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"Sliders" stands alone as a unique sci-fi show consistently
exploring the concept of parallel dimensions,
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alternate versions of San Francisco in the late 1990's
in which history has chosen a slightly or wildly different path. Comedic social satire combines with sci-fi story concepts, action-adventure, and political thriller plot-lines, while great chemistry sparks between the ensemble cast. Relive one of television's great triumphs with "Sliders"!


Settle back and read in-depth Reviews for each "Sliders" story:

"...Understanding is more superbly and subtly achieved by watching how the same soul can make different choices in alternate universes with different window-dressing and still wind up facing the same challenges with the same other souls repeatedly. Often the real heroics are the inner challenges, overcoming the interpretations that lead people to respond the way they typically do."

Review of "As Time Goes By"

"Quinn and Maggie also get nicely contrasted in this one. Though they're both equally capable as action hero material goes, Maggie doesn't seem to care if she slips over to the dark side to get the job done. Quinn manages to carve out a unique bit of territory for himself as the hero who will be the keeper of the good philosophical flame. I'm liking it. This Quinn has developed well beyond the wimp who ran from so many season one and two challenges and needed rescuing so often. Season three is finally getting some things very right. Nice."

Review of "Dinoslide"

"[Colin] also looks like he can bring the other three characters back into better balance with the lighter, fun side of life, as they had become a little too serious and morbid and all-about-the-mission. The show looks like it's growing into a better place. This has been a rare, transformational period of successfully completing a few long-term arcs on "Sliders" between "The Exodus" and here, all helping to make the fourth season appear so far to be the smartest yet."

Review of "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"

"The main sociological issue is a good one, getting over tabloid-like distraction to pay attention to what really matters. This story is particularly good at nailing the distraction side of things. ...This episode doesn't really do all that good a job of pointing us back to things that really matter, as following troop deployment and battles and casualties can easily be yet one more unhelpful distraction that the media obsesses with, while the real issues that need to be dealt with hide behind politically approved propaganda."

Review of "A Current Affair"


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Sliders Episode Guide Catalogue

SEASON ONE

(Spring 1995)
U.S.

Canada

U.K.

DVD U.S.

DVD Canada 1

DVD Canada 2

Dual Dimension (seasons 1 & 2) DVD Box Set includes:

  • Audio commentary for the double length pilot
    by creators Tracy Tormé and Robert K. Weiss.
  • "The Making of Sliders" featurette (14 minutes) covering many
    episodes from the first two seasons, with Jerry O'Connell (Quinn),
    Cleavant Derricks (Rembrandt), Tracy Tormé, and Robert K. Weiss.
  • Photo Gallery & Season 1 Theme Music Montage (1 minute)


Season One volume bonus features include:

  • Audio commentary for the double length pilot
    by creators Tracy Tormé and Robert K. Weiss.

SEASON ONE

(Spring 1995)
Story Title Synopsis Credits
1

SLIDERS

(Double-Length Pilot Episode)
Story: In a San Francisco basement, physics post-graduate student Quinn Mallory (Jerry O'Connell) has found a way to create portals to parallel universes. Inviting his physics professor Maximillian Arturo (John Rhys-Davies), and his computer store colleague Wade Wells (Sabrina Lloyd) for a trip, a series of mishaps ropes in passing singer Rembrandt Brown (Cleavant Derricks) and takes the Sliders off their planned route. Upon discovering a world where Russia rules America, the quartet begins to doubt that they will be able to return to their own world anytime soon....
  • teleplay by Tracy Tormé
  • story by Robert K. Weiss & Tracy Tormé
  • directed by Andy Tennant
  • produced by Steve Ecclesine
    (& Les Kimber)
  • music by Dennis McCarthy
  • 2 episodes @ 45 min., or
    1 episode @ 90 min.
2 Story No. 2

Summer of Love

Story: A second attempt to advance the timer completely burns it out and strands the Sliders on a world where 1960's hippy styles and philosophies are still "in". Having learnt his lesson the hard way, Quinn enlists Arturo's help to repair and stabilize the machine without arousing the suspicions of some paranoid pro-war locals, while Rembrandt discovers that the family he once thought he wanted isn't quite everything he had hoped....
  • written by Tracy Tormé
  • directed by Mario Azzopardi
  • produced by Steven Ecclesine
  • music by Mark Mothersbaugh
  • 1 episode @ 45 minutes
  • Production # 70401
3 Story No. 3

The Prince of Wails

Story: Finding themselves in the British States of America, the vow that the Sliders make to remain uninvolved goes awry when they become mixed up in a plot to assassinate the prince, and discover that the evil Sheriff of San Francisco is none other than Arturo's double.
  • written by Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin
  • directed by Felix Alcalá
  • produced by Steven Ecclesine
  • music by Mark Mothersbaugh
  • 1 episode @ 45 minutes
  • Production # 70403
4

Fever

Story: Landing on a world ineffectively obsessed with hygiene and plague avoidance, Wade soon finds herself becoming ill and having hallucinations. To make matters worse, Quinn's double is patient zero, with posters everywhere declaring him public enemy number one.
  • written by Ann Powell
    & Rose Schacht
  • directed by Mario Azzopardi
  • produced by Steven Ecclesine
  • music by Mark Mothersbaugh
  • 1 episode @ 45 minutes
  • Production # 70402
5

Last Days

Story: An approaching asteroid is about to devastate the Earth that the Sliders find themselves on, and Mankind has only a few days left. While Quinn desperately seeks a way for the four sliders to leave this world early, Arturo and Bennish (Jason Gaffney) put their differences aside to work on an alternate solution.... Meanwhile, Rembrandt is tempted to live on the wild side through these last days, and Wade believes that it's now or never to reveal her feelings for Quinn.
  • written by Dan Lane
  • directed by Michael Keusch
  • produced by Steven Ecclesine
  • music by Mark Mothersbaugh
  • 1 episode @ 45 minutes
  • Production # 70404
6

Eggheads

Story: Landing on a world that idolizes intelligence and knowledge, Quinn and Arturo are greeted like returning celebrities. Assuming their doubles' identities, Quinn is lured into a mindgame team sport threatened by his double's secret past, while Arturo confronts another version of his dead wife who wants to divorce him.
  • teleplay by Scott Smith Miller
  • story by Scott Smith Miller
    & Jacob Epstein
  • directed by Timothy Bond
  • music by Mark Mothersbaugh
  • Production # 70405
7

