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|ShortSummary=The sliders are confused with animal poachers when they land on a world where San Francisco is a preserve for [[dinosaur]]s and the Timer is dropped somewhere in the wilderness.
|ShortSummary=The sliders are confused with animal poachers when they land on a world where San Francisco is a preserve for [[dinosaur]]s and the Timer is dropped somewhere in the wilderness. Quinn goes missing while in search of the lost Timer.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|9|27}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|9|27}}
|ProdCode=K1801
|ProdCode=K1801
|ShortSummary=Quinn offers to assist a scientist named Logan St. Claire ([[Zoe McLellan]]), his female double on this Earth, fix her sliding technology in exchange for using the equipment to find his home coordinates. However, Arturo later discovers Logan does not have good intentions for the use of sliding technology.
|ShortSummary=Quinn offers to assist a scientist named Logan St. Claire ([[Zoe McLellan]]), his female double on this Earth, fix her sliding technology in exchange for using the equipment to find his home coordinates. However, Arturo later discovers Logan does not have good intentions for the use of sliding technology. Rembrandt gets mixed up with his doubles "biggest fan".
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|10|18}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|10|18}}
|ProdCode=K1807
|ProdCode=K1807
|ShortSummary=The group arrives on a world where terrorists discovered drugs that can invade people's dreams, and one of them chooses Wade as his next target. (This is the first of two episodes without a sliding scene.)
|ShortSummary=The group arrives on a world where terrorists discovered drugs that can invade people's dreams, and one of them chooses Wade as his next target. (This is the first of two episodes without a proper sliding scene.)
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|11|22}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|11|22}}
|ProdCode=K1808
|ProdCode=K1808
|ShortSummary=The sliders land on a world where men get pregnant. Rembrandt is mistakenly confused for his double and is impregnated with his double's son, who is the heir to the throne.
|ShortSummary=The sliders land on a world where America is a Monarchy and men get pregnant. Rembrandt is mistakenly confused for his double and is impregnated with his double's son, who is the heir to the throne.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|12|20}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1996|12|20}}
|ProdCode=K1806
|ProdCode=K1806
|ShortSummary=The sliders land onto a world dominated by commercialism, and get jobs working in a giant mall two days before [[Christmas]]. They later discover that the workers are basically indentured servants, and Arturo attempts to prevent one worker from abandoning her infant child.
|ShortSummary=The sliders land onto a world dominated by commercialism, and get jobs working in a giant mall in the sky two days before [[Christmas]]. They later discover that the workers are basically indentured servants, and Arturo attempts to prevent one worker from abandoning her infant child. Wade connects with the doubles of her Father and Sister who Wade attempts to get away from the owner of the mall. Rembrandt starts to buy loads of Christmas Gifts uncharacteristically.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|7}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|3|7}}
|ProdCode=K1819
|ProdCode=K1819
|ShortSummary=Quinn is infected with a bacterium that turns people into zombies.
|ShortSummary=Quinn is infected with a bacterium that turns people into zombies, as the group must also get used to their changed circumstances.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|4|25}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1997|4|25}}
|ProdCode=K1829
|ProdCode=K1829
|ShortSummary=Quinn and Rembrandt are separated from Wade and Maggie after their plane crashes in the jungle. They attempt to reunite by assisting people attempting to capture deadly snakes. Quinn and Maggie learn that they are not the best judge of character.
|ShortSummary=On a world where Smoking is outlawed, Quinn and Rembrandt are separated from Wade and Maggie after their plane crashes in the jungle. They attempt to reunite by assisting people attempting to capture deadly snakes. Quinn and Maggie learn that they are not the best judge of character when it comes to the opposite sex.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|7|13}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|7|13}}
|ProdCode=K2809
|ProdCode=K2809
|ShortSummary=Maggie and Colin are given drugs in a society where drug use is mandatory and people can be arrested for non-possession. Quinn and Rembrandt must find a way to escape the authorities and rescue Maggie and Colin.
|ShortSummary=Maggie and Colin are given drugs in a society where drug use is mandatory and people can be arrested for non-possession. Quinn and Rembrandt must find a way to escape the authorities, detox and rescue Maggie and Colin.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|7|20}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|7|20}}
|ProdCode=K2803
|ProdCode=K2803
|ShortSummary=The Chandler Hotel appears to be haunted, but Quinn has a more scientific explanation for what's happening.
|ShortSummary= On a world of Acid Rain The Chandler Hotel appears to be haunted, but Quinn has a more scientific explanation for what's happening.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|7|27}}
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|ProdCode=K2815
|ProdCode=K2815
|ShortSummary=Quinn and Colin attempt to slide to Kromagg Prime but end up in a slidecage designed to prevent the Kromaggs from returning to that earth. The Residents there are split between Human and Kromagg.
|ShortSummary=Quinn and Colin attempt to slide to Kromagg Prime but end up in a slidecage designed to prevent the Kromaggs from returning to that earth. The Residents there are split between Human and Kromagg. A dark Kromagg Secret is revealed concerning Rembrandt.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|8|24}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|8|24}}
|ProdCode=K2802
|ProdCode=K2802
|ShortSummary=On a racist world, Rembrandt is forced into slavery, and immigrants are mutilated into mindless drones.
|ShortSummary=On a racist world where Hitler and the Nazi Regime never happened, Rembrandt is forced into slavery, and immigrants are mutilated into mindless drones.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|12|7}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|12|7}}
|ProdCode=K2819
|ProdCode=K2819
|ShortSummary=The sliders rescue a human woman and her half-human/half-Kromagg infant son from a Kromagg Breeding Camp. After returning her to her world they must save her son from a virus their world used to defeat the Kromaggs.
|ShortSummary=The sliders rescue a human woman and her half-human/half-Kromagg infant son from a Kromagg Breeding Camp. After returning her to her world they must save her son from a virus their world used to defeat the Kromaggs, without handing it to a Krommagg Commander who followed them.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|19}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|19}}
