Genesis
Series 4, Episode 1 Unrated
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Quinn and Maggie anxiously leave a world of motorcycle-riding cowboys and Indians and, after three months of searching, finally land in Quinn's home dimension, Earth Prime. Maggie quickly realizes that somehow she has adapted to the air of Quinn's Earth -- but the place is not as he left it. Earth is ravaged, war-torn... the Kromaggs, a dimension traveling warrior race from a parallel world, have enslaved the planet, as they do with every world they find. In addition, Quinn learns that he has a brother who was given to a parallel foster family.
Prophets And Loss
Series 4, Episode 2 Unrated
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The Sliders land in a Los Angeles that seems too clean and friendly. Newspapers only extol the virtues of "The Oracle," and discredit the "Radical Rationalists." The three Sliders, however, were secretly observed landing by Cadmus, Chief Counselor of the Oracle Center. Deciding to find out more about the Oracle, the Sliders enter an assembly and Maggie is immediately befriended by Jane, a "welcomer" with the Center. She points out the leaders, Cadmus and the Chief Oracle, Gareth. Jane tells them that they will be fortunate enough to watch four welcomers being sent to the Other Side. Guided by the sinister Enforcers, the welcomers are led into a chamber. There is a flash of light and they are gone.
Common Ground
Series 4, Episode 3 Unrated
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Landing in war-torn Los Angeles, Maggie spots a semi-conscious figure and drags him to safety as artillery shells explode around them. Only after the Sliders remove his visor do they realize that he is a Kromagg commander, Kromanus. Before they have time to react, they are captured by the evil Kromagg officer Krolak and his soldiers.
Virtual Slide
Series 4, Episode 4 Unrated
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The Sliders land in a demolition site and Maggie is caught near an explosion. She seems to revive in a hospital -- then revives again, healthy but confused, in a military complex. General Randall Simmons informs her that she and the others have indeed landed on Quinn's home world, Earth Prime, which has finally vanquished the Kromaggs. Simmons explains that they landed in a pocket of Kromagg resistance, but otherwise Earth has been liberated and scientists have mastered the Kromagg's sliding technology. Quinn and Rembrandt are excited about this news, but Maggie has grown suspicious and challenges Simmons' claims. The scene shimmers and Maggie wakes in the hospital, as Simmons -- a businessman, not a general -- removes a virtual reality set from her head. It is the preferred method of therapy on this perfect world, he tells her, though she seems to have an aversion to pleasant thoughts.
World Killer
Series 4, Episode 5 Unrated
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Landing in San Francisco, the Sliders are amazed to find the city in ruins; not due to a Kromagg attack, but to complete abandonment. They discover that everyone has disappeared. However, Quinn soon realizes that animals are still inhabiting this earth when he is attacked by mongrels. Maggie scares the dogs off with the help of a shotgun she finds in a pawn shop and the Sliders head to Quinn's home. They find it empty like everywhere else. The difference: apparently the Quinn of this world was even more intelligent, garnering award after award. While Quinn continues to search the house, Rembrandt and Maggie wait outside -- and are approached by the disheveled Quinn of this world. At first frantic -- he has been totally alone -- he calms down enough to explain that he built a machine that, when he threw the switch, wiped out every human being on Earth.
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Series 4, Episode 6 Unrated
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The Sliders finally reach the world of Quinn's brother but only have two hours to find him. They soon see a glider crash into some trees and Colin Mallory steps from the wreckage. The Sliders are forced to defend him when a group of farmers tries to kill him. Sheriff Dawson arrives to stop the brawl and allows the Sliders to take Colin away. Colin, the resident genius of this technology-deficient world, is oblivious to the townspeople's hatred of him. Most residents believe his inventions are works of the devil, but he has won the heart of the lovely Susannah, against the wishes of her Mother. When Quinn breaks the news that they are brothers, Colin finds it difficult to believe --until, after tearing up Colin's home in a search, Quinn finds the microdot and places it on his brother's forehead. Colin is given the same images Quinn had accepted from their birth parents on a parallel world. With minutes ticking down to the next slide, Quinn finally coaxes Colin into joining them on the quest for their parents' world. The group slides into a normal-looking Los Angeles which Colin finds fascinating. They check into the hotel where their request to pay cash is considered unusual in a society which charges everything to your DNA or bone graft account.
