RW301 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

In this episode of our A Nightmare on Elm Street Rewatch, Cory and Nathan don't have time for micro-naps as they discuss "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010).

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Cory and Nathan are getting ahead of the sequel coming in 2020 and we'll begin the Bill & Ted Rewatch!

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RW300 - SeaQuest Rewatch S01E18-19 - Stinger Seek

In this weeks episode of The SeaQuest Rewatch, Cory and Tom race through a dolphin's dreams as they discuss season 1 episode 18 & 19 "The Stinger"  and "Hide and Seek" (originally aired as episodes 17&18).

The Stinger:

Lucas finds himself piloting a super fast single man ship that he and Hitchcock created as part of a bid to win a special UEO contract. While the tests are going well, the ship, known as The Stinger or The Gazelle, depending on whether you ask Lucas or Hitchcock, is soon attacked by an unknown assailant and is thrown off course, with Lucas and the ship being lost. 

Lucas is soon rescued from the sea by a man who drags him to shore, activates his distress signal, and then leaves, calling himself a dreamer like Lucas. While Lucas recovers aboard the SeaQuest, Krieg finds clues that show the Stinger was actually stolen, leading them to check the logs of the tests and discovering the presence of the unknown attackers. The two main suspects are HydroGear and Tucker Technologies, two companies who are front runners for the aforementioned UEO contract. When Lucas IDs Tucker as the man who called himself a dreamer, Bridger orders the crew to find him. 

Meanwhile, Tucker is hard at work on his own one man submersible ship, when he is confronted by goons from HydroGear Industries, his former employer, who inform him that they are there to take HydroGear’s property back, which includes Tucker’s ship as well as the man himself. Struggle ensues but Tucker is overpowered. They return to HydroGear and the owner, Dinato, explains that they own Tucker’s creations because of their contract but Tucker escapes after he activated a backup escape plan he had set up. 

Dinato sends another goon authorizes to use more deadly force to retrieve Tucker but Crocker and his security crew show up, forcing the goon to take them all to Dinato, where he and his goons and a captured easily, revealing however that the Stinger has been completely dismantled as they had hoped to make use of the technology within it. 

With just 24 hours to the official trials for the UEO contract, the whole crew pitches in to help Hitchcock and Lucas remake the Stinger, finishing with just seconds to go before the event. Lucas pilots again, facing off against Tucker and his own prototype, and while it looks like they might win, the Stinger begins to break down, coming in at second place and losing to Tucker. 

Tucker congratulates Lucas and explains that there is a lot to be learned from losing and Bridger reveals he saw the mistake the two had made when they were designing the ship but decided that it was a better learning opportunity for them to discover the issues themselves. 

Send Out the WSKRS:

Director of this episode, Jonathan Sanger, also directed an episode of The Flash ‘90 called “Sins of the Father.” He also directed a season 2 episode of Twin Peaks. He is well known as a producer and had early success in his career when The Elephant Man was nominated for 8 Oscars and won for Best Picture. 

Dinato was played by Matt Landers who we have seen in The Flash ‘90 episode “Good Night Central City” as Harry Milgrim; his partner, Roger Briantree, has device that puts people to sleep. He also showed up in the Quantum Leap episode “What Truth, Gloria” as Roger; he goes on a date with Sam who has leapt into a woman. 

Tom Green’s assistant was played by Ryan Alosio. We’ve seen him in an episode of Sliders season 3, “Stoker” where he played Morgan, the lead singer/lead vampire of the rock band. 

Gaye, the assistant to Noyce, was played by Jack Blessing. He died recently in 2017 at age 66. He had a recurring role in Moonlighting, and The George Lopez Show. He also played Dulmar in the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode “Trials and Tribble-ations”; they go to the original series in a time travel episode. 

Tom Reilly (the guy with the gun) was played by Anthony Powers. He played a crime boss in the Lois and Clark episode “Home Is Where The Hurt Is”; Mindy Church gets Superman sick with a Kryptonian virus. He also played Joey C in The Flash ‘90 episode Alpha; a female cyborg/Android episode. 

