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Unstuck Man #E0801 Air Date:
June 11, 1999
Teleplay by: Bill Dial and Chris Black Story by: David Peckinpah and Keith Damron Directed by: Guy Magar Starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke Guest Starring Peter Jurasik (Dr. Geiger), Larry McCormick (Weatherman), Pete Koch (Ike), Scott Klace (Hal), Clay Wilcox (Preacher) Logline: Rembrandt and Maggie discover an evil genius has conspired to save himself by involving the Sliders in a selfish, deadly scheme. Synopsis:
Escaping a hail of bullets, Rembrandt, Maggie, Colin and Quinn enter the
vortex to slide. As Rembrandt and Maggie look behind them in the
tunnel, they witness a large ball of light strike near Quinn and Colin.
Rembrandt and Maggie exit from the vortex but Colin and Quinn are nowhere
to be found. Instead, a young man appears, also just having exited
the vortex. Rembrandt and Maggie demand to know how he got there and what
he has done with their friends. He has no answers and is genuinely
confused as they are. The three decide to go to town to find out
what kind of Earth they are on and if the Mallory brothers are awaiting
them there. More questions arise when they find the whole town panicking
about the doomsday weather
Applied Physics
#E0804 Air Date: June 18, 1999
Logline: Diana encounters her double who seems to have made all the wrong choices, while a painful struggle takes place within Mallory as violent flashbacks from Quinn's life begin to torture his body. Synopsis: The Sliders find themselves at a college campus on a clam, sunny day. Maggie and Rembrandt decide to take advantage of their peaceful surroundings by relaxing for awhile. Diana, however, grows impatient, anxious to figure out how to restablize Mallory, bring Quinn back and help the others find their way home to their own worlds. The quiet is suddenly interrupted by the appearance of Diana's double, a distressed version of herself. Diana perceives that he alternate has made all the wrong choices. Deeply affected by the encounter, she realizes that she is no longer in a lab playing with theories, but instead, experiencing real life in alternate worlds. Meanwhile, a painful struggle takes place within Mallory as violent flashbacks from Quinn's life begin to torture his body. Diana enrolls in the college to gain access to their physics lab to restablize Mallory. But she accidentally brings back Dr. Geiger from his disembodied state. Although he agrees to help, he betrays her trust by providing equations that will enable him to re-materialize. It sends quantum ripples through the universe that endanger the lives of that world. Mallory's unstable condition worsens. With only minutes before the next slide, Diana unsuccessfully tries to reset the dimensions back to normal. As the Sliders make the jump to the next world, Diana is plagued with the the knowledge that she has forever, if not for the better, changed the course of many lives. NOTES:During his Ultimate
TV interview David Eagle had this to say about this episode"The first
two episodes are kind of a two-parter, they are stand alone episodes but
kind of continue the story."
Strangers
and Comrades #E0809
Air Date: June 25, 1999
Logline: A hidden bounty in a bunker may hold the key to freedom in the war between the Kromaggs and Earth. Synopsis: It's been a little over two weeks since Diana joined the Sliders and this situation may make or break her. The Sliders are deposited in a world that looks unlike any Earth they have visited before -- Purgatory. A war is raging between Earthlings and Kromaggs. When the Sliders are discovered by Sergeant Vernon Larson, a human, they are recruited against their will to fight. The Sergeant, in charge of the troops, is protecting a bunker -- what lies inside the bunker nobody knows. Meanwhile, Diana is not faring well. Lying helpless for hours, Diana is awakened by a Kromagg who has taken human form. Maggie shoots the Kromagg dead but the threat of other Kromaggs penetrating headquarters is dangerously real. The humans have only a few rounds of ammo left and their demise looks certain. But there is hope for survival when they all agree to a cease fire to find a way to leave Purgatory. Knowing this might be a trick, the Sliders stall for time so they can open the bunker. By now Diana has recover, just in time to help the Sliders discover how the bunker's bounty can help them on their journey. NOTES:During his Sci-Fi Con.
chat Kieth Damron was asked about the weapon that defeated the Kromaggs.He
had this to say "My script deals with that weapon...and you'll be in for
a little surprise at what we discover."In the same chat he had more to
say about the new characters"In the first three episodes we put these people
through the ringer, introducing them to the world(s) of sliding and essentially
opening their eyes to the wonder and the danger of the multi-verse."