The Weaker Sex

Story: The Sliders find themselves parked for six weeks without any money, and are faced with finding jobs on a world where women hold all the positions of power and authority, and men are considered second class citizens. Wade's gloating prompts extra complaints from Arturo, until he decides to run for office as San Francisco's first male mayor, and thus inspire "Men's Rights" amongst the rest of the population.
  • written by Dawn Prestwich
    & Nicole Yorkin
  • directed by Vern Gillum
  • music by Mark Mothersbaugh
  • Production # 70406
8

The King is Back

Story: The Sliders escape to a world where Rembrandt's double became the undisputed king of rock & roll, before becoming lost at sea in a boating accident. When Rembrandt accepts manager Captain Jack Brim's offer to star in a comeback concert, ex-Spinning Topp co-singer Maurice Fish threatens the return of the king, and it isn't long before everyone is seeing double....
  • written by Tracy Tormé
  • directed by Vern Gillum
  • music by Mark Mothersbaugh
  • Production # 70408
9

Luck of the Draw

Story: The Sliders discover an almost utopian world with a relatively smaller population, and cash machines that give away money along with extra chances to win "the lottery". It isn't long before they get to discover first hand what winning this lottery means.....
  • written by Jon Povill
  • directed by Les Landau
  • music by Dennis McCarthy
  • Production # 70409

SEASON TWO

(Spring 1996)
U.S.

Canada

U.K.

DVD U.S.

DVD Canada 1

DVD Canada 2

Dual Dimension (seasons 1 & 2) DVD Box Set includes:

  • Audio commentary for the double length pilot
    by creators Tracy Tormé and Robert K. Weiss.
  • "The Making of Sliders" featurette (14 minutes) covering many
    episodes from the first two seasons, with Jerry O'Connell (Quinn),
    Cleavant Derricks (Rembrandt), Tracy Tormé, and Robert K. Weiss.
  • Photo Gallery & Season 1 Theme Music Montage (1 minute)


Season Two volume bonus features include:

  • "The Making of Sliders" featurette (14 minutes)
    covering many episodes from the first two seasons, with
    Jerry O'Connell (Quinn), Cleavant Derricks (Rembrandt),
    Tracy Tormé, and Robert K. Weiss.
  • Photo Gallery & Season 1 Theme Music Montage (1 minute)

SEASON TWO

(Spring 1996)
10

Into the Mystic

Story: Landing on a world obsessed with the occult, the Sliders make the mistake of trusting the sinister Doctor Xang to help heal Quinn's wound. Desperate to escape Xang's wrath, it becomes a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire as they brave the crossing of Golden Gargoyle Gate Bridge on a tip that "The Sorcerer" and his corporation in the dark castle on the other side have the power to help them slide home.
  • written by Tracy Tormé
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Anthony Marinelli
  • Production # K0807
  • Air Date: 1996 March 1
11

Love Gods

Story: The Sliders arrive on a world where nearly all men have recently disappeared leaving a global population of 99% women. Quinn, Rembrandt, and Arturo are rare commodities, much sought-after by the romantically-starved female public, and Wade soon needs to rescue them from the "Bureau of Re-Population".
  • written by
    Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
  • directed by John McPherson
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K0807 (Yes, they actually put the same production number on the credits of this episode as on the last one. And where did #70407 go from season one?)
  • Air Date: 1996 March 8
12

Gillian of the Spirits

Story: When a lightning bolt affects Quinn's slide, he is horrified to discover that Wade, Arturo, and Rembrandt are unaware of his presence, and that he is passing through objects and people without being able to interact. Arturo is also faced with repairing a burnt-out timer on a world stuck with a level of technology on par with the 1950's. Quinn's only hope of communicating with his friends seems to be a young woman named Gillian who is embarrassed by her history of hearing strange voices.
  • written by
    Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
  • directed by Paris Barclay
  • music by Anthony Marinelli
  • Production # K0810
  • Air Date: 1996 March 15
13

Time Again and World

Story: As the Sliders witness the events of one world about to repeat themselves on another, Wade feels compelled to intervene, drawing the foursome into a web of political intrigue and conspiracy. What information is on the unusual disc that strangers hand over to her? And what is the meaning of the riddle: "Elsie, the rock, five four?"
  • written by Jacob Epstein
  • directed by Vern Gillum
  • music by Anthony Marinelli
  • Production # K0801
  • Air Date: 1996 April 5
14

El Sid

Story: Interfering in a brutal personal dispute, the Sliders end up accidentally bringing two unwanted characters with them into the next strange world, which has some particularly bizarre and strict new rules. Will Quinn and his friends be able to get the ornery Sid to behave himself until the next slide?
  • written by Jon Povill
  • directed by Paris Barclay
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K0802
  • Air Date: 1996 March 29
15

Greatfellas

Story: Leaving behind a world full of lawyers, the sliders crash into a wedding ceremony and get mixed up with singer Mel Tormé and a mafia merger. If only Rembrandt had known who his double was on this world.... Meanwhile, Quinn loses some mafia bribe money, and must work the casino to get it back.
  • story by
    Sean Clark & Scott Smith Miller
  • teleplay by Scott Smith Miller
  • directed by Allan Eastman
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K0804
  • Air Date: 1996 May 31
16

The Good, the Bad, and the Wealthy

Story: The Sliders find themselves in a San Francisco that is part of Greater Texas, where bizarre corporate laws have merged with the code of the west, allowing for the rise of gun-slinging "negotiators". Quinn's brash actions soon win him a reputation as a fast-draw champion, attracting corporate suitors, challengers, and locals begging for his help. Will Quinn continue to play hero as expected, in a shootout with Texas' finest at high noon?
  • written by Scott Miller
  • directed by Oscar Costo
  • music by Anthony Marinelli
  • Production # K0805
  • Air Date: 1996 March 22
17