Mimi Lieber, who played Kellogg (an officer during the race), will be back in another episode as Aunt Rose. 

Tucker was played by Dennis Lipscomb. He was Stanley Gabels in the Lois and Clark episode “Resurrection”; he brought people back from the dead with a pill that simulated death and wants to unleash a flesh eating virus on Metropolis. 

Hide and Seek:

While Westphalen pays a visit upworld to Malcolm, they are taken captive by an escaped dictator names Tetzlof who wants to militarize their dolphins for his own evil purposes, but when Westpgalen sees Tetzlof's son Caesar suffers from an undisclosed mental medical condition, she bargains with him for their release by bringing him to the Seaquest to meet Darwin, who Tetzlof hopes can cure his son. Ford has extreme misgivings about helping Tetzlof, given his past transgressions and racial purity mandate, but Bridger manages to convince him that this is the only way to help their crewmates. 

Meanwhile, the nation's of the world are searching for Tetzlof for the crimes he committed as dictator and begin attacking the Seaquest. The ship holds them off but eventually their attacks force the Seaquest to dive into the far depths, flooding the main corridors which causes Tetzlof to become separated from his son. Darwin save Caesar who shows signs of understanding communication with the dolphin. Bridger and Tetzlof face off as the dictator threatens to destroy the ship but Bridger placates him by offering the chance for him to talk with Darwin. 

Darwin uses a holographic projector created by Lucas to show his thoughts to everyone and shows images of Tetzlof, his crimes, and then his wife, who he left behind when escaping, choosing to save his son, while she was killed by his enemies. Realizing that his actions caused his son's conditions he asks Bridger to take care of Caesar while he decides to give himself up to his enemies and face justice. 

Send Out the WSKRS:

The quote given in Bridger’s voice over is “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 

Tetzlof is, of course, played by William Shatner of Star Trek fame. He also starred in TJ Hooker, Boston Legal, Third Rock From The Sun and Free Enterprise, among so many other things. This episode was filmed around the same time as Star Trek Generations was happening. 

Caesar was played by Christopher James Miller. At the time of this episode, he also starred in Star Trek Generations, playing Picard's son in the Nexus dream sequence scene. He's acted in a small handful of roles, which seem to be very gory and off the radar horror movies. He's done some script writing here and there, and directed as well. His credits seem to be more behind the camera these days. 

The man on the emergency screen was played by Herman Poppe. He was in Robin Hood: Men in Tights as the sheriff's guard and The Rocketeer as the Zeppelin Captain.

The Serbian woman on screen was played by Ksenia Prohaska. We also saw her in the pilot apparently. 

When Tetzlof calls into SeaQuest, someone was having fun with the graphics on the Vidcom screens. Particularly with William Shatner, placing the letters WS (William Shatner) and JTK (James T. Kirk) as well as the Starship Enterprise's serial number, NCC1701. The Other screens also feature the initials BB (possibly Bob Ballard from the Woodshole Oceanographic Institution) and the second Enterprise serial number, NCC1701A.

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Next up, we'll be discussing the episodes “Abalon” and “Such Great Patience.”

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RW299 - Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

In this episode of our A Nightmare on Elm Street Rewatch, Cory and Nathan fight the movie monsters as they discuss "Wes Craven's New Nightmare."

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Our Favourite Trivia:

Written under the working title A Nightmare on Elm Street 7: The Ascension, Wes Craven set out to make a deliberately more cerebral film than recent entries to the franchise—which he regarded as being cartoonish, and not faithful to his original themes. The basic premise originated when Craven first signed on to co-write Dream Warriors, but New Line Cinema rejected it then.

The film features various people involved in the motion picture industry playing themselves, including actress Heather Langenkamp, who is compelled by events in the narrative to reprise her role as Nancy Thompson. New Nightmare features several homages to the original film such as quotes and recreations of the most famous scenes.

Before making this movie, Wes Craven watched all of the"A Nightmare on Elm Street" films. By the time he was finished, he claimed that he could not follow the storyline at all. He further regards the sequels to be weak compared to his original masterpiece.

