Sliders Episode Reviews | Earth Prime

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  • Sliders (March 22, 1995) — 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.
  • Summer of Love (April 19, 1995) — 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.
  • Prince of Wails (April 12, 1995) — In a world where England won the Revolutionary War, the Sliders are embroiled in an assassination plot involving the heir to the throne and an evil Sheriff of San Francisco.
  • Fever (March 29, 1995) — When Wade is infected with a deadly virus on an Earth wracked by an epidemic, Rembrandt and Arturo race to find a cure and free Quinn from a Gestapo-like health agency.
  • Last Days (April 5, 1995) — 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.
  • The Weaker Sex (May 3, 1995) — Arturo finds himself in a potentially deadly mayoral race in a world where men are treated as "the weaker sex" and women hold the positions of power and influence.
  • Eggheads (April 26, 1995) — While Quinn struggles with fame in a world where intellect is prized, Arturo tries for a reconciliation with a long-lost love.
  • The King is Back (May 10, 1995) — It looks like the King is back when Rembrandt is mistaken for a long-deceased rock legend, but an old enemy would like to see the Crying Man disappear again – permanently.
  • Luck of the Draw (May 17, 1995) — Wade finds that she has money to burn when she wins the lottery in a seemingly utopian world, but she soon discovers that her silver cloud has a very dark lining.

  • Into the Mystic (March 1, 1996) — The intrepid quartet lands in a world mired in mysticism and superstition, all ruled by a mysterious entity known as The Sorcerer.
  • Time Again and World (April 5, 1996) — After witnessing a grisly murder, Wade entangles herself in a vast government conspiracy when the same events begin to play out on the next world.
  • El Sid (March 29, 1996) — When Quinn rescues a beautiful young woman in distress on a world ruled by violence, her homicidal boyfriend, swearing vengeance for an imagined slight, follows the sliders through the vortex.
  • Love Gods (March 8, 1996) — In a world where germ warfare has exterminated most of the male population, Quinn, Rembrandt, and Arturo discover that they've been pegged as runaway "breeders," and every nation of the world wants to capture them.
  • The Good, the Bad and the Wealthy (March 22, 1996) — In a world where Texas rules most of North America, Quinn finds himself at the center of some highly unorthodox corporate raiding when a gunfight earns him a reputation for being quick on the draw.
  • As Time Goes By (July 12, 1996) — The sliders find themselves in a perplexing situation: each time they slide into a new world, they encounter the same people as in the previous world. One of the people is Quinn's long-lost love Daelin, who seems to be heading for a fate that only Quinn can prevent.
  • Gillian of the Spirits (March 15, 1996) — When a bizarre accident separates Quinn from the rest of the Sliders, the only hope for the remaining trio is to put their faith in a troubled young girl with a history of hearing voices — and an ability to communicate with spirits.
  • Obsession (May 24, 1996) — When the Sliders land in a world dominated by psychics, Wade encounters the man of her dreams, a powerful seer who may have loved Wade in a different life.
  • Invasion (June 28, 1996) — The Sliders encounter a vicious race of technologically advanced aliens who hold a nasty surprise for the quartet — they can slide at will, and intend to conquer every Earth in the dimensional spectrum.
  • Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome (May 3, 1996) — The Sliders finally land in the one place that none of them wants to leave — home — but Quinn is the only one that has doubts about their good fortune. Meanwhile, Arturo hatches a plan to use Quinn's discoveries to win a Nobel prize, regardless of the cost to the rest of his traveling companions.
  • In Dino Veritas (April 26, 1996) — The sliders find themselves face-to-jaw with an extremely large (and angry) beast when they lose Quinn and the timer, in a San Francisco that's been developed as a game preserve — for dinosaurs.
  • Greatfellas (May 31, 1996) — In a U.S. where Prohibition was never repealed, the Sliders find themselves embroiled in a vicious struggle among warring organized-crime families, corrupt government officials, and dedicated G-men — one of whom looks exactly like Rembrandt.
  • The Young and the Relentless (June 7, 1996) — Quinn and Wade run afoul of their married doubles, who work together as cutthroat software executives on a world where youth rules.

  • Double Cross (September 27, 1996) — On a world that redefines urban sprawl, the Sliders befriend a beautiful woman who has the technology to send them home... but for a price.
  • Rules of the Game (September 20, 1996) — Arturo is seriously injured when the Sliders become unwitting participants in a bloody game in which there is only one rule: stay alive.
