuest is pursuing two missions on a remote island that turn out to be the same mission: resolving a love triangle between Greek gods. We're due an Ortiz week and this is what he's got.

Written by Carleton Eastlake

Directed by David J. Burke

For the first time in history a psychic has gone bad, and it's up to fugitive Dr Wendy Smith to save everyone. Can her brain shield stop all the world's nuclear plants from melting down? What are we even doing here anymore?

Written by Clifton Campbell

Directed by Oscar L. Costo

Once again seaQuest encounters life from beyond the stars, but this alien is a killer. What is it hunting? Will Scott Keller reach his dreams? Why is Mark Hamill so sexy?

And in the Movie Star Minute: 52 Pick-Up

Written by Lawrence Hertzog

Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff

Young love is a powerful force. For Lucas, it's strong enough to reshape his entire life and pull him away from the family he's built. That's just what some terrorist kidnappers were counting on.

Written by Ted Raimi & David J. Burke

Directed by Bruce Seth Green

The seaQuest has discovered evidence of Atlantis itself, but the curse upon its artifacts drives the crew to pieces. Somehow, that's the frame for a story about responsibility which uses the ensemble to great effect.

Written by Tom Szolossi

Directed by Anson Williams

Family is a hard thing to navigate. But like an impossibly large prehistoric crocodile, it's also hard to avoid. This week, Ford goes back to the old family farm.

Written by Carleton Eastlake

Directed by Steven Robman

Four crew members are trapped in a tense, dire situation. One faces certain death, and the outlook for the rest isn't much better. What could possibly add to the suspense? Dragon Worm.

Listen to Grant's recent guest appearances!

Extra Credit: https://thefmin.us/justin-and-me-voon-muhn-make-three/

Side 6 Soundwaves (Giant Robot FM): https://www.patreon.com/posts/s6s-06-bask-to-6-129310343

Written by Patrick Hasburgh

Directed by Gus Trikonis

Dagwood is found guilty of murder, and the crew of the seaQuest do what they can to send him off properly. Of course, that's not really Dagwood. Dagwood isn't really Dagwood, either.

Written by Clifton Campbell

Directed by Annette Haywood-Carter

Brody takes center stage in a story that tests his heart, reveals his past, and demonstrates he is the ocean's most fearsome commando. But it wouldn't be seaQuest without some incestuous overtones.

Wait, what?

Written by Lawrence Hertzog

Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff

The seaQuest answers a terrified distress call to find an empty sea colony, and Darwin has been unresponsive for days. The crew tackles both problems but doesn't seem to be in any kind of a hurry about it.

Written by Carleton Eastlake

Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño

This week it's all hands to battle stations as the seaQuest hunts a rogue AI that could destroy the UEO. Bridger must face his past, and the Piccolo family grows even larger.

Written by Lawrence Hertzog

Directed by Robert Wiemer

The seaQuest is summoned through a time portal to save a future that has fallen to ruin. What could have caused this desolation? A virus? The hubris of man? Video games?

This week on the Movie Star Minute: Sidekicks

The final episode of Space Puppets: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bizarre-podcast-125512815

Also, here at the end, we’ve released the show from being Patreon-exclusive. Every episode is freely available to all. You can find them collected here: https://www.patreon.com/collection/383131/

Or as part of this RSS feed: https://www.patreon.com/rss/chipandironicus?auth=f60c96aa6f8064e38cf3b6484c286c26

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Written by Hans Tobeason & Douglas Burke

Directed by David J. Burke

Bridger is caught between the UEO's political interests and the right thing to do, while his crew are under threat by yet another mad dictator. It's Brazil week on seaQuest.

Written by David Kemper

Directed by Bryan Spicer

SeaQuest makes alien contact this week, full of wonder and awe, fitting for a show whose signature element is a means of interspecies communication. And that's a wrap on David Kemper.

This week in the Movie Star Minute: Jaws 2!

