| “El Sid” | |||||||
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 5 | ||||||
| Written by | Jon Povill | ||||||
| Directed by | Paris Barclay | ||||||
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"El Sid" is the third episode of the second season for the science fiction television show Sliders. In this episode, Quinn rescues a woman on a violent world. Her boyfriend, a criminal, pursues, and jumps the slide.
Plot
The initial "violent world" of which Sid and his girlfriend leave are shown just long enough to show why Sid makes the jump with his girlfriend.
Once the Sliders arrive in the next world, they are able to arrange safety in government housing. This was with the aid of one of Sid's "friends" from the previous world, but his friend does not recognize him. They are given bracelets and assigned into "the buddy system" to ensure that they do not cause trouble. In short order Quinn discovers that in this world San Francisco is a penal colony as it is only a matter of time before earthquakes destroy San Francisco. The colony is administered by a group known as the custodians.
Sid attempts to rob an ATM and the custodians attack. Quinn meets up with the others (including Sid's girlfriend) only to flee into the hands of a trap with a gang of criminals. They are forced to relinquish the timer. During a gun fight between the custodians and the gang, Quinn secures the timer only to meet up with Sid and the custodians as they flee the gun fight.
They are imprisoned. The Professor manages to secure the timer. During that attempt, Sid tries to stop the Sliders. Sid's girlfriend shoots Sid, and jumps with the Sliders onto the next world; however you do not see her in the next episode.
In a blooper, when the 4 sliders and Michelle (Sid's girlfriend) exit the "BART" station (Bay area Rapid Transit, San Francisco) a logo on the wall reads "Great Western Railway"...Great western Railway is in Ontario, Canada...where Sliders was filmed in season 2.