Sliders s03e23 Episode Script
Dinoslide
[Hissing.]
[Coughing.]
[Groaning.]
[Breathing deeply.]
No.
It's not it's not holding.
No.
Ah! That's better.
All better now.
[Whooshing.]
[Rembrandt and Maggie grunting.]
(Quinn) Oh, look out! [Maggie panting.]
All right.
We got a reading on Rickman? Yeah.
He's still here.
Oh! Must be over 90 degrees, and it's dark.
We're probably in the San Fernando Valley.
Yeah, we should have fixed that timer to drop us next to a pool in weather like this.
[Sighing.]
[Panting.]
Help me! They're dead! They're dead! Help me! Please help me! No.
[Woman sobbing.]
It's Rickman.
But this woman's dead, not comatose.
He went out there, right just now! [Whooshing.]
We just missed him.
When does our window open? Six minutes and change.
Good.
Then he won't have much of a head start when we land there.
[Woman sobbing.]
Something's wrong here.
He's never killed before, and never more than one at a time.
The DNA mismatches must be taking their toll.
Like a junkie shooting bad dope, the high doesn't last.
The guy needs brain fluid to stay alive.
He's not gonna be too choosy.
Excuse me! People are dead here.
Doesn't that mean anything? Look, it happened, it's real.
You're acting like it doesn't even matter.
All that's important is her revenge? Yeah.
I want him to pay for killing my husband.
What about your friend, you forgetting about that? You can shed a tear for a couple of friends, but in the meantime, he'll be stackin' up dead bodies like a cord of wood until we stop him.
[Footsteps receding.]
What are you gonna do when we catch him? Hold her coat for her while she murders him? He's got our world's coordinates in his timer.
We get that, we get home, sweetheart.
[Sighing.]
The price is too damn high.
Rickman has to be stopped.
We all know that.
Yeah, I just wish Maggie wasn't looking forward to it like she is.
[Whooshing.]
[All grunting.]
[Whooshing.]
We've been here before.
We've gone backwards through the inner dimension.
Is Rickman here? Yup.
The New World.
We're transporting Rickman's people to save 'em from the pulsars.
Well, it makes sense.
The man needs victims with the same DNA as his.
He hand-picked this whole colony.
It's one big smorgasbord.
We're not far from the settlement.
I recognize those peaks.
Whoa! Look at that.
[Roaring.]
(Quinn) What if you found a portal to a parallel universe? What if you could slide into a thousand different worlds, where it's the same year, and you're the same person, but everything else is different? And what if you can't find your way home? (voice-over) Sliders.
[Birds chirping.]
(Rembrandt) Oh, I can't wait to see Malcolm, he's probably grown at least an inch.
I know he'll be glad to see us.
Promised him you'd be back.
I bet he'll be expecting us.
We just saw dinosaurs, and you're rattling on as if nothing happened.
Been there, done that, and we got the T-shirt.
You shoulda been with us the first time we ran into dinos.
It's not a lot you don't see if you slide long enough.
So who's this Malcolm? A kid who owes his life to Remmy.
He got him on Rickman's list to slide into the New World.
Well, by the looks of this place, he didn't do the kid any favors.
Well, the good news is we've only seen plant-eaters.
The worst they can do is trample you.
Someone wasn't quick enough.
Imagine the force involved to do that.
How would you stop one of those things? [Chuckling.]
Is there anything she doesn't think of killing? What? If you're spoiling for a fight, sweetheart, she's gonna give you one, if that's what you want.
What I want is for things to be back the way they were before.
Yeah.
Me, too.
But you gotta play the hand that you've been dealt, that's all we can do.
It's not Maggie's fault the Professor's gone.
I know that.
Let's just give it a rest, okay? You know, you can be one pain in the butt sometimes.
You takin' her side? No sides, we're all in this together.
Just that you and Maggie at each other all the time, it could be hurtful to all of us.
Yeah.
I hear ya, okay? Tell her that.
Yeah, whatever.
What the devil happened here? Used to be home for over 100 people.
Look at this.
There was only one of 'em.
One was more than enough.