In Dino Veritas

Story: Still wearing truth-collars from a world obsessed with enforcing honesty, the Sliders find themselves in a forest with no sign of San Francisco anywhere, and a possible dinosaur stalking them. Separated from both Quinn and the lost timer, Wade, Rembrandt, and Arturo take refuge in a cave and find themselves caught in awkward confrontations with its occupants and each other.
  • written by Steve Brown
  • directed by Oscar L. Costo
  • music by Anthony Marinelli
  • Production # K0813
  • Air Date: 1996 April 26
18

Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome

Story: While seeing a non-directive psychiatrist, Rembrandt recounts the story of how the Sliders finally reached home and returned to their normal, interrupted lives. Now free of the never-ending journey, Professor Arturo's loyalties to his fellow Sliders seem to have come undone. But perhaps Quinn is having the hardest time readjusting, preferring a state of denial. Is it possible that one or more of the Sliders have gone off the deep end? Who can be trusted to know the real truth?
  • written by Nan Hagan
  • directed by Adam Nimoy
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K0812
  • Air Date: 1996 May 3
19

Obsession

Story: Wade's fantasies about a historical romance take a turn for the bizarre when the Sliders land on a world that embraces psychic abilities and past lives, and a driven young man about to become the new Prime Oracle comes into her life.
  • teleplay by Jon Povill
  • story by Jon Povill and Steve Brown
  • directed by Colin Bucksey
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K0809
  • Air Date: 1996 May 24
20

As Time Goes By

Story: Discovering doubles of his lost highschool sweetheart Daelin Richards on several worlds prompts Quinn to try to rekindle their feelings and help her escape to a better life. But does he really know what he is doing? Upon discovering a world where time flows in reverse, a seemingly inevitable fate provides Quinn with his biggest challenge and deepest perspective yet....
  • written by Steve Brown
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K0808
  • Air Date: 1996 July 12
21

The Young & the Relentless

Story: Finding Quinn's double floating lifeless in a mansion swimming pool drags Quinn and Wade into their married doubles' cutthroat corporate lives, where the drive to succeed financially has a deadline of the mandatory retirement age of 30. Meanwhile, Rembrandt and Arturo are considered "over-age", and become accused of breaking many of this world's bizarre by-laws.
  • teleplay by T. Edward Anthony & Von Whisenhant
  • story by Michael X. Ferraro and
    T. Edward Anthony &
    Von Whisenhant
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Anthony Marinelli
  • Production # K0814
  • Air Date: 1996 June 7
22

Invasion

Story: The Sliders discover a world that appears to have been invaded by an unknown species called Kromaggs, who arrive in bizarre flying Manta Ships. Why is Quinn's timer somehow linked with the invaders' technology? And why do the Kromaggs take sudden, intense, fearful interest in the four Sliders?
  • written by Tracy Tormé
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Anthony Marinelli
  • Production # K0811
  • Air Date: 1996 June 28

SEASON THREE

(1996-1997)
- Season 3 Buyers' Guide Review

This box set includes the
24 stories in 25 episodes
listed below:

U.S.

Canada

U.K.

Season Three DVD Box Set
Extras include:

  • Gag Reel (5 minutes)


23

Double Cross

- "Double Cross"
In-depth Analysis Review

Story: While Rembrandt accepts a cross-country invitation for a romantic lunch, Quinn, Wade, and Arturo pool their sliding resources with the Prototronic organization, each side hoping the other can help them overcome their biggest sliding challenges. But the story of how Arturo's double met his death doesn't quite add up. Most complicated of all, Quinn doesn't realize that chief scientist Logan St. Clair, a woman with whom he shares a strong attraction and connection, is in fact his own female double, and she is about to change his sliding ways forever....
  • written by
    Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1801
  • Air Date: 1996 Sept. 27
24

Rules of the Game

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Surprised at apparently landing in an aircraft flying over California, the Sliders soon become unwilling participants in a deadly war game sport, trapped in a walled-in area of a city full of booby traps, mechanical nightmares, and competing players.
  • written by Josef Anderson
  • directed by Oscar Costo
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1805
  • Air Date: 1996 Sept. 20
25

Electric Twister Acid Test

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders discover a bizarre world where numerous electric tornados are everywhere, and vast deserts surround an isolated farming community. What strange experiments might have initially caused this situation? Who are the outlaws hiding in the underground tunnels? And what kind of interference is preventing the timer from working properly in this area?
  • written by Scott Smith Miller
  • directed by Oscar L. Costo
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1809
  • Air Date: 1996 Oct. 4
26

The Guardian

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: While a troubling diagnosis prompts the Professor to wildly live life to the fullest, Quinn wrestles with his desire to help his young double and his mother through one of the worst weeks in their lives. His father has just died, and three of the worst fights he ever had with schoolyard bullies are about to recur. Is Quinn doing the right thing trying to help his younger self stand up to the bigger kids, or are his father's non-violent teachings truly the better way?
  • written by Tracy Tormé
  • directed by Adam Nimoy
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1803
  • Air Date: 1996 Oct. 11
27

The Dream Masters

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Hoping to catch some zzz's after partying on Mardi Gras world, the Sliders find themselves in a society that is terrified of an elite group of Dream Masters who can get away with anything they want through their power to invade people's dreams and plant voodoo-like suggestions in the minds of anyone they wish to. Wade soon becomes a target of one of the lead Dream Masters, and the Sliders decide they must face this challenge together, as there is no where to hide....
  • teleplay by Melinda Snodgrass
  • story by Melinda Snodgrass &
    Scott Smith Miller
  • directed by Jefery Levy
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1807
  • Air Date: 1996 Oct. 18
28

Desert Storm

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders trek across a desert to discover a few tiny remnants of civilization, including seedy clay taverns that charge a fortune for water, and rebellious vehicle gangs that terrorize the dunes. Wade's heroic impulse drags her friends into a series of conflicts surrounding a young psychic woman who can divine water. What is the truth behind her powers? And what special meaning might the lost city of Aquarius hold for one of the four Sliders?
  • written by Matt Dearborn
  • directed by Jim Johnston
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1810
  • Air Date: 1996 Nov 1
29

