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The Best Episodes of Sliders Season 3

Every episode of Sliders Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sliders Season 3!

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In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Sliders Season 3 Episode 4 - The Guardian
    8.0/10(369 votes)

    S3:E4

    The Sliders arrive on a world just like their own, only time is moving at a rate of twelve years slower than normal. There, Quinn encounters his young double and tries to change an upcoming event in his life, despite the other Sliders' warnings.

    Director:Adam Nimoy
    Writer:Tracy Tormé

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  2. Sliders Season 3 Episode 2 - Double Cross
    7.8/10(332 votes)

    S3:E2

    On a world quickly running out of natural resources, Rembrandt meets his number one fan but finds her to be a little too friendly. Meanwhile, Quinn and the others meet Logan, a scientist at Prototronics that's trying to develop sliding. However, they learn her plans for sliding are far from noble.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writers:Paul Jackson, Tony Blake

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  3. Sliders Season 3 Episode 16 - The Exodus (1)
    7.4/10(304 votes)

    S3:E16

    Things don't look good for the Sliders when they slide to a world that's about to be eradicated by a rogue pulsar. Soon they discover that this world has been developing sliding technology and pool their resources with the U.S. government in a race to escape to a parallel Earth.

    Director:Jim Charleston
    Writers:Tony Blake, Paul Jackson

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  4. Sliders Season 3 Episode 10 - Dead Man Sliding
    7.3/10(299 votes)

    S3:E10

    On a world where the legal system is in the form of televised game shows, Quinn is arrested, tried and sentenced to death for the crimes of his double.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Nan Hagan

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  5. Sliders Season 3 Episode 1 - Rules of the Game
    7.2/10(343 votes)

    S3:E1

    The Sliders become involuntarily apart of a human war game where the only winners are the ones that stay alive.

    Director:Oscar L. Costo
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  6. Sliders Season 3 Episode 12 - Season's Greedings
    7.2/10(314 votes)

    S3:E12

    On a world where people are enticed by consumerism and giant malls in the sky, the Sliders get jobs as mall employees to find the mother of an abandoned child. Arturo is a reluctant Santa, Rembrandt and Wade his elves while Quinn gets an administrative job. Meanwhile, Wade faces some strong emotions when she meets her sister and father.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Eleah Horwitz

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  7. Sliders Season 3 Episode 13 - Murder Most Foul
    7.2/10(293 votes)

    S3:E13

    On an over-worked world with an uptight population, Arturo is thought to be a fracture and is sent to a fantasy camp for a form of relaxation. When the others find him, they see he has been brainwashed into thinking he is a great detective on the trail of a Jack the Ripper-like murderer.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writer:David E. Peckinpah

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  8. Sliders Season 3 Episode 17 - The Exodus (2)
    7.1/10(303 votes)

    S3:E17

    Quinn and Maggie return to her world with Earth Prime's coordinates stored in Jensen's timer. As Wade makes the final list for those who can slide to safety, Arturo races to modify the new timer to slide more people. Unfortunately for them, an unexpected danger lurks the base and one Slider will not make it to the next world.

    Director:Jefery Levy
    Writers:Josef Anderson, Tony Blake, Paul Jackson

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  9. Sliders Season 3 Episode 11 - State of the A.R.T.
    7.0/10(309 votes)

    S3:E11

    The Sliders land on a world where the human race was wiped out by robots. Quinn and Rembrandt are captured by the robot's demented creator and are going to be used in a mind-transfer experiment.

    Director:John T. Kretchmer
    Writer:Nan Hagan

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  10. Sliders Season 3 Episode 3 - Electric Twister Acid Test
    6.6/10(336 votes)

    S3:E3

    The Sliders arrive on a world where electric tornadoes have almost completely wiped out the population. They find a secluded village somehow protected from the tornadoes and a dictator that may prevent the team from ever sliding again.

    Director:Oscar L. Costo
    Writer:Scott Smith Miller

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  11. Sliders Season 3 Episode 6 - Desert Storm
    6.6/10(329 votes)

    S3:E6

    The Sliders land on a world with little water and come to the aid of a mysterious young woman whose gift to find water is being exploited by a group of thugs.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:Matt Dearborn

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  12. Sliders Season 3 Episode 8 - The Fire Within
    6.6/10(289 votes)

    S3:E8

    After barely escaping a world engulfed in flames, the Sliders now find themselves in a Los Angeles dependent on the sale and production of oil. Unfortunately, they learn they've brought along a piece of the fire from the last world and that it has a mind of it's own.