|ProdCode=K2808
|ProdCode=K2808
|ShortSummary=Archibald Chandler of the Chandler Hotel turns the sliders into computer data and makes them follow his wishes. By luck Mac the hacker helps the sliders. Will they get out before the timer runs out?
|ShortSummary=Archibald Chandler of the Chandler Hotel turns the sliders into computer data and makes them follow his wishes. By luck Mac the hacker helps the sliders. Will they get out before the timer runs out, or has it already run out for them?
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|26}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|26}}
|ProdCode=K2821
|ProdCode=K2821
|ShortSummary=On a world resembling the "Old West", the sliders encounter Kolitar, the Kromagg from "Slidecage"
|ShortSummary=On a world resembling the "Old West", the sliders encounter Kolitar, the Kromagg from "Slidecage". Kolitar frames Quinn for murder then he and Rembrandt face hanging. Their only hope lies with Colin and his frontier experience with guns.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|4|16}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|4|16}}
|ProdCode=K2822
|ProdCode=K2822
|ShortSummary=A "bubble universe" envelops Quinn and Maggie.
|ShortSummary=A "bubble universe" envelops Quinn and Maggie, as Rembrandt and Colin attempt to survive a war torn world.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|6|18}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|6|18}}
|ProdCode=E0804
|ProdCode=E0804
|ShortSummary=Diana attempts to separate Quinn and his double, while the combined version experiences violent flashbacks from Quinn's life.
|ShortSummary=Diana attempts to separate Quinn and his double, while the combined version experiences violent flashbacks from Quinn's life. Diana comes to a hard lesson about teamwork after Geiger returns to further manipulate her.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|6|25}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|6|25}}
|ProdCode=E0809
|ProdCode=E0809
|ShortSummary=The sliders land on a barren wasteland and are forced to participate in a neverending battle with the Kromaggs.
|ShortSummary=The sliders land on a barren wasteland and are forced to participate in a neverending battle with the Kromaggs. What is in the Bunker the humans were assigned to guard with their life?
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|7|23}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|7|23}}
|ProdCode=E0808
|ProdCode=E0808
|ShortSummary=Maggie is kidnapped by a corporate conglomerate.
|ShortSummary=Maggie is kidnapped by a corporate conglomerate.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|7|30}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|7|30}}
|ProdCode=E0805
|ProdCode=E0805
|ShortSummary=A tabloid newspaper spreads a rumor that U.S. President Jefferson Williams is having an affair with Maggie.
|ShortSummary=A tabloid newspaper spreads a rumor that U.S. President Jefferson Williams is having an affair with Maggie, as a plot to cover up a germ warfare plot concerning Switzerland
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|8|6}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|8|6}}
|ProdCode=E0807
|ProdCode=E0807
|ShortSummary=The sliders land on a world where caffeine is outlawed.
|ShortSummary=The sliders land on a world where caffeine is outlawed. Rembrandt falls for a club singer who wants out of a speakeasy life and holds a secret. Rembrandts Double is a Killer for the Mob.
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|ProdCode=E0812
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|ShortSummary=Maggie is mistaken for her astronaut double and is kidnapped by conspirators.
|ShortSummary=Maggie is mistaken for her astronaut double and is kidnapped by conspirators. The situation is further complicated when Maggie meets the double of her General Father.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|8|20}}
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|ProdCode=E0813
|ProdCode=E0813
|ShortSummary=On a world where gas powered vehicles are outlawed due to the pollution that they generate, Mallory becomes friends with a group of motorcycle riders.
|ShortSummary=On a world where gas powered vehicles are outlawed due to the pollution that they generate, Mallory becomes friends with a group of motorcycle riders, and becomes intimately involved with their leader.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|10}}
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|ProdCode=E0802
|ProdCode=E0802
|ShortSummary=Rembrandt receives visions from Wade.
|ShortSummary=Rembrandt receives visions from Wade, who is still in Kromagg captivity, and somehow sending portals to the world she is on.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|17}}
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|ProdCode=E0811
|ProdCode=E0811
|ShortSummary=Diana and Mallory become trapped in a mental institution.
|ShortSummary=Diana and Mallory become trapped in a mental institution on a world where creativity is a crime.
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|9|24}}
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|ProdCode=E0815
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|ShortSummary=The sliders arrive on a world where the local population participates in deadly arcade simulators.
|ShortSummary=The sliders arrive on a world where the local population participates in deadly arcade simulators. The situation is amiss when the holograms plead for their lives.
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|ProdCode=E0814
|ProdCode=E0814
|ShortSummary=The sliders exit a vortex in the middle of the ocean, and must join the crew of a pirate ship in order to get back to California. (This is the second of two episodes without a sliding scene.)
|ShortSummary=The sliders exit a vortex in the middle of the ocean, and must join the crew of a pirate ship in order to get back to California. Maggie becomes intimately involved with the Pirate Leader. (This is the second of two episodes without a proper sliding scene.)
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|1|14}}
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|ProdCode=E0816
|ProdCode=E0816
|ShortSummary=The sliders must find a gem needed to repair their malfunctioning timer.
|ShortSummary=The sliders must find a gem needed to repair their malfunctioning timer or risk another dangerous vortex.
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|ProdCode=E0817
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|ShortSummary=The group lands on a world where Rembrandt is regarded as a deity.
|ShortSummary=The group lands on a world that suffered a Cataclysm, a defuct timer is found, and where Rembrandt is regarded as a deity.
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|ProdCode=E0803
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|ShortSummary=In their final encounter with Dr. Geiger, the scientist reveals that he can separate Mallory from his double Quinn. His true motives soon become clear.
|ShortSummary=In their final encounter with Dr. Geiger on a world that seems to be imploding, the scientist reveals that he can separate Mallory from his double Quinn. His true motives soon become clear.
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Revision as of 16:41, 11 May 2020

