Pilot 

In a San Francisco basement, physics post-graduate student Quinn Mallory has found a way to create portals to parallel universes. Inviting his physics professor Maximillian Arturo and his ... See full summary »

Director:

Andy Tennant

Writers:

Tracy Tormé (screenplay), Robert K. Weiss (story)

Stars:

Jerry O'Connell, John Rhys-Davies, Sabrina Lloyd

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jerry O'Connell	...	Quinn Mallory
Sabrina Lloyd	...	Wade Welles
Cleavant Derricks	...	Rembrandt 'Crying Man' Brown
John Rhys-Davies	...	Prof. Maximilian Arturo
Linda Henning	...	Mrs. Mallory
Joseph Wapner	...	Commissar Joseph A. Wapner (as Joseph A. Wapner)
Doug Llewelyn	...	Comrade Llewelyn
Garwin Sanford	...	Doc
Roger Cross	...	Wilkins (as Roger R. Cross)
Yee Jee Tso	...	Wing
Frank C. Turner	...	Crazy Kenny / Senator Candidate
Gary Jones	...	Michael Hurley
John Novak	...	Ross J. Kelly / Interrogator
Don MacKay	...	Artie Feld
Alex Bruhanski	...	Pavel Kurlienko

Storyline

In a San Francisco basement, physics post-graduate student Quinn Mallory has found a way to create portals to parallel universes. Inviting his physics professor Maximillian Arturo and his computer store colleague Wade Wells for a trip, a series of mishaps ropes in passing singer Rembrandt Brown and takes the Sliders off their planned route. Upon discovering a frozen world and one where Russia rules America, the quartet begins to doubt that they will be able to return to their own world anytime soon...

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Plot Keywords:

portal | reverse footage | tv series pilot | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

22 March 1995 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinevu Productions Inc.,St. Clare Entertainment,Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the dinner scene at the end the characters propose several ideas that would become episodes throughout the series. Arturo says that Einstein regretted giving the world the atom bomb; they would enter a world where he did in fact not give the world the bomb in Sliders: Last Days (1995). Rembrandt says he might still be singing out there, and would visit a world where he became so famous he faked his death and became an Elvis like figure in Sliders: The King Is Back (1995).

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Goofs

When the Sliders are huddled in Rembrandt's car shivering with cold, their breath is not visible.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Michael Mallory: Hey. Did I miss anything?
Quinn Mallory: Hello... Dad.
Michael Mallory: What's the matter, son? You look like you've seen a ghost.

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Connections

Referenced in Rick and Morty: The Rickshank Rickdemption (2017)

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Soundtracks

Amazing Grace
(uncredited)
Written by John Newton
Performed by Cleavant Derricks

User Reviews

A Great Show that went nowhere when it went to Sci-Fi channel

I remember watching this show on its original network and thought that it was so great, I considered it to be my favorite show. But then after the third season, when beloved cast members Sabrina Lloyd and John Rhys-Davies left and then it went to Sci-Fi Channel, it got bad real quick. Then when they got rid of the O'Connell Brothers, that was it for me.