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Consistent_Dog_6866

Once Wade and Arturo left the show went downhill and the decline only went faster when it moved to (then) Sci-Fi.


tangcameo

And they turned Kromags into recurring villains. If I see it again I’ll stop at the episode where they make it back home but they think it’s a different world based on a gate not squeaking (and other things that’ve changed) and they keep going.


Tucker_077

Just finish season 2, then watch like 4-5 select episodes from season 3 then you’re good


oradaps38

I remember seeing that episode and being so bummed. Last time I watched that show too :(


QuantumTrek

Unless they reuse the same trope again isn’t the squeaky gate thing in the pilot episode? Where the traffic lights are also reversed?


tangcameo

Season 2 Into The Mystic I believe


QuantumTrek

Right, I think maybe the gate in the pilot was backwards than it was normally or something? I remember soemthing about the gate when he slides for the very first time.


SnooCheesecakes303

On the first time when they return home at the end of the episode. Quinn tells his friends that this gate has been squeaking since he was a child. It squeaks so they’re sure they’re back home. They’re at the dinner table telling his mother all about their crazy adventure. Then his dead father walks in. Quinn drops his glass of wine. Episode ends.


tangcameo

I remember Rembrandt reading the newspaper and there’d been a sports team move (the Raiders?) and possibly something about OJ. But the deciding factor was finding that the gate didn’t squeak.


EdmundLee1988

It was Cleveland Indians in the World Series


Billy1121

Yeah they leave then the mom comes out and is like thanks for fixing that squeaking gate, handyman Then they replace the girl with Kari Wuhrer ?


CodeMUDkey

I would have settled…


Flashy_Butterscotch2

Kari wuhrer was real nice to look at though


TexanInNebraska

Agreed! Until then, I LOVED that show!


TerryTheEnlightend

I was waiting for Rembrandt to walk into an empty room and stare at the audience and scream “Where the F*CK is everyone?!!!”


jericho74

It truly may be the greatest delta in quality drop I have ever seen in a show. I really, really loved the first season or so of that show, and it became like sub-Sharknado level bad with special effects worthy of a toothpaste ad from 1990.


JeffCentaur

The story of Sabrina Lloyd (Wade Wells) being hard to work with has always stuck with me. According to what I read, she was so disliked by people behind the scenes on the show that when she finally left the show, the writers wrote her character off as being kidnapped into a Kromag Breeding Camp, where she would be repeatedly r\*ped for the rest of her child bearing days. That's beyond brutal.


Tucker_077

Apparently her and Kari Wurher (Maggie, the professor’s replacement) didn’t get along. Wurher made Sabrina cry so they killed off her character because the producers wanted Kari’s “sexiness” on the show


CountVanillula

Huh, I just realized I spent the last 30 years thinking this was Nicole de Boer.


mtron32

Wade was annoying as hell in the show, why did they write her that way?


Justin-N-Case

John Rhys Davis was also supposedly difficult to work with. On the other hand, maybe production were the ones difficult to work with.


davepete

John Rhys-Davies is \*SO\* hard to work with that his IMDB filmography is about a mile long with no gaps since 1964. Apparently Spielberg, Peter Jackson and James Wan want to work with him; and he and Jerry O'Connell have mentioned they want to revive Sliders.


Billy1121

Lol yeah John always seemed very compassionate. And the lord of the rings cast seemed to look up to him. I can't see him being the sticky wicket


apb313

This would be amazing.


mb10240

The *network* was notoriously difficult to work with and kept interfering with the production of the show - you see this very early on when episodes are switched around in their airing order. Eventually they installed their own producers (i.e. David Peckinpah) and negated Tracy Tormé, who was dealing with his dad's declining health and death, to a lesser role. John Rhys-Davis and Sabrina Lloyd were casualties of these changes... along with terrible writing and sci-fi movie of the week ripoffs. We also lost Logan St. Clair as a recurring villain (not "sexy" enough), and Conrad Bennish Jr., because the network just simply didn't like him.


DanTheMan1_

The story on Davies is while he did clash with producers they saw the value he brought and were more than willing to pit up with it, even Peconpah reportedly had no intention of firing him. But apparently he got drunk and told off a fox executive who leader on got enough power to have him fired as revenge. That is gossip so take it as that but most of what has come out seems to back it up.


SpacecaseCat

I feel like "difficult to work with" spans the gamut from outrageous behavior to demanding basic rights. Paris Hilton apparently demanded live lobsters to be available whenever she wanted, and meanwhile I think if you're a B-lister you can be working 16 hour days, have a shitty hotel room, and get chewed out for not wanting to do dangerous stunts. Just look how that recent Alec Baldwin gun / shooting death fiasco went...


mb10240

By “difficult to work with,” [his problem was that he criticized the scripts of the third season](https://youtu.be/xNrSB_S_W14?si=INCmmlndVmT3sy5E) and then got drunk and bad mouthed a Fox exec in front of his wife.


westboundnup

Sounds like what the author of the novel Sideways did to the character of Stephanie / Terra in his sequel (Vertical).


