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Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!shellx.best.com!not-for-mail From: edhall@brillig.com (Ed Hall) Newsgroups: alt.tv.sliders,alt.tv.sliders.creative,rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.answers,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: Sliders FAQ: Episode Guide Followup-To: poster Date: 26 May 1996 09:20:19 -0700 Organization: 'Twas Brillig... Lines: 847 Sender: edhall@shellx.best.com Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Message-ID: <4oa0c3$4oj@shellx.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com Summary: This posting is a guide to all the episodes in the Fox TV series SLIDERS. Part two of three related SLIDERS posts. Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu alt.tv.sliders:9563 alt.tv.sliders.creative:561 rec.arts.sf.tv:77024 alt.answers:18043 rec.answers:21036 news.answers:72743 Archive-name: tv/sliders/episode-guide Posting-Frequency: monthly or after each revision Last-modified: 26 May 1996 URL: http://www.brillig.com/sliders/ #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# SLIDERS FAQ: EPISODE GUIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Episode Guide is Part 2 of the three part SLIDERS Frequently Asked Questions posting. All three parts can be found on the Usenet newsgroups alt.tv.sliders, alt.tv.sliders.creative, rec.arts.sf.tv, alt.answers, rec.answers, and news.answers. The latest version of this FAQ is available via FTP from: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-group/alt.tv.sliders/ A version of this document also exists on the World Wide Web at the URL: http://www.brillig.com/sliders/ Please send additions, questions, comments, and corrections to this FAQ to Ed Hall at edhall@brillig.com. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST SEASON EPISODES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode Production First Number Number Episode Name Aired ======= ========== ============== ======= 1. SL-101 Pilot, part 1 3/22/95 2. SL-102 Pilot, part 2 3/22/95 3. SL-105 Fever 3/29/95 4. SL-106 Last Days 4/ 5/95 5. SL-104 Prince of Wails 4/12/95 6. SL-103 Summer Of Love 4/19/95 7. SL-108 Eggheads 4/26/95 8. SL-107 The Weaker Sex 5/ 3/95 9. SL-109 The King Is Back 5/10/95 10. SL-110 Luck Of The Draw 5/17/95 A number of episodes during SLIDERS' first season were shown out of order as can be seen by the ordering of the episode's production numbers above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Pilot, part 1 (episode SL-101; first aired 3/22/95) The Sliders travel to an Earth where a natural disaster has turned San Francisco into an ice world. (Part 1 of 2) -Fox A physics accident sends student Quinn Mallory and his trio of companions on an interdimensional roller-coaster ride to an apocalyptic San Francisco. Part 1 of two. -TV Guide Teleplay by: Tracy Torme Story by: Tracy Torme and Robert K. Weiss Directed by: Andy Tennant Music by: Dennis McCarthy Guest Starring: Linda Henning as Mrs. Mallory Joseph A. Wapner as Commissar Wapner Doug Llewelyn as Comrade Llewelyn Garwin Sanford as Doc Featuring: Roger R. Cross Wilkins Yee Jee Tso Wing Frank C. Turner Crazy Kenny Gary Jones Michael Hurley John Novak Ross J. Kelley/Interrogator Don MacKay Artie Field Alex Bruhanski Pavel Kurlienko Jay Brazeau KGB Colonel Andrew Kavadas Vendor Sook Yin Lee Pal Wayne Cox Sentry* Raoul Ganee Sentry Tom Butler Michael Mallory "Cry Like a Man" by Tracy Torme and Paul Kelly Arranged by Hummie Mann * Wayne Cox is listed as "PBS Spokesman" in the credits for part two of the Pilot. I suspect that "Sentry" is incorrect. -Ed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Pilot, part 2 (episode SL-102; first aired 3/22/95) The adventurers land on an Earth where communism rules and Wade's counterpart is a rebel leader fighting for democracy. -Fox Conclusion. After a narrow escape from an icy death, the Sliders find themselves in a Soviet-ruled U.S., where their only hope of escape is to free an imprisoned revolutionary. -TV Guide Teleplay by: Tracy Torme Story by: Tracy Torme and Robert K. Weiss Directed by: Andy Tennant Music by: Dennis McCarthy Guest Starring: Linda Henning as Mrs. Mallory Joseph A. Wapner as Commissar Wapner Doug Llewelyn as Comrade Llewelyn Garwin Sanford as Doc Featuring: Roger R. Cross Wilkins Yee Jee Tso Wing Frank