
Scripted series · FOX
Sliders
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sliders actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sliders reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an increase in power and an early departure leave all three, plus a washed-up soul singer named Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, lost in a parallel world. Now they must "slide" from world to world, not only adapting to their changing surroundings, but also trying to get back to their world. Will they ever make it home?
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 87 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
199810 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
19959 episodes
8.0IMDbBest episode · S01E03 Last Days

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
199613 episodes
6.9IMDbBest episode · S02E01 Into the Mystic

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
199625 episodes
6.5IMDb
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
199822 episodes
6.7IMDbBest episode · S04E11 California Reich

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
199918 episodes
5.7IMDbBest episode · S05E11 Requiem
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E03
Last Days
The Sliders arrive on a world that will be destroyed by an asteroid before they are due to slide. Arturo works with Bennish to develop an atom bomb to destroy the asteroid and Rembrandt gets caught up in an end of the world celebration, while Quinn and Wade confront their feelings for one another.
- Directed by Michael Keusch
- Written by Dan Lane

S01E04
The Prince of Wails
The Sliders arrive in the British States of America, where Arturo's double is plotting to assassinate a prince and take the throne. When the Sliders inadvertently foil the plot, they come into contact with a group of rebels trying to bring freedom to America.
- Directed by Félix Alcalá
- Written by William Rabkin, Lee Goldberg

S01E01
Pilot
While working in his basement, Quinn Mallory opens the gateway to parallel worlds. For a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher, Professor Arturo, along. Upon opening the vortex, Quinn uses too much power, which causes the vortex to suck them in along with Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, who happened to be driving by Quinn's house. The four arrive on a world that experienced an ecological disaster and will have to survive until the timer hits zero.
- Directed by Andy Tennant

S01E08
The King Is Back
Rembrandt has arrived on his dream world, where his double is as popular as Elvis, but has been dead for eight years. As Rembrandt gets to enjoy the fame he's long since wanted, an old enemy plots to make sure he disappears for good.
- Directed by Vern Gillum
- Written by Tracy Tormé

S01E02
Fever
On a world where penicillin was never invented, Quinn is mistaken for his double, who is believed to be the cause of a massive epidemic. While he is imprisoned by a health agency, Wade shows signs of being infected and only Arturo can find the cure.
- Directed by Mario Azzopardi
- Written by Ann Powell, Rose Schacht

S01E05
Summer of Love
The Sliders are separated on a world where the Hippie movement of the sixties is still alive and the US is at war with Australia. Wade and Rembrandt are mistaken for extraterrestrial prophets at a commune, while Quinn and Arturo race to fix a broken timer and rejoin the others.
- Directed by Mario Azzopardi
- Written by Tracy Tormé
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E10
Sliders DVD Featurette


S05E17
Eye of the Storm
- Directed by David E. Peckinpah
- Written by Chris Black



Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Robert K. Weiss
Creator
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Tracy Tormé
Showrunner
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Keith Damron
Writer

Steven Kriozere
Writer
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Robert Masello
Writer
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Michael Reaves
Writer

Chris Black
Writer
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Jon Povill
Writer
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Ann Powell
Writer
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Eleah Horwitz
Writer
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T. Edward Anthony
Writer
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Scott Smith Miller
Writer

Steve Stoliar
Writer
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Joel Metzger
Writer
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William Bigelow
Writer
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Paul Jackson
Writer
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Jennifer McGinnis
Writer
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Josef Anderson
Writer
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Bill Dial
Writer
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Matt Dearborn
Writer

Melinda M. Snodgrass
Writer
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Bill Dial
Writer
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Janét Saunders
Writer
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Rose Schacht
Writer
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David E. Peckinpah
Writer
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Dawn Presrwich
Writer
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Steve Brown
Writer
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Doug Molitor
Writer
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Jacob Epstein
Writer

Marc Scott Zicree
Writer

Nicole Yorkin
Writer
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David Gerrold
Writer
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William Rabkin
Writer
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Lee Goldberg
Writer
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Richard Manning
Writer
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Nan Hagan
Writer
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Tony Blake
Writer
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Dan Lane
Writer
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Von Whisenhant
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Robert K. WeissProducer
- Tracy TorméProducer
- David E. PeckinpahProducer
- John LandisProducer
Writing
- Keith DamronWriter
- Steven KriozereWriter
- Robert MaselloWriter
- Michael ReavesWriter
- Chris BlackWriter
- Jon PovillWriter
Direction
- Robert M. Williams Jr.Director
- David J. EagleDirector
- Jefery LevyDirector
- Jim CharlestonDirector
- Allan EastmanDirector
- Michael MillerDirector
Cinematography
- Peter F. WoesteDirector of Photography
- Alan CasoDirector of Photography
- Paul MaibaumDirector of Photography
- Glen MacPhersonDirector of Photography
- Robert A. HudecekDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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