The following is a list of episodes for the Fox and Sci Fi Channel original series, Sliders. The series aired on Fox from March 1995 to May 1997 and on the Sci Fi Channel from June 1998 to February 2000. A total of 88 episodes were produced.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
110March 22, 1995 (1995-03-22)May 17, 1995 (1995-05-17)Fox
213March 1, 1996 (1996-03-01)July 12, 1996 (1996-07-12)
325September 20, 1996 (1996-09-20)May 16, 1997 (1997-05-16)
422June 8, 1998 (1998-06-08)April 23, 1999 (1999-04-23)Syfy
518June 11, 1999 (1999-06-11)February 4, 2000 (2000-02-04)

Episodes

Season 1 (1995)

Fox changed the intended order of the episodes, beginning with episodes they thought would draw in audiences.[1] This often causes confusion and sometimes chronological errors in continuity with respect to the story arc (for example, episode 5 "Prince of Wails" opens with the resolution to the cliffhanger brought about in episode 6 "Summer of Love"). The intended and filmed order of the episodes is as follows:

1-2. "Pilot, (Parts 1 and 2)"
6. "Summer of Love"
5. "The Prince of Wails"
3. "Fever"
4. "Last Days"
8. "The Weaker Sex"
7. "Eggheads"
9. "The King is Back"
10. "Luck of the Draw"

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season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
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2
1
2
"Pilot"Andy TennantS : Robert K. Weiss;
S/T : Tracy Tormé
March 22, 1995 (1995-03-22)83535
While researching anti-gravity, brilliant grad student Quinn Mallory accidentally opens an inter-dimensional portal which sends him and three companions on a cosmic roller-coaster ride to parallel Earths, including a world where the Cold War domino theory proved true, and Communist Russia rules America .
35"Fever"Mario AzzopardiAnn Powell & Rose SchachtMarch 29, 1995 (1995-03-29)70402
When Wade is infected with deadly pathogen on an Earth racked by an epidemic where Quinn's Double is Patient Zero, Rembrandt and Arturo race to find a cure and free Quinn from a Gestapo-like health agency.
46"Last Days"Michael KeuschDan LaneApril 5, 1995 (1995-04-05)70404
The salvation of a world facing destruction by an asteroid rests in the hands of Arturo and an overzealous young scientist. Meanwhile, Quinn and Wade begin to face their feelings for each other. Rembrandt learns a moral lesson.
54"Prince of Wails"Félix AlcaláLee Goldberg & William RabkinApril 12, 1995 (1995-04-12)70403
In a world where Great Britain successfully suppressed the American Revolutionary War, the Sliders are embroiled in an assassination plot involving the heir to the throne and an evil Sheriff of San Francisco who happens to be The Professors Double.
63"Summer of Love"Mario AzzopardiTracy TorméApril 19, 1995 (1995-04-19)70401
The Sliders find themselves in a present-day San Francisco where the "Summer of Love" never ended—and Wade and Rembrandt are mistaken for extraterrestrial prophets. Oliver North is said to be President of the United States in this universe.
78"Eggheads"Timothy BondS : Jacob Epstein;
S/T : Scott Smith Miller
April 26, 1995 (1995-04-26)70405
While Quinn struggles with fame in the Mindgame Tournament in a world where intellect is prized, Arturo tries for a reconciliation with the double of his late wife.
87"The Weaker Sex"Vern GillumDawn Prestwich & Nicole YorkinMay 3, 1995 (1995-05-03)70406
Arturo finds himself in a mayoral race in a world where men are treated as "the weaker sex" and women hold the positions of power and influence. Hillary Clinton is shown as being the President of the United States.
99"The King Is Back"Vern GillumTracy TorméMay 10, 1995 (1995-05-10)70408
It looks like the King is back when Rembrandt is mistaken for his double, a long deceased rock legend. His Doubles Manager wants him to stay for a high paying comeback gig, but an old enemy would like to see the Cryin' Man disappear again—permanently. Will Rembrandt Decide to stay?
1010"Luck of the Draw"Les LandauJon PovillMay 17, 1995 (1995-05-17)70409
Wade finds that she has money to spend when she wins the lottery in a seemingly utopian world, but she soon discovers that her silver cloud has a very dark lining, as the lottery winners are put to death for population control.

