The Best Episodes of Sliders Season 4
Every episode of Sliders Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sliders Season 4!
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?
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Sliders" season 4 is "Genesis", rated 6.5/10 from 237 user votes. It was directed by Reza Badiyi and written by David E. Peckinpah. "Genesis" aired on 6/8/1998 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Prophets and Loss".
6.5/10 237 votes#1 - Genesis
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/8/1998
After three months and ten worlds of searching for Wade and Rembrandt, Quinn and Maggie finally reach Earth Prime, only to find it under Kromagg control. Quinn and Maggie manage to rescue Rembrandt from a Kromagg prison, but Quinn is captured and learns the shocking truth about his family.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: David E. Peckinpah
6.4/10 201 votes#2 - Prophets and Loss
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/1998
Quinn, Rembrandt and Maggie land on a world where the United States is run by the Oracle, a blend of fundamental beliefs and right-wing conservatism. Followers trade their wealth and possessions in return for passage to a nirvana world, but the Sliders discover the Oracle's portal is a deadly sham.
Director: Mark Sobel
Writer: Bill Dial
6.6/10 182 votes#3 - Common Ground
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 6/15/1998
The Sliders slide into a Kromagg weapons-testing area and Maggie saves the life of the Kromagg commander, Kromanus. While Maggie tries to get the timer back from him, Quinn and Rembrandt discover a Kromagg weapon designed to eradicate humans.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Chris Black
7.1/10 195 votes#4 - Virtual Slide
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/1998
The Sliders arrive on a world where virtual reality is a normal part of life. After Maggie is injured in an explosion, she awakens in a hospital to find they have missed the slide. The only way to go is to build a new timer, but is everything what it seems?
Director: Mark Sobel
Writer: Keith Damron
7.0/10 196 votes#5 - World Killer
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 6/29/1998
After landing in a San Francisco completely devoid of people, the Sliders go to Quinn's house and discover Quinn's double accidentally slid everyone to a parallel world a few years ago. Both Quinns, Maggie and Rembrandt travel to the world where everyone was sent and rush to set things right.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Marc Scott Zicree
6.8/10 196 votes#6 - Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 7/6/1998
The Sliders track down Quinn's long lost brother, Colin, to a Amish-type Earth. Quinn convinces Colin they are brothers and to slide to find their true home. But on the next world, a double of Colin's former love takes advantage of him and involves him in a scam to steal cryogenically frozen bodies.
Director: David E. Peckinpah
Writer: Marc Scott Zicree
6.5/10 199 votes#7 - Just Say Yes
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/1998
On a world where drug use is mandatory, Maggie and Colin are dosed with mind-altering chemicals. Rembrandt and Quinn have to find a way to save them and outrun the Drug Empowerment Administration.
Director: Jefferson Kibbee
Writer: Richard Manning
6.8/10 193 votes#8 - The Alternateville Horror
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 7/20/1998
Acid rain forces the Sliders to stay in the Chandler Hotel. Colin claims to have seen a ghost and the timer is mysteriously stolen.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Chris Black
6.9/10 198 votes#9 - Slidecage
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 7/27/1998
When Quinn and Colin finally access the coordinates to their home, the Sliders expect it to be their last slide. Instead, they arrive inside a security compound on a barren world, where humans and Kromaggs are fighting for survival.
Director: Jerry O'Connell
Writer: Marc Scott Zicree
6.7/10 190 votes#10 - Asylum
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 8/17/1998
On a world raided by Kromaggs for natural resources, Rembrandt falls in love with a doctor who can save a critically injured Quinn. Problem is, Maggie learns this doctor collaborated with the Kromaggs and is on the run from the British secret service.
Director: Michael Miller
- 6.6/10 205 votes
#11 - California Reich
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 8/24/1998
The Sliders land on a world where California has been taken over by racists. Rembrandt is captured and placed in a prison camp used to turn non-whites into faceless slaves.
Director: Robert M. Williams Jr.
Writer: Scott Smith Miller
- 6.3/10 189 votes
#12 - The Dying Fields
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 8/31/1998
The Sliders arrive on a Kromagg training camp, where half-human Kromaggs hunt humans. Quinn tries to convince one of them to help free a captured Colin.
Director: David E. Peckinpah
Writer: William Bigelow
7.2/10 204 votes#13 - Lipschitz Live!
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/1998
The vortex splits the Sliders up and they only have two hours before the slide. Quinn tries to contact the others by appearing on the world's most popular show: Lipschitz Live. Meanwhile, Colin is mistaken for his double and betrothed to a woman as part of a business deal.
Director: Jerry O'Connell
Writer: Keith Damron
6.2/10 179 votes#14 - Mother and Child
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/7/1998
The Sliders discover a woman escaping from a Kromagg breeder camp and take her to her Earth, where an anti-Kromagg virus proves deadly for her half-Kromagg son.
Director: Helaine Head
Writer: Richard Manning
6.3/10 194 votes#15 - Net Worth
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1999
A sliding mishap separates the Sliders into two groups on a world divided by the computer-savvy and ruthless scavengers. To reunite, they'll have to battle the scavengers and unite a young couple who fell in love on the internet.
Director: Paul Lynch
Writer: Steve Stoliar
6.3/10 177 votes#16 - Slide by Wire
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1999
The Sliders accidentally slide out with Maggie's double, leaving Maggie stranded on an American military base where deadly experiments are performed on pilots. Meanwhile, the Sliders arrive on a world that outlaws technology.
Director: Robert A. Hudecek
Writer: Chris Black
6.1/10 171 votes#17 - Data World
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/19/1999
When the Sliders step into the Chandler Hotel, they are surprised to learn they have been turned into computer data. There they meet the owner of the hotel, Archibald Chandler, who will not allow them to leave.
Director: Jerry O'Connell
Writer: Joel Metzger
6.7/10 189 votes#18 - Way Out West
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/26/1999
Colin is wounded on a Wild West Earth and separated from the others. While he is nursed back to health by a widow and her daughter, the others search for him and find an old foe.
Director: David E. Peckinpah
Writer: Chris Black
6.7/10 170 votes#19 - My Brother's Keeper
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/2/1999
The Sliders arrive on a world where clones are harvested for spare body parts. Quinn's double is blinded in a lab accident and when Quinn tries to help, he is mistaken for a clone. Meanwhile, the others inadvertently rescue the clone, which Colin tries to teach the importance of family and sacrifice.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Doug Molitor
5.7/10 189 votes#20 - The Chasm
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/1999
The Sliders arrive in what is literally the happiest place on Earth. But in this small community, a little girl witnessed her grandfather leap into a mysterious chasm and begins to feel an overwhelming sorrow. Worse yet, it soon spreads to Rembrandt and Maggie.
Director: Robert A. Hudecek
Writer: William Bigelow
6.5/10 192 votes#21 - Roads Taken
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/16/1999
A rough slide separates Quinn and Maggie from Rembrandt and Colin for a brief time. Soon after they reunite, Quinn and Maggie become seriously ill and appear to be dying of old age. Unable to help them themselves, Rembrandt and Colin will have to rely on someone claiming to be Quinn and Maggie's son.
Director: Jerry O'Connell
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 216 votes#22 - Revelations
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/23/1999
With nearly a month until their next slide, the Sliders find themselves extremely bored on a dull world. While the others get jobs, Rembrandt dives into a sci-fi book that bears more than a resemblance to their lives. When the Sliders track down the author, they learn he came from Quinn and Colin's home world.
Director: Robert M. Williams Jr.
Writer: N/A