This is one of my favorite Sliders episodes of all time, and I don't remember having seen it before tonight. Thank you, Netflix!
The constant Wizard of Oz nods are amazing, and I love that you don't even notice them until about halfway through. But from them on, it's a wild ride on a new Oz quest: to steal the sliding machine blueprints from the witch doctor and take them back to the sorcerer ("the wizard"). Who turns out to be...
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this world's Quinn, with long hair. And he knows how to get the sliders home. This episode featured one of the best episodes of the show, perhaps of ANY show. And, if you don't already know what that is:
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the sliders DO end up making it home, but they only have about a minute to figure out if it's real or not. They check the squeaky gate, but it doesn't squeak. Disappointed, they slide into another world. And then Mrs. Mallory comes out of the house with a repairman, who has fixed the gate that has squeaked since Quinn was 12.
She misses her son.
SUCH a good ending. This is the first time (of many, sometimes knowingly) that the sliders make it back home.
I can't wait to continue watching the show again. It's been way too long.moreless
The sliders arrive on a strange world ruled by superstition and mysticism. When Quinn gets into debt with a local witch doctor, his only hope of escape seems to lie with a mysterious Sorcerer.
 Cleavant Derricks |
Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown |
 Jerry O'Connell |
Quinn Mallory |
 Sabrina Lloyd |
Wade Wells |
 John Rhys-Davies |
Professor Maximillian P. Arturo |
Mikal Dughi |
Nurse |
Guest Star |
Phil Fondacaro |
Bounty Hunter |
Guest Star |
Deanne Henry |
Mrs. Mallory |
Guest Star |
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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions
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TRIVIA (6)
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The Witch Doctor's office. When Arturo and Wade are reading the certificates, nearly every frame is crooked orskewed.
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In the scene where Wade is identifying the eye chart as being the witches alphabet, she mentions that her friends name was Sabrina, which happens to be Wade's name in real life.
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Nitpick: When Arturo is leaning on Quinn's tombstone, the stone wobbles several times, even though it is fused onto a thick, stone base.
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Nitpick: Although there are strong winds before the first jump, only the leaves near Quinn and Wade are flowing in the wind. The leaves in the wheelbarrow and further away are still.
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Nitpick: In the tent on the opening world, Quinn clutches his right shoulder. Later in the episode he is clutching his left shoulder.
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Nitpick: When Professor Arturo is examining the items on the witch doctor's wall, a boom mic appears at the bottom of the frame.
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QUOTES (9)
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Mrs. Mallory: (on the squeaky gate) Quinn always said he was going to fix it.
Gardener: I know how much you miss him. But he'll be back one day, Mrs. M. I know he will. -
Fortune Teller: You are a man who feels slighted...because you were never fully appreciated in your chosen profession. Those are the invisible chains you bear.
Arturo: This is absurd. I don't have to be a part of this...
Fortune Teller: You resent the boy...because it all comes so easy to him. You are Salieri to his Mozart, yes? And because he reminds you of the son you've neglected back home. -
Wade: What's [Dr. Xang] saying?
Arturo: He's coming onto you. -
Rembrandt: I'll have you know that this isn't the first time the Crying Man has walked on air.
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Wade: (responding to spooky sounds)What was that?
Arturo: An owl.
Rembrandt: Oh yeah, and what was that?
Arturo: That was a Night-Wobbler! ...or a vulture.
Wade: What's a wobbler?
Rembrandt: Who was that?
Arturo: A nightingale on medication. Hahaha! Come on.
Rembrandt: Yeah... funny, Professor.
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Dr. Xang: Your friend's headache is annihilated.
Arturo: Headache? He's got a gunshot wound in his shoulder!
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Quinn: Here's the bad news: fifty-three seconds until the next window. If this isn't home, if we're wrong ... we're stuck here.
Rembrandt: I don't know, guys. According to this, O.J. Simpson was tried for a double murder, the Raiders play in Oakland, the Cleveland Indians made the World Series.
Wade: A lot could have happened since we left.
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Arturo: (After the Sliders are presented with a rather large bill from Dr. Xang) Given the fraudulent nature of this man's claims, I suggest a response that harkens back to our childhoods..Run! Run like hell!!
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Arturo: There's one constant about every America we visit.
Rembrandt: Yeah, the healthcare system always sucks.
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NOTES (2)
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Several scenes were deleted from the final version of the episode, explaining what "Witchcraft" Quinn did to "Regular" Quinn's timer. These scenes were not included on the seasons one and two DVD.
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Originally, FOX wouldn't allow any kind of resolution to last season's cliffhanger. They believed that after nearly a year, no one would remember there was a cliffhanger. Tracy Torme fought them on this issue and somewhat succeeded, getting a short teaser devoted to trying to wrap things up.
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ALLUSIONS (3)
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A Christmas Carol
When the crew is asleep in their room, the sound ofclunk,thenchains draggingis heard.
This is an allusion to when Jacob Marley visited Ebeneezer Scrooge to warn him of three impending spirits. -
The Wizard of Oz
Not only is the structure of the plot quite similar to The Wizard of Oz, but the last name of the Sorcerer's assistant, Gale, mirrors that of Dorothy Gale from the famous film.
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Wade: It's the witches alphabet. My friend Sabrina was into this stuff.
A nod to another Universal produced show, Sabrina The Teenage Witch.
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