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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Sliders Season 5 Episode 1 - The Unstuck Man
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - The Unstuck Man

    S5:E1

    After experiencing a rough slide, Rembrandt and Maggie see Colin is nowhere to be found. More disturbing, they meet a stranger claiming he is Quinn Mallory. Rembrandt and Maggie learn too late that this is all apart of an evil genius' desperate plan to save his life.

    Director:Guy Magar

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  2. Sliders Season 5 Episode 2 - Applied Physics
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Applied Physics

    S5:E2

    Diana tries using a university lab to find a way to separate Quinn and Mallory, which leads to her first encounter with her double, a struggling single mother. Meanwhile, Mallory experiences violent flashbacks from Quinn's life.

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  3. Sliders Season 5 Episode 8 - The Java Jive
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Java Jive

    S5:E8

    The Sliders arrive on a world where Prohibition still exists, only it was caffeine that was outlawed. They meet a nightclub owner whose lover was murdered by a gang dealing in bootleg coffee.

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  4. Sliders Season 5 Episode 10 - Easy Slider
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Easy Slider

    S5:E10

    The Sliders arrive on a world where combustion engines were outlawed by the government due to pollution. But a biker gang is fighting to keep their engines and Mallory falls for the gang's sexy leader.

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  5. Sliders Season 3 Episode 19 - The Breeder
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - The Breeder

    S3:E19

    A creature embeds a parasite in Maggie just before the slide, which takes the Sliders to a world where young adults are used in a mandatory organ-donor program. The others will have to find Maggie before she finds the perfect mate and lays her eggs.

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  6. Sliders Season 3 Episode 22 - Slither
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Slither

    S3:E22

    While on vacation, Quinn and Rembrandt get mixed up in an illegal snake deal and find themselves stuck in the middle of no where surrounded by deadly snakes. Meanwhile, Wade and Maggie get involved with a shady man in their search for the others.

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  8. Sliders Season 3 Episode 25 - This Slide of Paradise
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - This Slide of Paradise

    S3:E25

    The Sliders track Rickman to a world where a mad scientist has been experimenting with genetic testing and has created a race of human hybrids.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:Nan Hagan

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  9. Sliders Season 5 Episode 5 - New Gods for Old
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - New Gods for Old

    S5:E5

    Just before sliding out and escaping a small army, Mallory is shot with a laser beam and paralyzed. His only chance of walking again lies in a group of spiritual healers, but their cure could be much worse than being paralyzed.

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  10. Sliders Season 5 Episode 7 - A Current Affair
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - A Current Affair

    S5:E7

    On a world where tabloid journalism is in place of real news, a photo suggests Maggie is having an affair with the President. But the President's advisers decide to exploit it in order to distract attention from a war with Switzerland.

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  11. Sliders Season 5 Episode 15 - To Catch a Slider
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - To Catch a Slider

    S5:E15

    The timer continues to malfunction, giving the Sliders rougher slides than usual. To fix it, the Sliders need to get ahold of a gem, even if it means stealing.

    Director:Peter Ellis
    Writer:Bill Dial

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  12. Sliders Season 2 Episode 6 - Time Again and World
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Time Again and World

    S2:E6

    Wade witnesses a murder just before the slide, but as the Sliders land on the next world, the same murder is about to occur. This time, Wade intervenes and this gets the Sliders involved with a disgraced federal judge and a United States under martial law.

    Director:Vern Gillum

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  13. Sliders Season 2 Episode 7 - In Dino Veritas
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - In Dino Veritas

    S2:E7

    The Sliders land on a world where San Francisco is a national park dedicated to the preservation of dinosaurs, which is home to a deadly Allosaurus. A bad fall causes Arturo to injure himself and lose the timer. Quinn goes out alone to search for it, while the others hide out from the Allosaurus in a cave.

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  14. Sliders Season 3 Episode 3 - Electric Twister Acid Test
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Electric Twister Acid Test

    S3:E3

    The Sliders arrive on a world where electric tornadoes have almost completely wiped out the population. They find a secluded village somehow protected from the tornadoes and a dictator that may prevent the team from ever sliding again.

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  15. Sliders Season 3 Episode 9 - The Prince of Slides
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Prince of Slides

    S3:E9

    On a world where the American government is a monarchy, Rembrandt is mistaken for his double and discovers that he is about to be a father of royalty. The only problem is, on this world, it's the men who give birth to children.

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  16. Sliders Season 3 Episode 20 - The Last of Eden
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - The Last of Eden

    S3:E20

    Wade and Rembrandt recall their slide to a world plagued by earthquakes and populated by primitive people. Wade falls into a deep chasm and Quinn goes to rescue her, while Rembrandt learns of Arturo's illness.

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  17. Sliders Season 3 Episode 21 - The Other Slide of Darkness
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Other Slide of Darkness

    S3:E21

    The Sliders track Rickman to a superstitious town. Their search is further complicated when Quinn and Maggie are captured by natives living in a mysterious fog. There, Quinn runs into someone from his past--himself.

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  18. Sliders Season 3 Episode 23 - Dinoslide
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Dinoslide

    S3:E23

    The Sliders' chase for Rickman takes them back to the world they helped colonize, the New World. Only they find that the colonists are being hunted by a hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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  19. Sliders Season 3 Episode 24 - Stoker
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Stoker

    S3:E24

    Wade falls under the spell of a rock band's charismatic lead singer, who is really a vampire and looking to use Wade to get the timer. Meanwhile, the others try to track down Rickman.

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  20. Sliders Season 4 Episode 17 - Data World
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Data World

    S4:E17

    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.

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  21. Sliders Season 4 Episode 19 - My Brother's Keeper
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - My Brother's Keeper

    S4:E19

    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

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  22. Sliders Season 4 Episode 20 - The Chasm
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - The Chasm

    S4:E20

    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.

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  23. Sliders Season 5 Episode 4 - The Great Work
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - The Great Work

    S5:E4

    The Sliders arrive on a small island, with a very sick Maggie in tow. While looking for help, Rembrandt, Mallory and Diana meet the monks of a secluded monastery. Reluctantly, the monks allow them to stay and give Maggie medical attention. But the Sliders soon learn the monks have a secret and won't allow them to leave.

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  24. Sliders Season 5 Episode 6 - Please Press One
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Please Press One

    S5:E6

    After trying to buy a candy bar, Maggie is kidnapped by a corporate conglomerate that uses data codes to control commerce.

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  25. Sliders Season 5 Episode 9 - The Return of Maggie Beckett
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - The Return of Maggie Beckett

    S5:E9

    The Sliders arrive on a world where Maggie's double was a heroic astronaut and loved by the public. When she is mistaken for her double, the public gets excited. After being kidnapped by the mysterious Leader, Maggie is taken by the government where she must confront her father.

    Director:Peter Ellis

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  26. Sliders Season 5 Episode 12 - Map of the Mind
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Map of the Mind

    S5:E12

    The Sliders arrive at a mental institution in the middle of an unusual riot. Rembrandt and Maggie escape capture, but Diana and Mallory get left behind. While Mallory has managed to pose as a doctor, Diana is mistaken for a patient and undergoes the process of her brain being remapped.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Unstuck Man" is the worst rated episode of "Sliders". It scored 3.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Guy Magar and written by Chris Black, it aired on 6/11/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Applied Physics".