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Sliders Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
Rules of the Game
Fri, Sep 20, 199644 mins
In a world where all sports are banned except for televised war games, the Sliders must confront android dogs and soldiers in order to get to the only sanctuary at the finish line.
Episode 2
Double Cross
Fri, Sep 27, 199645 mins
The sliders arrive on a world that has dwindling natural resources. While there, Rembrandt gets sidetracked by his number one fan. Meanwhile, Quinn and the others meet a group of scientists trying to perfect a sliding device of their own. While they may have the technology to get the sliders home, all is not what it seems.
Episode 3
Electric Twister Acid Test
Fri, Oct 4, 199645 mins
The Sliders end up in a desert wasteland battered by an endless series of tornadoes. They find one agrarian village run by a dictatorial elder. Wade finds herself imprisoned while the rest are banished without the timer.
Episode 4
The Guardian
Fri, Oct 11, 199645 mins
On a world where time moves at a slower rate, Quinn encounters his young double and tries to change a traumatic event in his life. Meanwhile, Arturo decides that it's time to grab life by the horns and takes the others on increasingly wild excursions.
Episode 5
The Dream Masters
Fri, Oct 18, 199645 mins
The sliders encounter trouble on a world where social outcasts have harnessed the power of dreams. When Wade becomes the focus of this group, the sliders must rally together to protect her from her worst fears.
Episode 6
Desert Storm
Fri, Nov 1, 199645 mins
On a desert world, the sliders get involved in a struggle for control over Devin, a young woman who can locate underground stores of water.
Episode 7
Dragonslide
Fri, Nov 8, 199645 mins
The Sliders interrupt the abduction of a young woman, Melinda. Quinn is recognized by one of the attackers as a Mallory, prompting the attacker to turn into a bird and fly away. The Sliders pass the woman to the authorities and discover she is the apprentice of a disgraced Druid, Gareth, who's been thrown out of the movement for practicing black magic. Quinn is enamored by the girl and launches a rescue attempt. Gareth senses Mallory's desire for Melinda and uses her as bait. Having succeeded in capturing Mallory, Gareth transfers his own essence into Quinn's body. Meanwhile, Wade casts a spell to help Rembrandt hook up with a girl he likes. The spell backfires and Rembrandt appears to fall in love with Wade. Professor Arturo, knowing of Quinn's fate, links up with Melinda and attempts to rescue Mallory. Arturo discovers he has to badly injure Quinn's body to force Gareth to leave. Once defeated, Gareth withdraws to his castle and exacts revenge on Melinda by sending a dragon to kill her.
Episode 8
The Fire Within
Fri, Nov 15, 199645 mins
During a jump the sliders encounter a world consumed by fire. As they wait for the next jump, a matter of seconds, Quinn sees some diffused object coming towards them. They jump through the portal as the 'thing' follows them. They arrive in an oil town that has disturbing under currents of union and company actions. The flame creature reveals itself and begins burning everything, multiplying as it goes. As Quinn considers events at the world, he wonders what was really going on. The Sliders go to work at the oil refinery to get money and quickly become embroiled in the union violence. Quinn realizes the significance of the flame creature and its possible intelligence. The Sliders realize their responsible for bringing the flame to this world and the need to rectify things. Arturo and Quinn begin experimenting with ways to communicate. Meanwhile Wade confesses to Rembrandt she wants to have a baby in the near future.
Episode 9
The Prince of Slides
Fri, Nov 22, 199645 mins
The Sliders arrive in a USA that is a constitutional monarchy. Arturo is injured during the slide, and Rembrandt is mistaken as the Prince of the USA. Complications set in when Lady Danielle has issues during her pregnancy, and the baby needs to be transferred in Rembrandt's body. Some years earlier a virus swept the world forcing all pregnancies to term during the second trimester. Rembrandt can carry the baby to term, but will miss the slide to do so. Meanwhile intrigue develops as Lady Mary appears to be behind a series of assassinations of the King and his children. Rembrandt begins to grow into his role as a Prince and wonders if they should not tell Lady Danielle the truth and take his chances. Eventually Danielle suspects Rembrandt and he is forced to confess. We soon learn that Mary was hiding the truth of succession and by eliminating other heirs would be able to push her illegitimate son's claim. Mary's plan is uncovered by her son and he forces her to confess. Meanwhile the baby has come early and Arturo is forced to do a successful emergency C section.
