In this weeks episode of The SeaQuest Rewatch, Cory and Tom learn that everyone is created equal as they discuss season 2 episode 1, "Daggers."
Daggers:
Bridger reunites with his old crew members onboard the newly built and freshly commissioned SeaQuest and meets the new doctor, Doctor Wendy Smith who has a degree/interest in parapsychology as well and can also literally read people’s minds, and a Gelf janitor named Dagwood. Commander Ford has a run in with a fresh faced recruit named Henderson who eventually manages to sneak her favourite stuffed animal onboard past him. Another new addition to the crew is a former criminal named Piccolo, now on work release onboard the ship, who is found to have the ability to breathe underwater due to having received gills in a medical experiment.
While the boat begins filling up with crew members for its next tour of duty, a group of warrior beings called Daggers or as more civilised people refer to them, Gelfs, genetically engineered life forms created years before for the sole purpose of waging war, break free of their prison home, taking hostages in order to negotiate for their freedom, with several of them led by a Gelf woman named Mariah, leaving the prison to track down General Thomas who was the man responsible for their creation.
The SeaQuest receives a rescue signal and picks up Brody, a soldier stationed at the Gelf prison that escaped after their takeover and was one of the few officers there who actually treated the Gelfs as people as opposed to the prevailing attitude that they were anything but human.
Meanwhile the Gelf contingent that left the prison manages to infiltrate UEO headquarters and take General Thomas captive, using him to get control of a weapons satellite, which they then use to start destroying several of the planets oxygen creating generators, a necessity in the world where the rainforests have all been destroyed. With enough generators destroyed, humans would be unable to breathe, while the Gelfs, bred to survive with much less oxygen available, would survive.
Back at the prison complex, the Gelfs mange to intercept a communique ordering Bridger to destroy the colony, resulting in a Gelf woman who has given birth to a baby, sending the child away in a refuse chamber. The SeaQuest finds the child and upon examination it’s revealed that the Gelf is actually more human than Gelf, the result of what the doctor calls spontaneous evolution, meaning that with less oxygen available, the baby will also die.Bridger manages to secure amnesty for the Gelfs and Mariah is seemingly placated but after their vid call ends, she immediately fires on another oxygen station, refusing to ever allowing her and her people to be imprisoned again. The Seaquest pursues her and manages to exhaust their weapons before Doctor Smith pleads with them to stop their attacks because doing so would kill the Gelf baby. Mariah refuses to believe her but Dagwood steps in and vouches for the humans, resulting in Mariah turning around and surrendering.
The majority of the Gelfs get their freedom, while Mariah and her contingent will have to serve time for breaking the law. Elsewhere on Seaquest Tim And Henderson have an underwear encounter in the laundry room, Lucas manages to beat Piccolo in a card game to win the top bunk in their quarters, and Bridger rewards Dagwood with an official officer's cap, cementing his important role on the Seaquest.
While the boat begins filling up with crew members for its next tour of duty, a group of warrior beings called Daggers or as more civilised people refer to them, Gelfs, genetically engineered life forms created years before for the sole purpose of waging war, break free of their prison home, taking hostages in order to negotiate for their freedom, with several of them led by a Gelf woman named Mariah, leaving the prison to track down General Thomas who was the man responsible for their creation.
The SeaQuest receives a rescue signal and picks up Brody, a soldier stationed at the Gelf prison that escaped after their takeover and was one of the few officers there who actually treated the Gelfs as people as opposed to the prevailing attitude that they were anything but human.
Meanwhile the Gelf contingent that left the prison manages to infiltrate UEO headquarters and take General Thomas captive, using him to get control of a weapons satellite, which they then use to start destroying several of the planets oxygen creating generators, a necessity in the world where the rainforests have all been destroyed. With enough generators destroyed, humans would be unable to breathe, while the Gelfs, bred to survive with much less oxygen available, would survive.
Back at the prison complex, the Gelfs mange to intercept a communique ordering Bridger to destroy the colony, resulting in a Gelf woman who has given birth to a baby, sending the child away in a refuse chamber. The SeaQuest finds the child and upon examination it’s revealed that the Gelf is actually more human than Gelf, the result of what the doctor calls spontaneous evolution, meaning that with less oxygen available, the baby will also die.Bridger manages to secure amnesty for the Gelfs and Mariah is seemingly placated but after their vid call ends, she immediately fires on another oxygen station, refusing to ever allowing her and her people to be imprisoned again. The Seaquest pursues her and manages to exhaust their weapons before Doctor Smith pleads with them to stop their attacks because doing so would kill the Gelf baby. Mariah refuses to believe her but Dagwood steps in and vouches for the humans, resulting in Mariah turning around and surrendering.
The majority of the Gelfs get their freedom, while Mariah and her contingent will have to serve time for breaking the law. Elsewhere on Seaquest Tim And Henderson have an underwear encounter in the laundry room, Lucas manages to beat Piccolo in a card game to win the top bunk in their quarters, and Bridger rewards Dagwood with an official officer's cap, cementing his important role on the Seaquest.
Send Out the WSKRS:
Peter Deluise is back but as a different character, Dagwood. We previously saw him as Wiggins in the episode “Whale Song.”
Piccolo is played by Michael Deluise. He played played Matt Wilson in Encino Man. He’s had recurring role in 21 Jump Street and Gilmore Girls, starred in a short lived sitcom called One Big Family and a short lived drama called Brooklyn South. He was also part of Wayne's crew in Wayne’s World.
Doctor Smith is played by Rosalind Allen. Aside from guest roles here and there, SeaQuest and Santa Barbara were her main two series. She did appear in Naked Gun 33 1/3 as Bobbi and was in an episode of Star Trek Next Generation called “The Outrageous Okona” that happened to also guest start Teri Hatcher (of Lois & Clark fame), Joe Piscopo (SNL) and Billy Campbell (The Rocketeer). He also made two appearances in Jon Erik Hexum’s post-Voyagers! show, Cover Up.
Brody is played by Edward Kerr. He’s had recurring roles on Pretty Little Liars, What I Like About You, and Three Sisters. He also had a lead role in a comedic detective series called Snoops.
Henderson is played by Kathy Evison who only has 9 roles to her name, Seaquest being her biggest one.
The main Daggers and/or Gelfs are Mariah, David, Matthew and Joseph. The actors have a small number of roles with Matthew (played by William Devry) having the most roles due to appearing in 581 episodes of General Hospital, 109 episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful and 79 episodes of All My Children. David (played by Spike Alexander) is next due to a number of voice projects, cartoons and video games. Mariah (played by Sam Jenkins, now Sam Sorbo) married Hercules himself, Kevin Sorbo. She still acts periodically.
DeNato is played by Larry Brandenburg, another "that guy." We've seen him in the Quantum Leap episode “A Leap For Lisa” as Commander Dobbs. He also played Detective Nunzio in The Santa Clause.
Whats Next?
Next up, we'll be discussing the season 2 episodes “The Fear That Follows” & “Sympathy for the Deep”
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