In [alt.tv.seaquest], Nick Preston wrote:>
I haven't seen the scripts themselves, but these capsule summaries were sent from Amblin's promotional office to NBC to promote what would have been the fourth season, "seaQuest^4".
It must have been a lot of work writing all these. I can't imagine anyone would go to all that trouble unless they had A LOT OF PASSION ABOUT SEAQUEST! So it's a shame the show got cancelled just when the writers were working so HARD!
-- K.
CONFIDENTIAL: NOT FOR PUBLICATION
"HITLERBALL"
The seaQuest is host to a planet-wide tournament of everyone's favorite sport of the future, "Multi-Zonal Astro-Ball", which is just like basketball but all the players are robots. While Lucas is researching world history, a power surge causes all the basketball robots to turn into famous historical figures, and Robo-Hitler takes over the ship! Guest stars: Martin Landau, Bob Denver.
"A FLY IN THE OINTMENT"
Terrorists threaten to poison the world's supply of anti-radiation ointment. Bridger and Ford must foil this clever scheme with an even more clever scheme... by disguising themselves as prostitutes!
"ROCK OF AGES"
Lucas is playing his favorite twentieth-century rock and roll record, "Rock Of Ages" sung by the original artists, when the seaQuest hits a pocket of turbulence which makes the record start playing backwards. Little does anyone suspect that a mad scientist (C.C.H. Pounder) has hidden the formula for time travel in the record, and playing it backwards causes a time warp that makes everyone younger! Lucas, being the youngest cast member, turns into a baby and the only way to ensure his survival is to implant him into someone's body before he becomes a fetus. But Bridger is the only genetically compatible one on the ship. To make matters worse, eventually Dagwood realizes that time will return to normal if he stops the record, meaning that now Bridger will have to give birth to Lucas. A wacky yet heartwarming situation for all!
"THE GIANT SEA URCHIN"
The seaQuest fights for survival against a giant prehistoric sea urchin created by the hole in the ozone layer. Can Lucas repair the ozone in time for the big beach party?
"SEA CHANGE"
An accident in the science lab causes all the men aboard seaQuest to mutate into giant spiders! It's up to the women of seaQuest to run the ship, but are they up to it? Guest star: Majel Barrett.
"AROUND THE WORLD IN AT MACH 80"
An evil billionaire (Chuck McCann) sneaks aboard the seaQuest and steals their life support system. They catch him and before he takes a cyanide capsule (hidden in his tooth) he reveals that he's in the employ of an evil trillionaire (David Hasselhoff), and has already teleported the seaQuest's life support system to him. The only way the seaQuest can recover this piece of equipment, before everyone dies, is to challenge the evil trillionaire to a race around the world. But it's an uphill battle because the trillionaire has a talking car! Lucas: "We can't go faster than him. But maybe we can use reverse logic..." Bridger: "If speed is what he wants, let's give it to him! You're a genius!" They hack into the talking car's computer to make it go too fast, and it flies off the surface of the Earth into the Sun where it explodes! Everyone returns to their poker game, while the trillionaire is left stranded on the planet Venus.
"THE TRUE DOUBLE CROSS"
An eccentric Nobel laureate (Charles S. Dutton) boards the seaQuest on his quest to find the True Cross, taking his cues from a map encoded in the molecular structure of the Holy Grail. Little does the crew of the seaQuest suspect that their wildest adventure yet, involving demons, arch-angels, werewolves, and Jesus, is in store! Several of the crew members die, but they are brought back to life by Jesus with the help of the talking dolphin.
"SMALL WONDER"
It's destination--mirth! in this unusual "high comedy" episode co-written by David Gerrold and Peter David. The crew of seaQuest adopts a little girl, but there's something odd about her. Vicki turns out to be a robot programmed for wackiness. A hilarious mix-up ensues and then the fun begins!