LACK OF FOCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is it in a nutshell. The show had a great premise, an amzing cast and talented people behind the scenes.

However, the FOX network wanted to better demographics. Folks, whenever people start talking about demographics this is a sure sign that things are probably going to go downhill fast.

Sliders had a great pilot and a number of good episodes. I liked the episodes featuring the woman dominated society, protected dinosaurs that could offer hope for the sick with new medicines, the episode where Quinn met a younger version of himself and the introduction of the Kromaggs.

If the show would have continued on those veins, it really could have been something.

However, we got a show that kept changing focus. At one time Quinn and Wade had romantic feelings towards one another, later it was Remy and Wade and later on it was Quinn and Maggie.

Also Maggie was brought in to create some conflict. Although I agree conflict among the main chacters is good, this show was an exception. I liked the fact that the group was considered something of a family...it had a cool ``us versus the world'' vide to it, which I think really was the heart of this show.

They were constantly faced with new dangers and the fact they banded together to face them really made the show for me. That was lost when they were at each other's throats.

However we ended up getting episodes that were bad takes on popular movies, some zombies and stories that made no sense (remember the episode where time was going backwards or living fire...my head still spins at those.)

Still I do give some credit to Kari W. in turning Maggie from an abrasive character into a more well-rounded character. The rest of the cast (in all its forms) did the best they could.

I blame the powers that be.

I think by the time the show came to SCI-FI, they started to turn it around with better stories, but by the last season, so much had changed and there was very little that could be done.

I think SLIDERS had the potential to be the next STAR TREK in terms of telling those stories that can make us look at ourselves and the world we live in from a fresh perspective.

When are the network suits going to learn that ``retooling'' usually means a death sentence for any series.

It failed with SEAQUEST DSV, MILLENIUM and SLIDERS.

I will give SLIDERS some credit. Having 88 episodes is quite an accomplishment for any genre series. They had good episodes and bad episodes, but I think if someone would have taken the reins a lot sooner, it could have really been a really outstanding show rather than just a good show.

JThunder101