The Seer

// E0818 · Originally aired February 4, 2000

The Sliders discover they are subjects of a fanatical religion known as Slideology, founded by a man with psychic powers who has been able to follow them on their interdimensional adventures in his mind.

Written By // Keith Damron
Director // Paul Cajero
Music // Danny Lux

Reviews

// Earth Prime

And so Sliders ends with a whimper, a medium shot of three people on a nondescript, poorly-lit sound stage. But is the final hour of that journey just another tremendous misfire or something more?

// Think of a Roulette Wheel

Exit Ghost.

// External Reviews

Martin Izsak

Worlds Visited

Pork Soda World

Between that and giraffe burgers, it’s a safe bet the people of this world have no taste.

Seer World

A man with a heart attack has been chronicling the Sliders exploits for years, turning their adventures into a religion called Slidology and a television show called, you guessed it, The Sliders.

Timer Status

Well, kiss the timer goodbye, folks. After two and a half seasons of slides, bubble universes, living crystals and the like, the timer acquired during Slide Like an Egyptian gets nuked by Claire’s henchmen.

Details

Maggie munches down on a giraffe burger and pork soda.
A huge banner reading “Welcome Sliders!” hangs above the entrance of the courthouse.
Signs held by the cheering mob include “Rembrandt ROCKS!,” “Mallory RULES!,” “Sliders Please Stay!” and “Maggie Marry Me.”
Diana has an action figure with Barbie-esque breasts.
The Seer has painted images that were depicted in The Unstuck Man, New Gods for Old, The Return of Maggie Beckett, and Easy Slider.
While the Kromagg virus is airborne or something, it needs to be concocted fresh and takes two days to incubate.
The luncheon is a thousand dollars a plate.
The Four S Club stands for The Seer’s Students for Sliders Society.
The Seer’s maid is named Martha.
The sign at the Four S Club reads “El Segundo University 4S Club.”
The students play “The Sliders Game.”
There’s a television show on Seer World called Space Journey. Episode 12 is called “The White Menace.”

Character Information

Diana was anticipating a Nobel Prize in physics for her work on the Combine.
Mallory prefers a hammock and margaritas over interdimensional cuisine.
Maggie isn’t sure about what to do with her life sans sliding. She would enjoy the stability, but her life is adventure.
Rembrandt’s reflective nature is kicking in again… he’s seen at a church looking back so he can look ahead.
Several years ago, Marc LeBeau, aka The Seer, had a massive heart attack that he almost didn’t survive. Upon his recovery, he found that he had a strange new ability; namely, he has visions of the Sliders’ actions. Marc and his daughter, Claire, spread the Sliders’ stories throughout the world, via paintings, writings and the like.
The Seer has made a comfortable living off of his visions of the Sliders.
The Seer says Wade Welles is dead.
Diana’s double is a terrible actress.
Maggie received a marriage proposal.
Rembrandt and Maggie’s doubles uses their status as doppelgangers for appearances.
Vernon is the El Segundo president of the Four S Club.
Mrs. Mallory was detained in a Kromagg detention center on Seer World. Because of this, she suffers from post-traumatic spells.
Claire and Mrs. Mallory were detained together.
Maggie had an uncle who was like a father to her that was killed in an auto accident. Her aunt decided to have his organs used for donation. Maggie felt that her uncle lived on through this act.
Mrs. Mallory wants nothing more than to hold Quinn in her arms again.
Maggie and Mrs. Mallory developed a close bond in the bubble universe from Roads Taken.
The Seer has a direct psychic connection with the Sliders.
Nubsy is a diabetic.
Quinn Mallory doesn’t exist on Seer World.

