Episode 1 of "Sliders"
s01e01 Pilot (1/2)
Title: Pilot (1/2)
Original Air Date: 03/22/1995 on Fox
Director: Andy Tennant
Writer: Tracy Torme
Guest Stars: Garwin Sanford (Doc), Roger R. Cross (Wilkins), Alex Bruhanski (Pavel Kurlienko), Jason Gaffney (Conrad Bennish Jr. (Uncredited)), Frank C. Turner (Crazy Kenny), Gary Jones (Michael Hurley), Don MacKay (Artie Field), Tom Butler (Michael Mallory), Jay Brazeau (KGB Colonel), John Novak), Andrew Kavadas (Vendor), Doug Llewelyn (Comrade Llewelyn), Larry Musser (Jake (Uncredited)), Yee Jee Tso (Wing), Wayne Cox (PBS Spokesman), Raoul Ganeev (Sentry), Harry Shearer (Day Tripper (Uncredited)), Rusty Burrell (Rusty the Bailiff (Uncredited)), Joseph A. Wapner (Commissar Wapner)
Plot Outline:
While working in his basement, Quinn Mallory opens the gateway to parallel worlds. For a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher, Professor Arturo, along. Upon opening the vortex, Quinn uses too much power, which causes the vortex to suck them in along with Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, who happened to be driving by Quinn's house. The four arrive on a world that experienced an ecological disaster and will have to survive until the timer hits zero.