Season 2 (1996)

As in Season 1, Fox again broadcast the episodes out of their intended order, this time even changing the finale. The producers' intended order is as follows:[2][3]


11. "Into the Mystic"
16. "Time Again and World"
15. "El Sid"
12. "Love Gods"
14. "The Good, the Bad and the Wealthy"
23. "As Time Goes By"
13. "Gillian of the Spirits"
19. "Obsession"
22. "Invasion"
18. "Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome"
17. "In Dino Veritas"
20. "Greatfellas"
21. "The Young and the Relentless"

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code
111"Into the Mystic"Richard ComptonTracy TorméMarch 1, 1996 (1996-03-01)K0807
On an alternate Earth immersed in occult practices, Quinn becomes the target of a shaman who demands his brain as payment for services rendered. A local Sorcerer may have the key to bringing the Sliders home.
124"Love Gods"John McPhersonTony Blake & Paul JacksonMarch 8, 1996 (1996-03-08)K0803
Quinn, Rembrandt and Arturo are tagged as runaway breeders on a world where, due to a biological weapon outbreak, men are scarce and nations are in cutthroat competition to snag fertile men to repopulate.
137"Gillian of the Spirits"Paris BarclayTony Blake & Paul JacksonMarch 15, 1996 (1996-03-15)K0810
The Vortex is struck by lighting resulting in Quinn becoming lost in the astral plane, and the only person who can possibly help him is a girl with paranormal abilities. The world they've landed on is constrained by "anti-technology" laws that resulted from the atomic bombings on Japan, crimping Arturo's efforts to repair the timer.
145"The Good, the Bad and the Wealthy"Oscar L. CostoScott Smith MillerMarch 22, 1996 (1996-03-22)K0805
Quinn's fast draw with a gun embroils him in a corporate takeover on a world where California is part of the independent republic of Texas, and securities law allows gunfighting.
153"El Sid"Paris BarclayJon PovillMarch 29, 1996 (1996-03-29)K0802
Quinn rescues a woman on a war-torn world, and her boyfriend, swearing vengeance, jumps the slide. They end up on an earth where San Francisco is a citywide prison that awaits a violent earthquake.
162"Time Again and World"Vern GillumJacob EpsteinApril 5, 1996 (1996-04-05)K0801
On a world where the United States Constitution has been outlawed, the sliders attempt to preserve the world's final copy of the document and save an activist judge from public execution.
1711"In Dino Veritas"Oscar L. CostoSteve BrownApril 26, 1996 (1996-04-26)K0813
The sliders are confused with animal poachers when they land on a world where San Francisco is a preserve for dinosaurs and the Timer is dropped somewhere in the wilderness. Quinn goes missing while in search of the lost Timer.
1810"Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome"Adam NimoyNan HaganMay 3, 1996 (1996-05-03)K0812
The sliders believe they have returned home. While Wade and Rembrandt get ready to move on, Quinn quickly has doubt upon noticing extremely minor details being different. Arturo undergoes an unexpected change of character.
198"Obsession"Colin BuckseyS : Steve Brown;
S/T : Jon Povill
May 24, 1996 (1996-05-24)K0808
The sliders land on a world dominated by psychics. The Prime Oracle (who is the most powerful person in the world due to his psychic powers) falls in love with Wade and attempts to keep her from sliding.
2012"Greatfellas"Allan EastmanS : Sean Clark;
S/T : Scott Smith Miller
May 31, 1996 (1996-05-31)K0804
Rembrandt is confused with his double on a world where alcohol prohibition was never repealed and gangs dominate society. He discovers his counterpart is a federal agent. ((Guest Appearance by Mel Torme))
2113"The Young and the Relentless"Richard ComptonS : Michael X. Fernaro;
S/T : T. Edward Anthony & Von Whisenhant
June 7, 1996 (1996-06-07)K0814
Quinn impersonates his recently deceased double on a world where the young dominate society and middle-aged people are prohibited from working and are subject to curfews.
229"Invasion"Richard ComptonTracy TorméJune 28, 1996 (1996-06-28)K0809
The group arrives on a new world in the middle of an alien invasion, and learn that the invaders are the Kromaggs, sliders that can move through the gateways at will. The group slide to a World where California was settled by the French, where they are captured. They are relocated to Earth 113, and suffer interrogation.
236"As Time Goes By"Richard ComptonSteve BrownJuly 12, 1996 (1996-07-12)K0806
The sliders get involved with doubles of the same group of people on three different worlds, including the double of a high school girlfriend of Quinn. In one of the worlds, time is moving in the opposite direction, causing them to be in prison, then taken to their arraignment before being set free.

Season 3 (1996–97)

Again, Fox aired this season's episodes out of order. For instance, "Double Cross" was filmed as the premiere for Season Three. In this episode, the audience learns why the Sliders will now be able to slide anywhere between San Francisco and L.A. However, Fox opted to air "Rules of the Game" first, since it was a more action-oriented episode.[4] The proper viewing order is as follows:[5]


25. "Double Cross"
24. "Rules of the Game"
33. "Dead Man Sliding"
26. "Electric Twister Acid Test"
27. "The Guardian"
28. "The Dream Masters"
29. "Desert Storm"
30. "Dragonslide"
31. "The Fire Within"
32. "The Prince of Slides"
34. "State of the Art"
35. "Seasons Greedings"
36. "Murder Most Foul"
37. "Slide Like an Egyptian"
38. "Paradise Lost"
43. "The Last of Eden"
39. "The Exodus Part 1"
40. "The Exodus Part 2"
41. "Sole Survivors"
44. "The Other Slide of Darkness"
42. "The Breeder"
47. "Stoker"
45. "Slither"
46. "Dinoslide"
48. "This Slide of Paradise"