Notable Quotes

“From now on the expected is what you get and the unexpected is just a memory.”—Maggie, urging Mallory to eat, get this, a giraffe burger.
“Recommended by more moms and arms dealers than all other brands combined.”—Mallory’s assessment of Maggie.
“I have seen your future and I know the next slide you take will be your last. The moment you emerge from the other side of the wormhole you will all instantly die.”—The Seer, prognosticating the show’s future as well.
“Know that I felt the death of your friends, the Professor and Ms. Welles.”—The Seer.
“Professor Arturo, thank God you’re here!”—Alt-Diana on the TV show The Sliders.
“I can’t believe they made a TV show about us.”—Diana.
“They could have at least tried to be accurate. There were never five of us together at one time.”—Maggie, on the TV show.
“Some people have way too much time on their hands.”—Maggie, on fan effort to get a beloved character returned to a show…
“I’m your Quinn!”—Mallory, during his initial encounter with Mrs. Mallory.
“Ironic, isn’t it? We finally land on a world where people love us and we’re running away.”—Mallory.
“Looks like we don’t have any choice in the matter. We’re stuck here.”—Diana, after bouncing (yes, bouncing) off the vortex.
“I told you they’d try. The Sliders never give up.”—Lisa.
“There is a still a small part of your Quinn inside me. And I think he wants you to know that, to him, you aren’t just a stepmother. You raised him, loved him. For that reason you are more his mother than any blood relative could be. He loves you very much.”—Mallory, to Mrs. Mallory.
“Looks like the Kromagg department at Best Buy.”—Rembrandt, on the warehouse of confiscated Kromagg technology.
“We’ll concoct some cover story. I’ll talk to the TV writers. They’re hacks and will do anything for a buck.”—Claire.
“Now what do we do?”—Mallory, after Rembrandt injects himself with an anti-Kromagg virus and leaps into a sickly Kromagg vortex. The last line of Sliders.

Nitpicks and Errors

They never did explain how, even after inputting Earth Prime’s coordinates, they landed on Seer World.
A hyperspatial force field caps off the vortex? Then why did it render it completely invisible in Strangers and Comrades? Make up your mind about the technology, Mr. Damron…
Why the hell does the timer reset itself for three days after the wormhole closes?
Since when can Rembrandt inject a foreign blood sample into his body and not have it reject it?
What are the odds that Mrs. Mallory would be stranded here on Seer World?

Rewind That!

The TV show Arturo uses a Rickman timer to slide the Sliders away from Rules of the Game World.

Parallel History

Several years ago, Marc LeBeau had a heart attack. Normal enough, except in this case LeBeau began seeing visions of the adventures of Quinn, Rembrandt, Wade and Professor Arturo—the Sliders. As the years progressed, LeBeau came to know Maggie, Colin, Mallory and Diana as well, and became known to all as The Seer.

The Seer shared his visions with the world, and the adventures of the Sliders were embraced as a cultural phenomenon. Books, a television series and now a religious institution have been built around the courageous aspects that the Sliders envelop. The Sliders television series recently aired “The Return of Arturo” at the prompting of a massive letter-writing campaign. Rembrandt and Maggie’s doubles cash in on appearances and Alt-Diana appears on the television series, though it’s clear her acting talent doesn’t surpass her physics knowledge.

In fact, Sliders has become such a part of this world that when the Kromaggs invaded, the citizens rallied behind its ideology and defeated them with a biological weapon that kills the Kromaggs instantaneously. During the hasty retreat, the Kromaggs left behind an enormous cache of technology, including sliding devices. The Seer’s daughter Claire acquired a large amount of Kromagg technology before the government was able to re-establish control.

With the recent appearance of the Sliders, Slidology is about to head towards mainstream religious acceptance.

Guest Starring

Roy Dotrice¹ as Marc LeBeau/The Seer
Jennifer Hetrick² as Claire LeBeau
Linda Henning³ as Amanda Mallory
Josh Adell as Vernon [Peckinpah]
Sarah Chapman as Lisa

Unaccredited

Anthony Genovese as Professor Arturo.
Claire’s attendants.
Martha the maid.
Nubsy.

Roy Dotrice previously appeared as Mr. Chandler in Data World.
Jennifer Hetrick was also Caroline Fontaine in Last Days.
Linda Henning wraps up the character of Mrs. Mallory that she originated in the Pilot, The Guardian, The Exodus, part I and Genesis.

Script Archive

Click on the links below to download rare scripts, outlines, and memos associated with this episode.

The Inside Slide

With all indications that the fifth season was the last, why promote a cliffhanger?

In an online chat, Story Editor Keith Damron talked about a big-budget Kromagg battle royale that would use Geiger’s combine technology to boot the Kromaggs off Earth Prime. It never came to be, and “The Seer” was produced in its place.

According to the Dimension of Continuity, the cliffhanger was predicated by production and by executive producer Bill Dial in particular to make cancelling the show harder—because the Sci-Fi Channel essentially ignored production.

The cliffhanger was the result of a production team attempting to fight back for having complete creative freedom over their stories, something Tracy Tormé had been fighting for since the beginning of the show.

Cleavant Derricks wished to keep the show going and pushed for a cliffhanger himself. “I never think it should end with any kind of closure,” he insists. “I think one or all of us will go on to slide. The thing about sliding—in all of our imaginations—is that once you start it is difficult to stop. I don’t care what your goals may have been along the line, but once you start it’s very hard to give up.”