In New Nightmare, Krueger was portrayed closer to what Craven had imagined: darker and less comical. To reinforce this, the character's make-up and outfit were enhanced, with one of the most prominent differences being that he now wears a long blue/black trenchcoat. In addition, the signature glove was redesigned for a more organic look, with the fingers resembling bones and having muscle textures in between. While Robert Englund again plays the character, "Freddy Krueger" is credited as "Himself" in the end credits.

The events in this film revolve around Heather Langenkamp having a stalker. In real-life, she did have a stalker, and Wes Craven got her permission to weave it into the story.

In reality, Heather Langenkamp's real husband David LeRoy Anderson is a Special Effects man.

The film has no opening titles to blur the illusion of whether it's a film, a documentary, or something else altogether.

New Nightmare is Robert Englund's favorite Nightmare movie: "I think it stands the test of time, a fun reunion with original cast members like Heather and John Saxon. Wes's script is clever and original, the self-referencial horror story." Heather Langenkamp is also very supportive of the movie, saying, "I was just really shocked that I was in the movie so much, I had totally forgotten I was the star of that movie.

Director Wes Craven had intended to ask Johnny Depp to make an appearance as himself in the funeral scene. Craven never worked up the courage to ask him, but after the film's release, they ran into each other. Craven asked Depp if he would have made an appearance in the movie and Depp said that he would have, and that Craven should have asked him.

Winona Ryder and Drew Barrymore were both considered for the role of Julie. Both actresses turned it down due to prior commitments with other projects. Ironically, Ryder had previously auditioned for the role of Kristen in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and Wes Craven would later direct Barrymore in Scream (1996).

Tracy Middendorf's death scene was shot in a rotating room.

It was the poorest performing film in the Nightmare series. It won an International Fantasy Film Award from Fantasporto for Best Screenplay by Craven.

The television show appearance was inspired by a real encounter. According to Wes Craven: "Robert Englund and I did an appearance together on public television in the San Francisco area. It was about whether this kind of movie was bad for children or not. There were parents in the audience and then kids. All the kids leapt to their feet and started chanting, 'Freddy! Freddy! Freddy!' I remember looking at the show host and the parents, and they all looked horrified."

Wes Craven was looking to get a specific reaction from Miko Hughes and his parents said there was a way to make him cry. His mother left the set and his father whispered in Miko's ear "your mother's dead."

All of the earthquake sequences in the film were actually filmed one month prior to the Los Angeles quake of '94. The real quake struck only two weeks before the end of filming. Subsequently, a unit was sent out to film drive-by footage of actual quake damaged areas of the city before the end of filming. The cast and crew believed that the earthquake scenes that were filmed before the real quake struck were perhaps a bit overdone, but when viewed after the real quake hit, all were frightened by the realism of it.

Wes Craven's daughter Jessica Craven appears as a nurse.

The name "Dylan" is clearly spoken a whopping one hundred three times.

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Next week we're hitting the reboot button with "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010).

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RW298 - Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

In this episode of our A Nightmare on Elm Street Rewatch, Cory and Nathan find out if they're playing with power as they discuss "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare."

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Our Favourite Trivia:

The song "Why Was I Born? (Freddy's Dead)", written for the film, was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song. 

Cameos

Johnny Depp: in a television commercial, about 42 minutes in.

Alice Cooper: Freddy's abusive father.

Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold: (At around twenty-three minutes) The childless couple.

Robert Shaye: (At around seven minutes) Selling bus tickets in a booth.

Peter Jackson's original screenplay for Freddy's Dead saw Freddy aging and growing weak within the dream world. The teens of Springwood would have drug-fuelled slumber parties for kicks, and enter the dream world to beat him up.

This is the first film in the franchise that does not include the little jump rope girls singing Freddy's rhyme. 

New Line Cinema's first film in 3-D.

On September 12, 1991, a day before the U.S. release of the movie, Los Angeles declared it Freddy Krueger Day. 