Now, on our world plant-eaters are not aggressive.
But here, that could be different.
Hey, Q-Ball, take a look at this.
Malcolm had to draw it.
Doesn't look anything like the one we passed by back there.
Look at the teeth on that sucker.
Yeah, that's a T.
Rex.
Natural born killer.
These are all unmarked like the ones back there.
These settlers would leave crosses, markers, or something.
These graves are only a couple of months old.
It's like a plague ran through this place.
So why no settlers among the dead? [Gun firing.]
[Gun firing.]
Good shot.
Forgotten me already? Col.
Rickman? L I didn't recognize you.
Your face.
You're different.
Oh, very different, I'm afraid.
[Grunting.]
[Groaning.]
[Roaring.]
[Roaring.]
[Screaming.]
These tracks are only a couple of hours old.
Two sets.
Yeah, three, includin' the dino.
He must be hunting 'em.
Didn't do him any good.
Maybe that's why there aren't any settler graves there.
[Robert groaning.]
The dinos eat 'em whole.
You hear that? (Robert) Help! [Birds chirping.]
Help! [Robert groaning.]
Help! [Robert groaning.]
Hang on, sick buddy.
I'll have you right out of there.
He almost got me.
The dinos are gone.
No, Col.
Rickman.
He's here.
He's gone crazy.
He attacked me.
(Quinn) Just take it easy, we're safe now.
Nobody's safe.
Capt.
Beckett [grunting.]
you gotta stop the Colonel.
[Robert groaning.]
That's why I'm here.
Now, what happened? Where is everybody? Scattered, just trying to survive the dino.
It hunts us.
My my camp, it's it's up there.
I'm going after Rickman.
No, not alone.
Here, you guys find the camp.
I'll stay with Maggie.
Here, take this.
We'll double back and see you in the morning.
We have plenty of time before we slide.
And if you don't make it back? You know the drill.
Think about yourselves.
I will see you in the morning.
[People chattering.]
Need some help here! Robert! (Robert) I'm all right, Gretchen.
I think his ribs are broken.
Lie him down here.
[Groaning.]
I know you.
The Sliders.
Where are the others? Rickman killed the Professor.
Quinn went after him with Capt.
Beckett.
But you left this world.
It's a long story.
We need to wrap his chest and bandage these cuts.
Do you have any medical supplies? Michael.
Malcolm! Malcolm.
Remmy! You came back! [Rembrandt laughing.]
I promised you that I would.
Let me look at you.
When we saw that settlement had been torn up, I thought Bet you thought the T.
Rex got me, huh? Not me, man.
I'm too fast.
I should've known no overgrown lizard could catch my man Malcolm.
[Sighing.]
I can't tell you how many times Malcolm's talked about him, dreamed about him coming back.
Same goes for Remmy.
It killed him to leave him behind.
Have you been lookin' after him? [Robert breathing hard.]
My own son, Tracy, wasn't chosen for the slide to this world.
I tried to stay behind, but they forced me through the hole.
Col.
Rickman said we're needed here.
[Children chattering.]
I'm sorry.
I'm Wade.
Gretchen Chambliss.
You feel that? Vibrations.
It's getting stronger.
Let's head for those cliffs.
[Maggie screaming.]
Hustle.
Hustle.
Run! [Growling.]
[Growling.]
(Quinn) We'll be safe up here.
[Panting.]
[T.
Rex roaring.]
[Chuckling.]
I guess those little front legs aren't made for climbing.
That's what I call a terrific genetic flaw.
That terminator just might get to Rickman before we do.
That make you happy, Maggie? Only if I'm not there in time to watch.
Don't give me that choirboy look.
You want him just as badly as I do.
You were after him with a gun in your hand the last time we were here.
I was out of control.
Now all I want is the timer.
It's our only chance of getting home.
And there's more nobility in that than in revenge.
I'm not judging you.
The hell you're not.
[T.
Rex roaring.]
We both know what we have to do.
I just wonder if we have the stomach for it when the time comes.
[Crickets chirping.]
You like it, Remmy? [Chuckling.]
Delicious flavor.
I don't think I've ever tasted chicken this good.