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Written by Patrick Hasburgh

Directed by Les Sheldon

This week, seaQuest DSV attempts two plots! First, Ford might be so uptight he finally cracked, except the impossible turns out to be real. Next, Lucas is faced with the latest frightening step toward manhood. This episode of WSKRS is dedicated to the listeners that followed us from Sex Archie, iykyk.

Written by Zora Quayton

Directed by Bryan Spicer

Late in its first season, seaQuest DSV takes time to establish some important facts we learned a long time ago. Lucas steps up, Bridger takes action, and the ship's tools save the day; which all would be more impressive if it aired a few months earlier.

Written by Robert Engels

Directed by Lindsley Parsons III

It's Shatner week on WSKRS in a bizarre, floating episode about a mystic sense of connection, and the inexplicable bonds that can either hold us back, or hold us together. It's also about ethnic cleansing and some really outdated perspectives on autism. It's a lot.

In the Movie Star Minute: Blue Thunder

Teleplay by : John J. Sakmar and David J. Burke & Patrick Hasburgh; Story by : John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart

Directed by Jonathan Sanger

It's a big week for Lucas as his latest attempt at independence comes with a hot rod. His closest friends help him whip it into shape, while the competition is embroiled in action espionage.

Let's play Zork part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whA7v24DUg4

Donate to the Brigid Alliance and Grant will play Zork 2: https://brigidalliance.org/

Written by Patrick Hasburgh

Directed by Bryan Spicer

First-time viewers see seaQuest DSV playing some of the hits, with a great central guest performance. Returning viewers have to ask if season 3 started here. Everyone gets to enjoy the hottest arcade fighter of 2018.

Written by David J. Burke & Robert Engels

Directed by James A. Contner

Ford, again, takes charge as seaQuest is caught between UEO regulations and saving four stubborn lives. seaQuest DSV was into Stede Bonnet before he was cool, or at least before he was Rhys Darby.

Let's Play Zork - Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whA7v24DUg4

Written by David Kemper

Directed by Les Sheldon

Environmental extremists bloodlessly seize the seaQuest to non-violently force polluters to shut down their facilities using a system they agreed to by international treaty. Truly evil fiends. But the important thing is it's Die Hard on a submarine, and it's Ford's time to shine.

Written by David Kemper & Dan Brecher

Directed by John T. Kretchmer

Space, the other frontier. The life of Bridger's friend and rival is just out of reach. Selfish men stand in the way of success. The seaQuest's capabilities are stretched to their limit. And all for a snail. It's another Certified Kemper Banger.

This week in the Movie Star Minute: 2010: The Year We Make Contact

Written by Michael Cassutt

Directed by Steve Dubin

Lucas doesn't fit in on seaQuest, so he jumps at the opportunity to be among people like him. Jumps so fast, it takes him a while to recognize where he's landed. But the most important thing is Wolfman and the Red Menace.

Written by John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart

Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont

After a few weeks of seaQuest showing how variable this vein of television can be, we land on the worst kind of episode for our purposes: the one that just falls flat. There's nothing egregiously wrong, just nothing terribly right either. A limp week. But we'll always have the hats.

Grant on Extra Credit #203: https://thefmin.us/350000-in-penalties/

Written by David J Burke

Directed by Les Sheldon

Two plots mashed together, and even more tones, make The Regulator a real experience to watch. But it's carried by a committed performance. Yeah, let's say "committed".

And in the Movie Star Minute: All That Jazz

Written by David Kemper

Directed by Bryan Spicer

So far, we've spent the run of this podcast talking about the ways seaQuest DSV was almost great, sifting the things that resonate from the things that hold it back. This week we talk about an episode that shows what we've been on about this whole time. This week, it's just good. It's really, really good.

Written by Melinda M Snodgrass

Directed by Helaine Head

Spooky greetings, ghouls and ghosts! The seaQuest has found a haunted ship for a Halloween episode. And her crew of scientists proves to be very open-minded about the whole thing.