Dragonslide

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: On a world where Druids rule and mysticism has reached new heights of acceptability, Quinn's desire to help free a young apprentice from her master's harsh rule has both sides wondering if the legendary Mallory clan is on the path to revival. Meanwhile, Rembrandt and Wade wonder if it wouldn't hurt to use a potion and cast a spell to solve Rembrandt's latest romantic woes...
  • written by
    Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
  • directed by David Livingston
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1816
  • Air Date: 1996 Nov 8
30

The Fire Within

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Money matters combine with a short stopover in a completely burning world, forcing the Sliders to settle for a few days and look for jobs at a refinery in an oil-rich California. But have they brought an unknown life-form with them, one that resembles a flame? And is there more going on in the refinery than simple battles between management and the unions?
  • written by Josef Anderson
  • directed by Jefery Levy
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1814
  • Air Date: 1996 Nov. 15
31

Dead Man Sliding

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: One of the Slider's first visits to Hollywood turns deadly for Quinn. Are bounty hunters pursuing him because he has broken some unknown law on this world, or are they mistaking him for his unscrupulous double? And on this world where crime is rare and swift justice takes place on a type of televised game show, will Arturo's efforts as his advocate prove Quinn's innocence, or will Wade and Rembrandt have to find more drastic measures to free him?
  • written by Nan Hagan
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1804
  • Air Date: 1996 Oct 11,
    whoops no Oct 18,
    no wait maybe Nov 29. Yes!
32

The Prince of Slides

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Thinking he is about to give a double of a former lover a transfusion, Rembrandt discovers the hard way that this world's women can only carry a fetus for the first part of a pregnancy, and men usually take over for the final trimester. To make matters even more complicated, the political intrigue of this monarchy soon reveals that the child Rembrandt is carrying is the new heir to the American throne, and someone seems determined to assassinate the entire line....
  • written by Eleah Horwitz
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1808
  • Air Date: 1996 Nov. 22
33

State of the A.R.T.

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders' caution and sense of curiosity is heightened on a world with a vanished population, a pink sky, and human-looking androids that hunt each other down. Can they trust either side in this conflict, even if it is to reunite themselves for the slide? And how many secrets are being kept by "father" - the creator of Aldohn Robotic Technologies where android production seems to have begun?
  • story by Schuyler Kent
  • teleplay by Nan Hagan
  • directed by John Kretchmer
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1813
  • Air Date: 1996 Dec. 6
34

Season's Greedings

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders look for jobs at a gigantic mall in the clouds, slowly uncovering the insidious debt-slavery scheme it operates under. Meanwhile, Wade encounters doubles of her sister and father, also working at the mall. How deeply are they involved with the unscrupulous marketing activities? Why do they have no idea who she is? How much will she be willing to tell them in order to spend Christmas with family again? And what is the real reason Arturo insists on helping so many of the children on this world?
  • written by Eleah Horwitz
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1806
  • Air Date: 1996 Dec 20
35

Murder Most Foul

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Mistaken for an overworked corporate genius, Professor Arturo endures a type of mental therapy that places him in a late-1800's "park" where he thinks he is the famous detective Reginald Doyle out to solve a series of murders à la Sherlock Holmes. Should his friends try to snap him out of it, or help him solve the mystery which is beginning to become all too real?
  • written by David Peckinpah
  • directed by Jeff Woolnough
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1815
  • Air Date: 1997 Jan. 3
36

Slide Like an Egyptian

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Breaking the taboos of an Egyptian-ruled Los Angeles sends Quinn to an experiment that will cost him his life, and leads the other Sliders into the recently deceased Pharaoh's pyramid. Will they leave without Quinn or miss the slide? And will they be able to avoid being eaten by the patrolling genetically-enhanced giant scarab long enough to discover the secrets of this pyramid?
  • written by Scott Smith Miller
  • directed by Adam Nimoy
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1817
  • Air Date: 1997 Jan. 17
37

Paradise Lost

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders land in a quiet little sea-side town named "Paradise", which seems politely reluctant to welcome outsiders. What is the nature of the creature that burrows under the ground on the beach and pulls people down with it? And what is the even bigger secret that no one in the town will speak of?
  • written by Steven Stoliar
  • directed by Jim Johnston
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1818
  • Air Date: 1997 Jan. 31
38

The Last of Eden

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders discover an Earth with two extra planets orbiting it alongside the moon, and the gravitational forces cause extra earthquakes, one of which swallows Wade. Why have the human tribes on the surface adopted a ban on all digging into the Earth? What is to be found in the remnants of more modern civilization evidenced by the lone skyscraper in the jungle? And what secrets will Rembrandt be led to by the poison thorns he and Arturo have landed in?
  • written by Josef Anderson
  • directed by Allan Eastman
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1820
  • Air Date: 1997 Mar. 28
39

The Exodus

  2 episodes @ 45 min. each

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders discover a world that is about to be devastated by the fragments of an exploding pulsar, and they are persuaded by Colonel Rickman and Capt. Maggie Beckett to help a group of military scientists perfect sliding so that they can evacuate their people to safety. But base personnel are systematically falling into comas, and Rembrandt is convinced foul play is involved. Will they be taking a psychopath along with them to the next world? Will Quinn and Maggie's scouting activities be able to find a suitable world in time? And are the original four Sliders about to finally find a way back home?

Part One:
  • story by John Rhys-Davies
  • teleplay by
    Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
  • directed by Jim Charleston
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1825
  • Air Date: 1997 Feb. 21

Part Two:

  • written by Tony Blake, Paul Jackson, & Josef Anderson
  • directed by Jefery Levy
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1824
  • Air Date: 1997 Feb. 28
40

Sole Survivors

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders' journey pauses on a crumbling world populated with flesh eating zombies, where the few humans left try to keep their lights on all night long to keep the zombies at bay. What has happened here to create such disaster? The Sliders' attempts to stay alive become even more complicated when Quinn begins to turn into one of the zombies....
  • written by Steven Kriozere
  • directed by David Peckinpah
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1819
  • Air Date: 1997 Mar. 7
41

The Other Slide of Darkness

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders track Rickman to a world where a mysteriously localized poisonous fog separates a country hick town from a jungle full of superstitious spear-toting natives. Is Wade correct that the young Tarot-card-reading blind woman will be their best help in preventing more deaths in the town? Why do the cards make Rembrandt so bitterly upset? And what dark side of Quinn's past will consume him if he dares to cross the deadly fog?
  • written by Nan Hagan
    and Scott Smith Miller
  • directed by Jeff Woolnough
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1802
  • Air Date: 1997 April 11
42