Hmm.
It's not chicken.
More like gopher or weasel.
I trap 'em.
I'm so happy I'm a vegetarian.
The small burrowing animals and birds are all that's left.
The T.
Rex has wiped out everything else.
Look, uh, we saw hundreds of graves.
Those deaths are on our heads, I'm afraid.
The native population had no immunities to the bacteria that we brought with us.
Common flu virus went through 'em like wildfire.
And they were too superstitious to let us inoculate them.
We saw bones at the settlement.
(Gretchen) We lost nearly 12 people when the T.
Rex attacked.
We were warned, but no one took the tales seriously.
What tales? (Malcolm) The natives worshiped the dinos.
They made animal sacrifices to them to keep them happy.
When the game ran short, they came to us, asked for some of our livestock for the Allosaurus and the T.
Rex.
(Gretchen) And our stock was too valuable to give in to superstition.
So we refused.
I mean, we'd never seen the T.
Rexes.
We thought they were just a myth until they got hungry enough and attacked.
[Sighing.]
No more catered lunch means they have to hunt.
How many are there? (Gretchen) Most of them have died from starvation.
We've gotten really good at hiding, and our camps are scattered all over the mountains.
But there's at least one, the biggest and most aggressive.
He's stayed alive by cannibalizing the remains of the others.
[Dog barking.]
(Malcolm) Want some coffee, Remmy? Gretchen makes it out of tree bark and fungus and stuff.
Tastes like the real stuff.
No, no.
I think I'll pass.
I don't want it to, uh, keep me awake.
[Owl hooting.]
[Chuckling.]
[Sucking.]
Oh.
[Chuckling.]
Remember doin' that when you were a kid? Never with worms.
[T.
Rex roaring.]
You better have a couple, you need your protein.
Billions of fish can't be wrong.
Ugh.
Come on, it tastes like chicken.
[Chuckling.]
You're really enjoying this.
What I'd really enjoy is a fire.
I'm freezing.
Well, we don't wanna attract any dinos that might be able to climb.
Yeah.
Or put out a welcome mat for Rickman.
You going to sleep? No, just trying to stay warm.
Here, snuggle up.
We'll share our body heat.
What is that, Sliderese for "what's your sign?" Fine.
Freeze.
Okay.
[Sighing.]
[Owl hooting.]
[Dog barking.]
[Zippering.]
[Thudding.]
(Quinn) Hello.
Anybody home? Move and we'll cut you to pieces.
All right.
Easy does it, boys.
We mean you no harm.
I know you.
You were Rickman's right hand.
That's right, but not anymore.
Things have changed since we left the old world.
We're hunting the Colonel.
He's here and you're all in danger.
(Andrews) The Colonel is a good man.
Once he left, we fell apart.
Why are you after him? Uh.
The Colonel's gone totally over the edge.
He suffered some kind of brain damage in the Gulf War and now he needs live brain tissue in order to stay alive.
He hand-picked all the settlers for the New World because their DNA matched his.
My God.
Nobody is safe until we find him.
You're too late.
He killed our sentry last night.
Had a puncture wound right back here.
We're gonna need weapons, and some help.
Listen, you didn't learn to fish and trap on that military base, did you? No, Bantu showed me.
We'd have starved by now if it wasn't for him.
If it wasn't for you, the way I see it.
Was Bantu one of the native kids? I taught him to draw, he taught me this.
Grab that end.
[Man screaming.]
[T.
Rex roaring.]
What the devil is that? (man) Somebody help me! T.
Rex.
He's close.
(man) T.
Rex is loose! [Roaring.]
[Roaring.]
[Screaming.]
[Crunching.]
Did you know him? He wasn't from our camp.
It was stupid to be down in the flats alone.
Malcolm.
Malcolm, hold up.
Listen, don't you think that's a little cold? That's the way it is.
On this world you can't afford mistakes.
[T.
Rex roaring.]
We're close.
I can feel his eyes on us.
He knows we're following him? You can bet on it.
We should split up so we can flank him.
Careful, Quinn.
You're starting to think like me.
No, I want him alive.