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overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
242"Double Cross"Richard ComptonTony Blake & Paul JacksonSeptember 27, 1996 (1996-09-27)K1801
Quinn offers to assist a scientist named Logan St. Claire (Zoe McLellan), his female double on this Earth, fix her sliding technology in exchange for using the equipment to find his home coordinates. However, Arturo later discovers Logan does not have good intentions for the use of sliding technology. Rembrandt gets mixed up with his doubles "biggest fan".
251"Rules of the Game"Oscar L. CostoJosef AndersonSeptember 20, 1996 (1996-09-20)K1805
The sliders land in the middle of a real live-action war game that they must finish in order to escape. This becomes difficult after the Professer gets blinded.
2610"Dead Man Sliding"Richard ComptonNan HaganNovember 29, 1996 (1996-11-29)K1804
Quinn's double is wanted for murder and Quinn is arrested instead. He is sentenced to death on a trial game show, and the other sliders decide that finding Quinn's double is the only way to save Quinn.
273"Electric Twister Acid Test"Oscar L. CostoScott Smith MillerOctober 4, 1996 (1996-10-04)K1809
The sliders land in a barren wasteland with bizarre electrical activity that attracts tornadoes. They are confronted by a community that are opposed to any form of technology, who are similar to Amish people. The chief discovers the Sliders' timer and he decides to keep Wade as hostage; while exiling Quinn, Arturo and Rembrandt.
284"The Guardian"Adam NimoyTracy TorméOctober 11, 1996 (1996-10-11)K1803
The sliders land on a world identical to Earth Prime except that the events that occurred in 1984 on Earth Prime are occurring in 1996 on this earth. The Professor comes to terms with an inevitable tragedy.
295"The Dream Masters"Jefery LevyS : Scott Smith Miller;
S/T : Melinda M. Snodgrass
October 18, 1996 (1996-10-18)K1807
The group arrives on a world where terrorists discovered drugs that can invade people's dreams, and one of them chooses Wade as his next target. (This is the first of two episodes without a proper sliding scene.)
306"Desert Storm"Jim JohnstonMatt DearbornNovember 1, 1996 (1996-11-01)K1810
The sliders become involved in a struggle for control over a woman who can detect water on a desert world. "This is the Infamous Episode where Ken Steadman was killed during production"
317"Dragonslide"David LivingstonTony Blake & Paul JacksonNovember 8, 1996 (1996-11-08)K1816
A wizard wants to capture Quinn on a world where the Mallory family has special powers. Rembrandt gets affected by a love potion and starts to proclaim love for Wade.
328"The Fire Within"Jefery LevyJosef AndersonNovember 15, 1996 (1996-11-15)K1814
Quinn and Arturo communicate with a fire-based lifeform on a world where the oil is in Los Angeles. Wade confesses a secret to Rembrandt.
339"The Prince of Slides"Richard ComptonEleah HorwitzNovember 22, 1996 (1996-11-22)K1808
The sliders land on a world where America is a Monarchy and men get pregnant. Rembrandt is mistakenly confused for his double and is impregnated with his double's son, who is the heir to the throne.
3411"State of the Art"John T. KretchmerS : Schuyler Kent;
T : Nan Hagan
December 6, 1996 (1996-12-06)K1813
On a world where the human population has been replaced with androids, a scientist wants to transplant Quinn and Rembrandt's brains into android hosts.
3512"Season's Greedings"Richard ComptonEleah HorwitzDecember 20, 1996 (1996-12-20)K1806
The sliders land onto a world dominated by commercialism, and get jobs working in a giant mall in the sky two days before Christmas. They later discover that the workers are basically indentured servants, and Arturo attempts to prevent one worker from abandoning her infant child. Wade connects with the doubles of her Father and Sister who Wade attempts to get away from the owner of the mall. Rembrandt starts to buy loads of Christmas Gifts uncharacteristically.
3613"Murder Most Foul"Jeff WoolnoughDavid PeckinpahJanuary 3, 1997 (1997-01-03)K1815
