| "Pilot" | |
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| Series Sliders Season 1, Episode 1 | |
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| Air date | March 22nd, 1995 |
| Writers | Tracy Tormé; Robert K. Weiss |
| Director | Andy Tennant |
| Producers | Tracy Tormé; Steve Ecclesine; Robert K. Weiss; John Landis; Leslie Belzberg; Les Kimber; Janice Cooke-Leonard; Marianne Canepa; Murray Shostak; Jeff Barmash; George Erschbamer |
| Starring | Jerry O'Connell; Sabrina Lloyd; Cleavant Derricks; John Rhys-Davies |
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"Pilot" is the premiere episode of the science fiction television series Sliders. The episode was directed by Andy Tennant with a teleplay written by Tracy Tormé based on a story treatment developed by Tormé and Robert K. Weiss. It first aired on the FOX Network on Wednesday, March 22nd, 1995 at 8:00 pm.
Cast[]
Principal Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jerry O'Connell | Quinn Mallory |
| Sabrina Lloyd | Wade Welles |
| Cleavant Derricks | Rembrandt Brown |
| John Rhys-Davies | Maximilian Arturo |
Guest Stars[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Linda Henning | Mrs. Mallory |
| Joseph A. Wapner | Commissar Joseph A. Wapner |
| Doug Llewelyn | Comrade Llewelyn |
| Garwin Sanford | Doc |
| Roger R. Cross | Wilkins |
| Yee Jee Tso | Wing |
| Frank C. Turner | Crazy Kenny/Senator candidate |
| Gary Jones | Michael Hurley |
| John Novak | Ross J. Kelly/Interrogator |
| Don MacKay | Artie Feld |
| Alex Bruhanski | Pavel Kurlienko |
| Jay Brazeau | KGB Colonel |
| Andrew Kavadas | Hot dog vendor |
| Sook-Yin Lee | Pat |
| Wayne Cox | PBS Spokesman |
| Raoul Ganee | Lieutenant Karpow |
| Tom Butler | Michael Mallory |
Uncredited cast[]
Note: The following is taken from the full credits list for this entry on IMDB. As it is a website with user-submitted information, some of the data listed here, including character names may be inaccurate.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Rusty Burrell | Court Officer Burrell |
| Jim Byrnes | Court TV announcer |
| Jason Gaffney | Conrad Bennish, Jr. |
| Larry Musser | Jake, the gardender |
| Harry Shearer | Radio DJ |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Sliders was created by Tracy Tormé and Robert K. Weiss.
- Co-executive producer Tracy Tormé and producer Steve Ecclesine are credited in opening scenes of this episode, while everyone else is identified in the end-credit sequence. [1]
- Co-producer Jeffrey Barmash is credited as Jeff Barmash in this episode.
- Co-producer Janice Cooke is credited as Janice Cooke-Leonard in this episode.
- Actor Gary Jones's character is identified only as Hurley in the end credit sequence.
- Actor Sook-Yin Lee is credited as Sook Yin Lee in this episode.
- Actor Raoul Ganeev is credited as Raoul Ganee in this episode.
- The end-credit sequence from this episode features a 1960s-era television musical number by Rembrandt Brown and his band.
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- ↑ All production crew members listed on this page are identified in credit order per this episode.