Well, that's your choice.
But I'm not playing by your rules.
You never have.
All right, I'll stay on his track.
You two flank me.
[Soldier groaning.]
[Cracking.]
Freeze! Over here.
Capt.
Beckett's down.
How did you know it was him? I tripped over Andrews' body back there.
Rickman held the morph long enough to sucker you.
(Rickman) So close, Maggie.
Another inch to the right and you'd have won our little game.
Well, at least you kept Mallory in the contest.
Let's end this right now, Rickman.
(Rickman) Soon, my friends.
You should wait here.
Your friends are probably on their way back.
They should have been here by now.
How will you find 'em? It's wild country out there.
Quinn and Maggie are trackin' the Colonel.
We can track them.
She knows what she's doing.
You don't, but I do.
I'll guide you.
Malcolm, I can't let you do that.
Listen, you don't have a chance of finding 'em without me.
I can take care of myself.
All right, partner.
We'll bring him back.
(Malcolm) This way.
I promise.
(Maggie) There's a cave up here.
I'll go in alone.
The hell you will.
It could be a trap.
Have we got another choice? [Bird squawking.]
[Crow cawing.]
[Grunting.]
[Rumbling.]
As traps go, it's a good one.
[Crow cawing.]
There.
Quinn? Rickman.
[Electronic pulsating hum.]
[Whooshing.]
Damn! He just vortexed out.
We've gotta go up there.
Just be prepared for what you might see.
[Thudding.]
[Panting.]
[Thudding.]
You hear that? Somebody's tryin' to dig us out.
Hey! Hey, we're in here! [T.
Rex roaring.]
Oh! (Maggie) Get back.
[Quinn grunting.]
[Roaring.]
Yeah, he's after something.
Q-Ball's tracks lead right down there.
[Roaring.]
It's a feeding cave.
Bantu showed it to me once.
It's where they left animals for the T.
Rexes.
Great.
Quinn and Maggie are trapped in the dino drive-up window.
I think they still might be alive.
We're gonna have to get old Rex away from there if we wanna get 'em out.
If we make enough noise, he'll chase us.
There's this escape pass back down the trail.
They dug it to get away after they made the feedings.
How far? Once he starts after us, we won't have much time.
Just stay with me, I'll lead you to it.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Look, you go back there and wait at the entrance.
We'll meet you there.
I don't want you getting hurt.
Now, you do like I tell you.
All right? All right.
Now, go ahead.
[T.
Rex roaring.]
[Thudding.]
You ready? Can't wait.
Let's go.
[T.
Rex snarling.]
There's no way out.
The tunnel dead ends.
I'd love to empty my gun in him, but it would just tick him off.
You know, I'm one up on you for saving your life back there.
Now would be a good time for you to even the score.
Believe you me, I'd love to pay you back.
(Rembrandt) Q-Ball! Hey, it's me.
It's Wade and Remmy.
Wade! Wade? Remmy? [Both yelling.]
(both) Hey! (Wade) You're ugly! [Both yelling.]
(Wade) Chicken! Hey, your mama! [Both continue shouting.]
(Wade) Chicken! Now.
Come on! Go, go, go, go! [T.
Rex roaring.]
(Wade) Run, hurry.
Run! Come on! Come on, he's almost on you! [Rembrandt screaming.]
[T.
Rex roaring.]
[All screaming.]
(Rembrandt) Jeez, that smells! (Wade) Remmy, do something.
Ooh, I thought dog breath was bad.
Man, I'm glad you guys made it.
Yeah, well, once Rex loses interest and goes back to the cave we'll hook up with Quinn and Maggie.
All right? Follow me.
(Rembrandt) Let's go.
(Maggie) It just makes no sense to me.
Why would Rickman vortex out when he needs the DNA from the settlers to stay alive? Yeah, especially when you guys were as good as dead.
You weren't a threat to him.
He plays by the same rules we do.
He ran out of time and he had to slide, or else he would have been stuck here for 29 years.
Aren't enough people left here to keep him goin' that long.
But he can come back to this world, just like we did.
He said he was gonna harvest.
