# Sliders (1995)

> Four travelers accidentally slide into an endless chain of parallel Earths and must keep improvising their way home.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/1552

## Facts

- Seasons: 5
- Episodes: 87
- Episode runtime: 43 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: science fiction, adventure
- Created by: Tracy Tormé, Robert K. Weiss
- Network: FOX, Syfy
- Cast: Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks, John Rhys-Davies, Kari Wührer, Tembi Locke, Robert Floyd, Chase Masterson
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112167/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: playful, breezy, wistful, comedic, adventurous

## What critics say

Viewers broadly praise the show's inventive premise and its willingness to satirize different parallel worlds, though later seasons were rated lower than the early ones.

## Synopsis

Sliders (1995-2000) is an American science fiction adventure series created by Tracy Tormé and Robert K. Weiss for FOX, with later episodes airing on Syfy. Boy-genius Quinn Mallory (Jerry O'Connell) accidentally opens a doorway to an infinite number of Earths, and he, his classmate Wade Welles (Sabrina Lloyd), their teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo (John Rhys-Davies), and washed-up soul singer Rembrandt Brown (Cleavant Derricks) are stranded in a parallel world. Their engine is simple and relentless: they must keep sliding from one alternate Earth to the next, adapting to each new society while straining toward a way home. Each episode is built around a different world where a philosophy, political system, or cultural issue has been pushed to an exaggerated extreme, and the travelers examine it with humor and curiosity before moving on. The series runs five seasons with a case-of-the-week rhythm in which standalone adventures carry a loose, evolving thread. The tone is breezy and playful, with wry commentary and an undercurrent of wistful longing for home. Fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quantum Leap and Doctor Who will find resonance in its blend of episodic exploration, comedy, and sci-fi imagination.

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