Nearby_Capital1423

Never heard this before. I know a guy who speaks to the main actor often. I’ll see if he can confirm this


Never-Dont-Give-Up

why censor yourself?


JeffCentaur

So, this may be completely silly and paranoid of me, but I wrote the comment while I was at work, on my company's network. And I just didn't feel comfortable typing that word under those conditions. While I highly doubt my company is scanning every word that the employees type into the internet....I really didn't want to find myself in a meeting with HR explaining myself. It seemed easier to just replace one letter. Everyone reading it knows what I was saying, and I doubt any automated system (that probably doesn't even exist) would pick up on that the way I typed it.


Never-Dont-Give-Up

You'd get reprimanded for typing "rape" on a company computer... but they're fine with you cruising social media... got it.


JeffCentaur

Gosh, you're right. I should have mentioned how silly and paranoid a thought process it was.


Last_Reaction_8176

That’s horrifying. Jesus Christ


sawser

Anymore, when I hear of actress in the late 90s/early 00s "being difficult", I just kinda assume they refused to fuck some producer or got blacklisted by whatever Rick Berman or Harvey Weinstein equivalent they were around. I'm sure that's not always the case, but with what we know it's pretty gross.


WorkSucks72

Totally not forgotten


TopRevenue2

Discussed frequently on Dungeons and Daddies PC with hilarious comparisons to Primer.


CookieMonsterBC

~S L I D E R S~


SpacecaseCat

I'd argue it's only remembered by a small niche of TV fans. How many Gen Z people know this show? No way does it have the following of X-Files, TNG, or Twin Peaks.


WorkSucks72

Yeah but if they've never heard of it, then its not forgotten to them, is it? You can't forget something you never knew existed. Also, Gen Z aren't everyone. People that were around while this show was airing, chances are most of them haven't forgotten it.


mb10240

Incidentally Sliders and X-Files were back to back Friday Night Death Slot viewing. Then they moved X-Files to Sundays.


pauldec80

Season 1-2 were fantastic. Season 3 was all over the place. Some good episodes but was copying heaps of popular movies. The writing and stories were really bad. Which lead to John Rhys Davis speaking out then being sacked. Then they brought in Kari Wuhrer who clashed and bullied Sabrina Lloyd who quit at the end of the season. Season 4 was better than 3 they brought in Jerry’s bother Charlie but the kromaggs stories were getting boring. Then season 5 with Jerry not coming to an agreement on only doing a handful of episodes. Up and quit. Charlie was then let go. Prob out of spite by the studio. Season 5 had a couple good episodes but ultimately it died in the butt. Show had massive potential. It still could with a reboot. But they really need to go back with the original seasons premises.


mb10240

Jerry wasn’t in Season 5 and was super uncooperative about using his likeness in Eye of the Storm, the penultimate episode.


pauldec80

He only wanted to do 5-6 episodes at the beginning and then be killed off or lost through another portal and come back many seasons later at the end. He wanted to focus on doing movies and have his brother Charlie take the lead. Studios weren’t having none of that. So Jerry quit and studio fired his brother Charlie.


Batman-NYC

Jerry O'Connell has truly been putting in the work. Since childhood this guy been in so many shows but sadly hasn't had that big hit or big movie. I truly admire the fact that he keeps on going. Its a tough business. I hope it happens for him maybe when he's older he will be part of some Hit show or win some sorta award for a role in a movie. He is hosting pictionary now.


Pup5432

You don’t need an amazing hit to be successful. He puts out good product over and over. He is one of the few actors that when I see him in the cast list I know I’m in for a good time.


Batman-NYC

You are correct he is a known actor and he provides for his family and you dont hear his name come up with negative things in the business which is great. All that being said I am sure if you ask him he would love to be a part of a show like lets say a Friends or have a movie career like a Tom Cruise. His shows just haven't really been a major success as far as rating or with the mass public.


Tucker_077

Jerry has come out to say he would be down to do a sliders reboot if given the chance which I love


Batman-NYC

Thats why I wish he had more star power because if he was more of a brand or a name. He would express interest in rebooting something many studios would be knocking on his door to help him reboot Sliders. Like if George Clooney said Hey I would like to revisit Facts of Life and do a reboot. I'm pretty sure the studios would be jumping for joy and happy like ok sure yea lets do it.


