Joshua Lawrence Pike The first two seasons are what I am going to review, the rest...was not good, the network took control and made it into a bad action adventure show, introducing magic of all things. I suggest you just watch the first two seasons and maybe a couple of the third for closure.Sliders was about four people who were sliding from one alternate reality to another. Before I go further I will talk about the charactersQuinn Mallory: Brilliant graduate physics student. He invented sliding.Wade Wells: She worked in a computer store and studies literature and poetry. She believes in the supernatural. A close friend of Quinn, she in fact has a crush on him that he does not know about.Professor Maximillian P. Arturo: He is one of Quinn's teachers. Contrary to what he thought Quinn had a lot of respect for him. He is a very learned man and believes in science and reason above all else. He is not someone who could easily make breakthroughs, or who was known to be great from the get go. He spent many many years studying and learning, part of him becomes resentful of Quinn because of this (but to his credit it does not show often)Rembrandt Brown: The only slider who did not choose to start sliding, a singer who was once in a successful band but left before they made it big and he did not. He was on his way to sing the national anthem at a stadium when he got sucked up.Most of the episodes have the sliders arriving on a world that differs from ours in some way, with a certain amount of time before they can open the wormhole again. Each wormhole takes them to a random world. This is because they had to mess with the sliding device to get off the first world safely and lack the equipment to reset it and get them home, if they miss the window the timer will become useless. Most of the worlds are alternate history's where one thing is different. For example, what if the USSR had won the cold war? What would cause that and what effect would it have? What if antibiotics were never discovered? What if we became obsessed with keeping our population low? In this show you have what very much feel like real people, just watching them chew the scenery is fun. www.JoshuaLawrencePike.com

Josh Apple Sliders is one of my favorite science fiction shows of all time even in my childhood. Tracy Tormé and Robert K. Weiss created possibly the best sci-fi show of all time if the studio didn't stick their noses into it. about 4 individuals sliding to parallel earths to discover "what if" worlds, like what if USSR taken over USA, or a world were male population are almost extinct, just great stuff for a weekly episodes. the cast are all terrific: Jerry O'Connell (Quinn Mallory), Sabrina Lloyd (Wade Wells), Cleavant Derricks (Rembrandt Brown) and the awesome John-Rhys Davis (Professor Arturo) all share such a great chemistry, sense of humor and character development. 'Seasons 1 & 2' are simply amazing, thanks to good writing, the worlds themselves were creative and at times very clever, great chemistry between all characters and just pure fun entertainment. 'Season 3' was a huh... well a very mixed-bag season. it's around that season, the series saw some major changes. FOX network took creative control away from the creator/show-runner Tracy Tormé due to creative differences and being replaced with the executive producer David Peckinpah as the show runner, he is partially responsible for the series jumping-the-shark and the drop in quality. first problem i notice was the change in tone, it's more going for action packed season that falls between serious and silly at the same time, Quinn Mallory's personality changes so frequently and dramatically in this season. from a likable misfit to a cold self-centered jerk, helping other people is more important then he's friends which is so out-of-character for him. Wade also changed a bit, she's a little preachier, but has really great subtle moments. Rembrandt and Arturo are the only ones that are consistent with their personalities. first couple episodes are as good as the first two seasons, but then there are the painful "monster/movie rip-offs of the week" episodes. few of the movie rip-off episodes are watchable despite the poor writing, but unfortunately most of them are predictable, boring and borderline terrible, even by sliders standers. due to decline in quality John-Rhys Davis had enough and wanted the leave half-way through season 3. his departure (killed-off) was one of the saddest moments in television history for the original cast members and the fans. then we are introduce to Kari Wuhrer as Maggie Beckett replacing John-Rhys Davis for the second half of third season. Wuhrer's character at first was terrible replacement for Arturo, her wooden acting and her bitchy military personality always irritate me. the fact she become Quinn new love interest, always tags along with him, pushing Wade a side with Rembrandt feels just wrong on so many levels. Kari Wuhrer was clearly in the show to attract younger-male viewers (boost the ratings) but thankfully by season 4 she's more likable and fleshed-out character. i feel bad for Sabrina Lloyd who left the series after season 3 with a bad taste, because of the idiotic decision from the producer and not getting along with Kari Wuhrer's ego. since FOX practically ruined the series, they give it to the "sci-fi channel" for the last two seasons. 'Season 4' is an improvement in terms of writing and quality after the jumbled mess of season 3. it's faithful to the original concept, but darker and serious then the previous seasons and not as great as first two seasons but overall a good season. it involves "The Kromaggs" from season 2 as the main villains of season 4. Jerry O'Connell's brother Charlie O'Connell join the cast as Quinn's lost brother Collin Mallory. Collin is very enjoyable character for the most part. with the issues i addressed, i love this series so much, and i collected all four seasons of sliders. the reason i said all four is because that speck so-called 'season 5' doesn't exist to me, not only the worst season but complete chore to sit-through. with nothing left but a shadow of it's former self. without Jerry O'Connell there is no point continuing the series. jerry and his brother left the series, after a dispute with the network (sci-fi channel) but a fifth season was made without them anyway. almost the entire original cast gone, smaller budget then previous seasons, re-using the same location, poorly-written episodes and no closure. how sad when a series started out so great and promising and ended up derailed by idiots.

Writer_Commentary I should be a science fiction fan and I should like this show. But I don't. This show could have been much better than it actually became. There are some problems with realization. I know that most sci-fi isn't realistic, but they really shouldn't have run into their doubles as much as they did in worlds where history has taken too big a change in timelines. But that's not all the problems I've had with the show. I don't want to tell you all about them as I have much better things to do with my life. But you may think this review is a piece of crap and I respect your opinion. To me, the show just seemed too low budget to be any good and there are episodes that should never have been made. I can't give you all the details, but for me, at least, you shouldn't bother with this show.

mattkratz This TV show was brilliant! It features a college grad student who develops a device that enables him to "slide" among alternate dimensions. In the pilot episode, he gives it a test run, and in the alternate dimension, red means go, green means stop, and vinyl records are replacing CDs as the latest in music technology, among other things. He also encounters his double who has been sliding, and says that among other dimensions, things are different, like the Cubs have won a bunch of World Series! Later, he's showing it to his professor and a friend from work, and (before the timer has been perfected) it opens up and sucks them in. A washed-up soul singer happens to drive by the house at that exact moment and gets sucked in too. They eventually wind up in a dimension where the Communists won the Cold War.Basically, the "alternate dimensions" the team wind up on explore alternate history & social situations, such as:What if penicillin had never been discovered? What if the British had won the Revolutionary War? What if society were overrun by mystics? Basic things like that. This was a thoroughly enjoyable series. I loved the cab driver.*** out of ****