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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.
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- 01
Into the MysticThe intrepid quartet lands in a world mired in mysticism and ruled by a mysterious entity known as The Sorcerer. - 02
Gillian of the SpiritsWhen 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. - 03
InvasionThe 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 season
- S01E01
PilotMarch 22, 1995A physics accident sends physics student Quinn Mallory and his companions on an interdimensional roller-coaster ride that lands them in a po - S01E02
FeverMarch 29, 1995When 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 - S01E03
Last DaysApril 5, 1995The salvation of a world facing certain destruction rests in the hands of Arturo and a young scientist. Meanwhile, Quinn and Wade begin to f - S01E04
Prince of WailsApril 12, 1995The sliders land in a British-ruled U.S.---where England won the Revolutionary War---and find themselves embroiled in a plot involving the h - S01E05
Summer of LoveApril 19, 1995The sliders find themselves in a San Francisco where the "Summer of Love" never ended---and Wade and Rembrandt are mistaken for extraterrest - S01E06
EggheadsApril 26, 1995While Quinn struggles with fame in a world where intellectuals are treated like pro athletes, Arturo tries for a reconciliation with a long- - S01E07
The Weaker SexMay 3, 1995Arturo finds himself in a potentially deadly mayoral race in a world where men are considered second-class citizens and women hold the posit - S01E08
Season's bestThe King Is BackMay 10, 1995Rembrandt is mistaken for a deceased rock legend, but an old enemy (Tom Pickett) would like to see the Crying Man disappear again---permanen - S01E09
Luck of the DrawMay 17, 1995Wade 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.
Season02
- S02E01
Season's bestInto the MysticMarch 1, 1996The intrepid quartet lands in a world mired in mysticism and ruled by a mysterious entity known as The Sorcerer. - S02E02
Love GodsMarch 8, 1996In a world where germ warfare has exterminated most of the male population, Quinn, Rembrandt and Arturo discover that they're unwitting fugi - S02E03
Gillian of the SpiritsMarch 15, 1996When 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 - S02E04
The Good, the Bad and the WealthyMarch 22, 1996Quinn finds himself at the center of some unorthodox corporate raiding when a gunfight earns him a reputation for being quick on the draw. - S02E05
El SidMarch 29, 1996When Quinn rescues a woman in distress in a world ruled by violence, her boyfriend swears vengeance for an imagined slight and follows the s - S02E06
Time Again and WorldApril 5, 1996The sliders become involved in a plot involving a disgraced Federal judge, an underground resistance movement and an America under martial l - S02E07
In Dino VeritasApril 26, 1996The 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 - S02E08
Post Traumatic Slide SyndromeMay 3, 1996When the sliders finally land in the one place that none of them want to leave---home---Quinn has doubts about their good fortune. - S02E09
ObsessionMay 24, 1996In a society dominated by psychics, Wade meets the man of her dreams---who wants her to remain with him at any cost. - S02E10
GreatfellasMay 31, 1996The Sliders find themselves embroiled in a struggle among organized-crime families, corrupt government officials and dedicated G-men. - S02E11
The Young and the RelentlessJune 7, 1996The Sliders land in a world where Wade and Quinn's counterparts are executives up to their ears in a shady software deal. - S02E12
InvasionJune 28, 1996The sliders encounter a race of scientifically advanced aliens who hold a surprise for the quartet---they can slide at will, and intend to c - S02E13
As Time Goes ByJuly 12, 1996The sliders find themselves in a perplexing situation: each time they slide into a new world they encounter the same people as in the previo
Season03
- S03E01
Rules of the GameSeptember 20, 1996Arturo is seriously injured when the Sliders become unwitting participants in a bloody activity known as "The Game," played in a world in wh - S03E02
Season's bestDouble CrossSeptember 27, 1996After landing in a city where supplies are scarce, the Sliders meet scientists who are trying to perfect sliding and whose seeming cooperati - S03E03
Electric Twister Acid TestOctober 4, 1996In 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 - S03E04
The GuardianOctober 11, 1996Quinn is forced to relive painful childhood memories when a slide to 1980s San Francisco brings him face to face with his younger self. - S03E05
