RW312 - SeaQuest Rewatch S02E08-09 - Dead Delivery

In this weeks episode of The SeaQuest Rewatch, Cory and Tom reunite with mothers and brothers as they discuss season 2 episodes 8 & 9, "When We Dead Awaken" and "Special Delivery."

When We Dead Awaken:

While finishing up shore leave, Brody once again tries to woo a lovely young lady and while it seems to have been going along swimmingly, she gives him a kiss on the check and leaves. Once he’s back onboard the SeaQuest however, Brody finds that the boat isn’t ready to embark yet as General Thomas has asked them to wait and do bussing duty for Undersecretary Meyers and her crew, leaving Brody time to go and seek the young woman out. He eventually finds her but she seems reluctant to get involved, walking away when suddenly Brody senses something is wrong and manages to shove her out of the way as a sniper takes a shot at her. Brody chases him down and a fight ensues but the shooter gets the upper hand and runs off. Brody returns to the woman who calls him “her little man,” revealing that she is actually Brody’s mother, Alison, who had contracted a deadly virus when he was six, and was sent to be frozen at a cryogenic facility until a cure could be found, leaving the young boy to be raised by his grandparents. Alison tells her son that despite the fact that the virus will begin to affect her, she wanted to be awakened from cryogenic sleep when he had reached adulthood so she could see what became of him.

Onboard the Seaquest, Alison starts remembering an incident with her friend that happened before she became infected with the virus, but collapses and ends up recuperating in the infirmary when one of Undersecretary Meyers' crewmembers sneaks into her room and begins to try and inject a poison into her IV. Working on a tip from an observant Lucas, Ortiz, Piccolo, and company interrupt the man who leads them on a chase throughout the ship, eventually taking Lucas hostage but finding himself outmatched when Dagwood comes to the rescue. Unfortunately, an analysis of the DNA of this man and the sniper reveal that they have had outlawed medical procedures done to ensure that their identities could not be discovered.

Dr. Smith tries a probe into Alison’s memories but the images are still very vague and she awakes in a panic when a man appears in the memories and appears to attack her friend, killing her. On General Thomas’s orders, Alison is taken to a hospital to be given the medical treatment she needs to recover.

While Brody waits outside his mother's room, Lucas finally finishes decoding the scans of Alison's memories and discovers the man in them was a young General Thomas. Brody rushes into his mother's room but she's already been taken by Thomas and Dr. Packard, the man responsible for both infecting her with the virus and then putting her into cryo sleep in order to cover up the murder, thereby keeping Thomas's name and reputation clean.

Brody sneaks into Thomas's home followed by the Seaquest crew close behind, and they manage to apprehend Packard, but the General has Alison hostage on a boat as he pleads with Brody to  work it out with him. Piccolo appears suddenly from the water and disarms General Thomas as Brody gets his mother to safety. Alison agrees to go back to cryo sleep with the hope that current medical advancements will be able to find a cure soon, content that her son has become a good man.

Send Out the WSKRS:

The episode opens at the Enos Levine Institute of Cryogenics. According to the Book of Genesis, Enos was the son of Seth who was the son of Adam & Eve. He died at the age of 905.

Alison was played by Alison Moir from Perth, Western Australia. She’s had a small handful of supporting roles, one of which was in Pauly, Pauly Shore's TV show where she played Becca in one episode. 

Packard was played by Sherman Howard. We've seen him in the Sliders episode “Prince of Wails” as Hendrick, and in the Quantum Leap episode “Runaway” as Hank. He's appeared all over the place in shows like Seinfeld, Day Of The Dead, Batman Beyond and the Jumanji animated series. He’s also done a ton of video game voice work, most notably Star Wars and Star Trek.

Ralph Wilcox was the assassin, Hopkins. He has had various supporting roles and has even been in an episode of the Sheena series we previously talked about. We will be seeing this actor again in a different role in the next season of Seaquest. 

Damon Jones was the bartender. He went on to star in a series called G.I.L.F. He’s done some voice acting, most notably he was Marvin The Martian in one of the newer Looney Toons series. Most recently he did some voice work for the game Red Dead Redemption where he is credited as "The Local Pedestrian Population." We will also see him again next season where he gets a promotion.

Special Delivery:

As the crew of the Seaquest undergo their annual psychological profile meetings with Dr. Smith, they are alerted to the news that Dagwood, having the day off from duty, has been arrested for the murder of Dr. Wilhelm Brown, the man responsible for creating the GELF warriors. Due to Dagwood's simple nature, he doesn't remember where he was or what he was doing on the night in question because no one told him to remember, leading him to be tried and sentenced to prison for the remainder of his days.

While the crew reacts with shock and disbelief, Brody and Ford are tasked with transporting Dagwood to the prison but upon arriving, the two feel that since they have time left, they want Dagwood to experience all the things in life that he never got to, so they take him around town for fine dining, carnival delights, reckless driving, and some dancing courtesy of Officer Henderson. Things go awry however when Henderson falls asleep after their dance and awakens to find Dagwood gone. 

Elsewhere in the city, Dagwood is seen attacking a diner, stealing a truck and leading police on a car chase. Lucas tracks Dagwood down but Dagwood angrily orders him to take him home, forcing the boy to drive him Gen-U-Flect Labs, the place where the GELFs were grown. Meanwhile, Dagwood starts to remember his upbringing at Gen-U-Flect and the exercises they would do and heads off to find the lab, happening upon Lucas who is scared of him.

Dagwood enters the building and finds several clones of himself in different stages of growth until he finds one that looks exactly like him, the very clone that had actually killed Dr. Brown and caused havoc around the city. A fight ensues leading to a huge explosion in which Dagwood emerges victorious from the building. Exonerated, Dagwood returns to duty and leaves a necktie for Henderson as thanks for teaching him to dance and she responds with a kiss.

Send Out the WSKRS:

Dr. Brown was played by Ian Sullivan. He’s had a handful of credits, most notably as a supporting actor in The Clone Master, a classic 70's sci fi film.

The Young Girl was played by Brittany Snow. She started out as a child actor in a few episodes of Guiding Light to critical acclaim. She was Chloe in the Pitch Perfect movies, Meg in American Dreams, Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray and Kate in John Tucker Must Die. She was in a show called Harry's Law with Kathy Bates, did voices for the Kingdom Hearts video games, and will return to Seaquest later this season. She’s currently set to star in a show called Almost Family; a girl finds out her father has many daughters because he was a sperm donor. 

Tim Goodwin played the waiter. Among a short list of credits, he was in an episode of The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley called “The Case of the Shark Encounter” playing Captain Coleslaw

The Jury Foreman was played by Russ Wheeler. He’s known for Thunder In Paradise where he was the voice of Thunder, as well as Cocoon and a few other credits.

Whats Next?

Next up, we'll be discussing “Dead End” & “Meltdown”

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