The Breeder

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Escaping from a hostile jungle to a world with cryogenics and organ donor police, Maggie appears to have an infection and is clearly not herself as she causes a stir in the new world's medical community. Why has she become so obsessed with breeding? What will happen to Quinn and Wade as they get forced into the organ donor program? And will the Sliders' have to split up or choose between jeopardizing this world or the next one as time runs out?
  • written by Eleah Horwitz
  • directed by Paris Barclay
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1823
  • Air Date: 1997 Mar. 14
43

Slither

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The window to the next slide gives Quinn and Rembrandt enough time to head far south for a vacation, but snake smugglers and their escaping prizes jeopardize the entire trip. As the Sliders struggle to reunite at the appointed time, both Quinn and Maggie seem to be enjoying the romantic sparks coming from their local guides. How many snakes are being compelled to converge on this rendezvous? And which romance will ultimately triumph?
  • written by
    Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
  • directed by Jim Johnston
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1829
  • Air Date: 1997 April 25
44

Stoker

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Searching for Rickman on a heavily populated world, Wade attends rock concerts and falls under the spell of the lead singer of a band called "Stoker". Meanwhile the others follow a trail of coma patients leading them to a clinic where blood donors can receive free tickets to Stoker's next concert. Does this band have a stronger connection to vampire legend than just their nocturnal lifestyle? And is Wade about to abandon her friends to join the band and rock forever?
  • written by Josef Anderson
  • directed by Jerry O'Connell
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1827
  • Air Date: 1997 May 9
45

Dinoslide

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Hot on Rickman's trail, the Sliders return to a familiar world and some familiar people, only to discover that there are dinosaurs here threatening everyone. Will they finally find the help they need to defeat Rickman? Will the people have to continue to appease the dinosaurs' appetite, or can they find a way to be rid of the dino threat once and for all? And can Rembrandt finally come to terms with his paternal relationship with young Malcolm?
  • written by David Peckinpah
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K1826
  • Air Date: 1997 May 2
46

This Slide of Paradise

- In-depth Analysis Review

- Season 3 Rankings

Story: California seems to have disintegrated as the Sliders land on the Island of Dr. Vargas (Michael York), a scientist who has experimented with creating human/animal hybrids. Unfortunately, the island is surrounded by hostile survivors of his experiments. Will Rembrandt be able to do anything for the cat-woman who begins to trust him more than anyone else? And will the Sliders climactic encounter with Rickman finally lead them home?
  • written by Nan Hagan
  • directed by Jim Johnston
  • music by Stephen Graziano
  • Production # K1828
  • Air Date: 1997 May 16

SEASON FOUR

(1998-1999)
- Season 4 Buyers' Guide Review

This box set includes the
22 stories listed below:

U.S.

Canada

U.K.

47

Genesis

- "Genesis" In-depth Analysis Review

Story: A Kromagg invasion sets the stage for a redefinition of what home is, and triggers a new quest to find Quinn's long lost brother. Will Quinn be able to find, rescue, and reassemble his old sliding team once more for this new mission? And will the Sliders be able to find help to defeat the Kromaggs along the way?
  • written by David Peckinpah
  • directed by Reza Badiyi
  • music by Danny Lux
  • produced by Edward Ledding,
    Jerry O'Connell,
    & Marc Scott Zicree
  • Production # K2801
  • Air Date: 1998 June 8
48

Prophets and Loss

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders are lovingly welcomed on a world run by corporate churches and right-wing religious ideology. But can the booth in the middle of the church altar really be a sliding gateway, rewarding the faithful with a journey to another world? Will the device help Quinn program co-ordinates into his own timer, or will the church declare his entire scientific way of life as blasphemous?
  • written by Bill Dial
  • directed by Mark Sobel
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2805
  • Air Date: 1998 June 8
49

Common Ground

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders discover a Kromagg military base on Earth 147, where the Kromagg commander is criticized by his subordinates for allowing the Sliders to live under "house arrest". Do the Kromaggs have a good side? What secret directive does the Kromagg dynasty have concerning the Sliders? And what is the real hidden purpose of this base?
  • written by Chris Black
  • directed by Reza Badiyi
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2810
  • Air Date: 1998 June 15
50

Virtual Slide

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders discover a world whose population has become addicted to powerful virtual reality devices controlled by corporate greed. Maggie appears to be the most resistant to the addiction, and uses all her abilities to keep Quinn and Rembrandt out of a fantasy and focused on repairing the timer.
  • written by Keith Damron
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2807
  • Air Date: 1998 June 22
51

World Killer

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Trouble with doubles takes a new twist when the Sliders discover a mysteriously empty world where Quinn's double is the only man left on Earth. What is the deadly secret at the heart of the other Quinn's story? And how many other worlds have his experiments affected?
  • written by Marc Scott Zicree
  • directed by Reza Badiyi
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2804
  • Air Date: 1998 June 29
52

Oh Brother,
Where Art Thou?

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Quinn slides to his brother Colin's world, finding a pre-electrical farm community. With only two hours left until the next sliding window, how will he be able to find his brother, gain his trust, convince him to abandon his former life, and bring him up to speed on the perils of sliding to so many more modern worlds? Is Colin really a genius, or is he too innocent and naive to handle the financial oddities and criminal intrigue of the next bizarre world?
  • story by Chris Black
    & David Peckinpah
  • teleplay by Bill Dial
    & Marc Scott Zicree
  • directed by David Peckinpah
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2811
  • Air Date: 1998 July 6
53

Just Say Yes

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders emerge into a world where everyone is constantly medicated with drugs through infusers on their arms. Authorities soon relieve Maggie's attitude with a tranquilizer dart, and send her and Colin to a re-orientation house to get accustomed to higher doses. What crime did Quinn's double commit on this world? And what dangerous substances are the authorities taking to make themselves virtually invincible in their pursuit of Quinn and Rembrandt?
  • written by Richard Manning
  • directed by Jefferson Kibbee
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2809
  • Air Date: 1998 July 13
54

