Sliders poster
Seen it?

Sliders

TV·1995–2000·5 seasons, 87 episodes·Syfy·Adventure, Fantasy, Science-Fiction·1h 1m·7.8·Created by Tracy Tormé, Robert K. Weiss

Streaming on (US) Peacock PremiumPeacock Premium PlusSee all

Brilliant grad student Quinn has created a device that opens a wormhole to an infinite number of parallel universes where history has taken different paths. His first test trip goes awry stranding his physics professor Arturo, his friend Wade, and bystander Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown in parallel San Francisco. Now, this foursome of Sliders must travel from one alternate reality to another in the hope of somehow finding their way home.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Sliders S02E01Into the MysticS02E01 · 7.5The intrepid quartet lands in a world mired in mysticism and ruled by a mysterious entity known as The Sorcerer.
  2. 02Sliders S02E03Gillian of the SpiritsS02E03 · 7.5When a bizarre accident separates Quinn from the rest of the Sliders, the only hope for the remaining trio is to trust a girl with an ability to talk to spirits.
  3. 03Sliders S02E12InvasionS02E12 · 7.5The sliders encounter a race of scientifically advanced aliens who hold a surprise for the quartet---they can slide at will, and intend to conquer every Earth in the dimensional spectrum.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode9Episodes1995Aired 7.1Season avg
  1. S01E01Sliders S01E01PilotMarch 22, 1995 6.9A physics accident sends physics student Quinn Mallory and his companions on an interdimensional roller-coaster ride that lands them in a po
  2. S01E02Sliders S01E02FeverMarch 29, 1995 6.8When 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
  3. S01E03Sliders S01E03Last DaysApril 5, 1995 7.3The salvation of a world facing certain destruction rests in the hands of Arturo and a young scientist. Meanwhile, Quinn and Wade begin to f
  4. S01E04Sliders S01E04Prince of WailsApril 12, 1995 7.3The sliders land in a British-ruled U.S.---where England won the Revolutionary War---and find themselves embroiled in a plot involving the h
  5. S01E05Sliders S01E05Summer of LoveApril 19, 1995 7.0The sliders find themselves in a San Francisco where the "Summer of Love" never ended---and Wade and Rembrandt are mistaken for extraterrest
  6. S01E06Sliders S01E06EggheadsApril 26, 1995 7.1While Quinn struggles with fame in a world where intellectuals are treated like pro athletes, Arturo tries for a reconciliation with a long-
  7. S01E07Sliders S01E07The Weaker SexMay 3, 1995 7.1Arturo finds himself in a potentially deadly mayoral race in a world where men are considered second-class citizens and women hold the posit
  8. S01E08Sliders S01E08Season's bestThe King Is BackMay 10, 1995 7.4Rembrandt is mistaken for a deceased rock legend, but an old enemy (Tom Pickett) would like to see the Crying Man disappear again---permanen
  9. S01E09Sliders S01E09Luck of the DrawMay 17, 1995 7.3Wade has money to burn when she wins the lottery in a seemingly utopian world, but she discovers that her silver cloud has a dark lining.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes1996Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Sliders S02E01Season's bestInto the MysticMarch 1, 1996 7.5The intrepid quartet lands in a world mired in mysticism and ruled by a mysterious entity known as The Sorcerer.
  2. S02E02Sliders S02E02Love GodsMarch 8, 1996 7.2In a world where germ warfare has exterminated most of the male population, Quinn, Rembrandt and Arturo discover that they're unwitting fugi
  3. S02E03Sliders S02E03Gillian of the SpiritsMarch 15, 1996 7.5When a bizarre accident separates Quinn from the rest of the Sliders, the only hope for the remaining trio is to trust a girl with an abilit
  4. S02E04Sliders S02E04The Good, the Bad and the WealthyMarch 22, 1996 6.6Quinn finds himself at the center of some unorthodox corporate raiding when a gunfight earns him a reputation for being quick on the draw.
  5. S02E05Sliders S02E05El SidMarch 29, 1996 6.6When Quinn rescues a woman in distress in a world ruled by violence, her boyfriend swears vengeance for an imagined slight and follows the s
  6. S02E06Sliders S02E06Time Again and WorldApril 5, 1996 6.4The sliders become involved in a plot involving a disgraced Federal judge, an underground resistance movement and an America under martial l
  7. S02E07Sliders S02E07In Dino VeritasApril 26, 1996 7.0The Sliders find themselves face-to-jaw with a large (and angry) beast in a San Francisco that's been developed as a game preserve---for din
  8. S02E08Sliders S02E08Post Traumatic Slide SyndromeMay 3, 1996 7.3When the sliders finally land in the one place that none of them want to leave---home---Quinn has doubts about their good fortune.
  9. S02E09Sliders S02E09ObsessionMay 24, 1996 7.0In a society dominated by psychics, Wade meets the man of her dreams---who wants her to remain with him at any cost.
  10. S02E10Sliders S02E10GreatfellasMay 31, 1996 7.0The Sliders find themselves embroiled in a struggle among organized-crime families, corrupt government officials and dedicated G-men.
  11. S02E11Sliders S02E11The Young and the RelentlessJune 7, 1996 7.0The Sliders land in a world where Wade and Quinn's counterparts are executives up to their ears in a shady software deal.
  12. S02E12Sliders S02E12InvasionJune 28, 1996 7.5The sliders encounter a race of scientifically advanced aliens who hold a surprise for the quartet---they can slide at will, and intend to c
  13. S02E13Sliders S02E13As Time Goes ByJuly 12, 1996 7.0The sliders find themselves in a perplexing situation: each time they slide into a new world they encounter the same people as in the previo

