RW315 - SeaQuest Rewatch S02E12-13 - Lost Everything

In this weeks episode of The SeaQuest Rewatch, Cory and Tom are unlucky with curses and unlucky in love as they discuss season 2 episodes 12 & 13, "Lostland" and "And Everything Nice."

Lostland:

While running tests in the deepest parts of the ocean, Ford, on a dive, sees a vision of an Ancient Greek soldier, followed by the discovery of an artifact that when brought aboard the SeaQuest and deciphered by O’Neil, is revealed to be a helmet from the fabled lost continent of Atlantis. Meanwhile Brody finds an artifact as well, bringing up a sword that is confirmed to be related. Based upon this information, Bridger locks down the artifacts and conceal their coordinates lest news gets out and eager treasure hunters swarm the area. 

Back on the bridge, Ford starts having visions of the soldier he saw down below, followed by a vision of fire in the captain’s seat, neither of which is seen by any other bridge crew member. He reports what he saw to Bridger, but he is uncharacteristically unsympathetic and tells Ford to pull himself together, followed by ordering Lucas to get into a uniform. Elsewhere on the boat, Ortiz as well has begun acting strangely, brandishing the discovered sword and attacking crew members. 

Secretary General McGath, having been notified by Bridger about the discovery, arrives with a one Professor Ernst to help verify the artifacts, but Ernst is a non-believer and pushes back against O’Neil’s findings. Lucas calls out the professor’s history of not being open to ideas and cites an incident in which he had one of his fellow professors, Professor Obatu, pushed out of their university. With Obatu being one of the leading Atlantan researchers alive, they put it a call to have him come aboard. 

Meanwhile, Bridger continues to act erratic, from berating his bridge crew to physically slapping Piccolo when he hesitates following the captain’s orders. Ford, having had a pep talk from Dr Smith, ends up relieving Bridger from duty, much to Brody’s relief, as he had been trying desperately for hours to get someone to relieve Bridger of his duty due to his obvious mental condition. Brody then manages to track down Ortiz and get him to the medbay alongside Bridger where the two are experiencing deadly seizures. 

Obatu arrives and reveals his connection to Atlantis and dons the helmet and sword, revealing the spirit that Ford has been seeing since he found the artifacts. Obatu explains that the artifacts were likely buried at sea after the collapse of Atlantis and the escaping survivor knew he would not be able to pass them on to his heir, something that caused the spirit of the long dead soldier to be restless, resulting in his appearing to Ford.

With the captain and Ortiz close to death; Obatu explains they have been infected with a curse due to both of them having tried on the helmet. Since Atlantis no longer exists, the only cure is for Dr Smith to access Obatu’s memories of what he has been taught about Atlantis, and to act as conduit between him and Bridger and Ortiz, allowing them to visit Atlantis and this free themselves of the curse. Before leaving the memory, Obatu shows Smith Atlantis as well and gives her a gemstone before they awaken from the trance. 

Meanwhile, Erszt attempts to steal the helmet and sword but is captured and sent to the brig.  With the crew now safe, Obatu leaves the sword with Ford, explaining that he may actually have some Atlantan heritage as well, Bridger gives him a sextant to help him find the real location of Atlantis, and as he leaves, Dr Smith, physically, in real life, cradles the jewel she was given... in her mind.

Send Out the WSKRS:

Ernst was played by Barry Primus. Most recently he was in the Netflix movie The Irishman as Ewing King. He also starred in a game for SegaCD called Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine with Ned Beatty. 

Obatu was played by Charles Gitonga Maina and his only other role was a movie called The Air Up There; a basketball movie with Kevin Bacon. 

And Everything Nice:

When Lucas becomes infatuated with a super intelligent girl named Sandra he met while on leave, he decides it's time for him to give up his job aboard the SeaQuest however Bridger manages to convince him to wait and talk with Sandra first and be sure that she is actually someone he could have a relationship with long term. When Lucas agrees and heads off to meet Sandra, he sees her abducted and in trying to pursue her, one of the men shoots back at him, blowing up a car, covering their escape. 

An investigation is started while Lucas receives a message from Sandra asking him to meet her. However, when he shows up he is taken captive as well. A man named David uses Sandra as collateral and blackmails Lucas into going to the SeaQuest to retrieve the DeadMan’s Codes that will allow him to control SeaQuest from afar. When he returns with the codes, Lucas is shocked to see that Sandra is actually working with David and his goons, along with her father, a noted scientist named Dr Alexander Kirby, all trying to remove fascism, bureaucracy, and governmental domination. 

Lucas, despondent, hands the chip over and Sandra and company implement their plans, switching their computers on and sending the signal to control the SeaQuest but Lucas cleverly managed to re-encrypt the chip with a distress signal leading the SeaQuest crew and the police to the hideout. A shootout ensues and Lucas is able to get away while Sandra and her gang of ne’er do wells are captured, leaving Lucas to ponder his broken heart alone.

Send Out the WSKRS:

The apartment building that Sandra lives in is an actual location. It’s the Hamilton on the Bay Luxury Rental Community at 555 Northeast 34th Street in Miami, Florida. It has 28 stories and 265 units on a 3.8 acre site. Hamilton Inc. was recently sued for allegedly not paying for a $7 million renovation of the site.

Sandra was played by Leslie Bega. She played Maria Borges on Head of the Class for the entire run of the show, appeared in a handful of Sopranos episodes and was a dancer in Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo. Her last role (supporting) in 2011 was a 44 minute drama called Bird Dog. 

The henchmen, Robert, who tranq’d Lucas was played by Jeff Moldovan. He was also a henchman in Sheena, appeared in 2 episodes of Thunder In Paradise and an episode of Swamp Thing playing a character named PonyTail. 

The inspector was played by Timothy Bass. He was also in Thunder in Paradise as Hodge.  He will return next season as a different character.

The doorman was played by Mark Brown. He played a Maitre D in a show called Providence and “White New Yorker” in the TV movie Clover.

Whats Next?

“Watergate” & “Dream Weaver” (originally aired as eps 16-14)

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