Sliders
Season 5

s05e01 / The Unstuck Man

12th Jun '99 - 12:00am
The Unstuck Man Summary

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 a part of an evil genius' desperate plan to save his life.

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s05e02 / Applied Physics

19th Jun '99 - 12:00am
Applied Physics Summary

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 unhappy flashbacks from Quinn's life.

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s05e03 / Strangers and Comrades

26th Jun '99 - 12:00am
Strangers and Comrades Summary

The Sliders arrive in a barren wasteland, where the timer is inoperable. Worse yet, they find themselves forced to take part in a never ending battle between Kromaggs and soldiers from Quinn's home world, who are guarding a mysterious bunker.

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s05e04 / The Great Work

10th Jul '99 - 12:00am
The Great Work Summary

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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s05e05 / New Gods for Old

17th Jul '99 - 12:00am
New Gods for Old Summary

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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s05e06 / Please Press One

24th Jul '99 - 12:00am
Please Press One Summary

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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s05e07 / A Current Affair

31st Jul '99 - 12:00am
A Current Affair Summary

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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s05e08 / The Java Jive

7th Aug '99 - 12:00am
The Java Jive Summary

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 cuddled by a gang dealing in bootleg coffee.

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s05e09 / The Return of Maggie Beckett

14th Aug '99 - 12:00am
The Return of Maggie Beckett Summary

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.

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s05e10 / Easy Slider

21st Aug '99 - 12:00am
Easy Slider Summary

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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s05e11 / Requiem

11th Sep '99 - 12:00am
Requiem Summary

Rembrandt experiences a strange dream in which Wade is trying to contact him and bring him to her. The others have their doubts until a spatial fold opens before them. On the other side, they find Wade is somehow being used in a plan to attack Kromagg Prime.

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s05e12 / Map of the Mind

18th Sep '99 - 12:00am
Map of the Mind Summary

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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s05e13 / A Thousand Deaths

25th Sep '99 - 12:00am
A Thousand Deaths Summary

The Sliders arrive on a world where millions play in highly realistic arcade simulations. Rembrandt and Mallory take part in separate simulations, until they discover Maggie and Diana have been forced to play characters in these simulations, where each "passing" experienced is real.

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s05e14 / Heavy Metal

2nd Oct '99 - 12:00am
Heavy Metal Summary

A malfunctioning timer deposits the Sliders underwater in the Pacific Ocean. A merchant ship picks them up, but is taking them out of their sliding radius and decreasing the likelihood of a safe slide. Their only chance is to join up with a pirate crew to get back to California.

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s05e15 / To Catch a Slider

15th Jan '00 - 1:00am
To Catch a Slider Summary

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.

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s05e16 / Dust

22nd Jan '00 - 1:00am
Dust Summary

The Sliders are lost in the desert, but happen upon an archaeological dig. They soon find, however, that the dig is unearthing a buried Los Angeles and that the locals consider Rembrandt a deity.

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s05e17 / Eye of the Storm

29th Jan '00 - 1:00am
Eye of the Storm Summary

The Sliders confront Dr. Geiger again, in a collapsing dimension full of innocent victims.

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s05e18 / The Seer

5th Feb '00 - 1:00am
The Seer Summary

The Sliders arrive in the middle of a rally, surprisingly being held in their honor. They learn they are the subjects of a religion called Slidology, founded by a man with psychic abilities. He has been following their adventures and warns that on their next slide, they will all die.

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