The best episodes of Sliders
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- 01
The intrepid quartet lands in a world mired in mysticism and ruled by a mysterious entity known as The Sorcerer.
- 02
When 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
The 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.
- 04
Rembrandt is mistaken for a deceased rock legend, but an old enemy (Tom Pickett) would like to see the Crying Man disappear again---permanently.
- 05
The salvation of a world facing certain destruction rests in the hands of Arturo and a young scientist. Meanwhile, Quinn and Wade begin to face their feelings for each other.
- 06
The sliders land in a British-ruled U.S.---where England won the Revolutionary War---and find themselves embroiled in a plot involving the heir to the throne.
- 07
Wade 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.
- 08
When the sliders finally land in the one place that none of them want to leave---home---Quinn has doubts about their good fortune.
- 09
After landing in a city where supplies are scarce, the Sliders meet scientists who are trying to perfect sliding and whose seeming cooperation impress Quinn, Wade, Arturo and Rembrandt.
- 10
In a world where germ warfare has exterminated most of the male population, Quinn, Rembrandt and Arturo discover that they're unwitting fugitives.
- 11
In a militaristic America threatened by a deadly pulsar, a colonel (Roger Daltrey) decides who'll be saved---and who'll be left to die.
- 12
Maggie's transporting an alien egg that's incubating inside her.
- 13
After months of searching for Wade and Rembrandt, Quinn and Maggie (Jerry O'Connell, Kari Wuhrer) arrive on their home Earth---only to find it overrun by the Kromaggs.
- 14
The trio arrives on an Earth run by religious extremists, who extort followers for their possessions, promising passage to a nirvana world in return, a deal Quinn learns is a deadly sham.
- 15
Quinn, Maggie and Rembrandt arrive on an Earth used by the Kromaggs as a weapons-testing area, and are captured after Maggie saves the life of a Kromagg soldier.
- 16
Quinn discovers his brother Colin (Charlie O'Connell)---a bright, naive young man---who joins the team and becomes involved with women who plan to steal a wealthy man's frozen body in order to claim his money.
- 17
Quinn 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 between Kromagg and human refugees.
- 18
The 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 mistaken for his counterpart and is betrothed to a woman as part of a business deal.
- 19
While Quinn struggles with fame in a world where intellectuals are treated like pro athletes, Arturo tries for a reconciliation with a long-lost love.
- 20
Arturo finds himself in a potentially deadly mayoral race in a world where men are considered second-class citizens and women hold the positions of power and respect.
- 21
The sliders find themselves in a San Francisco where the "Summer of Love" never ended---and Wade and Rembrandt are mistaken for extraterrestrial prophets.
- 22
The 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 dinosaurs.
- 23
In a society dominated by psychics, Wade meets the man of her dreams---who wants her to remain with him at any cost.
- 24
The Sliders find themselves embroiled in a struggle among organized-crime families, corrupt government officials and dedicated G-men.
- 25
The Sliders land in a world where Wade and Quinn's counterparts are executives up to their ears in a shady software deal.
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