| “Gillian of the Spirits” | |||||||
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 3 | ||||||
| Written by | Tracy Tormé | ||||||
| Directed by | Richard Compton | ||||||
| Guest stars | Gillian Barber Alex Ferguson Peter Fleming Tom Butler Mitchell Kosterman Sheelah Megill Deanna Milligan Nicole Parker Gerard Plunkett Silvio Pollio Greg Rogers William Sasso | ||||||
| Production no. | SL-207 | ||||||
| Original airdate | 1996-03-15 | ||||||
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| List of Sliders episodes | |||||||
Gillian of the Spirits was the third episode of the second season of the television show Sliders. It aired on March 15 1996.
Summary
The Sliders find themselves in a world where new technology is outlawed and the 50s are alive and well. However before they enter this earth, a lightning bolt strikes the wormhole, damaging the timer and rendering Quinn, who had been the last to go through, invisible. No one can see or hear him except for Gillian, a girl who has a history of hearing voices.
Trivia
- When the taxi driver hears Gillian talking to Quinn, he asks if she is talking to him. He repeats this and then says you must be since I'm the only one here. This is reference to the movie Taxi Driver in which Robert De Niro plays a taxi driver.
- Mike Butler makes his second appearance in the show playing Michael Mallory as Quinn's dad. He first appeared in the pilot.
- This is third appearance of the character Gomez Calhoun who is the worker at the hotel and is played by William Sasso. He had previously appeared in the episodes "Fever" and "The King is Back"
- Originally this episode was going to be called "A World Beyond."
- Even though the Astral Plane is a key factor in the vortex. This is the only episode that mentions it.
Episode goofs
- In the end when they were in Nude world you can see the under wire of the woman's brasserie.
- Michael Mallory recognizes his son as an adult despite the fact that the Quinn Mallory of this world died of polio as a kid.
- Arturo says the vortex only stays open for 60 seconds but in the scene it actually was open for nearly 3 minutes.
- Arturo says there is 17 seconds left on the timer, but it takes 27 seconds to open the vortex, so in reality they missed the opportunity.
- Even though Quinn is unable to touch or hold an object and passes through people, he manages to sit in a chair, and take a taxi ride.
- How does Quinn survive if he can't eat food or drink water?
Earths visited
- Rain World- An earth were San Fransisco constantly has violent storms.
- 50s World- An earth where new technology is outlawed. It is always the 50s with the same movies, music, cars and technology (no tv, second and minute hand watches, etc.)
- Nude World- An earth where everyone is a nudest.