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New for November 24, 2011:

Sliders Season Three Reviews:
"The Exodus"
, "Sole Survivors", "The Other Slide of Darkness", "The Breeder",
"Slither", "Stoker", "Dinoslide", and "This Slide of Paradise"....

A groundbreaking double-length story gives "Sliders" a new blast of momentum as its third season rockets to a conclusion and takes the show where it's never dared to go before. But if only the sailing could have been a little smoother....

Coming for the New Year:

Sliders Season Five will arrive in a Region 1 DVD Box Set for January 17, 2012!

pre-order your copy today from the links below:
Region 1 NTSC in the U.S.
Region 1 NTSC in Canada

The most bizarre twists yet are here in season five, along with some really stand out episodes. Don't miss the last Sliders season filmed to date....

New for October 24, 2011:

Sliders Season Three Reviews:
"Double Cross"
, "Rules of the Game", "Electric Twister Acid Test", "The Guardian",
"The Dream Masters", "Desert Storm", "Dragonslide", "The Fire Within".
Plus our Sliders Season 3 DVD Box Set Buyers' Guide Review

The opening stories of Sliders Season Three deliver some of its very best gems ever, plus much excitement for where the series might be headed....

New for November 3, 2011:

Sliders Season Three Reviews:
"Dead Man Sliding", "The Prince of Slides", "State of the A.R.T.", "Season's Greedings",
"Murder Most Foul", "Slide Like an Egyptian", "Paradise Lost", and "The Last of Eden"

"Sliders" evens out for some decent average episodes during the middle of its third season, with a gem or two thrown in for extra excitement....
but have the BIG developments been delayed a bit too long?

"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 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"
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"

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

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"

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....

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

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.

More reviews coming soon....

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
DVD Box Set
Season 5
Region 1 NTSC

Season 5
Region 2 PAL
coming soon....



Sliders Episode Guide Catalogue

Pilot Episode
Paperback Novelization




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 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


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 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 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

- Season 3 Buyers' Guide Review

- "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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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SEASON FOUR

(1997-1998)
47

Genesis

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 the Sliders be able to find a way 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
48

Prophets and Loss

  • written by Bill Dial
  • directed by Mark Sobel
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2805

Common Ground

  • written by Chris Black
  • directed by Reza Badiyi
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2810

Virtual Slide

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
51

World Killer

Story: 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 what even more horrific circumstances are soon to be discovered on the next world after this?
  • written by Marc Scott Zicree
  • directed by Reza Badiyi
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2804
52

Oh Brother,
Where Art Thou?

Continuity Episode - Introducing Colin
  • story by Chris Black
    & David Peckinpah
  • teleplay by Bill Dial
    & Marc Scott Zicree
  • directed by David Peckinpah
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2811

Just Say Yes

  • written by Richard Manning
  • directed by Jefferson Kibbee
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2809

The Alternateville Horror

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

Slidecage

  • written by Marc Scott Zicree
  • directed by Jerry O'Connell
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2815

Asylum

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

California Reich

  • written by Scott Smith Miller
  • directed by
    Robert M. Williams, Jr.
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2802

The Dying Fields

Story: The Sliders discover a world where Kromagg-Human hybrids are being trained to hunt Humans and "overcome" their Human heritage.
  • written by William Bigelow
  • directed by David Peckinpah
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2812

Lipschitz Live

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 winds up 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 is 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

Mother and Child

  • written by Richard Manning
  • directed by Helaine Head
  • music by Danny Lux
  • Production # K2819

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

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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
    (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
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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