Lonnie Henderson is taken captive and used as a pawn in Bourne's ongoing game against the UEO. Her crewmates go rogue to save her, at the cost of one of their lives. It's an episode with plenty of worldbuilding and one big character payoff as someone finally gets his wish.This week in the Movie Star Minute: Total Recall
Season 3, episode 6: BrainlockWritten by Naren Shankar & Javier Grillo-MarxuachDirected by Anson WilliamsThe UEO faces another crisis, and this time the crew of seaQuest could be the problem. It's Manchurian Candidate week as all the recurring characters gather together in some familiar locations and our second new ensemble member finally gets her focus.Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irvIa9QTmFs&list=PLrekaHLD2rhaopJHQCBlR52b2Gfs0LQI-
Once more we are cracking open the vault of digressions, sidebars, and ephemera to bring you an episode in a week where we couldn't record one. Here's some extra bits from episodes 38-49.Grant on Side 6 Soundwaves (free feed): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/giant-robot-fm/id1606667976?i=1000735488457
Season 3, episode 5: Chains of CommandWritten by Lee Goldberg & William RabkinDirected by Anson WilliamsThe specter of war looms over the Pacific as seaQuest is set against the cause of a rogue missile strike: Captain Hudson's former mentor. It's an argument over the fundamental state of man, and the purpose of the structures we build around it, an argument made with laser whips. This week in the Movie Star Minute; Top Gun
Season 3, episode 4: Destination TerminalWritten by Javier Grillo-MarxuachDirected by Bruce Seth GreenTrans-Pacific travel is set to change forever with a 2000mph undersea train tunnel, unless its competitors sabotage it. Three of seaQuest's crew are trapped aboard trying to save lives. This has to be the worst first date ever.This week in the Movie Star Minute: Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Season 3, episode 3: Smoke on the WaterWritten by Lee Goldberg & William RabkinDirected by Oscar L. CostoSubmarine haulers have been disappearing in the Atlantic, and seaQuest is put to the task of stopping it. In the affected Perseid colony Dagwod finds community, Lucas finds responsibility, and Hudson reveals his heart.
Season 3, episode 2: In the Company of Ice and ProfitWritten by Patrick HasburghDirected by Jesús Salvador TreviñoThe world of 2032 has another threat: a CEO with enough money and power to never face consequences, and the canniness to bend every situation to his advantage. His current plan puts him up against Hudson, but the Captain isn't who he needs to account for. #KriegGangThis week in the Movie Star Minute: Scanners
Season 3, episode 1: Brave New WorldWritten by Clifton CampbellDirected by Anson WilliamsIt's been ten years since seaQuest disappeared to fight the space war, and the oceans have changed. It's a new tone, a new style, and a new situation for those who return; all delivered by the gravel voice of legendary character actor Michael Ironside. A brave new world, indeed.
Season 2, episode 21 (sort of): SplashdownWritten by Carleton EastlakeDirected by Anson WilliamsSeason 2 ends in perhaps the most appropriate way: a brainless action romp whose action is underbaked and overexposed. But it has its moments. Allegedly.This week in the Movie Star Minute: SorcererMechanista in G: Aura Battlers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uaaXr8IUi0
Season 2, episode 20 (sort of): BlindsidedWritten by Clifton CampbellDirected by Anson WilliamsTony Piccolo gets entangled in the schemes of a man from his past and has to survive in an unfriendly jungle. Meanwhile, the UEO and seaQuest scramble to contain the political fallout.This week in the Movie Star Minute: Aztec Rex
Season 2, episode 19: The Siamese DreamWritten by Jonathan Brandis & David J. BurkeDirected by Jesús Salvador TreviñoThe seaQuest and her compliment of warheads are once more under threat, and yet another psychic force is leveled against Dr Wendy Smith, but this time is different. This time, it's really good.In the Movie Star Minute: It (1990)https://shipwrecktours.com/
Season 2, episode 18: Dagger ReduxWritten by Patrick HasburghDirected by Oscar L. CostoA mastermind brings together a robot conspiracy, a custom-build sea monster, and a super-commando to threaten the seaQuest. But this episode isn't about that. It's about Tim O'Neill feeling sad.
Season 2, episode 17: Something in the AirWritten by Lawrence HertzogDirected by Steven RobmanseaQuest is dispatched to solve an archeology mystery that becomes a murder mystery, deep in an abandoned seabase. Demons and vampires make trouble in what may, or may not, be a Pandora's Box episode. This week on the Movie Star Minute: Night Game
Season 2, episode 16: WatergateWritten by Patrick HasburghDirected by Casey O. RohrsWelcome back, fish fans! The seaQuest is pursuing two missions on a remote island that turn out to be the same mission: resolving a love triangle between Greek gods. We're due an Ortiz week and this is what he's got.
The July of difficult scheduling continues, and to cover the gap we have another collection of outtake clips to share from recording episodes 30-38. We'll be talking about Watergate next time, but until then: enjoy!
Season 2, episode 15: AloneWritten by Carleton EastlakeDirected by David J. BurkeFor the first time in history a psychic has gone bad, and it's up to fugitive Dr Wendy Smith to save everyone. Can her brain shield stop all the world's nuclear plants from melting down? What are we even doing here anymore?
Season 2, episode 14: Dream WeaverWritten by Clifton CampbellDirected by Oscar L. CostoOnce again seaQuest encounters life from beyond the stars, but this alien is a killer. What is it hunting? Will Scott Keller reach his dreams? Why is Mark Hamill so sexy?And in the Movie Star Minute: 52 Pick-Up
Season 2, episode 13: And Everything NiceWritten by Lawrence HertzogDirected by Burt BrinckerhoffYoung love is a powerful force. For Lucas, it's strong enough to reshape his entire life and pull him away from the family he's built. That's just what some terrorist kidnappers were counting on.
Season 2, episode 12: LostlandWritten by Ted Raimi & David J. BurkeDirected by Bruce Seth GreenThe seaQuest has discovered evidence of Atlantis itself, but the curse upon its artifacts drives the crew to pieces. Somehow, that's the frame for a story about responsibility which uses the ensemble to great effect.
Season 2, episode 11: MeltdownWritten by Tom SzolossiDirected by Anson WilliamsFamily is a hard thing to navigate. But like an impossibly large prehistoric crocodile, it's also hard to avoid. This week, Ford goes back to the old family farm.