The Great Work#E0806 Air Date: July 9, 1999 Written by: Robert Masello
Logline: The Sliders help a monastery safeguard records which chronicle their civilization -- as well as the means to defeat a vicious race of warriors. Synopsis: The Sliders land
on an island, visibly roughed up from their last adventure. Maggie is hurt
and barely conscious. Seeking shelter, they find a monastery run by a group
of people known as the Keepers. The head of the group, Keeper Abraham,
is reluctant to help them, fearing that they may be enemy spies. His son,
Seth, however, knows the Sliders cannot survive the elements and welcomes
them into their compound. KeeperJames, a doctor, tends to Maggies health
and develops a crush on her. The other Sliders learn that the Keepers are
hiding from the Volsang raiders, a vicious race of warriors that have conquered
the entire world. By pretending to be a penniless, contemplative order,
the Keepers hide their true mission: the recording of civilization's achievements
on silicate disks. This chronicle, they hope, will some day teach surviving
generations how to eventually defeat the Volsangs. Diana suggests they
transfer the data from the fragile silicate disks to a more durable quartz
crystal. Her offer to help is accepted by Keeper Abraham, but suddenly
the compound is under attack by the Volsangs. Bombshells begin to explode
as Rembrandt and Mallory grab firearms to join the Keepers in their fight
against the enemy. Diana gets busy with her PDL to safeguard the data from
the Volsangs. Maggie is with Keeper James, whom she discovers is a traitor.
Diana finishes her work in the nick of time and hands the encrypted crystal
to Seth, who flees the island. The Volsangs capture the monastery, but
are too late to seize the Keeper's work.
New
Gods for Old #E0810
Air Date: July 16, 1999
Logline: When Mallory is accidentally paralyzed, his only salvation is a communal group of spiritual healers. Synopsis: The Sliders are in a totalitarian world, pursued by troops shooting laser guns. Led by General Krislov, the soldiers are joined by angry villagers carrying torches and shouting "Kill the Believers!" Mallory becomes paralyzed from a laser beam hit after he jumps into the sliding vortex. Landing on the other side, they locate Krislov, a doctor in this world, who tells them the paralysis is beyond his help but suggests that the Believers may have a cure. Living in a commune, the Believers share a heightened level of consciousness that derives from swallowing a glittering liquid. The substance not only heals, but individuality is lost by joining their souls together. Desperate to walk again, Mallory ignores Krislov's warnings and accepts the blessing. Frightened by his new alliance, the Sliders force Mallory to join them on the next slide. They land in a more peaceful village, one which has been spared from war. Mallory is still under the Believer's influence and begins offering the blessing to many villagers, becoming their leader. The Sliders again seek the help of Krislov, who in this world is an innkeeper and a much happier man. He helps them build a spotlight called the Dead Man's light that when beamed on a Believer, returns the person back to normal. The Sliders are able to save Mallory in time for the next slide. NOTES The episode was filmed
on the Universal Backlots using the 19th century village sets seen in the
theatrical remake of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein a few years back. Special
thanks toTemporalflux.
Please
Press One #E0808
Air Date: July 23, 1999
Logline: Maggie is kidnapped by a corporate conglomerate that controls all food, shelter and clothing through individual data codes. Synopsis: The Sliders arrive
in a world dominated by one company - Data Universal - the source of all
food, clothing and other essentials. In this world, no credit means no
independence. When Maggie attempts to get food from a vending machine using
a dollar bill, she is kidnapped by a mysterious enemy. Maggie is then deposited
in a processing center where she is assigned a credit number. During the
course of her processing, she befriends her interrogator, Customer Representative
5579-A. Although she is uncooperative, 5579-A decides to help her. Meanwhile,
Rembrandt, Diana and Mallory try to locate Maggie in time for their next
slide. They enlist the help of a homeless man, Arlo, who once worked at
Data Universal. He leads the Sliders to Maggie. But now that they are in
Data Universal Headquarters, will they be able to escape?