A sixteen-year-old Jacob Johnson, the son that was born to Alice Johnson in the previous installment, A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989), was a major character in the original script written for the movie by Michael Almereyda. In this first draft of the film, Alice, now in her thirties, was killed by Freddy. Taryn, Joey, and Kincaid from A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) also returned as the "Dream Police". In the script, Taryn was the "Blade Cop", Joey was the "Sound Cop", and Kincaid was the "Power Cop". Director Rachel Talalay has stated that she greatly disliked the original script, and that the replacement script by Michael De Luca "saved the day". De Luca also said that he was surprised he wasn't asked to write the screenplay in the first place, since he had done a similar last-minute re-write on A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989). John Doe was supposed to be Jacob from the previous film. It was made vague when they couldn't secure the return of Lisa Wilcox. In earlier versions of the script, Freddy absorbed the entire town of Springwood into the Dream World before moving onto the next town, with the Dream Police chasing after him. 

According to Alice Cooper in Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010), he stated that he gets asked to be in films all the time but they always want him in make-up as his onstage persona. He agreed to be in this film not only because he was a fan of the franchise, but also if he could play his character as Freddy's father as himself without his usual Alice Cooper look. 

The director, Rachel Talalay, got really sick toward the end of the filming schedule. They couldn't delay production to wait for her recovery. According to Shon Greenblatt, "Aron Warner actually directed the last several hours of the filming of the movie," including the final scene between Freddy and John Doe. 

They did not have Nintendo's permission to mock the Power Glove. 

The last ten minutes of the film are in 3D. To cue the audience to put on their 3D glasses, Maggie is seen to put on her 3D glasses in the film. The effect was eliminated for the VHS and television releases, with the exception of the UK and French rental version and the US Laserdisc version. The DVD box set released in 1999 reinstated the 3D effect and included two pairs of 3D glasses. 

As a publicity stunt for both Freddy's Dead and the comic storylines that were still being released around the film's cinematic release, New Line Cinema held a mock funeral for Freddy Krueger at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, including attendants from the film series such as Alice Cooper, Lezlie Deane, Shon Greenblatt, Ricky Dean Logan, Breckin Meyer, Tobe Sexton, Lisa Zane, Lisa Wilcox and Whit Hertford. Andy Mangels and Rachel Talalay were among others present. On encouragement by New Line Cinema, the Los Angeles mayor at the time, Tom Bradley, declared September 13 to be 'Freddy Krueger Day', but this move was heavily criticized by for glorifying a mass murderer, with Robert Englund adding that "we have to separate crime reality from movie escapism"

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Next week we'll reach a new level of fear with "Wes Craven's New Nightmare."

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RW297 - SeaQuest Rewatch S01E16-17 - Song Luxury

In this weeks episode of The SeaQuest Rewatch, Cory and Tom hunt down those responsible for taking their cheeseburgers as they discuss season 1 episode 16 & 17 "Whale Song"  and "The Last Lap at Luxury."

Whale Song:

After a number of whaling ships have come under attack by a rogue submarine, the UEO orders Bridger to find the sub and  take it down, a move that the captain has trouble following due to his own beliefs and the law itself that whaling is illegal, and cause him to decide to resign his command rather than carry out the orders. 

Meanwhile the rogue ship attempts to attack another whaling vessel but mistakenly hits a cruise ship, killing innocent people. The now retired Nathan hears of the incident and seeks out his old friend Malcolm to find out who is behind the attacks and who subsequently reveals the name of the captain of the rogue vessel, Max Scully, an old friend of Nathan’s and a radical environmentalist working against the killing of whales and who faked his own death years earlier in order to try and disappear and reinvent himself. 

Nathan returns to the SeaQuest, resuming his command, an easy move given that Ford never turned in the resignation letter, and the crew begins tracking down Scully. Once the sub is found, the SeaQuest disables the ship as Bridger boards it and confronts Scully, informing him that he has to take him despite his good intentions at stopping the whaling. Bridger gives Scully a moment with his ship which he uses to escape via the torpedo tubes, swimming away as Bridger returns to the SeaQuest, ordering it to fire on the sub destroying it.