He's just waiting for that window to open again.
We got 22 hours left before we slide.
If he comes back, we'll deal with him.
In the meantime, there's a T.
Rex out there that is a clear and present danger to these people.
Can't kill him.
Not with the weapons we've got.
We've wasted thousands of rounds of ammunition.
What about explosives? (Gretchen) There's nothin' left.
We used all the dynamite we brought with us on the slide to clear land to plant.
Maybe there's something in the settlement we can salvage that'll get the job done.
I can't imagine what.
Yeah, but he can.
[Children chattering.]
Come on.
We might be able to rig this to make a trap, like the snares that Malcolm makes.
So we trap him.
Then what? Problem solved.
We weld his mouth shut.
Maggie can hold him still.
One's empty, this one's almost full.
You hit it with a rifle, it goes off like a bomb.
But we'll have to get him really close in order to do some damage.
Up close and personal.
With that cocky attitude, you know he's got a plan.
[Clanking.]
Yep, and it's killer.
What'd I tell you about that guy, huh? [Grunting.]
Hey, where did you get there, partner? A couple of gophers and weasels.
We won't have to hunt for T.
Rex.
Saw him less than a mile down the canyon.
Once he gets a whiff of these babies, look out! Good job.
We're almost set here.
All right.
Wade, Maggie, I want you guys to get started.
Malcolm, I want you to head back to the camp.
But I wanna help.
Look, you've already done your part, trappin' us bait to bring old T.
Rex up here.
Gretchen needs you at the camp.
You just don't want me to get hurt.
Yeah, yeah, that too.
Go ahead.
All right? You sure this is gonna work? (Quinn) Absolutely.
You guys deliver the T.
Rex, we will deliver the package.
All right.
Raise it up a couple inches.
Right here.
[Grunting.]
[Clanking.]
[Birds chirping.]
He's a great kid.
I wouldn't be surprised if Remmy decides to stay here with him.
He wants to get home, just like Quinn and I do.
Well, home is where someone loves you.
Has he got someone more important to him on your world? His life, that's all.
Yeah, well, news flash for you.
This is your life.
The only thing that's left back on your world is your past.
Come on, Rex! (both) Hey, come on! Over here! He's got the scent.
Let's go! [T.
Rex roaring.]
We meet again, Malcolm.
You killed my father.
And I'll kill her.
And you.
Unless you do exactly what I tell you.
Where are the Sliders? (Maggie) He's coming! All right, once I shoot the bottle, you guys start firing.
[Clattering.]
[T.
Rex snarling.]
Now! [Clanking.]
[T.
Rex snarling.]
Don't take this the wrong way, Mallory, but your plan sucks.
And I'm still one up on you.
You've gotta save my life to even the score.
I'd hate to go out owing you one.
Well, then, let's do something about it.
You get the bottle close to him and I'll take it from there.
[T.
Rex roaring.]
He's gonna break through any second.
The opening's going to collapse! Let's feed Rex before we're on the menu.
All right, we only get one chance at this.
On three.
(Rembrandt) Do not wait for us.
You guys start firing once you get an open shot.
Fire lots of 'em.
Roar, sucker.
Open up! Now! [Guns firing.]
[Thudding.]
[Both cheering.]
Well, that makes us even.
Nice shooting.
Same here.
I think they're bonding.
Hey, we did it, Malcolm.
T.
Rex is toast! [Rembrandt panting.]
What is it, what happened? Gretchen.
Bit by a snake.
We gotta help her.
All right, all right, calm down.
It's gonna be all right.
Show us the way.
This way.
(Rembrandt) This is pretty remote country.
What was she doing way out here? (Malcolm) She was hunting.
Yeah, she was hunting birds.
It's quite a hike from camp.
We saw plenty of birds flyin' there.
She likes it out here.
She likes bein' here by herself.
You're lucky you found her.
I thought you were headed towards camp.
You think I'm lyin'? She got bit by a snake.
We gotta help.
Look, Malcolm.
There's something wrong here, partner.
Now, you can tell me the truth.
What's goin' on? It's just like I told it.
[Birds chirping.]