C. Turner Crazy Kenny Gary Jones Michael Hurley John Novak Ross J. Kelley/Interrogator Don MacKay Artie Field Alex Bruhanski Pavel Kurlienko Jay Brazeau KGB Colonel Andrew Kavadas Vendor Sook Yin Lee Pal Wayne Cox PBS Spokesman Raoul Ganee Sentry Tom Butler Michael Mallory "Cry Like a Man" by Tracy Torme and Paul Kelly Arranged by Hummie Mann As noted above, the pilot was originally aired as a single, two hour episode. This is how TV Guide described the original airing of the pilot: While researching anti-gravity, brilliant grad student Quinn Mallory accidentally opens an inter-dimensional portal, which sends him and three companions on a cosmic roller-coaster ride to alternate Earths. In the opener, they find themselves in a Soviet-ruled U.S., where their only hope of escape is to free an imprisoned revolutionary. -TV Guide ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Fever (episode SL-105; first aired 3/29/95) The Sliders visit an Earth where antibiotics haven't yet been discovered and a deadly epidemic is decimating the population. -Fox When Wade is infected with a deadly virus on an Earth wracked by an epidemic, Rembrandt and Arturo race to find a cure and free Quinn from a Gestapo-like health agency. -TV Guide Written by: Ann Powell and Rose Schacht Directed by: Mario Azzopardi Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh Guest Starring: Ken Pogue as Dr. Morton Allison Hossack as Dr. Eileen Stanley With: Yee Jee Tso as Wing Alex Bruhanski as Pavel Kurlienko Marie Stillin as Waitress William Sasso as Gomez Calhoun Dean Haglund as Stock Boy David L. Gordon as Tactical Moonsuit William MacDonald as Medical Moonsuit James Bell as Trucker James Timmins as Pharmacist Gavin Cross as The Sick Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Last Days (episode SL-106; first aired 4/5/95) The Sliders travel to a chaotic Earth on the verge of being destroyed by a meteor. -Fox The salvation of a world facing destruction by an asteroid rests in the hands of Arturo and an overzealous young scientist. Meanwhile, Quinn and Wade begin to face their feelings for each other. -TV Guide Written by: Dan Lane Directed by: Michael Keusch Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh Guest Starring: Jason Gaffney as Conrad Bennish Jr. Jennifer Hetrick as Caroline Fontaine George Touliatos as Dr. Lee Antonovich With: Gerry Nairn as Mace Moon Malcolm Stewart as Alan Fontaine Carlton Watson as Reverend Robin Palmer as Nurse Pamela Patrick Stevenson as Jimmy Hidalgo Rubin as Driver Jacqueline Dandenaeu as Metermaid Norma Wick as News Anchor Brian Arnold as Science Correspondent Mike Dobson as Policeman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Prince of Wails (episode SL-104; first aired 4/12/95) Landing in the pre-Revolution United States, the Sliders encounter Arturo's double, a sheriff planning a royal execution. -Fox In the British States of America--a place where England won the Revolutionary War--the Sliders are embroiled in an assassination plot involving the heir to the throne and an evil Sheriff of San Francisco. -TV Guide Written by: Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin Directed by: Felix Alcala Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh Guest Starring: Ben Bode as Prince Harold Sherman Howard as Hendrick Liz Sheridan as Miss Miller Kathleen Duborg as Rebecca Gary Jones as Michael Hurley Co-Starring: Gerard Plunkett as Driver Chris Humpheys as Raider #1 With: Tracey Olson as Dixon Vallely Bernie Coulson as Raider #2 David Kaye as Reporter #1 Jaylene Hamilton as Reporter #2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Summer Of Love (episode SL-103; first aired 4/19/95) Landing in 1960s Earth, Rembrandt and Wade are mistaken for gods; Arturo and Quinn, for opponents of President Oliver North. -Fox The Sliders find themselves in a present-day San Francisco where the "Summer of Love" never ended--and Wade and Rembrandt are mistaken for extraterrestrial prophets. -TV Guide Written by: Tracy Torme Directed by: Mario Azzopardi Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh Guest Starring: Deborah Lacey as Sharon Brown Arther Reggie III as ??? Jason Gaffney as Conrad Bennish Jr. Co-Starring: Gerry Nairn as Mace Moon Michele Goodger as Copeland With: Robert Lee as Harold Yenn Barry Pepper as Skid Ajay Karah as Seeker Richard Leacock as Tremelo Gabrielle