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode25Episodes1996–97Aired 6.7Season avg
  1. S03E01Sliders S03E01Rules of the GameSeptember 20, 1996 6.4Arturo is seriously injured when the Sliders become unwitting participants in a bloody activity known as "The Game," played in a world in wh
  2. S03E02Sliders S03E02Season's bestDouble CrossSeptember 27, 1996 7.3After landing in a city where supplies are scarce, the Sliders meet scientists who are trying to perfect sliding and whose seeming cooperati
  3. S03E03Sliders S03E03Electric Twister Acid TestOctober 4, 1996 6.7In a desert, the Sliders find a village plagued by tornadoes and presided over by a dictator who'll stop at nothing to keep his subjects und
  4. S03E04Sliders S03E04The GuardianOctober 11, 1996 7.0Quinn is forced to relive painful childhood memories when a slide to 1980s San Francisco brings him face to face with his younger self.
  5. S03E05Sliders S03E05The Dream MastersOctober 18, 1996 6.8Wade (Sabrina Lloyd) becomes the target of a group of dream terrorists, who control people through their ability to tinker with the victims'
  6. S03E06Sliders S03E06Desert StormNovember 1, 1996 7.0In a world in which water's scarce, the Sliders aid a young woman who's been the virtual slave of a thug because of her gift: an ability to
  7. S03E07Sliders S03E07DragonslideNovember 8, 1996 6.8The Sliders land in a mystical world where illusion and black magic are practiced and where Quinn is thought to come from a powerful line of
  8. S03E08Sliders S03E08The Fire WithinNovember 15, 1996 7.0In 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 wi
  9. S03E09Sliders S03E09The Prince of SlidesNovember 22, 1996 6.8After landing in an America ruled by a monarchy and where men have babies, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) is mistaken for royalty---and prepp
  10. S03E10Sliders S03E10Dead Man SlidingNovember 29, 1996 7.0Quinn is mistakenly arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to death in a Hollywood where TV viewers determine the sentence and executions
  11. S03E11Sliders S03E11State of the ArtDecember 6, 1996 7.0In a world run by highly intelligent robots, Quinn and Rembrandt become guinea pigs in a ghastly experiment.
  12. S03E12Sliders S03E12Season's GreedingsDecember 20, 1996 6.2All is not calm for the Sliders, whose Christmas is spent in a giant mall where customers run up bills, then become virtual prisoners while
  13. S03E13Sliders S03E13Murder Most FoulJanuary 3, 1997 7.0Arturo is kidnapped and brainwashed into thinking he's a 19th-century detective investigating some real murders.
  14. S03E14Sliders S03E14Slide Like an EgyptianJanuary 17, 1997 7.0The sliders land in a world resembling ancient Egypt, where Quinn (Jerry O'Connell) is used for a life-after-death experiment, and the other
  15. S03E15Sliders S03E15Paradise LostJanuary 31, 1997 6.8The Sliders land on a world where no one is over the age of 35, but soon realize the town's dirty secret. With Jerry O'Connell, John Rhys-Da
  16. S03E16Sliders S03E16The Exodus (1)February 21, 1997 7.2In a militaristic America threatened by a deadly pulsar, a colonel (Roger Daltrey) decides who'll be saved---and who'll be left to die.
  17. S03E17Sliders S03E17The Exodus (2)February 28, 1997 6.0As doomsday looms, Quinn and Maggie race to find a suitable parallel world, but discover that Rickman has a deadly ulterior motive for findi
  18. S03E18Sliders S03E18Sole SurvivorsMarch 7, 1997 5.3The Sliders encounter a world infected by bacteria that transforms inhabitants into flesh-eating creatures---one of which takes a bite out o
  19. S03E19Sliders S03E19The BreederMarch 14, 1997 7.2Maggie's transporting an alien egg that's incubating inside her.
  20. S03E20Sliders S03E20The Last of EdenMarch 28, 1997 6.6On a world plagued by earthquakes and populated by primitive people, Wade stumbles upon a vast underground city overrun by nonhuman creature
  21. S03E21Sliders S03E21The Other Slide of DarknessApril 11, 1997 6.8The Sliders find evidence that Rickman may already be spreading his infection in a superstitious world.
  22. S03E22Sliders S03E22SlitherApril 25, 1997 6.4While vacationing, the Sliders stumble across a scientist whose research involving supernatural snakes gets out of hand when one of the crit
  23. S03E23Sliders S03E23DinoslideMay 2, 1997 6.6Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) is reunited with Malcolm, while Maggie (Kari Wuhrer) swears revenge against Rickman when the Sliders find the
  24. S03E24Sliders S03E24StokerMay 9, 1997 7.0Wade (Sabrina Lloyd) falls under the spell of a gothic-rock band's charismatic lead singer (Ryan Alosio), who---unbeknownst to Wade---is als
  25. S03E25Sliders S03E25This Slide of ParadiseMay 16, 1997 6.6After cornering Rickman on a world inhabited by bizarre hybrids, the sliders finally have a chance to get home---until they meet a scientist