A
Current Affair #E0805
Air Date: July 30, 1999
Logline: Maggie is accused of having a steamy affair with the President in order to distract the public from a war with Switzerland -- a storyline sure to remind you of recent affairs in the Oval Office. Synopsis: The Sliders arrive
at the conclusion of a policitical rally for President Jefferson Williams.
Maggie is suddenly pushed into the arms of the President and the press
goes wild, photographing their close encounter. Within a few hours, the
newspapers are headlining their embrace and the media is speculating how
long the affair has been going on. Meanwhile, an ambitious underground
reporter, Bobby Hawks, realizes the public has not been paying any attention
to the war in Switzerland since the scandal hit the press. Chief of Staff
Chuck Pierson suggest to the President that they keep the American public
in a feeding frenzy over the scandal. Mallory meets Hawks to report that
the whole affair with Maggie is fake. But Pierson kidnaps Maggie and takes
her to the President, who tries to obtain her cooperation. Maggie is unaware
that their meeting is being recorded as the First Lady supervises the encounter.
As the scandal brews, could Maggie become Barbara Walters' next infamous
guest?
Java
Jive#E0807
Logline: It's the Roaring Twenties and the Sliders confront Rembrandt's evil double, who is dealing in bootleg coffee. Synopsis: The Sliders land
in a world reminiscent of the Roaring Twenties. But instead of bootleg
liquor, caffeine is prohibited and the Hippo Club deals heavily in it.
The Sliders help out Angie, a beautiful nightclub singer and owner of the
Hippo Club whose staff quits when a murder occurs outside her club. But
the show must go on. With the help of the Sliders, it does. Rembrandt is
in his element performing at the piano and providing back up vocals for
Angie. Maggie plays waitress, Diana fills in for the cigarette girl, and
Mallory tends bar. Dropper Daddy, a notorious gangster, is looking for
a new supplier of caffeine. But before Dropper Daddy can locate one, Angie's
lover Harrell is killed by a crooked cop, Rembrandt Brown -- our Rembrandt's
double in this world. Dropper Daddy and his goons kidnap Angie, believing
she has the information he wants, and rough her up to make her talk. The
Sliders work with the police to bust Dropper Daddy's operation and save
Angie. With a new lease on life, Angie decides to close the Hippo Club
and devote herself to singing.
The
Return of Maggie Beckett#E0812
Logline: Maggie is mistaken for her hugely successful but MIA astronaut double and is hunted by those who want to keep her dead. Synopsis: Who says you can never go home again? Maggie is surprised when the Sliders end up in her hometown of Fresno, CA. She discovers that her double on this Earth was a decorated astronaut who traveled to Mars. There is a museum, a restaurant and even a park in her honor. Trying to disguise herself proves futile. Once word leaks out, Maggie becomes the center of a tug of war between the representatives of evil. Her double had been presumed dead from the mission to Mars, but a conspiracy theory states that the whole mission was faked on a Hollywood soundstage. Even Maggie's father refuses to believe that Maggie is really Maggie. When she meets The Leader, she fears for her life whenthe alien/human hybrid threatens to kill her permanently this time. The Sliders must leave before Maggie's hometown permanently lays her to rest. NOTES: "We did a show this
year in which Maggie' s character confronts her father. Chris Black wrote
it. In our mythology, Maggie's father was a Marine general who probably
pushed her into the military. He was very distant, very cold, and this
has been a problem that Maggie has been trying to work out. "She lands
on a world and her alternate father is there, who had a daughter called
Maggie that he lost. The thing that Chris did, which was really nice, was
that this father is able to resolve problems he had with his daughter with
Maggie, who is not his daughter, and Maggie is able to resolve problems
she had with her father with this guy. It was a very nice piece of tightrope
writing - a very moving episode." This information is from the Bill
Dial Starburst interview.
