Brave New World (seaQuest 2032 episode)
| seaQuest 2032 episode | |
| "Brave New World" | |
 Captain Bridger must share the bridge with the new captain of the seaQuest DSV, Captain Oliver Hudson in "Brave New World." |
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| Episode no. | 46 |
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| Prod. code | 301 |
| Airdate | 20 September 1995 |
| Writer(s) | Clifton Campbell |
| Director | Anson Williams |
| Guest star(s) |
Roy Scheider Michael York Andrew Stahl Karen Fraction |
| Year | 2032 |
| Episode chronology | |
| Previous episode | "Splashdown" |
| Next episode | "In the Company of Ice and Profit" |
"Brave New World" is the first episode of the science-fiction television series seaQuest DSV`s third season, now under the new title of seaQuest 2032. It was originally shown on September 20, 1995.
The episode is notorious for skipping forward in time ten years following the second season finale, Splashdown, and marks the final appearance of Nathan Bridger as captain of the seaQuest. The episode also introduces Captain Oliver Hudson as he assumes command of the boat. The episode's title is also a reference to the Aldous Huxley novel of the same name, which deals with a dystopic future, much like the year 2032 is presented as being from this episode forward.
Quick Overview: Ten years after the seaQuest mysteriously disappeared off the face of the Earth, Captain Oliver Hudson's decade-long quest to find the missing ship and crew ends when it turns up in a cornfield. However, the crew's homecoming is not a happy time as they find that the world has become a much more dangerous place in their absence.
"They say obsession is the cancer of mental illness, but if you ask me, anyone who can ignore his gut was never sane in the first place. Ten years ago, Captain Nathan Bridger and the crew of seaQuest disappeared off the face of the Earth, and for ten years I've been trying to find her. Following the economic summit of 2026, the UEO lifted the ban on colonial deregulation, putting more than a hundred thousand square miles of undeveloped basins back on the market. Overnight, hundreds of new colonies sprang from the sea, but without seaQuest, the UEO was unable to control the explosion of commerce, or the fallout of wealth, power and greed. They found themselves outgunned and outmanned. I could have retired, but they offered me triple the pay and any boat I wanted. The problem was, the only one I wanted was missing. (Secretary General) McGath hit the roof when I took command of his UEO supply hauler, but I had my reasons; if seaQuest was out there, a slow-moving, long-distance hauler was my best chance of finding her. Besides, the way things were going, I knew they'd get their money's worth out me. The Alliance of Macronesia (formerly New Australia); they engineered this ridge and a dozen more like it. They got rich fast and it went to their heads. The UEO calls this a trade embargo against a non-aligned nation. I call it war."—Captain Oliver Hudson.
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