Send Out the WSKRS:

The song that Krieg sings while preparing his burger is “Cheeseburger in Paradise” by Jimmy Buffet.

Scully is played by Johnathan Banks from Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad as Mike Ehrmantraut. His first role was in Linda’s Film On Menstruation. He went on to a lead role in Wiseguy, a police procedural focused on organized crime. He also played Gunderson in Airplane and Professor Hickey in Community. He’s done some voice work for animation and video game, most notably Commissioner Gordon in Batman Arkham Knight. 

Denis Arndt was the Navy Quartermaster Bickle, and we’ve seen him before as Dr. Sam Lane in the Lois and Clark episode “Requiem for a Superhero.”

Peter Deluise played Wiggins. He’s known for his role in 21 Jump Street as Doug Penhall and later had a cameo in the movie. He was in several iterations of Stargate as an actor and director and has had a slew of Hallmark Movies that he also directed. He was also Tug in 1986 movie Solarbabies.

Francis X. McCarthy played Jones (in the military office). He was also in 21 Jump Street as Captain Brody (occasional appearances). He was recently in a Hallmark Movie that wasn’t directed by Deluise but DID star another 21 Jump Street alum, Holly Robinson Peete. 

Derek Webster played Corbett. He was in 22 episodes of Nightman. He’s had various guest roles here and there, as well as a good handful of recurring roles in TV shows such as In The Dark, NCIS New Orleans, Salvation and The Whispers, among others. 

Jack McGee played Mike (from the bar). He’s a “that guy,” but he was a lead in The McCarthy’s (16 episodes), and also appeared in a Funny Or Die short based on A Christmas Story.

The Last Lap at Luxury:

The head of the UEO, Secretary General Andrea Dre, has enlisted the SeaQuest to escort her to a global meeting of the world’s confederations. After seeing the work that Lucas has accomplished with Darwin, she invites him to attend the meeting with her.

As the meeting begins, Dre introduces Lucas to the delegates, leaving the room with Bridger and Noyce to keep them apprised of the global situation occurring as many of the world’s unaffiliated nations begin going on military alert in an attempt to possibly disrupt the summit. Suddenly the entire undersea resort that is hosting the meeting shakes and when Bridger, Noyce, and Dre return to the meeting room, they discover the delegates and Lucas gone. 

Meanwhile, a man named Lamm reveals himself to Lucas and the delegates, instructing them that they will draw up a new UEO charter that will return the world to a state before the UEO was created, a state that allowed for more economic opportunities without restraint. 

While Dre continually makes statements to the press apprising them of the situation, Bridger discovers that the conference room they are in now is actually a replica of the one that Lucas and the delegates were in, noting that a piece of gum that Lucas stuck under the podium is now missing.

Eventually, Lucas hacks the electronics in the room and discovers a way of blasting out his rock music, enabling Darwin  to pinpoint his location. Meanwhile, Bridger and Noyce, confused by Dre’s constant updates to the press, deduce that Dre is working against the UEO and a plan is worked out in which Bridger will climb down to rescue Lucas and company. 

Dre holds another press conference, informing the press that the delegates have all perished when their sub hit a mine on their way back from a tour, and in the absence of world leadership, she will assume total control and declare martial law. Her assumption of power is quickly doused when Bridger appears with Lucas and the delegates, and Crocker arrests Dre, Lamm, and the rest of their co-conspirators, while Noyce is crowned head of the UEO until the next election.

Send Out the WSKRS:

Robin Wilson is back as the bartender. Again. Where???

Dre was played by Bonnie Bartlett. She’s been in episodes of Firefly, Boy Meets World, Stargate and others but her biggest role was Ellen Craig on St. Elsewhere. She only recently appeared in Better Call Saul.

Dale Swan was one of the UEO police officers and we saw him in the Quantum Leap episode “A Hunting We Will Go” as Bill. 

