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Iv recently been watching this. Not sure why I didn’t check it out previously but it’s pretty good still in the early seasons.

If there will ever be a reboot who knows. But I was thinking about the way episodes go and they can seem a bit rushed.

And what I mean by that is, we follow the characters over time sure, but we don’t really follow them in a new setting particularly long.

For example, instead of getting right into a fiasco from shortly after arriving to a place. There could be some more observational, comedic moments and also general exploration of places. Characters enjoying even some stays.

Back then, there was a time limit for a slot to be on air. But streaming and such now things could either be expanded a bit more vs splitting up things into 2 parts.

This isn’t a comedy where it’s just cracking jokes each chance available and rando bs. The characters get divided often and I think those times can be expanded on further as well while at a new place.

So essentially stay about a deal longer vs on to the next theme so quickly and expand more the effects of things per character and eventual arch. As some places, they had been about for some weeks for example vs others where it’s just a couple of days.

I just finished my first full watch of the show in probably 15-20 years and when the final episode did the fade to black and end-credits, I was very confused. I could swear I remembered the ending showing Remy arriving on Earth alone, landing in SF, seeing all the damaged buildings and the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, then the camera pulling away as he walked into the city. This is seriously giving me a headache trying to figure out why I am remembering an ending that apparently does not exist.

FANDOM ENTANGLEMENT has officially entered the post-Arturo era of SLIDERS. We begin our countdown to the Season 3 finale…and we’re not kidding when we say that this final stretch of seven episodes contain what are perhaps some of the worst hours of television we’ve had to endure. But we’re pushing through as best we can and with all the help we can get. First up (in airdate order) is Episode 18, “Sole Survivors,” which originally aired March 7, 1997 on Fox.

Retro Review #41: “41 Slides Later…”

The Sliders arrive on a world where a strange bacterium transformed the inhabitants into flesh-eating zombies. When Quinn is bitten, he begins to turn into one of them.

This episode was written by Steven Kriozere and directed by executive producer/showrunner David Peckinpah.

I & my co-host Mike Bloxam are pleased to welcome the lovely and talented Allison Pregler (host of MOVIE NIGHTS and former co-host of THE QUANTUM LEAP PODCAST)! She may be an expert on covering “so-bad-it’s-good” movies and television, but even she had a rough time with this one. Not only does this episode mark the beginning of Kari Wuhrer’s tenure as a series regular, it also marks the beginning of a very clear shift into movie-of-the-week derivative garbage, and we most definitely noticed. So grab some coffee and join us as we talk about gaping plot holes, Maggie being the most unlikable and unsympathetic character imaginable, and a zombie story that is just plain boring and worse than a bad Roger Corman movie. This episode is a total stinker devoid of any humor, even after Quinn’s attempt at a fake electrocution gag! Ah, good times…

Next up (in production order): “The Other Slide of Darkness,” with returning guest Erik Dreiling. With six episodes left, can this season get any worse? (Spoiler alert: yes, it does! 🤦🏻‍♂️)

#Sliders #FandomEntanglement #AllisonPregler #JerryOConnell #SabrinaLloyd #CleavantDerricks #KariWuhrer #ZombieApocalypse

Sliders: Generations Colide (reprisal)

Season 1: Broken Timelines & A New Spark

The 29-Year Gap: Rembrandt Brown misses his next slide and spends 29 years stuck on an alternate world, spiraling into alcoholism.

The Reunion: He finally picks up the remote and manages to slide, running straight into his original Quinn Mallory.

The Arturo Twist: Quinn reveals he figured out how to separate from his merger, but realized the Professor Arturo they lost wasn't their Arturo. This alternate Arturo couldn't build a sliding device, but he did invent a "Multiverse Glimpse" viewer.

The Wade Discovery: Through the viewer, Arturo discovers that Wade Welles is in fact still alive.

The Season 1 Cliffhanger: Wade has a teenage, human-looking son who is half-Kromagg and possesses an uncanny, innate ability to manipulate technology. While trying to prove to his two closest friends that his tech-bending powers and the timer are real, he accidentally activates it. The group, along with a neighboring LARPer and Theatre enthusiast, gets sucked into the vortex. The origional group jumps in after them.

Season 2: Mentors & Betrayal

Guiding Hand: The original veteran sliders (Quinn, Rembrandt, Arturo) actively help the new, young group navigate the dangers of alternate worlds.

The Dark Truth: At the end of the season, Wade's son discovers the truth that has been kept from him: he is half-Kromagg.

The Fracture: Feeling betrayed and furious that everyone hid his heritage, the kid uses his tech-manipulation powers to strands the original cast on a distant world.

Season 3: Shadows & Secrets

The Doppelgänger Trail: Left on their own, the new kids slide through the multiverse. They constantly run into alternate versions of the original cast.

The Realization: The kids eventually realize that Wade's son didn't strand the veterans out of pure malice—he did it to shield them from the multiverse seeing him as a Kromagg monster.

Season 4: The Parallel Race & Reunion

The Parallel Race: For the rest of the season, both groups are sliding completely blind. They constantly miss each other on the same worlds by mere hours.

The Reunion: In the Season 4 finale, the two generations finally collide. The kid apologizes for his actions, and Quinn embraces his stepson.

Season 5: The Grand Farewell

The Final Mission: With the kid's tech-manipulation powers now depleted or gone, the veterans lead the group one last time to tie up loose ends across the multiverse.

The Looming Shadow: Throughout the season, a massive cosmic threat is teased. The Kromaggs weren't wiped out; their remaining armada is frozen inside a hidden, temporal-locked universe, waiting to break free.

The Retirement: The original cast (Quinn, Wade, Rembrandt, Arturo) permanently retires in peace on Earth Prime. They hand a newly repaired, standard timer over to the kids, establishing Quinn's basement as a safe home base they can always return to.

Sliders: The Next Generation (The Spin-Off)

The Core Premise: The new four-person crew takes over the franchise: the half-Kromagg leader, the tech-skeptic, the history buff, and the D&D tactical genius.

The Mission: They slide from world to world hunting for ancient outposts and temporal anomalies, desperately trying to locate the temporal-locked universe to secure it before the Kromagg fleet breaks out.

The D&D Advantage: The neighborhood gamer kid treats the entire multiverse like a giant campaign map. While others panic, he analyzes dystopian realities like fantasy dungeons, using RPG strategy to find hidden intel and outsmart enemies.

The Mission Control: When the kids face a sci-fi threat they cannot handle, they slide back home to Earth Prime to get expert, multi-dimensional advice from Stepdad Quinn and Professor Arturo