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New for July 24, 2010:

Sliders Season Two reviews begin:
"Into the Mystic"
, "Love Gods", "Gillian of the Spirits", "Time Again and World",
"El Sid"
, "Greatfellas", and "The Good, the Bad, and the Wealthy"
Now on DVD

The early part of Sliders Season Two represents an important arc in Quinn Mallory's heroic development. Join us as we review all stories in both broadcast and production order leading up to his character's breakout moment....

New for August 2, 2010:

Sliders Season Two Reviews:
"In Dino Veritas", "Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome", "Obsession",
"As Time Goes By", "The Young and the Relentless", and "Invasion"
Now on DVD

The final part of Sliders Season Two deals some terrific stand-alone stories including an all-time favourite, before culminating in an important shift in the series' long-term mythological arc.


"Sliders" stands alone as a unique sci-fi show consistently exploring the concept of parallel dimensions, bringing 4 central characters to experience 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 more in-depth Reviews for each "Sliders" story:

Sliders Season One Episode Reviews:
1. "Sliders - The Pilot Episode",
2. "Summer of Love",
3. "The Prince of Wails",
4. "Fever", and
5. "Last Days"
Now on DVD
The beginning of a fantastic sci-fi series that explores the dimensions that cure bad time travel sci-fi.
"Sliders" reviews
"Eggheads",
"The Weaker Sex",
"The King is Back", and
"Luck of the Draw"
Now on DVD

Quality builds to a crescendo in these final season one stories....

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

(1997-1998)
22 Stories
DVD Box Set
Season 4
Region 1 NTSC

Season 4
Region 2 PAL

SEASON FIVE

(1999)
18 Stories
Not yet released.....



Sliders Episode Guide Catalogue

Pilot Episode
Paperback Novelisation




Seasons 1 & 2
6 disc
DVD Box Set
Region 1 NTSC
for North America


in the U.S.


in Canada



Seasons 1 & 2
6 disc
DVD Box Set
Region 2 PAL

for the U.K.



Season 1 DVD
3 disc
Half Box Set
discontinued

SEASON ONE

(Spring 1995)
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 Top 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


Seasons 1 & 2
6 disc
DVD Box Set
Region 1 NTSC
for North America


in the U.S.


in Canada



Seasons 1 & 2
6 disc
DVD Box Set
Region 2 PAL

for the U.K.

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 Sorceror" 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, Aruturo, 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 3
DVD Box Set
Region 1 NTSC
for North America


in the U.S.


in Canada



Season 3
DVD Box Set
Region 2 PAL

for the U.K.

SEASON THREE

(1996-1997)
23

Double Cross

Editor's Favourite :-)
Continuity Episode
  • written by Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Stephen Graziano
24

Rules of the Game

  • written by Josef Anderson
  • directed by Oscar Costo
  • music by Danny Lux

Electric Twister Acid Test

The Guardian

Editor's Favourite :-)
  • written by Tracy Tormé
  • directed by Adam Nimoy
  • music by Danny Lux

The Dream Masters

Desert Storm

Dragonslide

  • by Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
  • Production # K1816

The Fire Within

The Prince of Slides

Dead Man Sliding

State of the A.R.T.

Season's Greedings

Editor's Favourite :-)
  • written by Eleah Horwitz
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Danny Lux

Murder Most Foul

Slide Like an Egyptian

Continuity Episode
  • written by Scott Smith Miller
  • directed by Adam Nimoy
  • music by Danny Lux

The Last of Eden

Paradise Lost

The Exodus

  2 episodes @ 45 min. each
Continuity Episode -
Introducing Maggie Beckett and Rickman
Part One:
  • story by John Rhys-Davies
  • teleplay by Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
  • directed by Jim Charleston
  • music by Stephen Graziano

Part Two:

  • written by Tony Blake, Paul Jackson, & Josef Anderson
  • directed by Jefery Levy
  • music by Danny Lux

Sole Survivors

The Breeder

The Other Slide of Darkness

Slither

Dinoslide

Stoker

  • written by Josef Anderson
  • directed by Jerry O'Connell
  • music by Danny Lux
46

This Slide of Paradise

Continuity Episode
  • written by Nan Hagan
  • directed by Jim Johnston
  • music by Stephen Graziano

Season 4
DVD Box Set
Region 1 NTSC
for North America


in the U.S.


in Canada



Season 4
DVD Box Set
Region 2 PAL

for the U.K.

SEASON FOUR

(1997-1998)
47

Genesis

Continuity Episode
48

Prophets and Loss

Common Ground

  • written by Chris Black
  • directed by Reza Badiyi
  • music by Danny Lux

Virtual Slide

  • written by Keith Damron
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Danny Lux

World Killer

  • written by Marc Scott Zicree
  • directed by Reza Badiyi
  • music by Danny Lux
52

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Continuity Episode - Introducing Colin

Just Say Yes

The Alternateville Horror

Slidecage

Asylum

California Reich

The Dying Fields

Lipschitz Live

Mother and Child

Net Worth

Slide by Wire

Data World

  • written by Joel Metzger
  • directed by Jerry O'Connell
  • music by Danny Lux

Way Out West

  • story by Jerry O'Connell
  • teleplay by Chris Black
  • directed by David Peckinpah
  • music by Danny Lux

My Brother's Keeper

The Chasm

67

Roads Taken

  • story by Marc Scott Zicree
  • teleplay by Bill Dial
  • directed by Jerry O'Connell
  • music by Danny Lux
68

Revelations

  • story by Marc Scott Zicree
  • teleplay by Bill Dial
  • directed by Robert M. Williams, Jr.
  • music by Danny Lux
Season Five

Not yet released.....

SEASON FIVE

(1999)
Not yet released.....
69

The Unstuck Man

Editor's Favourite :-)

Continuity Episode introducing Diana, alternate "Mallory", and Dr. Oberon Geiger

  • story by David Peckinpah & Keith Damron
  • teleplay by Bill Dial & Chris Black
  • directed by Guy Magar
  • music by Danny Lux
70

Applied Physics

Editor's Favourite :-)
  • written by Chris Black
  • directed by David J. Eagle
  • music by Danny Lux
71

Strangers and Comrades

72

The Great Work

73

New Gods for Old

Editor's Favourite :-)
  • written by David Gerrold
  • directed by Richard Compton
  • music by Danny Lux
74

Please Press One

75

A Current Affair

76

Java Jive

77

The Return of Maggie Beckett

Editor's Favourite :-)
  • written by Chris Black
  • directed by Peter Ellis
  • music by Danny Lux
78

Easy Slider

79

Requiem

80

Map of the Mind

81

A Thousand Deaths

82

Heavy Metal

83

To Catch a Slider

84

Dust

85

Eye of the Storm

86

The Seer

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