On a world where Clerical workers are everywhere, Arturo is brainwashed into believing he is a great literary detective named Reginald Doyle (this world's equivalent of Sherlock Holmes). after being deemed as overstressed. A situation deemed serious after someone begins to murder women for real in the style of Jack The Ripper)
3714"Slide Like an Egyptian"Adam NimoyScott Smith MillerJanuary 17, 1997 (1997-01-17)K1817
The group lands on a world where ancient Egypt retained slavery, Sliding is for royals and Egyptian pharaoh rule has become predominant. They must escape from a pyramid while being hunted by a large scarab beetle after missing the Slide.
3815"Paradise Lost"Jim JohnstonSteven StoliarJanuary 31, 1997 (1997-01-31)K1818
The sliders land on a world where a giant worm eats people and leaves behind the secret to eternal life.
3920"The Last of Eden"Allan EastmanJosef AndersonMarch 28, 1997 (1997-03-28)K1820
Quinn and Wade get stuck in an underground city. Due to it being broadcast out of sequence a pre-credits scene establishes this episode is being told as a flashback to an earlier slide prior to Arturo's death. Rembrandt learns of Arturo's illness in this episode and Quinn learns of Wade's Desire to have a baby. The episode is inspired by H.G. Wells' story The Time Machine.
4016"The Exodus (Part 1)"Jim CharlestonS : John Rhys-Davies;
T : Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
February 21, 1997 (1997-02-21)K1825
When the sliders land on an earth that is about to be destroyed by the radiation of a pulsar, a military unit forces them to help them fix their sliding technology so they can transport people to a parallel world. Quinn teams up with Captain Maggie Becket on a search for the appropriate Earth. Guest starring Roger Daltrey as Colonel Rickman.
4117"The Exodus (Part 2)"Jefery LevyJosef Anderson and Tony Blake & Paul JacksonFebruary 28, 1997 (1997-02-28)K1824
Quinn and Maggie find an alternate earth to which they can transport 150 survivors from the previous earth; Quinn finds the coordinates of Earth Prime. However, Rickman has a hidden agenda for the survivors. This was the last show filmed with John Rhys-Davies.
4218"Sole Survivors"David PeckinpahSteven KriozereMarch 7, 1997 (1997-03-07)K1819
Quinn is infected with a bacterium that turns people into zombies, as the group must also get used to their changed circumstances.
4321"The Other Slide of Darkness"Jeff WoolnoughNan Hagan & Scott Smith MillerApril 11, 1997 (1997-04-11)K1802
The sliders find Rickman close to a Sulfur Fog on a superstitious world. Quinn is faced with a dark choice by someone from his past he encountered before Sliding.
4419"The Breeder"Paris BarclayEleah HorwitzMarch 14, 1997 (1997-03-14)K1823
Maggie is infected with a parasite that takes control of her body and attempts to find a mate, on a world where organ doners are drafted without choice.
4524"Stoker"Jerry O'ConnellJosef AndersonMay 9, 1997 (1997-05-09)K1826
Wade makes friends with vampire musicians who want to steal the timer. Rickman is in hiding disguised as a priest. Credits include Tommy Chong and Danny Masterson.
4622"Slither"Jim JohnstonTony Blake & Paul JacksonApril 25, 1997 (1997-04-25)K1829
On a world where Smoking is outlawed, Quinn and Rembrandt are separated from Wade and Maggie after their plane crashes in the jungle. They attempt to reunite by assisting people attempting to capture deadly snakes. Quinn and Maggie learn that they are not the best judge of character when it comes to the opposite sex.
4723"Dinoslide"Richard ComptonDavid PeckinpahMay 2, 1997 (1997-05-02)K1827
The sliders return to the world with the 150 survivors from The Exodus to find that it is inhabited by dinosaurs. Rickman attempts to carry out his old plan, and a Dangerous T-Rex is on the loose.
4825"This Slide of Paradise"Jim JohnstonNan HaganMay 16, 1997 (1997-05-16)K1828
The Sliders pursue Rickman to an island with a scientist who has created a race of human-animal hybrids. The scientist is played by Michael York (see also The Island of Dr. Moreau). This is the last show in which Sabrina Lloyd is seen.

