Sliders (TV Series)

State of the A.R.T. (1996)

Robert Englund: Dr. James Aldohn

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• Dr. James Aldohn : Not to your liking?

  Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown : I had enough of this kind of meal when I was in the service. We used to call it SOS, which in this case, is more of a compliment. Trust me, you don't wanna know.

  Dr. James Aldohn : I'll have them fix you something else.

  Quinn Mallory : How about just letting us go?

  Dr. James Aldohn : I'm sorry. I, uh, can't do that.

  Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown : I'll tell you what you can't do. You can't force us to stay here and keep you company.

  Dr. James Aldohn : You really think this is about my desire for human capacity? I could build robots for that, and they'd be more pleasant to spend time with than either of you.

  Quinn Mallory : Fine, then why don't you build yourself a couple little playmates and let us go?

  Dr. James Aldohn : You have something I need. Something that I can't yet build.

  Quinn Mallory : The only thing that we have that you can't build is our minds.

  Dr. James Aldohn : Yes. The human mind is the last great mystery of our existence. And I, I have found a way to duplicate it. To actually download a living mind into a mechanical substructure.

  Quinn Mallory : And you want to practice on us?

  Dr. James Aldohn : Yes. And you two will be my first guinea pigs.

• Dr. James Aldohn : Afraid to die, Deric?

  D.E.R.I.C. : Science says: "We must live, and seeks the means of prolonging life." Wisdom says: "We must die, and seeks how to make us die well."

  Dr. James Aldohn : Quoting man doesn't make you one.

• Dr. James Aldohn : Don't you realize what I'm giving you, hmm? Eternal life. You could be a god yourself.

  Quinn Mallory : I'd rather die as a man than live forever as some plastic toy who thinks it's a god.

  Dr. James Aldohn : Well, depending upon how this little experiment goes, you might just get your wish.

• E.R.I.C.A. : It's true. A Paul just informed me. Where did they come from?

  Dr. James Aldohn : According to them, another dimension.

  E.R.I.C.A. : Passing between dimensions is high possible. It would requite opening an energy passage of identical polarity, and identifying parallel coordinates for exit and entry. The calculations involved in determining those factors would be impossible for a human to reach on their own.

  Quinn Mallory : I used a computer.

  E.R.I.C.A. : Yes. You'd have to.