Easy
Slider #E0813
Logline: The Sliders may lose Mallory to the sexy leader of an outlaw biker gang. Synopsis: The Sliders land
in a desolate and brutal landscape where the Sliders take jobs as drivers
for Kincaid Petroleum, Inc. In this world, a type of Clean Air Act outlaws
the use of internal combustion engines. Thus, the only acceptable means
of transportation are bicycles and hydrogen powered public transit. "Smokers,"
a group of outlaw bikers who refuse to give up their motorcycles, often
raid transports for the oil. Meanwhile, a love affair between Mallory and
Sam, a Kincaid employee, heats up. She confesses that she is not only a
Smoker, but also their leader. Sam proposes marriage, but Mallory refuses
it after learning of the Smokers' polygamous ways. Back in town, the Smokers
raid the local gas station, violently descending on all civilians. Mallory
tries to stop the terrifying madness by reasoning with Sam. He challenges
her to a biker joust -- winner takes the oil. Sam accepts, and the townspeople
are now spared. Although torn by his love for her, Mallory guns his bike
and charges full speed ahead. As the two former lovers clash, their lances
meet with a vicious blow that catapults Sam off her bike. Injured, she
accepts defeat the leads the Smokers back to their camp.
Requiem#E0802
Logline: Rembrant finally locates their long lost Sliders, Wade, who is being used by the Kromaggs to launch a deadly assault on Kromagg Prime to eliminate all humans. Synopsis: The Sliders land in a peaceful setting by a lake, but soon Rembrandt experiences painful migraines and hallucinations about their long lost friend Wade. Over a year has passed since Wade had been sent to a Kromagg breeder camp. Rembrandt was the last one to see her and has never been able to talk about what exactly occurred. Suddenly, a vortex curtain appears and the Sliders enter, believing that Wade is on the other side. They find themselves in the midst of a Kromagg military complex -- where Rembrandt was imprisoned with Wade. Her voice, speaking solely inside his head, beckons him to where she is being held. Inside a Kromagg lab, hooked up to electrodes and encased in a high tech sarcophagus is what's left of Wade's body. The Kromaggs surround them and the leader, Captian Kesh, admits that Wade and other humans have been transformed into human computers, or cyberaids, able to create wormholes at will. This new technology will enable the Kromaggs to infiltrate Kromagg Prime, which has been made impenetrable by the humans. The Sliders manage to escape from their captors, but not before Rembrandt is wounded. He finally breaks his silence and reveals the torture he endured and the bitter farewell to Wade that has troubled him all this time. Rembrandt contacts Wade telepathically and she vortexes them back into the lab. To stop the attack ships from launching, Wade shuts down the control system. But if she is disconnected from it, Wade will instantly die. She pleased to see herself through Remmy's eyes. The shock causes an adrenaline rush and Wade becomes completely alive with rage. With a few seconds left on the timer, the other Sliders voretx out. However, Rembrandt will not abandon Wade again. As the Kromaggs blast into the lab, Wade creates a nuclear like explosion and sends Rembrandt back to their original spot by the lake. Rembrandt receives a message from Wade that she will always be with him... NOTES: At last - some resolution
to the disappearance of Wade. "As Groucho used to say, 'There won' t be
a dry seat in the house'," the executive producer promises of that story.
"We invited Sabrina Lloyd to play the part, but she's in another show right
now. She is coming in here on Friday, and she is going to do the voice
of the character. "Her character has been altered," adds Dial elusively,
"we're just using Sabrina's voice. This information is from the Bill
Dial Starburst interview.
Map
of the Mind #E0811
Logline: Diana literally loses her mind in an Earth dimension where all artists are imprisoned and their brains surgically altered. Synopsis: The vortex has
deposited the Sliders behind the gates of what appears to be a mental institution.
