Background
Captain Bridger was portrayed by actor Roy Scheider. Though the character was the central driving force of the show during the first two seasons, Scheider had become displeased with the direction of the series during the second season, as well as the "episodic" nature of the series (he believed that the show should contain long-running story and character arcs) and chose to exit the series at the end of the second season. He was replaced by actor Michael Ironside, who portrayed Captain Oliver Hudson for the remainder of the show's run. Scheider would reappear in "Brave New World", "Equilibrium", and "Good Soldiers." His absence was explained as Bridger learning that his son, long-believed to be dead, was actually alive and had fathered a son, and setting out to find him.
During the course of the season, Bridger would have eventually found his son, however, as seaQuest 2032 (as it was now known) had been canceled in June 1996, such a script was never written. "Good Soldiers", which was the character's last appearance, originally did not include Bridger at all; Scheider's character was written into the script in order to fulfill contractual obligations.
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