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode22Episodes1998–99Aired 6.9Season avg
  1. S04E01Sliders S04E01Season's bestGenesisJune 8, 1998 7.2After months of searching for Wade and Rembrandt, Quinn and Maggie (Jerry O'Connell, Kari Wuhrer) arrive on their home Earth---only to find
  2. S04E02Sliders S04E02Prophets and LossJune 8, 1998 7.2The trio arrives on an Earth run by religious extremists, who extort followers for their possessions, promising passage to a nirvana world i
  3. S04E03Sliders S04E03Common GroundJune 15, 1998 7.2Quinn, Maggie and Rembrandt arrive on an Earth used by the Kromaggs as a weapons-testing area, and are captured after Maggie saves the life
  4. S04E04Sliders S04E04Virtual SlideJune 22, 1998 6.6After sliding onto a decrepit Earth, Maggie (Kari Wuhrer) becomes separated from Quinn and Rembrandt and is subjected to a virtual-reality d
  5. S04E05Sliders S04E05World KillerJune 29, 1998 7.0Quinn meets his double in an alternate dimension where his experiments resulted in the wholesale transportation of humanity to another Earth
  6. S04E06Sliders S04E06Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?July 6, 1998 7.2Quinn discovers his brother Colin (Charlie O'Connell)---a bright, naive young man---who joins the team and becomes involved with women who p
  7. S04E07Sliders S04E07Just Say YesJuly 13, 1998 6.8Upon arrival on an Earth where drug use is mandatory, Maggie and Colin (Kari Wuhrer, Charlie O'Connell) are dosed with chemicals and induced
  8. S04E08Sliders S04E08The Alternateville HorrorJuly 20, 1998 6.6When the group arrives on an Earth decimated by acid rain, they escape the weather by checking into a version of the Chandler Hotel plagued
  9. S04E09Sliders S04E09SlidecageJuly 27, 1998 7.2Quinn and Colin devise a way to slide to their Earth, but the group winds up trapped in a security zone in the midst of a bitter civil war b
  10. S04E10Sliders S04E10AsylumAugust 17, 1998 6.6Rembrandt falls for a doctor who may hold the key to saving Quinn's life. Trouble is, Maggie discovers the woman is a Kromagg collaborator o
  11. S04E11Sliders S04E11California ReichAugust 24, 1998 7.0The 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
  12. S04E12Sliders S04E12The Dying FieldsAugust 31, 1998 7.0After the group arrives on an Earth where Kromagg warriors are trained to kill humans, Quinn tries to persuade a woman to help free Colin, w
  13. S04E13Sliders S04E13Lipschitz Live!November 30, 1998 7.2The gang is separated during a slide to a parallel Earth, where a tabloid-TV show offers their only hope of a reunion. Also, Colin is mistak
  14. S04E14Sliders S04E14Mother and ChildDecember 7, 1998 7.0A 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
  15. S04E15Sliders S04E15Net WorthJanuary 11, 1999 6.7The gang arrives on an Earth divided between computer-hackers and computer-lackers, and battles ruthless scavengers to unite a couple who fe
  16. S04E16Sliders S04E16Slide by WireJanuary 18, 1999 6.7Maggie is stranded on a militaristic Earth when her double, a cyber-enhanced pilot, leaps with the others to a world that outlaws technology
  17. S04E17Sliders S04E17Data WorldMarch 19, 1999 6.7The gang is transported to an Earth where the inhabitants live as computer data run by a nefarious programmer, who deletes the rebellious Ma
  18. S04E18Sliders S04E18Way Out WestMarch 26, 1999 6.7The gang squares off against an old foe in a retro Earth frontier town after Colin is wounded and left for dead following a stagecoach ambus
  19. S04E19Sliders S04E19My Brother's KeeperApril 2, 1999 7.0The gang travels to an Earth where clones are used to replace body parts and when Quinn is mistaken for the clone of his blinded counterpart
  20. S04E20Sliders S04E20The ChasmApril 9, 1999 7.0The gang arrives on a seemingly tranquil Earth that owes its serenity to chosen inhabitants who are brainwashed into sacrificing themselves
  21. S04E21Sliders S04E21Roads TakenApril 16, 1999 6.5A glitch in their slide leaves Maggie's and Quinn's souls split between dimensions, and as their health in one world deteriorates, they live
  22. S04E22Sliders S04E22RevelationsApril 23, 1999 7.0An enigmatic science-fiction writer's novels have passages that seem to describe slider technology, and there's a reason: the man claims to