It's okay, I know you wouldn't lie to me.
Col.
Rickman.
He was there when I got back.
He's got Gretchen, he said he'd kill her.
I'm sorry.
It's okay, Malcolm, you did what you had to do.
We all understand that.
She'll be fine.
Believe it, all right? Where is he now, Malcolm? About half a mile up there.
It's a box canyon.
There's no way out.
I'll split off.
I'll work my way around and fall in behind him.
No.
He trained you, he'd be expecting that.
So what're we supposed to do? Just walk in there like lambs to the slaughter? Malcolm, you told him that we were goin' in the cave to kill the dino, but you didn't know that we got out alive until you met us on the trail.
So the Colonel can't be sure that we didn't all die back there.
Yeah, and I'd say the odds were definitely in T.
Rex's favor.
It's a miracle we got out alive.
Let's hope he believes in miracles.
Malcolm, you're gonna have to do a very scary thing.
You're gonna have to go up there alone and tell Rickman that the dino got us.
No! He'll kill Gretchen.
He'll know I'm lying.
He could be watchin' us right now.
If he were, we'd all be dead right now.
It's the only way, Malcolm.
It's the only chance that she has.
Now you can do it.
I know you can.
And if he believes me, he might just kill us both right there.
No, he'll wanna see for himself.
He'll take you and Gretchen with him back to the cave.
Malcolm, you're gonna have to go up there, look him in the eye, tell him that we're all dead.
Can you do that? I've got to, but I'm scared.
I feel like a coward.
Listen.
Courage doesn't mean that you're not afraid.
It just means that you act even though you are, man.
That's bravery, that's what heroes are made of.
And you know I'm proud of you, right? Hmm? All right.
All right.
Let's go, then.
Where are the Sliders? Dead.
They never got out of the cave.
The Rex got 'em.
You wouldn't lie to me, would you, boy? You see, if you lie to me, I'll have to cut her.
They're dead, they're all dead! Let her alone! Let her alone! Man, I'll kill you! [Thudding.]
You're a brave little boy.
I could use a man like you.
Now, let's just go have a look in that cave, shall we? Hey.
Hey, boy.
Here.
Don't sulk, have some water.
Go on, you must want some.
[Rickman grunting.]
What're you doing? Sloppy, Maggie.
Very sloppy! When you covered your tracks, you brushed out all the other tracks here as well, even the boy's! Or or did he fly here, eh? And just touched down over there where the tracks begin? (Maggie) I won't miss at this range! (Quinn) Neither will I.
Well, that makes three of us.
You see, if I'm hit, even with a clean head shot, my trigger finger will jerk, and I'm afraid this this poor boy here, this poor boy here will have an exit wound in his body that you could pitch a cat through.
Let the boy go.
Hey! I'm in charge here.
Now, I want you all out in the open now! Throw your rifle down, Mallory! [Gun firing.]
I won't ask again! Now, Maggie won't give up her gun because she's too good a soldier.
But right now she's figuring acceptable casualties.
You got a clear shot, Maggie? Whenever you're ready.
The boy will die, Mallory.
Maybe.
But if I don't take you down, he'll probably die anyway.
It's just a matter of time.
So I'm gonna call him an acceptable casualty.
There is another way.
Give me the timer and I'll go.
And then you can live here happily in peace, and I'll know you won't be chasing me.
Now, that sounds like a pretty good plan to me.
Don't do it, Quinn.
Your time's up.
I'm tired of this game.
Give me the bloody timer, or I'll kill this boy! [Electronic pulsating hum.]
(Maggie) Quinn, no! All right.
Easy now.
[Rickman yelling.]
[Rickman grunting.]
[Screaming.]
[Gun firing.]
[Whooshing.]
No! [Panting.]
[People chattering.]
(Rembrandt) Excuse me.
Hey.
I haven't seen Malcolm this morning.
He left early this morning to go check his trap lines.
I think he's afraid to say goodbye to you again.
[Sighing.]
Yeah, I know the feeling.
Thanks.
[Bird chirping.]
[Water splashing.]
Hey, partner, catch anything? I never miss.