Miller as Fling Joy Coghill as Mrs. Tweak Mike Dobson as First Policeman Joanna Piros as Newscaster ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Eggheads (episode SL-108; first aired 4/26/95) The Sliders land where intellectuals are as famous as athletes; a gangster mistakes Quinn for his double. -Fox While Quinn struggles with fame in a world where intellectuals are more popular than pro athletes, Arturo tries for a reconciliation with a long-lost love. -TV Guide Teleplay by: Scott Smith Miller Story by: Scott Smith Miller & Jacob Epstein Directed by: Timothy Bond Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh Guest Starring: Charles Cyphers as Coach Almquist Peter Spellos as Jimmy Fountain Gabrielle Rose as Kristina Fox Arturo Special Guest Appearances by: Rick Garcia as Referee Tom Jackson as Color Commentator Ron Pitts as Play-by-Play Announcer Co-Starring: Andrew Guy as Wilson Karen Austin as Lydia William B. Davis as Professor Myman Featuring: Roman Danylo as Boyer Johnny Mah as Victor Rachel Hayward as Karen Anthony Harrison as Agent Cannon Marc Baur as Agent O'Malley Sheelah Megill as Mrs. Dana Bingham Colin Warner as Harvard Captain Bentley Mitchum as M.I.T. Player Mark Poyser as Rapper Leader Carl Hibbert as Rapper #1 Michael McMillian as Rapper #2 Amanda O'Leary as Librarian This episode was originally titled "Genius" but the name was changed to "Eggheads" prior to being aired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. The Weaker Sex (episode SL-107; first aired 5/3/95) The Sliders travel to an Earth where men are considered second class. -Fox Arturo finds himself in a potentially deadly mayoral race in a world where men are treated as "The Weaker Sex" and women hold the positions of power and respect. -TV Guide Written by: Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin Directed by: Vern Gillum Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh Guest Starring: Sara Botsford as Mayor Anita Ross Robert Curtis-Brown as Danny Eizenbach Jill Teed as Serena Braxton Co-Starring: Alf Humpheys as Pete Andrew Wheeler as Ken Liza Huget as Lois Peter Kelamis as Glenn Douglas Sills as Ed Joe Maffei as Bernie Teresa Barnwell as Hillary Clinton Tamara Stanners as Jeanie Moses Leigh Morrow as Anchor Woman Peg Christopherson as Female Shopper ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. The King Is Back (episode SL-109; first aired 5/10/95) Rembrandt plans to assume the life of his double, the king of rock and roll, on an Earth where the Sliders are treated like royalty. -Fox It looks like "The King Is Back" when Rembrandt is mistaken for a long- deceased rock legend, but an old enemy would like to see the Crying Man disappear again--permanently. -TV Guide Written by: Tracy Torme Directed by: Vern Gillum Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh Guest Starring: Chuck McCann as Captain Jack Brim Clinton Derricks-Carroll as Alternate Rembrandt Tom Pickett as Maurice Fish Special Guest Appearance by: Eadie Del Rubio Elena Del Rubio Milly Del Rubio as The Del Rubio Sisters Co-starring: Janet Kent as Lawyer Michelle T. Carter as Penny Jensen Sheri-D Wilson as secretary Featuring: William Sasso as Gomez Calhoun Judith Maxie as Charmange Nicholas Harrison as Nick Peter Hanlon as Expert Analyzer Richard Ihara as Judge Tyler Van Blankenstein as First Kid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Luck Of The Draw (Season Finale) (episode SL-110; first aired 5/17/95) On a seemingly perfect Earth, Wade wins the lottery; then Quinn learns the real purpose of the contest. -Fox Wade finds that she has money to burn when she wins the lottery in a seemingly utopian world, but she soon discovers that her silver cloud has a very dark lining. -TV Guide Written by: Jon Povill Directed by: Les Landau Music by: Dennis McCarthy Theme by: Mark Mothersbaugh Guest Starring: Nicholas Lea as Ryan Cynthia "Alex" Datcher as Julianne Murphy Kevin Cooney as Ken Neisser Special Guest Appearance by: Geoff Edwards as Himself Co-starring: Tim Henry as Agent Jones With: Mike Kopsa as Agent Wilson Nathan Venering as Father Fergus Walter March as Fatherly Man Kristina Matisic as News Anchor Ted Cole as Friendly Man David Glyn-Jones as Elderly Man ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECOND SEASON EPISODES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode Production