Lamm was played by Carl Lumbly. He most recently played Myrrn Jonnz in Supergirl (13 episodes), and previously did the voice of Jonn Jonnz in the video game Injustice, the animated Justice League Doom and the Animated Series. He also playing Marcus Dixon in Alias.

H.M. Wynant played one of the delegates and, similar to last week’s Giggler, he played Frosty, a henchman from the Batman ‘66 show.

Dave Fennoy played one of the reporters and does a ton of voice work for video games, including the Telltale game series The Walking Dead, Gears of War, Super Smash Bros., and Warcraft. The list is endless.

Whats Next?

Next up, we'll be discussing the episodes “The Stinger” and “Hide and Seek” which originally aired as episodes 17 & 18.

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RW296 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

In this episode of our A Nightmare on Elm Street Rewatch, Cory and Nathan try to blow this pop stand as they discuss "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child"

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Songs and Things:

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Next week we complete the arch of Freddy in "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare."

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RW295 - SeaQuest Rewatch S01E14-15 - Nothing but Pirates

In this weeks episode of The SeaQuest Rewatch, Cory and Tom are a skeleton crew in hunt of treasures as they discuss season 1 episode 14 & 15 "Nothing but the Truth  and "Greed for a Pirate's Dream."

Nothing but the Truth:

(From Wikipedia with some edits) The crew evacuate the seaQuest and prepare to flood it in order to test Captain Bridger's experimental hull-siphons which, in theory, should re-float a sinking ship. Leaving only a skeleton crew aboard, the remaining officers are ordered to pick up the crew of a damaged shuttle from a university just off their bow. However, when the crew rescues the shuttle, a group of mercenaries emerge from the launch bay, attacking Crocker and begin to move towards the bridge as the chief hits the intruder alarm. 

Left alone on the bridge, Lt. Commander Hitchcock manages to disable seaQuest`s key systems just as she's taken captive by the enemy. Their leader, Colonel Steven Schrader, a radical environmentalist, instructs his men to use seaQuest's computer to obtain shut-down codes to various pollutants around the world, such as nuclear reactors and paint manufacturers with the intent of putting a stop to global pollution by any means necessary.

Meanwhile, Commander Ford manages to reach the bridge via the aqua-tubes, telling Hitchcock to tell the mercenaries the truth, no matter what, in order to control what they know. Together with Lucas, the two disable three of the mercenaries, with Ford taking one of their uniforms, and passing himself off as one of the enemies in order to free Crocker, Krieg, and two other officers from confinement. With Lucas's help, they manage to contact Bridger and develop a plan to try and retake the ship: disable the hull siphons and carry out the original experiment to flood the seaQuest, hoping that the mercenaries will be scared off. In addition to that, Crocker manages to scramble the launch bay systems in order to prevent the mercenaries' escape.

Lucas is eventually captured and taken to the bridge while Jackson, Schrader's lead mercenary, finds Ford and Krieg, attempting to start flooding the vessel but is unable to subdue them as Krieg succeeds in opening the valve, causing Jackson and Krieg to be swept away by the rush of water pouring in.

On the bridge, Darwin screams that seaQuest is sinking, causing Schrader to panic and leave, his captives Lucas and Hitchcock in tow. As they arrive at the launch bay, they find that due to Crocker's tampering, they cannot escape. Schrader agrees to release Hitchcock if Ford will let him go, to which he agrees. However, the radical environmentalist fails to realize that with seaQuest sinking, the increased pressure from the added depth will crush his small ship, and he dies as a result. With the threat abated, Lucas and Krieg are able to reactivate Bridger's hull-siphons and re-float the ship.

Send Out the WSKRS:

Bradford Tatum, who guest stars in this episode as Jackson (Colonel Schrader's lead mercenary) would eventually marry Stacy Haiduk, who portrays Lt. Commander Hitchcock and the two of them share a couple of scenes in this episode. They married on 11/11/97 and a still together.

Roy Scheider had requested his involvement in this episode be reduced so he could portray a Mafia don in Romeo is Bleeding.

