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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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

On Tundra World, Quinn had a younger sister.

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Goofs

The whole time that Quinn, Arturo, Wade, and Rembrandt are on the world where San Francisco is frozen you never see their breaths.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Quinn Mallory: [on video recording] Oh, my God. It was great. You should've seen. I mean, it was great. This thing. No, no, no, this weird thing. This big weird thing just right here just came out of nowhere. Just whoosh, whoosh.
Mrs. Mallory: Quinn!
Quinn Mallory: I think I just knocked out the power.

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Connections

Edited into The Time Tunnel (2006)

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Soundtracks

Cry Like a Man
Performed by Cleavant Derricks,
Written by Tracy Tormé and Paul Kelly

User Reviews

network execs drop the ball. (what else is new!)

Sliders was infact one of the best shows that spawned during the peak of sci-fi shows, but due to lack of good management and poor planning on the networks, it has been cancelled for some time now, also due the fact that some of the actors wanted to be bigger than the show. By changing the main caracter quinn, "Jerry O'connell" and then continuing the series, then after market rating drops they decided to change the whole cast? If you are having sucessfull season after season you DON'T change the whole cast. I think a 12 year old with a crayon box could have planned it better.

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