Written by John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart

Directed by Bill L. Norton

This week's trench holds danger, mystery, and a moving guest performance. Even so, sometimes an episode has everything going for it, but it still can't pull away from mediocrity.

Written by Art Monterastelli

Directed by Bill L. Norton

The power and resources of the seaQuest meet a challenge they're wholly unsuited to: a stubborn and confused teenager. Meanwhile, Lucas learns he has no game but sometimes you don't need any.

And in the Movie Star Minute: The French Connection

Written by Kerry Lenhart and John J. Sakmar

Directed by Les Sheldon

It's a low-stakes seaQuest adventure as the cast clown hatches a scheme. This moves everyone else to become temporary clowns, none moreso than special guest Yaphet Kotto and his talented cheeks.

Written by David Venable

Directed by Joe Napolitano

This week sees a big shift in focus and tone as the seaQuest is host to a serial killer on the prowl, and he brought all his favorite tropes. It's dumb fun, with a heaping helping of dumb.

Written by David Kemper

Directed by Bryan Spicer

The seaQuest's support of an archaeological dig leads to a diplomatic nightmare. Psychics look for failures of military security and their own labor rights. Lucas has... yearnings. It's an episode that plays the card, the David Kemper way. Also we debut our Movie Star Minute segment with Jaws.

Written by David J. Burke & Hans Tobeason

Directed by Les Landau

The seaQuest under Bridger and the UEO undertakes her first proper mission, at least the first one put on air. What are the most important factors about episode order? If language is a barrier, can grief cross through it? How fussy can a science grandpa be? Featuring the breakout character of 2024: Baby Morpheus

Written by Rockne S. O'Bannon & Tommy Thompson

Directed by Irvin Kershner

Welcome to WSKRS: We Share Knowledge Regarding seaQuest! We, like the television program we're here to talk about, are starting with a double-length premiere. This week we meet the ship, her captain, her crew, her dolphin, and the far-off world of 2018.

Adapted for audio, directed, produced, and edited by Grant www.cohost.org/My-Name-is-Grant

The Giant Nod and A Statue were played by Ansel Burch www.indecisionist.com

Meschia The First Man, A Prophet, and The Generalissimo were played by Clint Worthington www.TheSpool.net

Meschiane The First Woman and The Maid were played by Nora Broz www.norabroz.com

Jahi and The Contessa were played by Alaina https://www.soundcloud.com/sex_archie

First Soldier, First Demon, and The Inquisitor were played by Jeff Stormer www.partyofonepodcast.com

Second Soldier, Second Demon, and The Familiar were played by Aaron Catano-Saez www.AaronCatano-Saez.com

Gabriel and The Autarch were played by Grant

Sound Design by Yuria Jensen, www.cohost.org/yuria

Music by Dearest, Of the Void… www.dearestofthevoid.bandcamp.com

Poster by Gryme www.linktr.ee/oddesque

This audio drama was commissioned by the Ranged Touch Network and Shelved by Genre.

You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed.

Welcome to Sex Archie: The Riverdale Recap Podcast

This episode covers To Riverdale and Back Again/Return to Riverdale by Evan Katz; directed by Dick Lowry

Before the CW slathered us in saturated syrup, there was another live-action adaptation. This 1990 NBC Sunday Night Movie ages the crew up 15 years and then puts them right back in the same situations, to awkward and disappointing results. Did Veronica inspire Courtney Cox's look? How much did a stamp even cost back then? WHAT AM A SEX?

Happy Valentine's Day! In this holiday special, Alaina talks about the most romantic thing she knows: gruesome murder. How are movie gangsters different from the real guys? Why can't rival operations just get along? Who actually did the dang thing, anyway?

Links:

• Historical image of the site
• The Mob Museum
• Our Sexual History episode #4: A Short History of Syphilis, featuring listener Ciaran! Bonus episode on the Tuskeegee Experiment

Music by Thylacinus

Censor beep by Frank West of The FPlus