Ted Raimi, Marco Sanchez, and Stephanie Beacham do not appear in this episode. 

Though not appearing in the aired version of the episode, Beacham filmed a scene that was ultimately cut where Dr. Westphalen finds Lucas on the sea deck after the ship has been saved where she gives him a hug and tells him that she was concerned for his safety, to which Lucas offers his thanks. This deleted scene is available on the first season DVD release. Another short deleted scene depicts Chief Crocker crawling through the service crawlways, trying to keep himself from giving up and accomplishing his mission to sabotage the seaQuest.

John Finn played Schrader. He was in Catch Me If You Can, the Glory civil war miniseries, as well as playing Michael Kritschgau in The X-Files and Pacey’s Dad in Dawson’s Creek. More recently he was in Walking Dead as Earl Sutton, but we’ve seen him as Admiral Spencer in the Quantum Leap episode “Running for Honor.”

Greed for a Pirate's Dream:

SeaQuest finds itself housing Dr Raleigh Young once again as they fire a magma buoy which, if it works the way it’s intended, will help predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Months later after the launch, the buoy lands at a treasure digging site led by a treasure hunter named Grant along with his daughter Jessie and two others, Mack and Bobby. Grant has spent 30 years searching for the lost treasure of Stede Bonnet, a partner of the famous pirate Blackbeard and the group has finally uncovered what looks to be proof that the treasure is nearby. Unfortunately, Mack knows that before they have the chance to uncover the rest of the treasure, they will have to leave soon as the UEO will be coming to retrieve their buoy. 

After an intense first meeting, led by Commander Ford, complete with guns and a chase through the forest, explanations and handshakes are exchanged while warnings are given to the hunters that their lives are in danger, even if the UEO can’t tell them exactly why. The hunters are reluctant to leave,  so close to their dream, and so Ford and crew retrieve their buoy and return to The SeaQuest. 

Back on the sub, Ford attempts to get the buoy information declassified so that he can warn the hunters properly but to no avail as the UEO won’t budge. He consults the Professor and decides that he is heading back to the island to force the hunters to leave even if he has to violate commands and tell them about the buoy. Luckily, Raleigh goes along and offers to be the one to reveal the information, choosing to take the fall for Ford. 

While Raleigh manages to convince Grant that their lives are truly in danger from a volcanic eruption, their chance to leave is destroyed as the slightly unbalanced Mack blows up their only means of getting off the island and back to the SeaQuest. 

As the island team begins to feel tremors, Dr Westphalen comes up with an idea to divert the lava flow by firing torpedoes at the lava cavern below the island in the sea floor. Admiral Noyce cuts into communications twice to order Westphalen to cease and desist, even trying to bring Bridger on as a way to stop the doctor from doing what she plans, but he is in full support of her. The plan works and the eruption occurs farther out in sea, saving the hunters along with Ford, Raleigh and the treasure that was being sought for.

Send Out the WSKRS:

Dr. Westphalen says "Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead" which paraphrases US Admiral David Farragut's order during the battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.

Bobby was played by Tony Denison. He’s a working actor and recently had a lead in police procedurals The Closer and Major Crimes (200-something episodes in total). He was also in a Frankie Muniz 2011 superhero film called Pizza Man.

Jessie was played by Rya Kihlstedt. She had a small recurring role on Charmed, Heroes Reborn and Nashville. She was Basha in 2 episodes of Agents of Shield, Dr Michelle Ross in Dexter and was a lead in Home Alone 3.

Mack was played by David Marciano. He played Detective Damato in an episode of 12 Monkeys. He played recurring character Steve Billings in The Shield and starred as Ray Vecchio in Due South.

Grant was played by Sandy McPeak. We’ve seen him as Father John Roberts in the Quantum Leap episode “Leap of Faith”. He was also a Catwoman henchmen named Giggler in Batman ‘66.

Robin Wilson is credited as a Bartender in this episode. Where was she?

Whats Next?

Next up, we'll be discussing the episodes “Whale Song” and “The Last Lap of Luxury” which originally aired as episodes 16 & 19.

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