Sliders: The Complete Third Season DVD Review:

It seems that things are tough all over, regardless of what universe you are on. As a group of scientists are still trying to get back home in the third season of Sliders they never seem to find themselves on a pleasant universe. This makes for plenty of action, however familiar the situations seem, regardless of how different the universe. Although the season starts with an impressive episode, things quickly fall into monotony.

In the first season scientist Quinn Mallory, played by Jerry O’Connell, discovered a way to slide through a portal into another dimension. Sliding into another universe was one thing, but finding a way back home is another. In each episode Mallory and his three friends, including his physics professor, slide into a new universe with hopes that they will some day end up back where they started.

Each universe is seemingly plagued with some creative fault. If it isn’t low power or bad food then there is sure to be some sort of villain to assure that the group has a need to leave as soon as the portal is open. Although the beginning of the episode is always fun to watch because of the uncertainty about the new universe and what may be wrong with it, by the end of the episode it seems to fall into the same steps as every other episode. There is some sort of a struggle and a friendly native helps them, who they thank before escaping in the nick of time.

One of the greatest things about having television shows on DVD is being able to watch all of the shows in order whenever you would like. This pleasure is taken away somewhat with the way Sliders is formatted. Although it would make sense for the episode to begin with them coming out of the universe from the episode prior, this isn’t the case. Apparently there are universes visited between episodes and they always seem much more fun than the ones featured in the show.

All 25 of the episodes from season three are fit onto four double sided discs, but the real fun of the set is the packaging. The discs are set inside of a see through orange case of sorts which slides into ¾ of a cardboard cover. The effect is quite impressive although not very convenient when attempting to take the discs out to watch.



Ryan Izay