Sliders/Love Gods

Love Gods
Season 2, Episode 2
Airdate	March 8, 1996
Production Number	K0803
Written by	Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
Directed by	John McPherson
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Sliders — Season Two

Love Gods is the second episode of the second season of Sliders, and the twelfth episode overall.

Starring: Jerry O'Connell (Quinn Mallory), Sabrina Lloyd (Wade Wells), Cleavant Derricks (Rembrandt Brown)

and John Rhys-Davies (Arturo)

Guest Stars: Gwynyth Walsh (Detective Specateli), Jennifer Nash (Diana), Georgia Emelin (Billie Jean)

and Jon Pennell (David)

with Deb Podowski (O'Grady), Kathryn Anderson (Jane), Andrew Guy (Trevor Grant), Kendall Cross (Cara), D. Neil Mark (Stationary Biker), Dawn Roberts (TV Newscaster), Jayme Knox (Woman #1), Jan Bailey Mattia (Woman #2), Ona Grauer (Debra), Kathleen Barr (Aussie Guard), Kamilyn Kaneko (Clerk)

Uncredited: Brenda Crichlow (Dr. Morris)

Plot Overview

The three male Sliders are the subject of mass hysteria when they arrive on a world where the vast majority of men were wiped out by a virus, and each country is in a race to repopulate. While the three are sent to a breeding facility, Wade looks for help from a woman who is also attempting to break her husband out.

Notes

Brave New Worlds

• Years ago during a conflict in the Middle East, the Iraqi military unleashed a virus that attacked the Y-chromosome. It spread across the world, depleting the male population to varying degrees across nations. This led to an arms race of sorts between nations to repopulate with men found and mandated to breed.

Timer

• 3 days, 6 hours

Arc Advancement

Referbacks

• When seeing he and the others surrounded by women, Rembrandt ponders if it's another world like in "The King is Back" where he was a superstar.

Trivia

The Show

• The women in the Chia Man infomercial appear to be female doubles or at least analogous to the characters played by Charlie McGlade and Mike Levy, seen in "Fever" and were apparently almost included in "Luck of the Draw".

• In the aired order, this is the second time our group has taken someone else with them. However, they not only take two extra people, but also a van. In the production order, this episode is after "El Sid" where they also took two new people, but Arturo warned about the strain more mass can put on the vortex.

Behind the Scenes

• This is the fourth episode filmed for Season 2.

Allusions and References

• Rembrandt lists some shows on this world that are a play on real world shows: Sisters: the Outlaw Years, Hanging with Mrs. Cooper, and The Fresh Princess of Bel-Air.

Memorable Moments

• When Wade reunites with the guys, she gives them a scare by pretending she doesn't have the timer.

Goofs

• In the wide shot in the teaser of the women surrounding the quartet, just before it cuts away, you can see a few of them in the background actually begin to charge before they do a few seconds later.

• The footage of Quinn, Arturo and Rembrandt being shown inside the van is from the camera in the van; not an outside camera.

Quotes

• Rembrandt: Well, things look kinda normal.

Arturo: Yes, it often looks normal, but it's just madness underneath.

• Rembrandt: There's not a single man in this whole place.

Arturo: Is it possible that we have landed on a world where there are no men?

Rembrandt: Wouldn't that be a kick? The only guys on a world filled with love-starved women?

Arturo: Gentleman, we made a slide to heaven.

• Arturo: Lucky? Allowing that idiot to breed at that rate could set your civilisation back by ten thousand years.

• Quinn: Are you all right, Professor? You look a little green.

Arturo: I have just had a disgusting protein drink thrust down my throat by a female Amazon. I tell you, any fantasies I may ever have about nurses have been dispelled forever.

• Wade: What if I can get you Trevor Grant?

Cara: Get in the car.

Wade: Listen to me, who's gonna mean more to your handlers back in Canberra? A national treasure or an American transvestite and overweight Englishman?

Rembrandt: Oh, man, that's cold.

• Arturo: What's going on here? (sees Wade driving) What the devil?

Wade: Distributor wire! This baby's a rental.

Rembrandt: You are unbelievable, girl.

Wade: Oh yeah? Tell that to the rent-a-car place. They're gonna slam my credit when this thing doesn't come back.