Date: 12/25/2001
From: ThomasMalthus

that Freddy Kreuger guy! Go with it!

The Good: As many have stated before, as Season Three eps go, it wasn't too bad. However, as a Recall317 poll pointed out earlier, this ep was considered to be the penultimate mediocre episode: not good enough to remember with fondness nor bad enough to remember with horror. Nonetheless, for me the character of DERIC was one of the more interesting one-shot characters of the season, proving that even an artificial personality is better than most of the characters Peck can come up with.

The Bad: This episode allows us to trace Nan Hagan's descent into bad writing. From "Post Traumatic Slide Syndrome" (my favorite episode) to "State of the ART" to "This Slide of Paradise" (the worst episode ever, Recall's passionate prosecution of "Paradise Lost" notwithstanding). From the best to the most middle-of-the-road to the worst. It's "Sliders" in a nutshell.

ThomasMalthus