Episode 10
Dead Man Sliding
Fri, Nov 29, 199645 mins
The Sliders arrive in a world virtually crime free. What criminals there are perform on a game show where they play for their lives. Mallory is captured due to previous convictions by his double on the world. The rest of the Sliders go to the studio where the show is made. The correct Mallory sees the show and is dumbfounded by the turn of events. As the trial continues, Wade and Rembrandt decide to uncover any information about the real crime they can. Despite Arturo's best efforts Mallory is found guilty and sentenced to death live on TV.
Episode 11
State of the A.R.T.
Fri, Dec 6, 199645 mins
In a world ruled by automatons who've made humans obsolete, Quinn and Rembrandt become the guinea pigs in a ghastly experiment.
Episode 12
Season's Greedings
Fri, Dec 20, 199645 mins
The Sliders visit a world where Christmas is purely commercial and malls house people.
Episode 13
Murder Most Foul
Fri, Jan 3, 199745 mins
The Sliders visit a world where overworked and stressed-out people are sent to fantasy camps to improve their work output.
Episode 14
Slide Like an Egyptian
Fri, Jan 17, 199744 mins
In a world where Egypt colonised America, Arturo, Wade, Rembrandt and Quinn disturb a pyramid burial site, releasing a giant monster scarab and accidentally breaking the timer.
Episode 15
Paradise Lost
Fri, Jan 31, 199745 mins
The Sliders land on a world where no one is over the age of 35, but soon realize the town's dirty secret.
Episode 16
The Exodus: Part 1
Fri, Feb 21, 199746 mins
The Sliders arrive in a world about to be destroyed by a star emitting intense radiation and can save only some of the people by sliding them.
Episode 17
The Exodus: Part 2
Fri, Feb 28, 199745 mins
One of the Sliders is lost during the mission to save a doomed world, while Arturo and Wade battle an egomaniacal military commander over who will be rescued.
Episode 18
Sole Survivors
Fri, Mar 7, 199745 mins
A deadly virus turns a world's population into man-eating zombies, and when Quinn is bitten, the other Sliders frantically search for an antidote.
Episode 19
The Breeder
Fri, Mar 14, 199745 mins
While in a strange world, the Sliders discover a creature living inside Maggie and attempting to reproduce.
Episode 20
The Last of Eden
Fri, Mar 28, 199746 mins
After landing on a world ravaged by earthquakes, Wade falls into a crevice and discovers a deserted city below the surface.
Episode 21
The Other Slide of Darkness
Fri, Apr 11, 199745 mins
The Sliders encounter an old friend while sheltered on a world covered with a suffocating fog.
Episode 22
Slither
Fri, Apr 25, 199745 mins
Quinn and Rembrandt get snared in a rare South American snake deal and wind up getting Maggie and Wade trapped during a rescue attempt.
Episode 23
Dinoslide
Fri, May 2, 199745 mins
The sliders return to the world where the survivors from Maggie's world settle, only to find the land terrorized by dinosaurs. Colonel Rickman feeds off the settlers' DNA.
Episode 24
Stoker
Fri, May 9, 199745 mins
The lead singer of a rock band encourages Wade to join until Quinn discovers the band members are vampires seeking to snatch the Sliders' timer.
Episode 25
This Slide of Paradise
Fri, May 16, 199745 mins
Rickman becomes leader of a clan of half breeds of humans and animals who help take the Sliders prisoner on the island. The creatures' creator, Dr. Vargas, inadvertently distracts the guards while Rembrandt frees his friends. The Sliders split up when they travel through two different vortexes.