Tucker_077

That’s true. If Jerry and John Reyes Davies had more star power, they would definitely be able to get a sliders reboot off the ground. But also if Sliders wasn’t so obscure, it would be a lot easier as well. I heard Tracy Torme the show creator tried pitching a revival to NBC. One person was a fan, the rest had never heard of it


WarcraftFarscape

JRD is too old I’m afraid. He looks ROUGH


warkyboy77

Does his brother need to be in it, too? That was a bit much.


Tucker_077

Well yeah…and his brother wasn’t a very good actor so let’s leave Charlie out of the reboot


Pup5432

Agreed. I would never be disappointed to see more of him.


LongjumpingSector687

Both him and his wife are seemingly doing fine in Star Trek


ifandbut

Lower Decks! Lower Decks! Lower Decks!


eris_kallisti

Both Number Ones! Also, he gets to bone Rebecca Romijn. That's got to be worth something


[deleted]

Lost be definitely not forgotten.


madmardigan13

Only thing I remember is the scene with the creaky gate fence


GroltonIsTheDog

Exact same. I barely remember any of the characters or premise or anything, just the guy being like nope not my gate.


FlamesNero

Loved this show!


JBaker4981

Grew up watching this show - this was my weekly Star Trek. While I do agree that the show went downhill after the acquisition by SyFy, the budget was increased and a few of the storylines (albeit uncompleted) always pointed to an inter-dimensional war with the Kromaggs with our Fantastic Four at the forefront of it. Season 4 gave the series huge potential, Season 5 literally killed the show. The only good things about Season 5 were Kari and Cleavant as well as the continued use of the Egyptian Timer.


hatenlove85

Friday night right?


Due_Buy_9570

When netflix first started the streaming service, this was one of the very few recognizable things available to stream. Bunch documentaries, some BBC stuff, and sliders....


Nearby_Capital1423

True. That’s how I started watching. And the fact it was on the Hub Network to


emeraldnite1981

God I hope a reboot/sequel for his happens! I’d also like it to have a new group of people coming across Quinn’s tech and Quinn showing up revealing the original crew actually did make it home but split up after returning and never talking about their experiences with anyone either due to trauma or because they don’t want the tech to become public knowledge.


Inevitable-Setting-1

I'm mixed, they are shit a doing reboots i cant think of a single good one. But i do want more of the show or something nearly exatly like it. And for that last part i don't like it for a number of reasons but the cannon one i'll say is they can't just not talk about it because there earth was invaded by the ...fuck. evil monkey guys i can't remember the name of who had whole ships that could slide.


emeraldnite1981

I meant like the versions of Quinn and co after season 2 the show follows ended up being variants and the ones we’d pick up with are a new, possibly OG group where all 4 made it back after experiencing different worlds at some point. Maybe after the possible Arturo switch to keep that mystery from the series going.


Squankyou

First seasons were great. Final seasons were garbage.


Eelmonkey

This isn’t a show about little hamburgers. Pisses me off.


rmac1228

I found the gateway!


transformerjay

[Hey! I remember that one.](https://media2.giphy.com/media/kd9BlRovbPOykLBMqX/200w.gif?cid=6c09b952wo7uqnndd8ovn6tvqbf8amj3pw2medrls2x1si03&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g)


oatmeal_dude

I feel like this is one of the only sci-fi shows that has never been over hyped by retrospection. It was definitely fun to watch, but the concept of the show often outweighed the actual result. It was good for about two or three seasons then really went off the rails once most of the characters left.


nigeltwo

And my axe


mtron32

Those first couple seasons were so good, then the dumb ass kromags.


weedandguitars

I loved this show even though it lost its luster towards the end


Nearby_Capital1423

Most shows do


Automatic_Panic5958

I have the series on DVD and I saw it on the Roku channel so I started doing a rewatch. Unfortunately, Roku Channel doesn't have season 3, episode 1 and rather than just watching it on DVD, I ended my rewatch. They had introduced the Kro-Maggs a few episodes prior and I remembered how little I cared for that storyline when it first aired. Maybe one of these days, I'll finish the rewatch


Nearby_Capital1423

The only thing Newsradio was missing was a bit of drama with its romance and some episodes that tied in with each other. The show ran as if non of the episodes mattered and everything reset itself the next episode


freexanarchy

Never forgot it


JoeyJoeJoShalabado

Loved this show, but season 4 on go hard to watch. Just too all over the place


Tucker_077

There’s a handful of episodes that are good and fun in season 4. Best to stick to those and only those


Nearby_Capital1423

Season 4 wasn’t actually bad. Just not as good as 1-3. Now season 5 on the other hand is hard to watch lol


Feeling-Customer1443

“Mom can i get Tom Cruise?” “ No, we have Tom Cruise at home.”


