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I've been watching this a lot for the first time on Netflix and I am really impressed by the series. I remember seeing previews for this show when it first came out back in the 90's but it didn't seem like it was going to be all that interesting to me. Boy, was I wrong :) I really like the idea of having a show involved in parallel universes to see what Earth could of been like. I admit a lot of the acting (especially by Quinn, Wade, and the Cryin' Man), is a bit campy. (I'm still in seasons 1 & 2) but overall the show is really fun. I felt bad for them in the episode "Into the Mystic" when they did finally reach home, but because of the gate issue they decided it wasn't and if they had changed their minds, they could of realized they were back home.


Anyone else watch this show either first runned or at all?
 
Sliders was great for a time. Interesting concept, great characters,The second episode asking the question what if communism had taken over capitalism (Or something to that effect) was great and probably the most memorable part of the show. It started going downhill though when the Cro Mags started to show up and Jerry O'Connell left. Heck, I liked the actress who replaced the Wade character, but when O'Connell left, the show lost focus.
 
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^ Yes, the first few seasons were good, but it seemed to lose all it's fun after that. My favorite is the one where they were at the shopping mall and everyone was "addicted to shopping".
 
So Sliders isn't sci-fi anymore!? Wow! :)

People like the dumb bitch that replaced Wade?!?! :wtf:

Also make sure to watch the episodes in the correct order.

[FONT=&quot]Sliders[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sliders w: Tracy Tormé & Robert K Weiss, d: Andy Tennant
While researching anti-gravity, brilliant grad student Quinn Mallory accidentally opens an inter-dimensional portal which sends him and three companions on a cosmic roller-coaster ride to parallel Earths.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Summer of Love w: Tracy Tormé, d: Mario Azzopardi
The Sliders find themselves in a present-day San Francisco where the "Summer of Love" never ended – and Wade and Rembrandt are mistaken for extraterrestrial prophets.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Prince of Wails w: Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin, d: Felix Alcala
In a world where England won the Revolutionary War, the Sliders are embroiled in an assassination plot involving the heir to the throne and an evil Sheriff of San Francisco.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Fever w: Ann Powell & Rose Schacht, d: Mario Azzopardi
When 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 Gestapo-like health agency.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Last Days w: Dan Lane, d: Michael Keusch
The salvation of a world facing destruction by an asteroid rests in the hands of Arturo and an overzealous young scientist. Meanwhile, Quinn and Wade Begin to face their feelings for each other.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Weaker Sex w: Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin, d: Vern Gillum
Arturo finds himself in a potentially deadly mayoral race in a world where men are treated as "the weaker sex" and women hold the positions of power and influence.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Eggheads t: Scott Smith Miller, s: Scott Smith Miller & Jacob Epstein, d: Timothy Bond
While Quinn struggles with fame in a world where intellect is prized, Arturo tries for a reconciliation with a long-lost love.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The King is Back w: Tracy Tormé, d: Vern Gillum
It looks like the King is back when Rembrandt is mistaken for a long-deceased rock legend, but an old enemy would like to see the Crying Man disappear again – permanently.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Luck of the Draw w: Jon Povill, d: Les Landau
Wade finds that she has money to burn when she wins the lottery in a seemingly utopian world, but she soon discovers that her silver cloud has a very dark lining.[/FONT]
Into the Mystic w: Tracy Tormé, d: Richard Compton
The intrepid quartet lands in a world mired in mysticism and superstition, all ruled by a mysterious entity known as The Sorcerer.
[FONT=&quot]Time Again and World w: Jacob Epstein, d: Vern Gillum
After witnessing a grisly murder, Wade entangles herself in a vast government conspiracy when the same events begin to play out on the next world.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]El Sid w: Jon Povill, d: Paris Barclay
When Quinn rescues a beautiful young woman in distress on a world ruled by violence, her homicidal boyfriend, swearing vengeance for an imagined slight, follows the sliders through the vortex.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Love Gods w: Tony Blake & Paul Jackson, d: John McPherson
In a world where germ warfare has exterminated most of the male population, Quinn, Rembrandt, and Arturo discover that they've been pegged as runaway "breeders," and every nation of the world wants to capture them.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Good, the Bad and the Wealthy w: Scott Smith Miller, d: Oscar L. Costo
In a world where Texas rules most of North America, Quinn finds himself at the center of some highly unorthodox corporate raiding when a gunfight earns him a reputation for being quick on the draw.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]As Time Goes By w: Steve Brown, d: Richard Compton
The sliders find themselves in a perplexing situation: each time they slide into a new world, they encounter the same people as in the previous world. One of the people is Quinn's long-lost love Daelin, who seems to be heading for a fate that only Quinn can prevent.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Gillian of the Spirits w: Tony Blake & Paul Jackson, d: Paris Barclay
When a bizarre accident separates Quinn from the rest of the Sliders, the only hope for the remaining trio is to put their faith in a troubled young girl with a history of hearing voices – and an ability to communicate with spirits.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Obsession t: Jon Povill, s: Jon Povill & Steve Brown, d: Colin Bucksey
When the Sliders land in a world dominated by psychics, Wade encounters the man of her dreams, a powerful seer who may have loved Wade in a different life.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Invasion w: Tracy Tormé, d: Richard Compton
The Sliders encounter a vicious race of technologically advanced aliens who hold a nasty surprise for the quartet – they can slide at will, and intend to conquer every Earth in the dimensional spectrum.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome w: Nan Hagen, d: Adam Nimoy
The Sliders finally land in the one place that none of them wants to leave – home – but Quinn is the only one that has doubts about their good fortune. Meanwhile, Arturo hatches a plan to use Quinn's discoveries to win a Nobel prize, regardless of the cost to the rest of his traveling companions.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In Dino Veritas w: Steve Brown, d: Oscar L. Costo
The sliders find themselves face-to-jaw with an extremely large (and angry) beast when they lose Quinn and the timer, in a San Francisco that's been developed as a game preserve – of dinosaurs.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Greatfellas t: Scott Smith Miller, s: Sean Clark and Scott Smith Miller, d: Allan Eastman
In a U.S. where Prohibition was never repealed, the Sliders find themselves embroiled in a vicious struggle among warring organized-crime families, corrupt government officials, and dedicated G-men – one of whom looks exactly like Rembrandt.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Young and the Relentless t: T. Edward Anthony & Von Whisenhant, s: Michael X Fernaro and T. Edward Anthony & Von Whisenhant, d: Richard Compton
Quinn and Wade run afoul of their married doubles, who work together as cutthroat software executives on a world where youth rules.[/FONT]
 
