What's Worse (On Sliders) - The Cast Changes or the Storylines?

[Adamantium]

I admit, that even though the original Sliders are my favorites, I never had anything against the new comers. I just didn't like the way they handled Wade leaving. I hated her being in a Breeding Camp and eventually a head in a jar. By the end of the show, the three originals (Arturo, Wade, Quinn) have all died.

I'm not a big fan of the season four storyline of Quinn being from a different earth. But what's worse, was the way the writers made Quinn not seem to care about Wade being gone. He had no interest in going to the home he thought was his home from the beginning of the series. In "Revelations" Quinn was ready to settle on the earth he believed to have come from with Colin and let Rembrant gome back home by himself to fight the Kromaggs alone.

There was one line in an episode where a female escaped prisoner said Wade was a prisoner on the earth they were on. Rembrandt says "Q-Ball, Wade's here. We have to go find her." And Quinn says in a cold tone "I don't think we have time." Then the woman informs them that Wade had already been shipped off to another earth. If the woman had that line, why couldn't the writers have made Quinn agree with Rembrandt in finding Wade? That way Quinn wouldn't look like a heartless a-hole.

I didn't like Maggie in season 3, but she got better in seasons 4 & 5.

I found the season five early episodes to be interesting. But once it dawns on you that Jerry and Charlie are not coming back to the show, you know there's no hope for Quinn and Colin.

[TJL]

The character changes did it for me. Wade was a great character, and it wasn't the same when she left. Then when everybody else started leaving, I gave up.

[Adamantium]

Originally Posted by TJL

The character changes did it for me. Wade was a great character, and it wasn't the same when she left. Then when everybody else started leaving, I gave up.

I first became a fan of the show when it came to the Sci-Fi Channel. So Wade was gone by then. Once Sci-Fi started airing the show five days a week, then I got into the Arturo-Wade episodes and found them to be the superior episodes. However, even though he was a stiff actor, I liked the Colin character. He reminded me of Peter Tork and oddly enough like Shemp (from the 3 Stooges).

My sister, on the other hand, was a fan of the show beginning in it's second season. I remember hearing her complaining that they killed off the Professor. And later her complaining that Wade wasn't coming back to the show. It wasn't until I watched the show on a regular basis did I understand why she complained. I also remember when she told me that "Sliders" was coming back for a fifth season (which surprised us both, we figured the 4th was the last) and that it would be without Jerry and Charlie O'Connell. I was beginning to feel like it was turning into "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" where the cast changed somewhat every season.

[dandelion wine]

Originally Posted by TJL

The character changes did it for me. Wade was a great character, and it wasn't the same when she left. Then when everybody else started leaving, I gave up.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by TJL

The character changes did it for me. Wade was a great character, and it wasn't the same when she left. Then when everybody else started leaving, I gave up.

Same here. I loved the show when it originally aired, but it just started to go down hill when it moved to the Sci-Fi channel. Wade and Quinn had been dancing around their feelings for each other for awhile and I resented the fact that writers never followed through with it. They basically threw Wade and her history with Quinn away. To add insult to injury, they brought in that Maggie character who was beyond annoying. It wasn't fair.

Don't get me started on that other Quinn. They should have never went there.