Just Say Yes
Series 4, Episode 7 Unrated
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As the Sliders land in a new world, Quinn and Maggie continue an argument that started before they jumped. A hotel bar patron, Damon, takes note of the bickering couple and offers to help. When they ignore him, he pulls a pistol out and shoots Maggie with a tranquilizer dart. Realizing that Maggie has been drugged, Quinn rushes Damon. He tries to shoot Quinn, but accidentally hits Colin, who assumes a happy stupor. Quinn wrests the gun away, then finds that Maggie has wandered away. Rembrandt stays with Colin as Damon follows Quinn out. They find her dancing in the street, but suddenly she goes into a seizure. Damon, a licensed "Facilitator" who keeps people correctly dosed, helps Quinn take her to a local clinic where Helena examines Maggie. She is amazed that neither Maggie nor Quinn have infusers: small devices attached to everyone's arms that feed drugs directly to a vein. Helena decides first to use the drug troxoprine to neutralize Maggie's system, then places a secret call to the DEA that Quinn is in her office.
Alternateville Horror
Series 4, Episode 8 Unrated
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The Sliders land in world that seems idyllic -- until black clouds form and people scramble for cover. The Sliders soon learn why: the rain is acid rain. They take shelter in the Chandler Hotel, but are alarmed to see guests rushing out to brave the rain rather than spend a night there. The overly-friendly clerk, Kelly, gladly checks the Sliders into the Presidential suite at a discount price; the hotel has a hard time keeping rooms booked. As the Sliders settle in Colin elects to stay in the room as the others convene in the bar for a drink. There, Kelly turns up again, this time as their barmaid. Meanwhile, up in the room Colin watches TV and is startled to see a little boy appear in the room. The boy speaks, but there is no sound and Colin follows him down the hall only to see the boy walk through a closed door into room 315. Later that night, as Rembrandt shaves, a message appears in the steamy mirror: "HELP US." At the same time Maggie sees a stranger using some device near their doorway, but continues on to the ice machine. When she opens it she sees her head buried in the ice.
Slidecage
Series 4, Episode 9 Unrated
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Quinn calculates the coordinates to his and Colin's home world; now they will finally meet their birth parents -- and find out how to defeat the Kromaggs. When they leap into the vortex, however, they land in a labyrinth on a barren, alien world. They discover that the timer has stopped counting down and has frozen at 00:00. The Sliders soon come across a video presentation by Michael Mallory, Quinn and Colin's father. He explains that they have been deposited here by the "Slidecage" mechanism, which cloaks the homeworld from further invasion by the Kromaggs. Unfortunately, it also keeps them from ever leaving. They will be forced to remain here for the rest of their lives, supported by food dispensing machines. If they attempt to leave the labyrinth they will perish in the toxic atmosphere outside.
Asylum
Series 4, Episode 10 Unrated
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Onboard a plane zooming through a war zone, the Sliders have seconds to slide when a missile destroys the tail of the plane. Quinn and Rembrandt are knocked unconscious. With the parachutes destroyed, Maggie makes a snap decision -- she opens the vortex outside the plane and she and Colin, dragging the other two, leap into it. When they land in another world Maggie quickly realizes that Quinn may be dying. She sends Colin in to town to find help; he soon comes across a buggy driver who gives him a ride into town. He reaches the city, finding it to be normal -- except that there are no gas-driven vehicles and everyone is armed.