Season 4 (1998–99)

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
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491"Genesis"Reza BadiyiDavid PeckinpahJune 8, 1998 (1998-06-08)K2801
Three months after being separated from Rembrandt and Wade, Quinn and Maggie return to Earth Prime to find it has been conquered by the Kromaggs. Quinn discoveres he is not from Earth Prime.
502"Prophets and Loss"Mark SobelBill DialJune 8, 1998 (1998-06-08)K2805
The sliders land on a world dominated by a religion where people wish to travel to the other side through a vortex. After one of the leaders witnesses the sliders arrive on this earth, and after the sliders learn that people are being killed on this earth instead of transported to a parallel world, the timer is confiscated. Connor Trinneer guest stars.
513"Common Ground"Reza BadiyiChris BlackJune 15, 1998 (1998-06-15)K2810
Maggie saves the life of a Kromagg on a world where Kromaggs are conducting experiments on humans. Quinn learns just how hateful Rembradnt has become after his months in captivity.
524"Virtual Slide"Richard ComptonKeith DamronJune 22, 1998 (1998-06-22)K2807
The sliders land on a world where everyone uses virtual reality all the time. Maggie goes under surveillance by those in charge who want to build a Sliding Machine.
535"World Killer"Reza BadiyiMarc Scott ZicreeJune 29, 1998 (1998-06-29)K2804
The sliders land on a world where Quinn's double slid the entire population except himself, to a world where the population has doubled.
546"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"David PeckinpahS : Chris Black & David Peckinpah;
T : Bill Dial & Marc Scott Zicree
July 6, 1998 (1998-07-06)K2811
Quinn locates his brother Colin on a world significantly less advanced than Earth Prime where the society is similar to that of the Amish. After going to the next world Colin must learn how the modern world works. Charlie O'Connell joins the cast as a regular.
557"Just Say Yes"Jefferson KibbeeRichard ManningJuly 13, 1998 (1998-07-13)K2809
Maggie and Colin are given drugs in a society where drug use is mandatory and people can be arrested for non-possession. Quinn and Rembrandt must find a way to escape the authorities, detox and rescue Maggie and Colin.
568"The Alternateville Horror"David GrossmanChris BlackJuly 20, 1998 (1998-07-20)K2803
On a world of Acid Rain The Chandler Hotel appears to be haunted, but Quinn has a more scientific explanation for what's happening.
579"Slidecage"Jerry O'ConnellMarc Scott ZicreeJuly 27, 1998 (1998-07-27)K2815
Quinn and Colin attempt to slide to Kromagg Prime but end up in a slidecage designed to prevent the Kromaggs from returning to that earth. The Residents there are split between Human and Kromagg. A dark Kromagg Secret is revealed concerning Rembrandt.
5810"Asylum"Michael MillerBill DialAugust 17, 1998 (1998-08-17)K2813
When Quinn is injured, the only one who can save him is a doctor who has been taught Kromagg healing techniques—but who is also wanted for providing assistance to the Kromaggs. A situation more complicated as Rembrandt has fallen in love with her.
5911"California Reich"Robert M. Williams, Jr.Scott Smith MillerAugust 24, 1998 (1998-08-24)K2802
On a racist world where Hitler and the Nazi Regime never happened, Rembrandt is forced into slavery, and immigrants are mutilated into mindless drones.
6012"The Dying Fields"David PeckinpahWilliam BigelowAugust 31, 1998 (1998-08-31)K2812
The sliders land on a world used as a Kromagg training camp, where Kromaggs hunt humans. Colin is kidnapped and Rembrandt is poisoned by a projectile.
6113"Lipschitz Live!"Jerry O'ConnellKeith DamronNovember 30, 1998 (1998-11-30)K2814
The sliders are separated on a world where in every public place, there is a television set showing a talk show called Lipschitz Live! Quinn becomes a guest on the show to announce his location to the others.
6214"Mother and Child"Helaine HeadRichard ManningDecember 7, 1998 (1998-12-07)K2819
The sliders rescue a human woman and her half-human/half-Kromagg infant son from a Kromagg Breeding Camp. After returning her to her world they must save her son from a virus their world used to defeat the Kromaggs, without handing it to a Krommagg Commander who followed them.
6315"Net Worth"Paul LynchSteven StoliarJanuary 11, 1999 (1999-01-11)K2806
The group is separated on a world divided between computer experts and ruthless scavengers. In order to reunite they must assist a couple who have only spoken through the Internet.
6416"Slide by Wire"Robert A. HudecekChris BlackJanuary 18, 1999 (1999-01-18)K2820
Maggie's double impersonates her and slides with Quinn, Rembrandt, and Colin to a world where technology is regarded alongside witchcraft. Maggie must survive in a world where the airforce links their fighters directly from the brain. Meg Foster guest stars.
6517"Data World"Jerry O'ConnellJoel MetzgerMarch 19, 1999 (1999-03-19)K2808
Archibald Chandler of the Chandler Hotel turns the sliders into computer data and makes them follow his wishes. By luck Mac the hacker helps the sliders. Will they get out before the timer runs out, or has it already run out for them?
6618"Way Out West"David PeckinpahS : Jerry O'Connell;
T : Chris Black
March 26, 1999 (1999-03-26)K2821
On a world resembling the "Old West", the sliders encounter Kolitar, the Kromagg from "Slidecage". Kolitar frames Quinn for murder then he and Rembrandt face hanging. Their only hope lies with Colin and his frontier experience with guns.
6719"My Brother's Keeper"Reza BadiyiDoug MolitorApril 2, 1999 (1999-04-02)K2816
Quinn is mistaken for his double's clone on a world where clones are kept as organ donors.
6820"The Chasm"Robert A. HudecekWilliam BigelowApril 9, 1999 (1999-04-09)K2817
The sliders land in a village with technology that drains the happiness of one person through a dark Chasm to make the rest of the villagers happy. But what is the truth of the situation?
6921"Roads Taken"Jerry O'ConnellS : Marc Scott Zicree;
T : Bill Dial
April 16, 1999 (1999-04-16)K2822
A "bubble universe" envelops Quinn and Maggie, as Rembrandt and Colin attempt to survive a war torn world.
7022"Revelations"Robert M. Williams, Jr.S : Marc Scott Zicree;
T : Bill Dial
April 23, 1999 (1999-04-23)K2823
After finding a science fiction novel that resembles the Kromagg Prime's conflict between the humans and Kromaggs, Quinn and Colin hope that the author can help them find Kromagg Prime and meet their birthparents. Cast includes Ken Jenkins, and Jerry Hardin guest stars as science fiction writer, Isaac Clark. Jerry and Charlie O'Connell's last episode.

Season 5 (1999–2000)