The Dream MastersOctober 18, 1996Wade (Sabrina Lloyd) becomes the target of a group of dream terrorists, who control people through their ability to tinker with the victims' - S03E06
Desert StormNovember 1, 1996In 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 - S03E07
DragonslideNovember 8, 1996The 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 - S03E08
The Fire WithinNovember 15, 1996In 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 - S03E09
The Prince of SlidesNovember 22, 1996After landing in an America ruled by a monarchy and where men have babies, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) is mistaken for royalty---and prepp - S03E10
Dead Man SlidingNovember 29, 1996Quinn is mistakenly arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to death in a Hollywood where TV viewers determine the sentence and executions - S03E11
State of the ArtDecember 6, 1996In a world run by highly intelligent robots, Quinn and Rembrandt become guinea pigs in a ghastly experiment. - S03E12
Season's GreedingsDecember 20, 1996All is not calm for the Sliders, whose Christmas is spent in a giant mall where customers run up bills, then become virtual prisoners while - S03E13
Murder Most FoulJanuary 3, 1997Arturo is kidnapped and brainwashed into thinking he's a 19th-century detective investigating some real murders. - S03E14
Slide Like an EgyptianJanuary 17, 1997The sliders land in a world resembling ancient Egypt, where Quinn (Jerry O'Connell) is used for a life-after-death experiment, and the other - S03E15
Paradise LostJanuary 31, 1997The 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 - S03E16
The Exodus (1)February 21, 1997In a militaristic America threatened by a deadly pulsar, a colonel (Roger Daltrey) decides who'll be saved---and who'll be left to die. - S03E17
The Exodus (2)February 28, 1997As doomsday looms, Quinn and Maggie race to find a suitable parallel world, but discover that Rickman has a deadly ulterior motive for findi - S03E18
Sole SurvivorsMarch 7, 1997The Sliders encounter a world infected by bacteria that transforms inhabitants into flesh-eating creatures---one of which takes a bite out o - S03E19
The BreederMarch 14, 1997Maggie's transporting an alien egg that's incubating inside her. - S03E20
The Last of EdenMarch 28, 1997On a world plagued by earthquakes and populated by primitive people, Wade stumbles upon a vast underground city overrun by nonhuman creature - S03E21
The Other Slide of DarknessApril 11, 1997The Sliders find evidence that Rickman may already be spreading his infection in a superstitious world. - S03E22
SlitherApril 25, 1997While vacationing, the Sliders stumble across a scientist whose research involving supernatural snakes gets out of hand when one of the crit - S03E23
DinoslideMay 2, 1997Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) is reunited with Malcolm, while Maggie (Kari Wuhrer) swears revenge against Rickman when the Sliders find the - S03E24
StokerMay 9, 1997Wade (Sabrina Lloyd) falls under the spell of a gothic-rock band's charismatic lead singer (Ryan Alosio), who---unbeknownst to Wade---is als - S03E25
This Slide of ParadiseMay 16, 1997After cornering Rickman on a world inhabited by bizarre hybrids, the sliders finally have a chance to get home---until they meet a scientist
Season04
- S04E01
Season's bestGenesisJune 8, 1998After months of searching for Wade and Rembrandt, Quinn and Maggie (Jerry O'Connell, Kari Wuhrer) arrive on their home Earth---only to find - S04E02
Prophets and LossJune 8, 1998The trio arrives on an Earth run by religious extremists, who extort followers for their possessions, promising passage to a nirvana world i - S04E03
Common GroundJune 15, 1998Quinn, Maggie and Rembrandt arrive on an Earth used by the Kromaggs as a weapons-testing area, and are captured after Maggie saves the life - S04E04
Virtual SlideJune 22, 1998After sliding onto a decrepit Earth, Maggie (Kari Wuhrer) becomes separated from Quinn and Rembrandt and is subjected to a virtual-reality d - S04E05
World KillerJune 29, 1998Quinn meets his double in an alternate dimension where his experiments resulted in the wholesale transportation of humanity to another Earth - S04E06
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?July 6, 1998Quinn discovers his brother Colin (Charlie O'Connell)---a bright, naive young man---who joins the team and becomes involved with women who p - S04E07
Just Say YesJuly 13, 1998Upon arrival on an Earth where drug use is mandatory, Maggie and Colin (Kari Wuhrer, Charlie O'Connell) are dosed with chemicals and induced - S04E08
The Alternateville HorrorJuly 20, 1998When the group arrives on an Earth decimated by acid rain, they escape the weather by checking into a version of the Chandler Hotel plagued - S04E09