They later discover that it is a neural remapping center where artists
of all types -- painters, musicians, dancers -- are forces to squash their
artistic instincts. In this world thinking alike is rewarded while individualism
is discouraged. When a riot breaks out, the Sliders become separated. Rembrandt
and Maggie escape from the grounds, while Diana is caught by a security
guard and presumed to be a patient. Mallory poses as an intern, Dr. Carter,
to track down Diana. Before he finds her, a doctor on staff has already
"remapped" her brain. As a result, Diana is catatonic. After Mallory's
identity is revealed, he, too is strapped to an operating table for remapping.
Maggie and Rembandt show up just in time to save him. The three of them
attempt to reverse the remapping process on Diana, but none of them are
medically qualified. With only minutes to go until the next slide, the
threesome make a quick decision.
A
Thousand Deaths #E0815
Logline: The Sliders try to save Maggie from a sadistic virtual reality Civil War where she is repeatedly killed, experiencing a very real "death" each time. Synopsis: The Sliders are
chased by fast food workers in clown costumes and their huge jack-in-the-box
leader, who is holding Diana hostage. In the midst of a hail of gunfire,
they vortex out in the nick of time but Diana is experiencing terrible
claustrophobia from her capture. They arrive in a vacation resort called
The Arcade, a state of the art family entertainment center which offers
role-playing scenarios. Rembrandt choses to play a Shaft-type detective
dressed in a polyester leisure suit and platform shoes. Mallory, portraying
a Confederate soldier, witnesses a holographic soldier "die". But before
his image disappears, he tells Mallory, "This is no game." Meanwhile, Diana
and Maggie are kidnapped to become the human hosts that drive each simulation.
In their efforts to locate the women, Rembrandt finds Diana's hologram
soliciting on a New York street while Mallory returns to the Civil War
battle. Suddenly he sees Maggie leading the Union infantry line. She disappears
after being mortally wounded, proving that she too, is a hologram. Mallory
and Rembrandt confront Hal, a maintenance man, who takes them to the underground
complex. They save Diana from amoung the rows of unconscious victims who
experience a real death each time it occurs in the games. It's a race for
the Sliders to disengage Maggie from the program before sheis further traumatized
by another painful death.
Heavy
Metal #E0814
Logline: The Sliders must join the crew of a pirate ship to return to California. Synopsis: The Sliders' timer
has a problem holding the designated sliding coordinates and erroneously
dumps them into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They are saved from the
ocean depths by a merchant ship, populated by a band of pirates heading
by Paxton. Because the timer only works within a 400 mile radius of California,
the Sliders must travel back to land to slide out. Fortunately, the pirates
are headed back to the mainland, and the Sliders join the marauding bandits.
Paxton immediately takes a liking to Maggie and proves that he is not as
ruthless as he seems. He reveals that he was wrongly accused of a crime
by the Coasties, a corrupt law enforcement arm, and has vowed to seek revenge.
Maggie empathizes and finds herself returning Paxton's affection. During
a pirates' raid in San Diego, Mallory is captured by the Coasties. They
threaten to kill him if the pirates do not return the merchandise they
stole from the Coasties. Reluctant to give in to their demands, Paxton
devises a plan that saves Mallory and helps the Sliders return to California.
To
Catch a Slider #E0816
Logline: When the timer malfunctions, the Sliders are forced to become cat burglars to steal a gem to fix the timer. Synopsis: The Sliders become alarmed when their timer begins to malfunction. Landing roughly in the next world, the Sliders are puzzled as to what the problem might be. Diana takes the timer apart and concludes a defective crystal needs to replaced. Meanwhile, a film festival is taking place and the Chandler Hotel is brimming with movie stars. Monique Mansfield, the Goddess of Sex, sports a fabulous gem around her neck. Using Mallory's charm to gain information from Monique, the Sliders plan to steal it from her in an elaborate heist a la Mission Impossible. Diana is in charge of disabling the hotel's security system, Rembrandt will be the lookout, and Maggie and Mallory are the cat burglars. Everthing goes smoothly until Maggie and Mallory discover another intruder in Monique's room. Maggie runs after the burglar, but soon loses the chase. Diana begins dating Grant Curtis, unaware that he is the hotel's security specialist. Soon, she and the rest of the Sliders are recruited to help catch the real thief, which they do. Unmasked, the burglar turns out to be...Monique! Grateful for their assistance, Grant rewards the Sliders with a gem, which they use to repair the timer. NOTES: "A show which started
off being like To Catch a Thief, with a jewel heist in a luxurious hotel
where a film festival is going on, and it ended up being more like a screwball
comedy." This information is from the Bill
Dial Starburst interview.