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season05Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode18Episodes1999–00Aired 6.0Season avg
  1. S05E01Sliders S05E01The Unstuck ManJune 11, 1999 6.2A megalomaniac plots to use the sliders and the time-altering vortex in a scheme for world domination.
  2. S05E02Sliders S05E02Applied PhysicsJune 18, 1999 5.7Quantum leaps distress Diana, who encounters a troubled double of herself; and Mallory, who experiences flashbacks to Quinn's life that rack
  3. S05E03Sliders S05E03Strangers and ComradesJune 25, 1999 6.2Warfare in an eerie realm engages the Sliders, who are recruited to fight the Kromaggs by an earthling sergeant with a closely guarded secre
  4. S05E04Sliders S05E04The Great WorkJuly 9, 1999 6.0On an island, the Sliders find refuge with a besieged monastic people.
  5. S05E05Sliders S05E05New Gods for OldJuly 16, 1999 5.8A communal group of spiritual healers called the Believers tend to Mallory, who's been paralyzed in a hurried slide. But there's a catch to
  6. S05E06Sliders S05E06Season's bestPlease Press OneJuly 23, 1999 6.3Maggie is kidnapped by an all-powerful conglomerate, which controls food, clothing and other essentials via a credit system that assigns cit
  7. S05E07Sliders S05E07A Current AffairJuly 30, 1999 6.2A trumped-up sex scandal links Maggie to the President, whose chief of staff uses rumors of their alleged affair to distract the public from
  8. S05E08Sliders S05E08The Java JiveAugust 6, 1999 5.5In a world reminiscent of the Roaring Twenties, the Sliders confront Rembrandt's evil double, a crooked cop tied to gangsters dealing in...b
  9. S05E09Sliders S05E09The Return of Maggie BeckettAugust 13, 1999 6.3Peril awaits Maggie in her home town of Fresno, Cal., where she's mistaken for her double: a decorated astronaut who was presumably killed o
  10. S05E10Sliders S05E10Easy SliderAugust 20, 1999 5.7Mallory falls for a rebel with a cause. She's the driven, sensuous leader of a gang of motorcyclists combatting authority in a world where g
  11. S05E11Sliders S05E11RequiemSeptember 10, 1999 6.2A beloved, long-lost Slider contacts Rembrandt, who subsequently winds up being used by the crafty Kromaggs in a biotechnological plot to el
  12. S05E12Sliders S05E12Map of the MindSeptember 17, 1999 6.3The vortex deposits the Sliders in a "neural remapping center," where Diana is mistaken for a patient: an internee prepped for brain surgery
  13. S05E13Sliders S05E13A Thousand DeathsSeptember 24, 1999 5.8At a state-of-the-art entertainment center that offers role-playing scenarios, Maggie is thrust into a virtual-reality drama: a Civil War ba
  14. S05E14Sliders S05E14Heavy MetalOctober 1, 1999 6.0The 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.
  15. S05E15Sliders S05E15To Catch a SliderJanuary 14, 2000 6.3The sliders must find a gem needed to repair their malfunctioning timer.
  16. S05E16Sliders S05E16DustJanuary 21, 2000 6.0The group lands on a world where Rembrandt is regarded as a deity.
  17. S05E17Sliders S05E17Eye of the StormJanuary 28, 2000 6.3In their final encounter with Dr. Geiger, the scientist reveals that he can separate Mallory from his double Quinn.
  18. S05E18Sliders S05E18The SeerFebruary 4, 2000 5.9On a world with a television program based on the sliders' adventures, a psychic predicts the sliders' fate: they die in their next slide. H