The Alternateville Horror

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Is the Sliders' favourite hangout - the Chandler Hotel - haunted on this latest world? With deadly levels of acid rain and thunder outside, the Sliders take their chances staying in the hotel anyway.... How many embarrassing secrets is the hotel's sole employee hiding? And who is the mysterious stranger that appears to be the hotel's only contented customer?
  • written by Chris Black
  • directed by David Grossman
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2803
  • Air Date: 1998 July 20
55

Slidecage

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Quinn and Colin believe they've programmed the coordinates of their parents' home Earth into the timer.... only to get caught in a vast high-tech "cage". The Humans and Kromaggs that have been ensnared before them are still locked in deadly combat. If they manage to find a way out, will it breach the homeworld's security and unleash terror once more? And what is the secret that has been buried so deep in Rembrandt's mind, he isn't even aware of it?
  • written by Marc Scott Zicree
  • directed by Jerry O'Connell
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2815
  • Air Date: 1998 July 27
56

Asylum

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: A severe concussion puts Quinn into a hospital, and Rembrandt, Maggie, and Colin pursue various avenues of getting him better treatment, leading to Rembrandt's most serious romance yet. But mysterious connections to a former Kromagg occupation drag a new dark cloud over this slide....
  • written by Bill Dial
  • directed by Michael Miller
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2813
  • Air Date: 1998 August 17
57

California Reich

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Rembrandt is caught and imprisoned on a world that subjugates blacks and immigrants. But Governor Schick's economic recovery plan calls for even cheaper labour. What exactly are the silent, blank, grey-faced workers that everyone calls "Eddies"? Will they become the blueprint for the rest of America, if Schick wins the Presidency?
  • written by Scott Smith Miller
  • directed by
    Robert M. Williams, Jr.
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2802
  • Air Date: 1998 August 24
58

The Dying Fields

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders discover a Kromagg compound where Humans have been imported and turned loose to be used as target practice in a "hunting" war game. But why do the hunters look different from regular Kromaggs? What really happens to a Human who has survived his or her allotted 20 days in the field?
  • written by William Bigelow
  • directed by David Peckinpah
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2812
  • Air Date: 1998 August 31
59

Lipschitz Live

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The comedy of errors begins when a diverging vortex splits the Sliders up, and Maggie and Rembrandt find themselves hanging from the outside of a skyscraper. Colin's innocence is tested when he is pressed into getting married after his double skips out on both the bride and the corporate merger she represents. And with a two hour window until the next slide, Quinn's efforts to get help to find his friends are hampered by all the people who ignore him to watch the ludicrous talk show "Lipschitz Live" on television, until the show itself gives him an idea....
  • written by Keith Damron
  • directed by Jerry O'Connell
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2814
  • Air Date: 1998 November 30
60

Mother and Child

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders discover a young woman and her eight-month-old infant trying to escape across the countryside from a Kromagg breeder camp. Will they be able to find a way to return her to her home? How far will she and her half-Kromagg baby get amongst other war-torn and suspicious survivors? And what dark, dangerous secrets do the other survivors harbour?
  • written by Richard Manning
  • directed by Helaine Head
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2819
  • Air Date: 1998 December 7
61

Net Worth

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Sliding to a new world, Quinn and Rembrandt find themselves on the inside of a glassed-in futuristic building, while Maggie and Colin find themselves on the outside, and finding a door that they can use to reunite themselves becomes more difficult than it should. What kind of imbalance has separated the on-line and off-line factions of this society so dramatically? Can the people on either side learn to live together and love each other once more?
  • written by Steven Stoliar
  • directed by Paul Lynch
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2806
  • Air Date: 1999 January 11
62

Slide by Wire

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: On a military base where pilots fly advanced jets via remote control virtual reality, Maggie encounters a double of her dead husband Steven Jenkins. But what strange disaster on the next world has caused its citizen to outlaw all forms of electronic technology?
  • written by Chris Black
  • directed by Robert A. Hudecek
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2820
  • Air Date: 1999 January 18
63

Data World

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Trapped inside a completely virtual version of the Chandler Hotel, Quinn and company must face off against the omnipotent mind of the hotel's founder Archibald Chandler (Roy Dotrice). Can mind triumph over virtual matter, or will old-fashioned brawn be more effective?
  • written by Joel Metzger
  • directed by Jerry O'Connell
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2808
  • Air Date: 1999 March 19,
    launching the "Sci-Fi Prime" line-up
64

Way Out West

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: On a world that has missed out on 150 years of technological progress, Colin is the Slider who feels most at home, while Maggie makes the best of their most lucrative opportunity by singing modern hits in the saloon as its new showgirl. But the Sliders slowly discover a sinister conspiracy involving the area's most infamous fast-draw champion - a Kromagg that the Sliders personally recognize.
  • story by Jerry O'Connell
  • teleplay by Chris Black
  • directed by David Peckinpah
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2821
  • Air Date: 1999 March 26
65

My Brother's Keeper

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Quinn is just a little too late to save his double from a serious injury, but lands in more trouble when he is mistaken for his double's clone, and is captured and prepped to donate some of his organs to replace the ones his double has lost....
  • written by Doug Molitor
  • directed by Reza Badiyi
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2816
  • Air Date: 1999 April 2
66

The Chasm

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders discover a blissful town that regularly encourages a chosen one to jump into a chasm in a cave. While Rembrandt tries to console a little girl who has lost her grandfather this way, Quinn doesn't seem to care, and decides to give up sliding and call this town his new home. What is the real secret power that this cavern holds over these people?
  • written by William Bigelow
  • directed by Robert A. Hudecek
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2817
  • Air Date: 1999 April 9
67

Roads Taken

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: A rough slide deposits Rembrandt and Colin in a war-torn city, where they are desperate to find and help their two friends. Meanwhile, Quinn and Maggie find themselves enjoying a blissful long-lasting domestic existence. Can Colin figure out what has happened to the vortex during the last slide? And who is the mysterious figure appearing and disappearing in the Chandler Hotel?
  • story by Marc Scott Zicree
  • teleplay by Bill Dial
  • directed by Jerry O'Connell
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2822
  • Air Date: 1999 April 16
68

Revelations

- In-depth Analysis Review

- Season 4 Rankings

Story: Clues from a sci-fi novel prompt the Sliders to investigate and try to meet its reclusive writer Isaac Clark (Jerry Hardin), a man who seems to know more about their origins and the Kromaggs than he is willing to say. Will he be able to lead Quinn and Colin to a meeting with their parental figures on their elusive homeworld? And if so, at what price?
  • story by Marc Scott Zicree
  • teleplay by Bill Dial
  • directed by
    Robert M. Williams, Jr.
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2823
  • Air Date: 1999 April 23

SEASON FIVE

(1999-2000)
- Season 5 Buyers' Guide Review

This box set includes the
18 stories listed below:

U.S.