Dust#E0817
Logline: The Sliders find Los Angeles under a desert and Rembrant is worshipped as an ancient diety. Synopsis: Vortexing onto a desert, the Sliders come across an archaeological dig populated with native workers and a university team of archaeologists. The dig's group leader, Jack Bigelow, a forensic paleontologist, and his associate Gwen, welcome the Sliders as if they can pitch in. Inside a cave, the site of the dig, Bigelow assumes that this communal gathering place was probably a religious shrine. The Sliders are aghast to discover the Bigelow has unearthed the Chandler Hotel! Diana explains later that the North and South poles must have reverses places to explain this phenomenon. The Earth they are familiar with took place 400 years ago, before the Cataclysm. Rembrant notices that worker named Escobar has been staring at him all day. Other "artifacts" are continually discovered amoung the ruins. Finally, Bigelow breaks through a wall into a larger room only to find the Guardian, a human corpse floating in suspended animation. When the Sliders try to prevent Bigelow from autopsying the body, he entraps them. They manage to escape, but are soon surrounded by the native workers who call Rembrandt "The Voice". The workers are intent on preventing Bigelow from desecrating the chamber of the Guardian. Rembrandt leads the confrontation. NOTES:"We just did a show
in which the Chandler Hotel is an archaeological dig. Somehow it's 400
years off from our time, and it's layered over with sediment and our people
get to be part of this dig. When they go and see it's the Chandler, they
find a beer mug that the archaeologist decides is a sacrificial goblet,
then they have a big debate over what a parking meter might have
Eye of the Storm #E0803
Logline: The Sliders confront their nemesis, Dr. Geiger, whohas created his own universe, supplied with innocent victims. Synopsis: Mallory sports
a tribal headdress, having just participated in a fire ritual. Suddenly
his joking pleas to the gods reslut in a torrent of water roaring straight
toward them! With the water at their heels, they manage to leap aside at
the last possible moment. It's time to slide out, and they arrive in a
deserted town where a mysterious force field is slowly consuming everything
in its path. They are surpised to see Dr. Geiger again, but he doesn't
recognize them. Suddenly, Geiger leaps into the energy barrier. Inside
the Chandler Hotel, Stu, a bellhop, informs the Sliders that one day he
found himself along with other survivors alone in this deserted world.
The Sliders decide to confront that "man upstairs" for an explanation.
They are shocked to find Dr. Geiger again. Apparently the Geiger they initially
met was his alternate. Meanwhile, the unexplained energy barrier is moving
toward the hotel and within a few hours, it will consume everyone. Dr.
Geiger convinces Diana, against her better judgement, to help him split
Quinn from Mallory's body. But Geiger is secretly using the experiment
to help him stabilize his own existence, from his disembodied state, in
this Earth dimension. Meanwhile, Rembrandt and Maggie accidentally come
across tens of disfigured people hiding in the basement and realize Geiger's
true intentions. They rush back to Geiger's suite in time to stop Mallory
from being transformed into Geiger. As the energy barrier enters the hotel,
the refugees panic and charge up the stairs to Geiger's suite. Once more,
Gieger offers to help separate Quinn from Mallory. But the result is hopeless
-- they are inextricably linked like Siamese twins. When the slidng vortex
opens, Rembrandt, Maggie and Mallory jump in. But the refugees break through
the door and Stu shoots Geiger dead. Before Diana follows the Sliders,
she pulls a switch to send the refugees back to their original Earth dimension.
The Seer #E0818
Logline: TBA Synopsis: TBA
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