RW321 - SeaQuest Rewatch S03E01 - Brave New World

In this weeks episode of The SeaQuest Rewatch, Cory and Tom face new threats as they discuss the season 3 premier, "Brave New World."

Brave New World:

When we last saw the Seaquest and her crew, it was literally a long time ago in a galaxy far far away while back on earth, ten years passed on with a one Captain Hudson spearheading the search for Seaquest, with the UEO unable to fund the rebuilding of another new advanced ship. Meanwhile, the Macronesian Alliance  under the leadership of President Bourne, began expanding its influence and property, forcefully taking over colonies using special attack subs provided by one of the companies in the taken over lands. Their next step is to attack the Nexus colony, a key point in the middle of the Pacific which would greatly increase Macronesia power.

Strangely enough, Lucas suddenly walks into a meeting of the UEO council, dripping wet and confused. He is taken into custody and questioned but he appears to have no memory of the last ten years as well as what happened to the Seaquest and her crew. Elsewhere Dagwood and Darwin suddenly appear in an aquarium, Brody, ONeil, and Piccolo find themselves in the middle of a casino, wet and confused, while Ford finds himself suddenly waking in the shower, fully clothed, with Henderson waking up in the next room. All are taken into custody but after a medical exam is conducted, it is realized that while it has been ten years for the Earth, from the crew's point of view, it has only been a week. 

Also appearing suddenly is the Seaquest itself, somehow inexplicably found in a cornfield. Hudson takes command with the rest of the crew joining him in order to try and defend the Nexus colony. Their attempt however is interrupted by the arrival of Lucas who had somehow escaped custody, commandeered a UEO sub, and tracked down and found Bridger. Hudson orders the Seaquest to leave Nexus to recover Lucas and Bridger, while the Macronesian Alliance easily takes over the colony.

Bridger orders Brody and Ford to sneak into the colony and capture Bourne, which they do easily, forcing the president's hand into ordering his ships out of the colony and allowing the UEO to retake Nexus, while Bourne relinquishes his control and escapes. 

Bridger reveals that it was he who had erased the Seaquest's memory banks, after they all had fallen into a coma after helping the Hyperion rebels in their civil war. The rebels managed to find a way to return them all to Earth, Seaquest included, and manipulated the crew's memories so they had no knowledge of their part in the war. Unfortunately, several crewmembers, including Doctor Smith and Ortiz, were killed during the war. Bridger also reveals that upon his appearance back on Earth, he was presented with a grandson, indicating that his son apparently did not die when it was thought he did and he decides to leave the service in order to raise the child and search for his family.

Lucas then apologizes to Hudson for the comments and attitude when he was first found and confronted by him and asks to officially enlist in the service in order to stay aboard Seaquest.

Send Out the WSKRS:

Elise Neal played Lt. J.J. Fredricks. She has had some mainstream success in movies such as Scream 2 and Logan (as Kathryn Munson), and guest spots on shows such as Scandal, Mission To Mars, and The Cape. She was also a lead in the show The Hughleys. Today, she mostly stars as a lead in a large amount of primarily African American cast movies.

Michael York played President Bourne. We’ve seen him before in the Sliders episode “This Slide Of Paradise” as Dr. Vargas. He played Logan in Logan’s Run, and Basil Exposition in Austin Powers, and was in the original film adaptation of Island of Dr Moreau. 

Damon Jones returns! He was the bartender in “When We Dead Awaken” and is Lt. Marrs this episode. 

Karen E. Fraction was in the Dagwood murder episode. Here she plays Dr. Perry. 

One of the bridge crew was Debbie Lane and she works as a driver on some big movies, including Captain Marvel, Knives Out, Iron Man 3 and Dirty Dancing among others. 

Michael Ironside played Captain Hudson. His biggest roles are arguably Total Recall, Top Gun, Scanners and Starship Troopers, but he has a long and varied career in all types of movies and TV shows. More recently, he appeared in an episode of the CW Flash as the father of Captain Cold, voiced Darkseid in DC Supervillains Video Game and the Justice League Animated Series and he also played General Sam Lane in Smallville.

Whats Next?

“In the Company of Ice and Profit” & “Smoke on the Water”

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