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
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711"The Unstuck Man"Guy MagarS : Keith Damron & David Peckinpah;
T : Chris Black & Bill Dial
June 11, 1999 (1999-06-11)E0801
A scientist named Dr. Oberon Geiger uses Colin, Quinn and Quinn's double as guinea pigs for an experiment that combines people and parallel worlds. Joining the cast is Tembi Locke as Dr. Diana Davis, and Robert Floyd as the 'merged Quinn'.
722"Applied Physics"David R. EagleChris BlackJune 18, 1999 (1999-06-18)E0804
Diana attempts to separate Quinn and his double, while the combined version experiences violent flashbacks from Quinn's life. Diana comes to a hard lesson about teamwork after Geiger returns to further manipulate her.
733"Strangers and Comrades"Richard ComptonKeith DamronJune 25, 1999 (1999-06-25)E0809
The sliders land on a barren wasteland and are forced to participate in a neverending battle with the Kromaggs. What is in the Bunker the humans were assigned to guard with their life?
744"The Great Work"Reza BadiyiRobert MaselloJuly 9, 1999 (1999-07-09)E0806
The sliders seek assistance from reclusive monks who later refuse to let them leave.
755"New Gods for Old"Richard ComptonDavid GerroldJuly 16, 1999 (1999-07-16)E0810
Mallory is shot with a laser beam and ends up paralyzed, and looks for help from a group of spiritual healers.
766"Please Press One"Paul LynchWilliam BigelowJuly 23, 1999 (1999-07-23)E0808
Maggie is kidnapped by a corporate conglomerate.
777"A Current Affair"David R. EagleSteven StoliarJuly 30, 1999 (1999-07-30)E0805
A tabloid newspaper spreads a rumor that U.S. President Jefferson Williams is having an affair with Maggie, as a plot to cover up a germ warfare plot concerning Switzerland
788"The Java Jive"Jeff WoolnoughJennifer McGinnis & Janet SaundersAugust 6, 1999 (1999-08-06)E0807
The sliders land on a world where caffeine is outlawed. Rembrandt falls for a club singer who wants out of a speakeasy life and holds a secret. Rembrandts Double is a Killer for the Mob.
799"The Return of Maggie Beckett"Peter EllisChris BlackAugust 13, 1999 (1999-08-13)E0812
Maggie is mistaken for her astronaut double and is kidnapped by conspirators. The situation is further complicated when Maggie meets the double of her General Father.
8010"Easy Slider"David PeckinpahS : Jennifer McGinnis & Janet Saunders;
T : Tim Burns
August 20, 1999 (1999-08-20)E0813
On a world where gas powered vehicles are outlawed due to the pollution that they generate, Mallory becomes friends with a group of motorcycle riders, and becomes intimately involved with their leader.
8111"Requiem"Paul LynchMichael ReavesSeptember 10, 1999 (1999-09-10)E0802
Rembrandt receives visions from Wade, who is still in Kromagg captivity, and somehow sending portals to the world she is on.
8212"Map of the Mind"Paul RaimondiRobert MaselloSeptember 17, 1999 (1999-09-17)E0811
Diana and Mallory become trapped in a mental institution on a world where creativity is a crime.
8313"A Thousand Deaths"David PeckinpahKeith DamronSeptember 24, 1999 (1999-09-24)E0815
The sliders arrive on a world where the local population participates in deadly arcade simulators. The situation is amiss when the holograms plead for their lives.
8414"Heavy Metal"Guy MagarChris BlackOctober 1, 1999 (1999-10-01)E0814
The sliders exit a vortex in the middle of the ocean, and must join the crew of a pirate ship in order to get back to California. Maggie becomes intimately involved with the Pirate Leader. (This is the second of two episodes without a proper sliding scene.)
8515"To Catch a Slider"Peter EllisS : Chris Black;
S/T : Bill Dial
January 14, 2000 (2000-01-14)E0816
The sliders must find a gem needed to repair their malfunctioning timer or risk another dangerous vortex.
8616"Dust"Reynaldo VillalobosS : Chris Black;
T : Tim Burns & Bill Dial
January 21, 2000 (2000-01-21)E0817
The group lands on a world that suffered a Cataclysm, a defuct timer is found, and where Rembrandt is regarded as a deity.
8717"Eye of the Storm"David PeckinpahS : Eric Morris;
S/T : Chris Black
January 28, 2000 (2000-01-28)E0803
In their final encounter with Dr. Geiger on a world that seems to be imploding, the scientist reveals that he can separate Mallory from his double Quinn. His true motives soon become clear.
8818"The Seer"Paul CajeroKeith DamronFebruary 4, 2000 (2000-02-04)E0818
On a world with a television program based on the sliders' adventures, a psychic predicts the sliders' fate; they die in their next slide, and he begs Rembrandt, Maggie, Diana and Mallory to stay. Although once again they do not want to stay. Their timer is destroyed and they have to find another way out, but there's a catch, only one can go. Rembrandt infects himself with the Kromagg killing virus, and he goes, so that he is the only one to risk death. The episode (and the entire series) ends on a cliffhanger, with the rest of the characters wondering what Rembrandt's fate is.

Home releases

At present, the following DVD sets have been released by Universal Home Video.[6]

DVD set Episodes Release date
Sliders: The First and Second Seasons 23 August 3, 2004
Sliders: The Third Season 25 July 19, 2005
Sliders: The Fourth Season 22 March 25, 2008
Sliders: The Fifth and Final Season 18 January 17, 2012
Sliders: The Complete Series 88 December 2, 2014

Notes

  • Episode titles for season one were not shown on screen; they come from production scripts.
  • The episodes "Last Days" and "The Weaker Sex" are missing from streaming service.

References

  1. ^ "Accessed: Jan 2, 2010". Dimensionofcontinuity.com. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  2. ^ "Accessed: Jan 13, 2010". Earthprime.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  3. ^ Steve Koukoulas – RED5 Web Design. "Accessed: Jan 13, 2010". Dvd.net.au. Retrieved 2011-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Linaweaver, Brad (1999). Sliders: The Classic Episodes. TV Books. ISBN 978-1575000534.
  5. ^ "Earth Prime Episode Guide, Season 3". Earthprime.com. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  6. ^ Sliders Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine at TVShowsOnDVD.com