The later seasons definitely went downhill, and this is often attributed to Tracy Torme eventually leaving, because the FOX network really interfered with his control over the series. Maggie was an okay character, but I always disliked the silly plot device when they
returned to Earth Prime, only to have to leave because she mysteriously couldn't breathe the atmosphere. This problem never happened on any other Earth.
. :p
 
I loved this show and hated that they aired it on Friday evenings and I would miss it. The later seasons really are bad, as others have said, but the first few were quite enjoyable.
 
The show's backstage drama was infamous


http://www.dimensionofcontinuity.com/bts.htm

John Rhys-Davies drunk
Why did John Rhys-Davies Leave Sliders?

First of all, the huge misconception with John Rhys-Davies situation is that he left. John (Professor Arturo) was actually fired. John has only admitted this once in public...a Sci-Fi Universe article from August 1998.

How could this happen, you ask? Well, John's outspoken criticism of the writers and their general lack of creativity and intelligence is well documented. But that wasn't enough to get him fired...because only one of the hierarchical trinity was against him. Elements of production such as David Peckinpah wanted him gone due to John's constant creative criticism...but Universal and Fox saw no reason to fire John. At least not until December of 1996.

In December of 1996, a Fox employee by the name of Peter Roth gained a promotion to become an upper level Fox Executive. In fact, he was given control of a large segment of Fox programming...including Sliders. Roth had hosted a Fox party a couple of years before (when Sliders was first beginning)...and John was there. A very drunk John...who targeted and quite thoroughly humiliated Roth.

Sabrina Lloyd locking herself in a trailer over a comment by Kari
 
Watch Sliders in order-and pretend the fourth Season never happened. The show had potential-but Fox only hires from the bottom of the gene pool so the execs didn't really know what to make of it. Once Tracy Torme left it became pointless, a show without a keel to guide it. Sad, as the written sub-genre(alternate history scifi) is richly populated with thoughtful tales that Sliders could have easily borrowed from...but didn't after the first couple of episodes.
 
it's a fun show
I thought it was cool how Charlie O'Connell played his brother's character's brother
and how Cleavant Derricks' twin brother Clinton played Remmy's double a few times
 
Sabrina Lloyd locking herself in a trailer over a comment by Kari
The funny thing is I think most people think Lloyd is much better looking. Wuhrer just has a bigger rack.

Of course this comes from the same people who decided to axe any chance of a returning Logan gig because McLellan wasn't "sexy" enough. :wtf:
 
Watch Sliders in order-and pretend the fourth Season never happened.

Oh, no -- pretend the latter half of the third season never happened. That half-season was just about the worst-written television series in the history of television, and it should be avoided at all costs. Requiring anyone to watch the back half of the third season should be forbidden by international statutes against torture.

But the fourth season, the first one on SciFi, was immensely better-written. Not as good as the first season, but fairly good and smart. Its main drawback is the introduction of the Colin Mallory character, the result of pure nepotism, Jerry O'Connell insisting on the creation of a part for his not-very-talented brother.
 
It was good. I think I was both glad and disappointed to see it end. Mostly cause I didn't like the way it ended, but suspected I wouldn't have been able to stand another season if the episodes kept going the way they were.
 
It was good. I think I was both glad and disappointed to see it end. Mostly cause I didn't like the way it ended, but suspected I wouldn't have been able to stand another season if the episodes kept going the way they were.

Don't tell me-- they didn't get back home is how it ends? I'm assuming that's going to be the outcome of the series. If so, that sucks. That would be just like Quantum Leap, then.
 
Don't tell me-- they didn't get back home is how it ends? I'm assuming that's going to be the outcome of the series. If so, that sucks. That would be just like Quantum Leap, then.

Well... yes and no. It's complicated. What with the various cast changes, different characters have different fates (and this show wasn't kind to its departing characters). Anyway, not quite like QL, because the series didn't have a proper finale, just a cliffhanger of sorts that never got resolved. It sort of worked as an ending, since they knew they might be cancelled, but there was one major cliffhanger element to it.
 
I blind bought the first two seasons a while ago, and loved them. Bought season three, made it to Exodus...and never found the urge to watch another episode. I don't care how good the later seasons are--it's just not the same show without the original quartet.
 
I was with the show until Davies was axed. After that I saw no point in watching.


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