SlidecageJuly 27, 1998Quinn 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 - S04E10
AsylumAugust 17, 1998Rembrandt 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 - S04E11
California ReichAugust 24, 1998The 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 - S04E12
The Dying FieldsAugust 31, 1998After 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 - S04E13
Lipschitz Live!November 30, 1998The 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 - S04E14
Mother and ChildDecember 7, 1998A 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 - S04E15
Net WorthJanuary 11, 1999The gang arrives on an Earth divided between computer-hackers and computer-lackers, and battles ruthless scavengers to unite a couple who fe - S04E16
Slide by WireJanuary 18, 1999Maggie is stranded on a militaristic Earth when her double, a cyber-enhanced pilot, leaps with the others to a world that outlaws technology - S04E17
Data WorldMarch 19, 1999The gang is transported to an Earth where the inhabitants live as computer data run by a nefarious programmer, who deletes the rebellious Ma - S04E18
Way Out WestMarch 26, 1999The 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 - S04E19
My Brother's KeeperApril 2, 1999The 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 - S04E20
The ChasmApril 9, 1999The gang arrives on a seemingly tranquil Earth that owes its serenity to chosen inhabitants who are brainwashed into sacrificing themselves - S04E21
Roads TakenApril 16, 1999A glitch in their slide leaves Maggie's and Quinn's souls split between dimensions, and as their health in one world deteriorates, they live - S04E22
RevelationsApril 23, 1999An enigmatic science-fiction writer's novels have passages that seem to describe slider technology, and there's a reason: the man claims to
Season05
- S05E01
The Unstuck ManJune 11, 1999A megalomaniac plots to use the sliders and the time-altering vortex in a scheme for world domination. - S05E02
Applied PhysicsJune 18, 1999Quantum leaps distress Diana, who encounters a troubled double of herself; and Mallory, who experiences flashbacks to Quinn's life that rack - S05E03
Strangers and ComradesJune 25, 1999Warfare in an eerie realm engages the Sliders, who are recruited to fight the Kromaggs by an earthling sergeant with a closely guarded secre - S05E04
The Great WorkJuly 9, 1999On an island, the Sliders find refuge with a besieged monastic people. - S05E05
New Gods for OldJuly 16, 1999A 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 - S05E06
Season's bestPlease Press OneJuly 23, 1999Maggie is kidnapped by an all-powerful conglomerate, which controls food, clothing and other essentials via a credit system that assigns cit - S05E07
A Current AffairJuly 30, 1999A trumped-up sex scandal links Maggie to the President, whose chief of staff uses rumors of their alleged affair to distract the public from - S05E08
The Java JiveAugust 6, 1999In a world reminiscent of the Roaring Twenties, the Sliders confront Rembrandt's evil double, a crooked cop tied to gangsters dealing in...b - S05E09
The Return of Maggie BeckettAugust 13, 1999Peril awaits Maggie in her home town of Fresno, Cal., where she's mistaken for her double: a decorated astronaut who was presumably killed o - S05E10
Easy SliderAugust 20, 1999Mallory 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 - S05E11
RequiemSeptember 10, 1999A beloved, long-lost Slider contacts Rembrandt, who subsequently winds up being used by the crafty Kromaggs in a biotechnological plot to el - S05E12
Map of the MindSeptember 17, 1999The vortex deposits the Sliders in a "neural remapping center," where Diana is mistaken for a patient: an internee prepped for brain surgery - S05E13
A Thousand DeathsSeptember 24, 1999At a state-of-the-art entertainment center that offers role-playing scenarios, Maggie is thrust into a virtual-reality drama: a Civil War ba - S05E14
Heavy MetalOctober 1, 1999The 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. - S05E15
To Catch a SliderJanuary 14, 2000The sliders must find a gem needed to repair their malfunctioning timer. - S05E16
DustJanuary 21, 2000The group lands on a world where Rembrandt is regarded as a deity. - S05E17
Eye of the StormJanuary 28, 2000In their final encounter with Dr. Geiger, the scientist reveals that he can separate Mallory from his double Quinn. - S05E18
The SeerFebruary 4, 2000On a world with a television program based on the sliders' adventures, a psychic predicts the sliders' fate: they die in their next slide. H
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