Fever

I have been rewatching my dvds of this show, such a great episode, I think this episode has a very good plot, written very well, and all the actors do such a great job, portraying their characters. The 2 best actors that this show has is John Rhys Davis and Jerry O'Connel they were the absolute best that this show could provide, however I do have a gripe on something. Both tv.com, and IMDB here list this episode as the second episode of the season but I know for a fact that this is not the second episode, this was the fourth episode according to my dvd collection the second episode was called Summer of love third episode is Prince Of Wails and the fourth episode was this which is named Fever, that's according to how it was released.

The group lands on a world that is obsessed with cleanliness to avoid germs. There is a plague on this world known as the Q and no cure for it. The wealthy have no worries on this world, and everyone infected is of a lower caste. Quinn's alternate is patient zero, and the group must find him and a cure fast after Wade is infected. Quinn's alternate on this world looks eerily similar to the creepy cult leader David Koresh. The infected even stand in front of him to protect him from government agents.

Once the professor discovers that these people have never heard of aspirin or antibiotics, it's a race against time to create the medicine needed to cure the group and the people of this world. This was an excellent episode to follow the pilot. I have high hopes for this series. There's just something exciting about sliding to a different earth. You never know what you'll find.

The Sliders pay a short lived visit in an alternative San Francisco where everyone is rich as there is oil flowing.

They end up in a reality where a plague is rampaging, there are strict government controls, clinical cleanliness is rampant in shops, restaurants and hotels. The Sliders team are falling sick.

Professor Arturo finds that medicine available is basic.

Quinn Mallory of this world is Patient Zero of this deadly disease. Government agents allow the poor to die, the rich get proper healthcare.

It is Professor Arturo who realises that in this world Penicillin was never created. It is a race against time to make a formula to save lives.

Some people have commented on the parallels to the Covid 19 pandemic of 2020. That is just a stroke of luck, there are lots of stories dealing with deadly diseases.

The important part of the story here is the divide between rich and poor which results in the inequalities in healthcare.

I wonder if it is a coincidence that the Quinn Mallory is this world looked and talked like David Koresh!