California Reich
Series 4, Episode 11 Unrated
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As the Sliders land in a new dimension, a van roars up. Rembrandt is hauled into the van by a group of "Stompers" and it races away. Colin quickly reacts by commandeering another truck and the remaining three give chase. The pursuit ends when a garbage truck blocks their path --and they are startled to see that the garbage workers are robot-like faceless humans. In the van, the Stompers beat Rembrandt and two other prisoners as they are taken to a detention camp where they are turned over to Beck. Beck pays the Stompers for the prisoners and Rembrandt and the other two are dragged to the barracks. Once inside, Harold, the oldest inmate at the camp, explains that since Governor Schick passed the Racial Repatriation Act minorities have been abducted to "save" American jobs.
The Dying Fields
Series 4, Episode 12 Unrated
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The image of a peaceful Garden-of-Eden world is shattered when the Sliders find the skeleton of a human, a gaping hole in the chest, and the right hand missing. A noise in the bushes causes them to hide, and they soon see another man being pursued by two Hu-Maggs -- part human, part Kromagg. Kyra, the female Hu-Magg, blasts the running man. Kryoptus, the male Hu-Magg, argues that the kill was his, but Kyra tallies it as her own. She refuses to take the eyes, however, saying she has not developed a taste for them. After they leave, the Sliders examine the body, with Colin discovering the man's army knife. They soon come upon a firing range but take cover when a Humvee passes by, carrying General Kronos. Ever fearful of Kromaggs, Rembrandt is in favor of killing him. When they spy a rifle protruding from a doorway, they react quickly. They capture Jenny, who tells them she and six other humans were forced into this "game." If they survive twenty days, the Kromaggs will let them go; she is on day eighteen.
Lipschitz Live
Series 4, Episode 13 Unrated
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A vortex appears and releases Quinn, then reappears elsewhere to drop off Colin, then leaves Rembrandt and Maggie dangling from a window-washing unit hundreds of feet above ground. The two climb to safety and even see Colin wandering the street far below -- but lose track of him once they reach the ground. Quinn, meanwhile, heads for the hotel hoping to meet the others in the three hours they have before the next slide. On the way, he notes a society mindlessly devoted to the only show on television: "Lipschitz Live,: a combination newscast/talk show hosted by the irrepressible Barry Lipschitz. At the hotel Quinn does not find his friends, but does note that two corporations are hosting some sort of reception there. He waits in the bar hoping the others will soon arrive. Maggie and Rembrandt likewise head to the hotel, but find, as Quinn did, that there are no vacancies. They do discover, however, that a Colin Mallory has checked in, so they sneak into his room -- and find clothing and liquor bottles strewn about the suite. Meanwhile, Colin arrives at the hotel and sees Quinn waiting in the bar. As he heads to his brother he is grabbed by two thugs who drag him away; Quinn does not notice.
Mother And Child
Series 4, Episode 14 Unrated
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Less than an hour before the vortex is to open the Sliders are on the move, trying to avoid the Kromaggs they have encountered on this world. Taking refuge in a cave outside the demolished city, they see a woman, Christina, struggling along with an infant. When they help her back to the cave she recognizes their names: while she was imprisoned here in a Kromagg breeding camp she became friends with Wade Wells. Thrilled to find out that Wade is alive, Rembrandt wants to go rescue her, but Christina stops him: Wade was shipped out yesterday with all the others. Christina was able to escape and save her half-Kromagg baby, which she has not yet named.
Net Worth
Series 4, Episode 15 Unrated
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The vortex deposits Quinn and Rembrandt inside a building and Colin and Maggie outside. Though neither duo can hear the other through the glass separating them, Quinn signals that he and Rembrandt will join them outside. While waiting, Maggie and Colin witness Rick trying to break into the building, but a gang of scavengers set upon him led by the vicious Jack. The two Sliders join the fray as a guard inside the building confronts Quinn and Rembrandt. He searches them and, finding no computer equipment on them, declares them to be trespassing "Offliners" until Joanne happens upon them and mistakes Quinn as Rick, whom she was supposed to meet. The guard steps away and Joanne leads the two away.