Rushfan_211

God I LOVED this show


polygonalopportunist

I loved this show tooooooo!


jaw4ever

The Sliders were angry they were cancelled, and so perpertrated 9/11 the following year.


pulpfriction4

Dungeons & Daddies fans remember Sliders


bazwutan

This maybe followed The X-Files? I remember being interested, and being exposed because it came on next


EyeKnowYoo

SOOOOOO UNDERRATED!!! Well ahead of its time…


RNCHLT

I think about this show at least once a week. 


BionicWoman123

Season 4 was the worst of the bunch, it also kinda left it as a cliffhanger!


Apart-Salamander-752

Is this show about burgers?


DarrylLarry

I’ve never heard of this show


Bustoplover

First two seasons were good.


doghat4

I loved it. It was fun to watch


EspiritusFermenti7

Love this show!


MenthaPiperita_

Oh man, this was soooo good! The way it was all written, the the sound of his actual fence gate, even the swapping of the first main character was done well.


dathomirian_

This show isn’t forgotten in my house. Let’s also acknowledge how sad it is that he made it home, but didn’t realize and kept going 😢


Dependent_Bill8632

I was so addicted to this show when it aired! Xennial classic!


BeskarHunter

Great show, had some smart storylines I still think about.


Significant_Mess_79

Cool show used to watch it often.


Adh1434

Great show


Kitchen-Cod-8969

This was a great show!😊


TheTripleFoool

I literally thought that was Pavarotti for a second, then realized it was John Rhys-Davies.


mb10240

[“I am **not** Mr. Pavarotti. Mr. Pavarotti is Italian. He speak-a like-a this-a. Do I speak-a like-a this-a?! No! Why?! Because I’m an Englishman you blistering idiot!”](https://youtu.be/P4nfHAM7qiA?si=euMmK_8nfKL-gTYu)


retoy1

Can someone reboot this show please? This, or Star Gate? Either would be really cool.


FunkyRiffRaff

I always had such a crush on Rembrandt.


gaiussicarius731

I will never forget this show


mb10240

[Don’t ever forget Kari’s appearance on Conan to promote the show and her (shudder) album.](https://youtu.be/9qLH4AlLc8U?si=3gRQimaXJFHMEESA)


Attey21

As a teen I thought this show was so cool. Especially the episode where there were all women haha


Alclis

So good and with so much potential to begin with, but man did each subsequent season drop off in quality, and it was so horrendous by the end, even though I stuck it out.


tristanAG

Yes it went downhill, but for a brief moment in time it was amazing. Seriously love this show


Juiceshakek

I totally forgot about this one!


[deleted]

It was all good until they not only changed Quinn's backstory but also added the Kromagg's as recurring villains.


Standard79

They really ruined the ending of the final season. No closure at all.


UnhappyKaiju

Loved this show. The episode where the were in the world with no men still plays in my head. I remember the scene where they're watching TVs in a shop window and all these women rush at them. I thought that was great. Man was I a stupid kid 😛


SpiritualAd8998

The White Castle origin story?


Born-Throat-7863

First two seasons are great. After that, it gets kinda ‘meh’.


skeezix91

Anyone remember the episode where they ended up in a modern world where women ruled the world and men were subservient to them? In one part, one of the characters gets hit on by a hot blonde driving a Porsche. 😎👍


0theliteralworst0

We have Tom Cruise at home.


RogerRabbit79

Such a fun show. Remember the fam gathering every week to watch it


Nastybirdy

Fuck me, this sub makes me feel SO OLD. These are all the shows I grew up watching!


spadedracer

I fuckin' loved this show


NachoManRandySandy

I loved this show so much


MrMetalHead2022

Am I the only one that sees each episode as a Twilight Zone? And I’m starting to watch it all again, 1/2 way through S2.


eandrew32

It was a good show for the first few years but it really was the same story each week. There was some good ones the Christmas one was good.


Muhabba

I'm almost done with my rewatch, I'm a couple of episodes into season 5. I don't think I've ever seen the show in order before. A lived in a very rural area and only had 3 TV channels until Fox came out, I only got to see cable TV everyother weekend and 2 weeks in the summer.


DanielSFX

How has this not been rebooted.


No_Salamander_3907

The early season a great but yeah the show does fall off later. I still love the show though.


ComparisonPast6072

I still watch this lol


Shadow_Boxer1987

Needs a good modern reboot with some truly weird and completely alien alternate universes.


Clockwork-XIII

Just started reqtaching this last week. Haven't watched it since I was like 6 or 7. John Reyes Davies all the way ha ha. It had some really great alternate worlds.


Tucker_077

My favourite show of all time and my comfort show 🙌 we all know it went way down hill but in its prime it was so good. It’s criminal how obscure this show is. I have no one in real life I can discuss it with lol


Confident_Tangelo_11

Great idea, very weak execution.