Canada 1

Canada 2

U.K.

69

The Unstuck Man

- "The Unstuck Man"
In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders encounter new trouble in the vortex, and Rembrandt and Maggie are deposited on a new world with a complete stranger who claims to be Quinn Mallory and clearly has some of Quinn's memories and mannerisms. The most helpful clues to what has happened come from Diana Davis, assistant director of a scientific laboratory that the locals have come to fear. Who is the mysteriously hidden Dr. Oberon Geiger that Diana and the stranger work for? Are his experiments responsible for the disturbances in the vortex, or the perpetually increasing electrical storms in the area? What are his true plans with the new device he calls "The Combine"?
  • story by David Peckinpah & Keith Damron
  • teleplay by Bill Dial &
    Chris Black
  • directed by Guy Magar
  • produced by Paul Cajero
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # EO801
  • Air Date: 1999 June 11
70

Applied Physics

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Spooked by repeat encounters with her groovy double, Diana sneaks into a university to try to find a way to re-separate the two Quinns, whose psyches may be fighting for dominance inside Mallory. Rembrandt and Maggie try to help him cope by using holographic imagery of familiar surroundings, but is Maggie taking sides, trying to make her old Quinn dominate?
  • written by Chris Black
  • directed by David J. Eagle
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # EO804
  • Air Date: 1999 June 18
71

Strangers and Comrades

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Diana is convinced that she and her fellow Sliders are not on Earth at all. Why are the numbers on the timer frozen? The foursome is soon drafted into a platoon of soldiers battling the Kromaggs in a series of trenches in the wilderness, causing Diana to retreat inside herself with shell shock. Can the others rely on her to find a way out of this "purgatory"? And what is in the locked bunker that Sergeant Larson has pledged his life to protect?
  • written by Keith Damron
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0809
  • Air Date: 1999 June 25
72

The Great Work

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: When four freezing Sliders arrive on an island beach, it is clear that Maggie is in dire need of help. Luckily, the monks of a nearby monastery take the Sliders in. But why are they so secretive and distrustful towards the outside world? What is the Great Work that they are engaged in? And who are the Volsangs that they fear?
  • written by Robert Masello
  • directed by Reza Badiyi
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0806
  • Air Date: 1999 July 9
73

New Gods for Old

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: While escaping from one world to the next, Mallory is injured and returns to his former state of not being able to move his legs. When a nearby commune offers him a blessing in the form of a bowl of glowing water, promising that it will heal him, Mallory cannot resist the temptation. What is the biomechanical agent in the water that makes his healing possible, and why will it, as others have warned him, cost him his identity?
  • written by David Gerrold
    (Yes, this is the same writer
    who created that wildly-popular
    Star Trek episode
    "The Trouble With Tribbles")
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0810
  • Air Date: 1999 July 16
74

Please Press One

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Not having the proper currency for this world, Maggie is captured and processed by the "Data Universal" system, which attempts to indoctrinate her into being a good consumer and racking up a mountain of debt. Meanwhile, Mallory, Rembrandt, and Diana team up with an ex-hacker to outwit the black van that nabbed Maggie and break into the system to rescue her.
  • written by William Bigelow
  • directed by Paul Lynch
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0808
  • Air Date: 1999 July 23
75

A Current Affair

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: When Maggie accidentally bumps into U.S. President Williams at one of his L.A. press conferences, the local news media goes into overdrive hyping the president's affair with his "new girlfriend". The other Sliders become even more concerned when Maggie goes missing, and more evidence of the depth of the affair becomes public. Are the president's advisors trying to play up this false story, to distract the public from a more real one concerning the war in Switzerland? Mallory recruits an underground news reporter to help them find out how deep the cover-up goes....
  • written by Steven Stoliar
  • directed by David J. Eagle
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0805
  • Air Date: 1999 July 30
76

The Java Jive

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Looking for jobs, the Sliders decide to help out a night club owner/singer who has recently lost her boyfriend and half of her staff, and Rembrandt is once more in his element playing piano and singing on stage. Exactly who is his shadowy double on this world? Why is a local mob of gangsters terrorizing the club? And what is the illegal connection to supplies of coffee on this world?
  • written by Janét Saunders & Jennifer McGinnis
  • directed by Jeff Woolnough
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0807
  • Air Date: 1999 August 6
77

The Return of
Maggie Beckett

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Arriving in Maggie's hometown of Fresno, California on a slightly more advanced world, the Sliders discover that Maggie's double was a heroic astronaut whose ship disappeared on the return trip from the first human landing on Mars. Should Maggie explore the museums and monuments erected in her honour, or lay low to avoid being recognized? Does she dare attempt to reconcile her relationship with her father, "The General"? On this world of open Extra-terrestrial contact, Reticulan-American Free Trade Agreements, and reverse government conspiracy theorists, not all is as it seems....
  • written by Chris Black
  • directed by Peter Ellis
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0812
  • Air Date: 1999 August 13
78

Easy Slider

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders seek jobs at an oil refinery that is heavily guarded against raids from freedom fighting biker gangs. Meanwhile Mallory hears the old call of the motorbike, falls for a smooth talking redhead, and decides he's going to give up sliding.
  • story by Janét Saunders & Jennifer McGinnis
  • teleplay by Tim Burns
  • directed by David Peckinpah
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0813
  • Air Date: 1999 August 20
79

