 By the time the episode was produced, both Roy Scheider and Edward Kerr had requested to exit the show, hence why Brody is wounded in the climax aboard the Hyperion ship.Ultimately, both actors would be required to make appearances in the third season after NBC decided to renew the show, with Scheider guest starring in three episodes and Kerr's Character being killed off near the end of the episode "Spindrift".While the "seaQuest" was destroyed in both the first and second season finales, the "Stinger" survives both ships' annihilation.