The Power and the Glory

The Sliders enter an America that's become politically dominated by the far right religious movement.

President Jesse Helms has named Jerry Falwell Secretary of State. Pat Robertson is Secretary of defense. Rush Limbaugh is the Press Secretary.

During their time here, the Sliders experience the sometimes funny and more times frightening lack of civil liberties and religious freedoms that exist in such a country.

Censorship is everywhere and sexuality is deeply suppressed. Criminal offenses are dealt with severely—television reflects only one world vision.

On this world, Wade challenges the sexual mores, Rembrandt joins a gospel choir and juices up their music (a touch of Sister Act), and Quinn comes face to face with his genius double.

Little does Quinn know that conversing with his double will create a monster. The quiet soft-spoken Quinn of this world learns all he can about the void—then has the Sliders arrested on charges of blasphemy that carry a potential death sentence.

This world's Quinn is a religious zealot who believes sliding is an evil activity that breaks the laws of God. He now knows that other Quinns in other worlds will discover the void and travel between worlds in an "unnatural way".

In his chilling version ofa video diary, the fundamentalist Quinn announces his holy mission—he will slide from world to world and assassinate his unsuspecting doubles, making sure they will never create or utilize the gate.

Our Quinn realizes what's at stake. As the Sliders attempt to escape this world's injustice Quinn must defeat the killer Quinn before he slides to the next world.