    Director:Jefery Levy
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  13. Sliders Season 3 Episode 9 - The Prince of Slides
    6.6/10(286 votes)

    S3:E9

    On a world where the American government is a monarchy, Rembrandt is mistaken for his double and discovers that he is about to be a father of royalty. The only problem is, on this world, it's the men who give birth to children.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Eleah Horwitz

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  14. Sliders Season 3 Episode 14 - Slide Like an Egyptian
    6.6/10(284 votes)

    S3:E14

    On a world ruled by Egyptian culture, Quinn is used in a life-after-death experiment and thought dead. The others miss the slide when trying to save a woman from a sacrifice and become trapped in a pyramid with a big scarab.

    Director:Adam Nimoy
    Writer:Scott Smith Miller

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  15. Sliders Season 3 Episode 15 - Paradise Lost
    6.5/10(279 votes)

    S3:E15

    The Sliders arrive in a small community, where the citizens are all young and fearful of outsiders. They don't expect much trouble, until they uncover a deadly secret.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:Steve Stoliar

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  16. Sliders Season 3 Episode 5 - The Dream Masters
    6.4/10(353 votes)

    S3:E5

    On a world where a group of social misfits have learned to torture people by entering their dreams, Wade becomes a target of the group's leader.

    Director:Jefery Levy
    Writers:Melinda M. Snodgrass, Scott Smith Miller

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  17. Sliders Season 3 Episode 7 - Dragonslide
    6.4/10(306 votes)

    S3:E7

    On a world of magic and dragons, Quinn is mistaken for a wizard and kidnapped by an evil warlock bent on immortality. Meanwhile, Wade tries to help Rembrandt's love troubles with a love potion, but it backfires and makes Rembrandt fall in love with her.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writers:Tony Blake, Paul Jackson

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  18. Sliders Season 3 Episode 18 - Sole Survivors
    6.3/10(294 votes)

    S3:E18

    The Sliders arrive on a world where a strange bacteria transformed the inhabitants into flesh-eating zombies. When Quinn is bitten, he begins to turn into one of them.

    Director:David E. Peckinpah
    Writer:Steven Kriozere

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  19. Sliders Season 3 Episode 19 - The Breeder
    6.2/10(280 votes)

    S3:E19

    A creature embeds a parasite in Maggie just before the slide, which takes the Sliders to a world where young adults are used in a mandatory organ-donor program. The others will have to find Maggie before she finds the perfect mate and lays her eggs.

    Director:Paris Barclay
    Writer:Eleah Horwitz

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  20. Sliders Season 3 Episode 20 - The Last of Eden
    6.2/10(274 votes)

    S3:E20

    Wade and Rembrandt recall their slide to a world plagued by earthquakes and populated by primitive people. Wade falls into a deep chasm and Quinn goes to rescue her, while Rembrandt learns of Arturo's illness.

    Director:Allan Eastman
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  21. Sliders Season 3 Episode 21 - The Other Slide of Darkness
    6.2/10(267 votes)

    S3:E21

    The Sliders track Rickman to a superstitious town. Their search is further complicated when Quinn and Maggie are captured by natives living in a mysterious fog. There, Quinn runs into someone from his past--himself.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writers:Scott Smith Miller, Nan Hagan

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  22. Sliders Season 3 Episode 23 - Dinoslide
    6.2/10(261 votes)

    S3:E23

    The Sliders' chase for Rickman takes them back to the world they helped colonize, the New World. Only they find that the colonists are being hunted by a hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:David E. Peckinpah

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  23. Sliders Season 3 Episode 24 - Stoker
    6.0/10(282 votes)

    S3:E24

    Wade falls under the spell of a rock band's charismatic lead singer, who is really a vampire and looking to use Wade to get the timer. Meanwhile, the others try to track down Rickman.

    Director:Jerry O'Connell
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  24. Sliders Season 3 Episode 25 - This Slide of Paradise
    5.9/10(285 votes)

    S3:E25

    The Sliders track Rickman to a world where a mad scientist has been experimenting with genetic testing and has created a race of human hybrids.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writer:Nan Hagan

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  25. Sliders Season 3 Episode 22 - Slither
    5.3/10(268 votes)

    S3:E22

    While on vacation, Quinn and Rembrandt get mixed up in an illegal snake deal and find themselves stuck in the middle of no where surrounded by deadly snakes. Meanwhile, Wade and Maggie get involved with a shady man in their search for the others.

    Director:Jim Johnston
    Writers:Tony Blake, Paul Jackson

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Guardian" is the best rated episode of "Sliders" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 369 votes. Directed by Adam Nimoy and written by Tracy Tormé, it aired on 10/11/1996. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Double Cross".