Slide by Wire
Series 4, Episode 16 Unrated
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In a military base Maggie accesses a lab where she finds a man hooked up to machinery. She swiftly exchanges a computer chip implanted in his skull with one she has brought, but an alarm sounds and she bolts. She makes it outside where the other Sliders await her return to slide. When she appears, they all leap into the vortex... and moments later the real Maggie escapes from the base, but misses the vortex. A squad of soldiers surround her...
Data World
Series 4, Episode 17 Unrated
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The vortex leaves the Sliders on a desolate world where they soon find dazed citizens wandering the streets lifelessly. As the zombies converge on them, the Sliders take refuge in the hotel. As they step into the hotel four new zombies that are identical to the Sliders appear on the road...
Way Out West
Series 4, Episode 18 Unrated
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Hours of trudging along through a rolling prairie find the Sliders close to exhaustion. A passing stagecoach pulls over to give them a ride, but the driver is cautious -- they are traveling through Mr. K's territory. One of the passengers, Ben, flirts with Maggie but the calm is broken by gunfire as four desperadoes ambush them. Colin is hit and falls off the coach. The stage driver dumps the strongbox and the stagecoach races off.
My Brother's Keeper
Series 4, Episode 19 Unrated
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Quinn is immediately greeted on a new world by college friends who mistake him for his double. The Sliders visit the college where Quinn's double figures equations on a blackboard. The equations are wrong, though, and when he activates his device it explodes, damaging his eyes. Quinn and Colin rush to save him, but Quinn is intercepted by security guards since his eyes will be needed to replace Quinn 2's.
The Chasm
Series 4, Episode 20 Unrated
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Rembrandt pauses at the edge of a swirling chasm, wracked with despair and ready to jump. The other Sliders scream at him to stop, but when he looks to Quinn, he only urges Rembrandt to jump. Rembrandt prepares to leap -- but Maggie grabs his arm, trying to calm him, telling him to remember how this all began...Several hours earlier, when the Sliders first land on this world, they hear a scream coming from a cave. They rush into the cave to find a frightened girl, Amy (Antoinette Picatto), whose tormented grandfather, Henry (Harrison Young), is preparing to leap into the chasm. After he tells her that this duty will soon be hers, he jumps and a bolt of electricity shoots from his body into Amy's. The Sliders examine her: she appears to be unharmed, though she sobs uncontrollably. At the same time, Quinn notices an unusual emotion: a feeling of unconcern, almost peacefulness.
Roads Taken
Series 4, Episode 21 Unrated
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The vortex, oddly distorted and wracked with lightning, deposits Colin and Rembrandt in a battle zone in the city, but the other two are nowhere to be found. As they puzzle over their situation, the vortex -- now normal -- opens again and Quinn and Maggie arrive, unaware that the slide was unusual.
Revelations
Series 4, Episode 22 Unrated
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The Sliders land in a barren field outside some small town primed for another adventure… until they learn that they are stuck on this world for 26 days. Several days later, boredom and frustration set in: Quinn and Colin resort to tinkering with a truck at a deserted gas station. Maggie, the only Slider to have found a paying job in this desolate place, returns from her waitressing job -- she was fired. Rembrandt scavenges some reading material and as they all relax he pores over a science fiction novel. He points out some similarities between it and their adventures: inter-dimensional travel, Kromagg-like creatures, and a biological weapon developed to destroy them. Believing that this world may be more interesting than originally thought, Quinn researches the author, but finds he is a recluse who lives up in the mountains. The Sliders find the cabin and, after noticing some activity, knock at the door. Catherine turns them away, but when they reveal they are inter-dimensional travelers her father, Isaac Clark -- the book's author -- wants to hear their story. After their story is finished Catherine ridicules them -- but Isaac believes them. After all, he knew Quinn and Colin's parents.
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