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Sliders :: Pilot (2) (01x02)
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| Title: | Pilot (2) |
| Episode #: | 01x02 |
| Production Number: | 83535 |
| Original Airdate: | Wednesday March 22nd, 1995 |
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 United Kingdom |
Oct 04, 1996 |
 France |
Oct 04, 1996 |
 Ireland |
Oct 04, 1996 |
 NL (Sci-Fi) |
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Episode Summary |
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After barely escaping the last world, the Sliders think they are home. But to their horror, Quinn and Arturo learn they are not and have instead arrived on a world where the Soviet Union rules America. Rembrandt has been arrested for trying to use American money and the only way to save him is for the others to help a group of revolutionaries rescue their imprisoned leader.
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Attorney Ross J. Kelley's ("I will fight for you!") phone number is 1-800-555-1948.
| Look closely, and you'll see Quinn not only hands the bum regular cash, but some of the communist cash as well.
| In the final world they visit, the Quinn from that world has also started sliding, and has vanished.
| This is the last episode where they make reference to the power dial, since they travel at full power all the time from this point on.
| The part where Rembrandt sings "Amazing Grace" was added to give his character depth. But years later in DVD commentary, the creators say they would have taken it out because it seemed so offbeat.
| On our earth, the People's Court was taken off the air in 1993, and wasn't brought back until 1997. Apparently, this version managed to survive past the original cancelation date. The set in the episode is not the original set. It was rebuilt by the staff as best they could. Also, look carefully at the sign in the hallway. The "R" in Court is backwards.
| Look closely at the t-shirts the rebels wear. The Statue Of Liberty is holding an AK-47 instead of a torch.
| The red Lenin money was printed special for this episode alone, to give the look of real money. Since then, the show has had to rely on plain paper.
| Several scenes were removed from the second half of the show, including a trip through the Communist Museum where they claimed to have invented everything from the telephone, the car, baseball, and several other items.
| During the end credits, the video of Rembrandt and the Spinning Topps performing "Cry Like A Man" is played.
| This episode was originally played as a two-hour TV movie, just before the X-Files. It was the highest rated premiere of 1995.
| Garwin Sanford, who appeared in this episode as Doc, was also in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Enigma" as Narim. Both the "Pilot" and "Enigma" featured cats named Schrodinger, one belonging to Quinn and one belonging to Carter. (Editor's note: Gary Jones (Michael Hurley) also plays Sergeant Walter Davis/Harriman on Stargate SG-1.)
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Announcer: Mr. Brown, if I could ask you a quick question? Obviously Commissar Wapner didn't believe a thing you had to say. How does that make you feel?
Rembrandt: Well how do you think I feel, fool? I am never watching this show again. Small claims my <bleep>.
Announcer: Well thank you very much. Right now Officer Burrell has a few confessions you must sign. Rusty, get this man out of here.
| Commissar Wapner: I sentence you to fifteen years in the Alaskan Gulag, without the possibility of parole.
Rembrandt: Fifteen years?!
Commissar Wapner: Fifteen years.
Rembrandt: Don't you mean fifteen dollars?
| Rembrandt: (referring to People's Court) Man, I am never watching this show again!
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All we ever see is one version of Wade running out. Where's the other Wade?
| If they fail, the entire West Coast uprising will be finished? You mean to say that the entire fighting force from Utah to California is sitting in San Francisco? Not much of a force, is it.
| Why is it many people speak with a Russian accent or speak it mildly fluently, but there's nothing actually written in Russian?
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Quinn: Yeah I know. It's Tournament of Champions week. I miss it too.
A funny reference to the show Jeopardy!
| The People's Court
This episode features a parody of the famous show The People's Court, which included the original cast of Judge Wapner, Doug Llewelyn, and the bailiff Rusty.
| Phonebooth: Peoples Telephone & Telegraph.
The PT&T logo obviously makes fun of the famous phone company (and their slogan at the time) AT&T.
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Arturo makes a reference to Einstein's regret about helping make the atom bomb. This reference would later be used as an idea for the episode "Last Days."
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