TV - Sliders: Viewing Guide
This 90's sci-fi ensemble show has a lot of fun with its concepts even if it hasn't aged all that well. Check out these episodes to see the best of the show and be sure to avoid the second half of the series completely.
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- DirectorAndy TennantStarsJerry O'ConnellJohn Rhys-DaviesSabrina LloydIn a San Francisco basement, physics post-graduate student Quinn Mallory has found a way to create portals to parallel universes. Inviting his physics professor Maximillian Arturo and his computer store colleague Wade Wells for a trip, a series of mishaps ropes in passing singer Rembrandt Brown and takes the Sliders off their planned route. Upon discovering a frozen world and one where Russia rules America, the quartet begins to doubt that they will be able to return to their own world anytime soon...
- DirectorMario AzzopardiStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksThe sliders race to find the cure for a deadly plague which is consuming the inhabitants of that dimension.
- DirectorMichael KeuschStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksThe Sliders arrive in a world where an asteroid is about to collide with Earth and end all life. Unfortunately, they are stuck in this world for 72 hours. Professor Arturo may be the only one who can save them and this Earth.
- DirectorFélix Enríquez AlcaláStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksThe Sliders land in a world where the American colonists lost the Revolutionary War and where the British States of America now stands. The Sheriff of San Francisco plots to assume power through the murder of the heir, Prince Harold III. Professor Arturo assumes the sheriff's identity to save Quinn from execution, thwart the dastardly deed and bring new ideas on democracy to the people.
- DirectorTimothy BondStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world where intelligence takes precedence over athletics, Quinn replaces his double who is in hiding and competes as the captain of team in a sport named "Mindgame" which implements rugby-style activity with answering high caliber questions. Quinn discovers that his double was targeted by thugs who want him to throw the game to satisfy his gambling debts.
- DirectorVern GillumStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world where women dominate authority and traditional gender roles are reversed, Professor Arturo becomes the first male candidate for mayor. Although initially welcoming of the advances of a powerful woman, Rembrandt laments the manner in which he is tricked and used.
- DirectorLes LandauStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a seemingly Utopian world where population control is a priority, citizens play the lottery at local ATM machines. The more they withdraw from the public account, the more chances they have to win the jackpot. Wade winds up a winner and now has to keep her end of the deal which makes the next slide all the more urgent. Rembrandt is arrested for trying to help a lottery winner reverse her fortunes.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a dark world of mysticism and witchcraft imagery, Quinn finds he has a bounty on his head or to be specific, his brain which a witchdoctor selects as payment after running out on a medical bill. The Sliders seek the "Sorcerer" who promises to return them home if they help him.
- DirectorJohn McPhersonStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world where the vast majority of men have succumbed to a deadly virus, the male Sliders find themselves arrested and put into service as breeders at a re-population center.
- DirectorOscar L. CostoStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world where San Francisco is part of the Republic of Texas and a combination of Western culture and technology exists along with saloons and office buildings, the Sliders find themselves in the middle of a hostile takeover attempt by corporate gunslingers who give the term "negotiate" a new meaning. Rembrandt finds himself at the exchange table where poker is played for corporate stock.
- DirectorParis BarclayStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world where San Francisco serves as a prison, two new sliders join the regulars. One is a woman, Michelle, whom Quinn saved from a beating. The other is her savage boyfriend, Sid, who followed them. The Sliders are fitted with buddy bracelets which are used in a buddy system of justice. If one "buddy" commits a crime then the other is punished. Of course Quinn is responsible for Sid's predictable actions. The timer becomes a hot commodity for both prisoners and guards who want to escape an earthquake doomed city.
- DirectorVern GillumStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksThe Sliders land in a world where J. Edgar Hoover has abridged the Constitution and put martial law into effect for the past 30 years. Chased by government officials, they must make a choice of whether to protect the last surviving copy of the Constitution which could sprout the idea of democracy or gain the release of a former judge who has potential to be a new founding father.
- DirectorOscar L. CostoStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world where San Francisco is a national park for the endangered dinosaurs, Professor Arturo stumbles and loses the timer. The Sliders are at the mercy of a poacher's whim if they want to survive but find assistance in a holographic park ranger.
- DirectorAdam NimoyStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksAfter eighteen months, the sliders finally return home. However, all is not as it seems, particularly with Professor Arturo.
- DirectorColin BuckseyStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world where 10% of the population has psychic abilities, Rembrandt and Professor Arturo are arrested before a crime is committed. Wade falls for a man whom put himself in her dreams.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksIn a world where San Francisco is part of the Republic of Nueva Espana, the Sliders are arrested by immigration police and sentenced to deportation to Canada. Quinn meets up with an old high school flame, Daelin, who helps in the escape despite a great loss to her. In the next world, Quinn sets her up with his double in Seattle after an abusive relationship. In the third world, they slide into a jail cell where they await trial for the murder of Daelin, an undercover policewoman. In this realm, clocks and blocks of time move backwards for them alone. Quinn learns that his attempts to save worlds are causing more harm than good.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksAfter accidentally shooting down a spacecraft, the Sliders are pursued between worlds by the eye-eating Kromaggs, in their first appearance, as this new enemy hunts and then interrogates them for their home coordinates while in prison on Earth 113.
- DirectorAdam NimoyStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksOn a world where time moves at a slower rate, Quinn encounters his young double and tries to change a traumatic event in his life. Meanwhile, Arturo decides that it's time to grab life by the horns and takes the others on increasingly wild excursions.
- DirectorJefery LevyStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksDuring a jump the sliders encounter a world consumed by fire. As they wait for the next jump, a matter of seconds, Quinn sees some diffused object coming towards them. They jump through the portal as the 'thing' follows them. They arrive in an oil town that has disturbing under currents of union and company actions. The flame creature reveals itself and begins burning everything, multiplying as it goes. As Quinn considers events at the world, he wonders what was really going on. The Sliders go to work at the oil refinery to get money and quickly become embroiled in the union violence. Quinn realizes the significance of the flame creature and its possible intelligence. The Sliders realize their responsible for bringing the flame to this world and the need to rectify things. Arturo and Quinn begin experimenting with ways to communicate. Meanwhile Wade confesses to Rembrandt she wants to have a baby in the near future.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksThe Sliders arrive in a world virtually crime free. What criminals there are perform on a game show where they play for their lives. Mallory is captured due to previous convictions by his double on the world. The rest of the Sliders go to the studio where the show is made. The correct Mallory sees the show and is dumbfounded by the turn of events. As the trial continues, Wade and Rembrandt decide to uncover any information about the real crime they can. Despite Arturo's best efforts Mallory is found guilty and sentenced to death live on TV.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksThe Sliders visit a world where Christmas is purely commercial and malls house people.
- DirectorJim CharlestonStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksThe Sliders arrive in a world about to be destroyed by a star emitting intense radiation and can save only some of the people by sliding them..
- DirectorJefery LevyStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydCleavant DerricksOne of the Sliders is lost during the mission to save a doomed world, while Arturo and Wade battle an egomaniacal military commander over who will be rescued.