First Number Number Episode Name Aired ======= ========== ============== ======= 11. SL-203 Into the Mystic 3/ 1/96 12. SL-204 Love Gods 3/ 8/96 13. SL-207 Gillian of the Spirits 3/15/96 14. SL-205 The Good, the Bad, and the Wealthy 3/22/96 15. SL-202 El Sid 3/29/96 16. SL-201 Time Again And World 4/ 5/96 17. SL-211 In Dino Veritas 4/26/96 18. SL-210 Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome 5/ 3/96 19. SL-208 Obsession 5/24/96 20. SL-212 Greatfellas 5/31/96 21. The Young & The Relentless 6/ 7/96 22. As Times Go By 23. Invasion (season finale) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Into the Mystic (episode SL-203; first aired 3/1/96) With Quinn seriously injured from a gunshot wound, the Sliders search for a doctor on what appears to be the strangest Earth they've yet seen. The only one they can find is a witch doctor, who tells them about the all powerful sorcerer who is said to have the knowledge about sliding. The sliders set out upon a journey a la "The Wizard of Oz" to his castle beyond the Golden Gargoyle Gate bridge to find the sorcerer in the hopes of finding their way home on the SLIDERS season premiere -Fox Return: The adventures of brilliant grad student Quinn Mallory and his three reluctant companions on an interdimensional rollar-coaster ride. First up: the intrepid quartet lands in a world mired in mysticism and superstition and ruled by a mysterious entity known as The Sorcerer. -TV Guide Written by: Tracy Torme Directed by: Richard Compton Music by: Anthony Marinelli New Theme by: Anthony Marinelli and Stephen Graziano Guest Stars: Christopher Neame as Dr. Xang Phil Fondacaro as Bounty Hunter Hrothgar Mathews as Mr. Gale Nicholas Lea as Ryan With: Mikal Dughi as Nurse John Novak as Ross J. Kelley Alex Bruhanski as Pavel Kurlienko Karin Konoval as Fortune Teller Rod Wilson as Sorcerer Deanne Henry as Mrs. Mallory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Love Gods (episode SL-204; first aired 3/8/96) Arriving on a world where the male population has been rendered impotent by a virus, the male sliders find themselves elevated to the status of "love gods" by a society of women eager to repopulate the planet. -Fox In a world where germ warfare has exterminated most of the male population, Quinn, Rembrandt and Arturo discover that they've been pegged as runaway "breeders," and every nation of the world wants to capture them. -TV Guide Written by: Tony Blake and Paul Jackson Directed by: John McPherson Music by: Stephen Graziano Guest Stars: Gwynyth Walsh as Detective L. Specateli Jennifer Nash as Diana Georgia Emelin as Billie Jean Jon Pennell as David With: Deb Podowski as O'Grady Kathryn Anderson as Jane Andrew Guy as Trevor Grant Kendall Cross as Cara D. Neil Mork as Stationary Biker Dawn Roberts as TV Newscaster Jane Knox as Woman #1 Jan Bailey as Woman #2 Ona Grauer as Debra Kathleen Barr as Aussie Guard Kamilyn Kaneko as Clerk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Gillian of the Spirits (episode SL-207; first aired 3/15/96) When Quinn is strangely separated from the other sliders, trapped alone on an eerie astral plane, his only hope lies with Gillian, a young girl with psychic powers--and the only one who can see and hear him. -Fox When a bizarre accident separates Quinn from the rest of the Sliders, the only hope for the remaining trio is to put their faith in a troubled young girl with a history of hearing voices--and an ability to communicate with spirits. -TV Guide Written by: Tony Blake and Paul Jackson Directed by: Paris Barclay Music by: Anthony Marinelli Guest Stars: Deanna Milligan as Gillian Tom Butler as Michael Mallory Gillian Barber as Nicole With: Gerard Plunkett as Father Jerry Greg Rogers as Major Phillips William Sasso as Gomez Calhoun Mitch Kosterman as Muscle Guy No. 1 Peter Fleming as Traffic Policeman Sheelan Megil as Mrs. Henry Nicole Parker as Monica Alex Ferguson as Cab Driver Sylvio Pollio as Guard No. 1 An early draft of this episode was called "A World Beyond." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. The Good, the Bad, and the Wealthy (episode SL-205; first aired 3/22/96) In a modern world which embraces the code of the Wild West and corporate takeovers are handled by the fast draw, Quinn is mistaken for the fastest gun around. Now everyone in town is gunning for him. -Fox Quinn finds himself at the center of some highly unorthodox corporate raiding when a gunfight earns him a reputation for being quick on the draw. -TV Guide Written by: Scott Miller Directed by: Oscar L. Costo Music by: Anthony Marinelli Guest Stars: Karen Witter as Pricilla Jamie Denton as Jack Bullock Kent Faulcon as Billy Rae Keegan MacIntosh as Jamie With: Peter Lacroix as Sheriff Lochlyn Munro as Billy The Kid* Stephen Fanning as Cliff Sutter Greg Thirloway as Hank Arnette Barry Levy as Jed Dalton Adrian Hughes as Deputy Joe Bob Bark Anderson as Lonnie Skayler Roger Barnes as Exchange Official Jackson Cole as Poker Player April Telek as Honey Sue Dean Allan Hinckey as Crooner * Both the script and a Fox press release refer to this character as Billy "The Kid" Gates, no doubt an alternate version of our William Gates, the CEO of Microsoft. However, the name "Gates" is not used in the episode nor does it appear in the closing credits. Too bad. Early drafts of this episode were called "Business as Usual" and "A Fist Full of Stock Options." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. El Sid (episode SL-202; first aired 3/29/96) Landing on a chaotic world of violence and mayhem, Quinn rescues a beautiful young woman in distress, permanently alienating El Sid, her vicious, pathological boyfriend. El Sid follows the Sliders to the next world and plots revenge on our heros--only everyone's a prisoner on this Earth as San Francisco is not what it seems. -Fox When Quinn rescues a beautiful young woman in distress on a world ruled by violence, her homicidal boyfriend swearing vengeance for an imagined slight, follows the sliders through the vortex. -TV Guide Written by: Jon Povill Directed by: Paris Barclay Music by: Stephen Graziano Guest Stars: Jeffery Dean Morgan as Sid Rebecca Chambers as Michele Claude Brooks as L.J. Jed Dixon as Leo With: Raimund Stamm as Big Jake Reese McBeth as Blade Sandra P. Grant as M.S.W. Maria Herrera as Delores Chappelle Jaffe as Gladys Scott Swanson as Hostage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Time Again And World (episode SL-201; first aired 4/5/96) When the Sliders land on a world and discover that everything seems to mirror events that occurred on the last world, Wade uses the knowledge to try and prevent a series of murders. The Sliders soon find themselves in the middle of a dangerous and mysterious plot. -Fox Wade witnesses a shooting seconds before a slide, but when the vortex lands the travelers in a parallel San Francisco just as the same murder is about to occur, she intervenes--an action that embroils the quartet in a bizarre plot involving a disgraced federal judge, an underground resistance movement and a United States under martial law. -TV Guide Written by: Jacob Epstein Directed by: Vern Gillum Music by: Anthony Marinelli Guest Stars: Rebecca Gayheart as Natalie Garry Chalk as Lt. Graves Gary Jones as Michael Hurley and George Delhoyo as Judge John Nassau With: Garvin Cross as Alverez Ravinder Toor as L.C. Barry Greene as Deitrich Lesley Ewen as O'Neill Jed Rees as Hipster William Sasso as Gomez Calhoun Tom Heaton as Rummy Robert Metcalfe as Bartender Alfred E. Humphreys as Family Man Brad Loree as Driver #1 Travis MacDonald as Lowlife ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. In Dino Veritas (episode SL-211; first aired 4/26/96) The sliders land on a new world and are trapped in a cave, menaced by a man- eating allosaurus that has survived since the prehistoric age. Quinn must leave the safety of the group to go in search of the timer, which was lost somewhere outside. -Fox The sliders find themselves face-to-jaw with an extremely large (and angry) beast when they lose Quinn and the timer, in a San Francisco that's been developed as a game preserve--for dinosaurs. -TV Guide Written by: Steve Brown Directed by: Oscar L. Costo Music by: Anthony Marinelli Guest Stars: Alessandra Petlin as the Ranger Jack Kehler as the Poacher With: Brent Sheppard as Wayne Davies Marcy Mellish as Angelica The title of this episode is a pun on the Latin phrase "in vino veritas" which means "there is truth in wine." An early draft of this episode was called "Ranger, Poacher." