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The show died after Exodus Part 1 & 2 in Season 3


Sliders was one of my favorite shows as a kid.

When Arturo was killed, the show started a downhill slide and never came back.

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Loved that show, but yes there was a little of this & that. Just kept rolling down hill.

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Agreed

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I've gotten to Season 5, and it looks like a completely new show. I just let it run in the background on Netflix while I do other things.

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Yes it did. I'm watching the series for the second time and have pretty much decided to not go past these two episodes.

All they had to do was have our four beloved characters go to alternative Earth after alternative Earth and keep them alive no matter how hairy of a situation they had gotten into. It was a simple and effective formula for a great television show and the show runners dropped the ball.















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Arturo is my favourite character and I think it was a mistake they killed him off. I think the original four are the best though I've no problem with Maggie, Colin, Mallory, or Diana. Considering some shows go for 10 or 11 seasons Sliders is pretty short at just five. I've come across I like that only ran for a few seasons such as Seven Days and Big Wolf on Campus and then others shows I'm not into that run for much longer. Some of these soaps have been going for decades though I've no interest in them.

Sliders changed a lot over the seasons because of cast changes.

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Well, they also tried to explain away why they still had "Quinn" on their team but in a different body/actor. And now they call him Mallory instead of using Quinn or Q-Ball as Remmy says it.

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That's unfortunate. That's what I'm up to. Just finished the exodus episodes. So I guess I don't have much to look forward to is what you're saying

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All they had to do was have our four beloved characters go to alternative Earth after alternative Earth and keep them alive no matter how hairy of a situation they had gotten into. It was a simple and effective formula for a great television show and the show runners dropped the ball.

It wasn't the showrunners' fault. As any longtime Sliders fan will tell you, it was egregious network interference (during the latter FOX years) that completely upended the show's premise, and led to creator Tracy Tormé as well as actor John Rhys-Davies leaving the series after it went down the crapper during Season 3. All the stupid changes that were made to the show went completely against the creator's wishes.

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The show died after Exodus Part 1 & 2 in Season 3


I disagree, as much as I liked and missed The Professor. I say it happened with first episode of Season 5 with the ridiculous explanation for the recast.

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No, the introduction of the Kromags started the slide.

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The Kromaggs were a great villain in Invasion. It's what they did to them from Season 4 onwards that was totally unbelievable.

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Well.. this show made a habit of jumping the shark in every episode.

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Well.. this show made a habit of jumping the shark in every episode.
It jumped the shark from Season 3 onwards although there's about five good/great episodes in the season if you know where to look for them.

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