  • Dead Man Sliding (November 29, 1996) — In a case of mistaken identity, Quinn is arrested, tried and sentenced to death on TV, leaving the other Sliders scrambling to find the real culprit — Quinn's double.
  • Electric Twister Acid Test (October 4, 1996) — When the timer's connection to a series of mysterious tornados sends the Sliders to a rural community, they discover the town's leader might hold the key to sliding out, if they can survive his despotic rule.
  • The Guardian (October 11, 1996) — Quinn is forced to relive painful childhood memories when a slide to 1980s San Francisco brings him face to face with his younger self. But his efforts to change the future are hampered by the other Sliders, who warn that any tampering will produce grave consequences.
  • The Dream Masters (October 18, 1996) — Wade becomes the target of a group of dream terrorists, who control people with their ability to tinker with the victim's innermost fears.
  • Desert Storm (November 1, 1996) — After landing on a desert Earth with very little water, the Sliders become embroiled in a kidnapping scheme involving a water witch, a band of renegades and a man who may hold the key to Aquarius.
  • Dragonslide (November 8, 1996) — In a mystical world whose belief system consists of magic potions, dragons and illusions, a practitioner thinks Quinn comes from a powerful line of wizards — and must be eliminated.
  • The Fire Within (November 15, 1996) — In a world consumed by mysterious fires, the Sliders discover what might be the culprit: a single flame, which seems to have a mind and a will of its own.
  • The Prince of Slides (November 22, 1996) — When Rembrandt is mistaken for his royal double and impregnated with the heir to the throne, the Sliders have to help him give birth while outwitting an assassin who's cutting down the royal ranks one by one.
  • State of the Art (December 6, 1996) — In a world ruled by automatons who've made humans obsolete, Quinn and Rembrandt become the guinea pigs in a ghastly experiment: the transplantation of their brains into robotic hosts.
  • Season's Greedings (December 20, 1996) — All is not calm for the Sliders, whose Christmas is spent in a giant mall where customers run up outlandish bills, then become virtual prisoners while trying to pay them off.
  • Murder Most Foul (January 3, 1997) — Arturo is kidnapped and brainwashed into thinking he's a great 19th-century detective investigating real murders in a world where assuming different identities is the norm.
  • Slide Like an Egyptian (January 17, 1997) — The Sliders land in a world resembling ancient Egypt, where Quinn is used for a life-after-death experiment, and the others are entombed inside a pyramid.
  • Paradise Lost (January 31, 1997) — The Sliders touch down on a seemingly idyllic town where the residents all look young but seem fearful of their new visitors, who soon discover the dirty secret to their hosts' youth.
  • The Last of Eden (March 28, 1997) — On a world plagued by earthquakes and populated by primitive people, Wade stumbles upon a vast, deserted underground city overrun by a race of nonhuman creatures.
  • The Exodus, part I (February 21, 1997) — In a militaristic America threatened with irradiation by a pulsar, a colonel decides who'll be saved — and who'll be left to die.
  • The Exodus, part II (February 28, 1997) — As doomsday looms, Quinn and Maggie race to find a suitable parallel world, but discover that Rickman has a deadly ulterior motive for finding such a world.
  • Sole Survivors (March 7, 1997) — The Sliders encounter a world infected by bacteria that transforms the inhabitants into flesh-eating zombie-like creatures — one of which takes a bite out of Quinn.
  • The Other Slide of Darkness (April 11, 1997) — Hot on Rickman's trail, the Sliders encounter an old acquaintance who may have unleashed the devastation of the Kromagg Dynasty.
  • The Breeder (March 14, 1997) — On a world with a mandatory organ donor program, the Sliders race to cure Maggie of a parasite from another world that has taken control of her body for the purposes of reproducing.
  • Stoker (May 9, 1997) — Wade falls under the spell of a gothic-rock band's charismatic lead singer, who — unbeknownst to Wade — is also a full-blooded vampire with a taste for young groupies.
  • Slither (April 25, 1997) — Quinn and Rembrandt must race to reunite with Maggie and Wade after a vacation from hell separates them in tropical Southern California with a crooked researcher and a pair of psychic snakes.
  • Dinoslide (May 2, 1997) — Tracking Rickman leads the Sliders back to the colony set up in The Exodus, part II, only to find it's been ravaged by dinosaurs as well as the colonel.
  • This Slide of Paradise (May 16, 1997) — The final showdown between the Sliders and Colonel Rickman takes place on an island inhabited by bizarre hybrid creatures created by a mad scientist.