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Shows like Sliders all similar shows

The closest matches on shared genres, ranked by match strength and popularity.

  1. 01Adventure·Fantasy·Science-FictionMerlin2008–2012·BBC OneStreaming on Amazon Prime VideoFantasy drama based on the legend of King Arthur and Merlin.7.9Compare
  2. 02Adventure·Science-Fiction·RomanceOutlander2014–2026·STARZStreaming on NetflixOutlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened.7.9Compare
  3. 03Adventure·Fantasy·DramaGame of Thrones2011–2019Streaming on HBO MaxBased on the bestselling book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R.8.9Compare
  4. 04Adventure·Science-Fiction·ActionStargate SG·11997–2008Same network — Syfy·Streaming on Netflix8.8Compare
  5. 05Adventure·Science-Fiction·DramaDoctor Who2005–2022·BBC OneStreaming on AMC+ Amazon ChannelAdventures across time and space with the time travelling alien and companions.8.2Compare
  6. 06Adventure·Science-Fiction·ComedyRick and Morty2013–present·Adult SwimStreaming on HuluRick is a mentally gifted, but sociopathic and alcoholic scientist and a grandfather to Morty; an awkward, impressionable, and somewhat spineless teenage boy.8.7Compare

Head-to-head pick any opponent

Stack Sliders's full episode-rating history against a rival, on one chart.

Keep exploring top shows