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome (episode SL-210; first aired 5/3/96) The Sliders finally make it back to their own Earth, much to the delight of all but Quinn. When Rembrandt's musical career skyrockets, Wade publishes her diary and Arturo becomes famous for his invention, it's up to Quinn to prove that something is very wrong. -Fox The Sliders finally land in the one place that none of them wants to leave-- home--but Quinn is the only one that has doubts about their good fortune. Meanwhile, Arturo hatches a plan to use Quinn's discoveries to win a Nobel prize. -TV Guide Written by: Nan Hagen Directed by: Adam Nimoy Music by: Stephen Graziano Guest Stars: Kristoffer Tabori as Dr. Whelan Stacy Grant as Miss Vonbaeck With: Don MacKay as Artie Field Deanne Henry as Mrs. Mallory Carlton Watson as Sebastian Smith Tom Picket as Leroy Hopkins Brian Arnold as Barry King Linda Ko as Tanika Tina Klassen as Miss Jennings Mike Mitchell as Guard An early draft of this episode was called "Our So-Called Lives." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. Obsession (episode SL-208; first aired 5/24/96) Wade meets the man of her dreams, only to discover he is obsessed with her and has the power to prevent any attempt at escape. -Fox When the quartet slides into a society dominated by psychics, Wade meets the man of her dreams who happens to be next in line for the position of Prime Oracle, the most powerful person in the world. -TV Guide Teleplay by: Jon Povill Story by: Jon Povill & Steve Brown Directed by: Colin Bucksey Music by: Stephen Graziano Guest Cast: James Patrick Stuart as Derek Bond Heather Hanson as Dominique Isaac Hayes as the Prime Oracle With: Malcolm Stewart as Regent Sandra P. Grant as Melanie Paul McGillion as First Officer Hiro Kanagawa as Henry Gillian Carfra as Young Woman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20. Greatfellas (episode SL-212; first aired 5/31/96) In a San Francisco dominated by rival gangster families, the Sliders are accidentally thrust into a turf war--and the Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown of this world is the Feds No. 1 crimebuster. -Fox In a U.S. where Prohibition was never repealed, the Sliders find themselves embroiled in a vicious struggle among warring organized-crime families, corrupt government officials and dedicated G-men--one of whom looks exactly like Rembrandt. -TV Guide Written by: Steve Miller Guest Cast: Mel Torme as himself Clinton Derricks-Carroll as Rembrandt 2 Sarah Strange as Leah Greenfield Donnelly Rhodes as Ben Greenfeld Benjamin Ratner as Tommy Greenfeld William Sasso as Gomez Calhoun Joe Maffei as Gallo Patriarch Venus Terzo as June Bryon Lucas as John Jano Frandsen as Joseph Biacchi Ted Cole as Agent Reid Early drafts of this episode were called "Gangland" and "Gangster World." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. The Young & The Relentless (first aired 6/7/96) Written by: Tony Blake and Paul Jackson Directed by: Richard Compton Quinn finds himself on the trail of his double's murderer when the Sliders land in a world where Wade and Quinn's counterparts are corporate executives up to their ears in a shady computer-software deal. -TV Guide ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. As Times Go By Written by: Steve Brown Directed by: Richard Compton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23. Invasion (Season Finale) Written by: Tracy Torme Directed by: Richard Compton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLOPHON ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sliders FAQ consists of three postings: 1. Sliders FAQ: General Questions 2. Sliders FAQ: Episode Guide (this one!) 3. Sliders FAQ: Alternate Earths These are posted on a regular basis to the alt.tv.sliders, alt.tv.sliders.creative, rec.arts.sf.tv, alt.answers, rec.answers, and news.answers newsgroups. The latest version of this FAQ is available via FTP from: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-group/alt.tv.sliders/ The HTML version of these documents can be found at: http://www.brillig.com/sliders/ Comments, suggestions, and contributions are always welcomed by the maintainer of this FAQ: Ed Hall (edhall@brillig.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 1995,1996 by Ed Hall. All rights reserved. This FAQ may be posted to any USENET newsgroup, on-line service, or BBS as long as it is posted in its entirety and includes this copyright statement. This FAQ may not be distributed for financial gain. 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