  • Genesis (June 8, 1998) — Quinn and Maggie finally track Wade and Rembrandt's wormhole only to find their homecoming bittersweet, as Kromaggs have overrun their world. Quinn also learns a shocking discovery about his past that could help liberate his home world.
  • Prophets and Loss (June 8, 1998) — When Quinn, Rembrandt and Maggie land on a world dominated by religious fundamentalism, their research into the Oracle's sliding technology reveals extortion and genocide of the people in return for passage to Paradise.
  • Common Ground (June 15, 1998) — When Maggie inadvertently saves the life of a high-ranking Kromagg, the Sliders must take advantage of his gratefulness to stop a powerful weapon capable of ripping humans apart — atom by atom.
  • Virtual Slide (June 22, 1998) — Feelings for Quinn are brought to the surface and the secrets of sliding are stolen when Maggie finds herself immersed in an addictive virtual reality simulation.
  • World Killer (June 29, 1998) — Population control takes on a whole new meaning when the Sliders discover one of Quinn's doubles slid his world's population to another by accident.
  • Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (July 6, 1998) — After tracking down Quinn's long-lost brother Colin, the Sliders take him along only to find his naivety may have gotten him involved in a bizarre criminal syndicate that steals cryogenically frozen bodies.
  • Just Say Yes (July 13, 1998) — Maggie's hot temper leads to her indoctrination into a world that mandates drug use.
  • The Alternateville Horror (July 20, 1998) — When the group arrives on an Earth decimated by acid rain, they escape the weather by checking into a version of the Chandler Hotel plagued by mysterious paranormal activity.
  • Slidecage (July 27, 1998) — Quinn and Colin learn the coordinates to their home world, but find the route home is blocked by the Slidecage - a huge labyrinth that keeps anyone - human or Kromagg - from making it to Kromagg Prime.
  • Asylum (August 17, 1998) — Rembrandt falls for a doctor who may hold the key to saving Quinn's life. Trouble is, Maggie discovers the woman is a Kromagg collaborator on the run from the British secret service.
  • California Reich (August 24, 1998) — The group arrives on an Earth where California has been taken over by racists, who capture Rembrandt and place him in a prison camp used to turn non-whites into faceless slaves.
  • The Dying Fields (August 31, 1998) — The Sliders land in the middle of a training ground for Kromagg-human hybrids who are using people stolen from parallel earths as target practice.
  • Lipschitz Live (November 30, 1998) — The gang is separated during a slide to a world where a perpetually airing tabloid-TV show offers their only hope of a reunion. Also, Colin is mistaken for his double and is betrothed to a woman as part of a bizarre corporate merger.
  • Mother and Child (December 7, 1998) — A woman and her half-Kromagg son join the gang as they travel to her home Earth, where an anti-Kromagg virus may prove deadly to the newborn.
  • Net Worth (January 11, 1999) — The gang arrives on an Earth divided between computer-hackers and computer-lackers, and battles ruthless scavengers to unite a young couple who fell in love on-line.
  • Slide by Wire (January 18, 1999) — When Maggie's double takes her place on the slide, Maggie must avoid becoming a glorified computer simulator while Quinn, Rembrandt and Colin unearth the mystery of their friend's radical new behavior.
  • Data World (March 19, 1999) — When the Sliders find themselves trapped in a completely virtual Chandler Hotel run by the enigmatic Archibald Chandler, they enlist the aid of a spirited hacker to escape and make their way back to the real world.
  • Way Out West (March 26, 1999) — The Sliders encounter an old foe on a frontier earth and uncover his land-grabbing scheme while searching for a wounded Colin.
  • My Brother's Keeper (April 2, 1999) — It's a battle of ideologies between Quinn and his father when Quinn is mistaken for an escaped clone of his double. While Maggie and Rembrandt look for an avenue of escape for their friend, Colin teaches the clone the meaning of family and sacrifice.
  • The Chasm (April 9, 1999) — Rembrandt and Maggie are put to the test emotionally when a short slide lands them in a town where collective bad feelings are transferred to one person, and Quinn's newfound bliss isn't helping matters.
  • Roads Taken (April 16, 1999) — When Quinn and Maggie are separated from Rembrandt and Colin during a weird slide, a mysterious stranger claiming to be their son in a parallel universe may hold the key to saving them from a bizarre malady.
  • Revelations (April 23, 1999) — After discovering an exile from Quinn and Colin's home world, the Sliders travel to Kromagg Prime only to find that their homecoming isn't what they imagined it would be.