Requiem

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: On each passing world, Rembrandt is getting visions of Wade, along with headaches and tiredness. Is she trying to contact him somehow? Is she creating some kind of vortex-doorway, hoping the Sliders will come through and rescue her? Or could this all be another Kromagg mindgame? As bits of Remmy's vision begin to come true, the other Sliders realize that there is more than just superstitious speculation afoot....
  • written by Michael Reaves
  • directed by Paul Lynch
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0802
  • Air Date: 1999 Sept. 10
80

Map of the Mind

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders emerge on the grounds of a neural remapping institute, and Diana is taken away for treatment. What are the strange geometric patterns that these patients are compelled to draw on the walls? Are their minds connecting with some other mysterious realm? Is this more than just an insane asylum on a world that is determined to stamp out all signs of creativity?
  • written by Robert Masello
  • directed by Paul Raimondi
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0811
  • Air Date: 1999 Sept. 17
81

A Thousand Deaths

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: On a world where games and entertainment are everything, Rembrandt enters a 1970's police detective simulation, while Mallory re-enacts the American civil war. But one holographic soldier complains of dying over and over again for no reason. Will a day at the spa and a heartfelt talk with Maggie help Diana overcome her fears of claustrophobia, darkness, and death? Rembrandt soon has a real mystery on his hands as he attempts to track down the two missing ladies....
  • written by Keith Damron
  • directed by David Peckinpah
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0815
  • Air Date: 1999 Sept. 24
82

Heavy Metal

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Finding themselves at sea, the Sliders are rescued by a cargo ship that is taking them to Hawaii... Can they dare attempt to open the vortex outside their 400 mile sliding radius? Will they be able to defeat the attacking pirates and find a way back towards the mainland? Will the pirate leader cause Maggie to lose her sense of judgment? And what is the secret of the metal here that could change this world's economy overnight?
  • written by Chris Black
  • directed by Guy Magar
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0814
  • Air Date: 1999 Oct. 1
83

To Catch a Slider

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Egyptian timer continues to act up badly, leading to much speculation over what may be wrong with it, or who might be interfering with it. An attempt to replace one of its large inner jewels could prove astronomically costly though. Will the others heed Rembrandt's misgivings about jewel theft, or will they drag him into their little plot? And will Diana find the strength to pull off her part, considering it means fooling her new love interest? Will she side with ethics or teamwork if forced to choose during the unfolding caper?
  • story by Chris Black & Bill Dial
  • teleplay by Bill Dial
  • directed by Peter Ellis
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0816
  • Air Date: 2000 Jan. 14
84

Dust

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: Stuck in a California of pure desert for three days, the Sliders are lucky and shocked to encounter an archaeological expedition digging into the buried remains of the Chandler Hotel, which is dated as being at least 400 years old. What is the story behind the discarded double of the timer they find buried there? Who or what lies in the adjacent crude cryogenic chamber? And why do the local labourers believe that Rembrandt is the Voice that will lead them in protecting the sacred shrine?
  • story by Chris Black
  • teleplay by Tim Burns & Bill Dial
  • directed by Reynaldo Villalobos
  • music by Danny Lux
  • produced by Paul Cajero
  • Production # E0817
  • Air Date: 2000 Jan. 21
85

Eye of the Storm

- In-depth Analysis Review

Story: The Sliders encounter Dr. Oberon Geiger at the center of a deadly bright orange vortex storm that surrounds the few city blocks around the Chandler Hotel. What is his latest scheme? Can Diana trust his help for Mallory's sake? What is happening to the shrinking number of people still left in the area? Will the Sliders be able to do anything to help get them out of this hell hole?
  • story by Eric Morris
    & Chris Black
  • teleplay by Chris Black
  • directed by David Peckinpah
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0803
  • Air Date: 2000 Jan. 28
86

The Seer

- In-depth Analysis Review

- Season 5 Rankings

Story: Testing a new method for going home, the Sliders are surprised to be greeted like returning heroes by a public that has heard all about their exploits and has created a TV show about their adventures. Who is the mysterious Seer that has been tracking their journey? Are his predictions correct that they will not survive their next slide? And has this world really found a way to liberate itself from the Kromaggs?
  • written by Keith Damron
  • produced and directed
    by Paul Cajero
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # E0818
  • Air Date: 2000 Feb. 4



SEASONS ONE & TWO

(1995-1996)
22 Stories
Dual-Dimension 6 DVD Box Set
Seasons 1 & 2
Region 1 NTSC

Seasons 1 & 2
Region 2 PAL

SEASON THREE

(1996-1997)
24 Stories in 25 episodes
DVD Box Set
Season 3
Region 1 NTSC

Season 3
Region 2 PAL

SEASON FOUR

(1998-1999)
22 Stories
DVD Box Set
Season 4
Region 1 NTSC

Season 4
Region 2 PAL

SEASON FIVE

(1999-2000)
18 Stories
DVD Box Set
Season 5
Region 1 NTSC

A
B
Season 5
Region 2 PAL



"...it seems to be a completely presumptuous act on his part, since his double is never seen or consulted. Metaphysically speaking, it's really our own Arturo's healing that is at stake, and being less than completely honest, and manipulative on top, is not his greatest course of action."

Review of "Sliders: Eggheads"

"As it stands, it's pretty much a complete anti-religious, politically-left-leaning sledgehammer that is presented to the audience, which is unlikely to have anyone reconsider whatever views they already hold. If you want to change minds, you need to start by better understanding all sides of an argument, and that didn't happen here in this episode."

Review of "Prophets and Loss"

"Thankfully, time has brought much philosophical improvement to the core premise of Shakespeare's play. Now.... deception is clearly being painted as one of the core problems, and the plot must twist and turn on the fact that honesty is taking over to rule the day, with a much, much better end result. It's a nice contrast between the two versions of the story, with the modern interpretation aligning itself more closely with good fourth density principles. Shakespeare, eat your heart out."

"Remember, the map is not the territory. Offliners at least deal with the territory hands-on, while the onliners ONLY have the map. Sadly, as pointed out in the philosophical featurette on many packages of "The Matrix", the map has primacy for our society, to the point where this can be forgotten in our fiction writing as happened here."

Review of "Net Worth"

"You can't affect the territory just by altering the map,
anymore than you can stop a heat wave by stuffing your thermometer in the fridge."

Review of "The Unstuck Man"



Our in-depth reviews for each story begin with: "Sliders: The Pilot Episode"



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