When are you leaving? Soon.
Remmy, I can't go with you.
And you can't stay here.
How do you know that's what I was thinking? Because I've been thinkin' about it.
I wish there was a way we could stay together, but I can't see it.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're too important to Gretchen.
She needs you, all of these people do.
And your friends need you.
[Sighing.]
I'm not gonna ask you to promise you'll come back.
I'll just hope for it.
Me, too.
[Rustling.]
So you won't forget me.
I will never forget you, son.
Not in a million years.
[Coughing.]
[Groaning.]
[Breathing deeply.]
No.
It's not it's not holding.
No.
Ah! That's better.
All better now.
[Whooshing.]
[Rembrandt and Maggie grunting.]
(Quinn) Oh, look out! [Maggie panting.]
All right.
We got a reading on Rickman? Yeah.
He's still here.
Oh! Must be over 90 degrees, and it's dark.
We're probably in the San Fernando Valley.
Yeah, we should have fixed that timer to drop us next to a pool in weather like this.
[Sighing.]
[Panting.]
Help me! They're dead! They're dead! Help me! Please help me! No.
[Woman sobbing.]
It's Rickman.
But this woman's dead, not comatose.
He went out there, right just now! [Whooshing.]
We just missed him.
When does our window open? Six minutes and change.
Good.
Then he won't have much of a head start when we land there.
[Woman sobbing.]
Something's wrong here.
He's never killed before, and never more than one at a time.
The DNA mismatches must be taking their toll.
Like a junkie shooting bad dope, the high doesn't last.
The guy needs brain fluid to stay alive.
He's not gonna be too choosy.
Excuse me! People are dead here.
Doesn't that mean anything? Look, it happened, it's real.
You're acting like it doesn't even matter.
All that's important is her revenge? Yeah.
I want him to pay for killing my husband.
What about your friend, you forgetting about that? You can shed a tear for a couple of friends, but in the meantime, he'll be stackin' up dead bodies like a cord of wood until we stop him.
[Footsteps receding.]
What are you gonna do when we catch him? Hold her coat for her while she murders him? He's got our world's coordinates in his timer.
We get that, we get home, sweetheart.
[Sighing.]
The price is too damn high.
Rickman has to be stopped.
We all know that.
Yeah, I just wish Maggie wasn't looking forward to it like she is.
[Whooshing.]
[All grunting.]
[Whooshing.]
We've been here before.
We've gone backwards through the inner dimension.
Is Rickman here? Yup.
The New World.
We're transporting Rickman's people to save 'em from the pulsars.
Well, it makes sense.
The man needs victims with the same DNA as his.
He hand-picked this whole colony.
It's one big smorgasbord.
We're not far from the settlement.
I recognize those peaks.
Whoa! Look at that.
[Roaring.]
(Quinn) What if you found a portal to a parallel universe? What if you could slide into a thousand different worlds, where it's the same year, and you're the same person, but everything else is different? And what if you can't find your way home? (voice-over) Sliders.
[Birds chirping.]
(Rembrandt) Oh, I can't wait to see Malcolm, he's probably grown at least an inch.
I know he'll be glad to see us.
Promised him you'd be back.
I bet he'll be expecting us.
We just saw dinosaurs, and you're rattling on as if nothing happened.
Been there, done that, and we got the T-shirt.
You shoulda been with us the first time we ran into dinos.
It's not a lot you don't see if you slide long enough.
So who's this Malcolm? A kid who owes his life to Remmy.
He got him on Rickman's list to slide into the New World.
Well, by the looks of this place, he didn't do the kid any favors.
Well, the good news is we've only seen plant-eaters.
The worst they can do is trample you.
Someone wasn't quick enough.
Imagine the force involved to do that.
How would you stop one of those things? [Chuckling.]
Is there anything she doesn't think of killing? What? If you're spoiling for a fight, sweetheart, she's gonna give you one, if that's what you want.
What I want is for things to be back the way they were before.
Yeah.
Me, too.
But you gotta play the hand that you've been dealt, that's all we can do.
It's not Maggie's fault the Professor's gone.
I know that.
Let's just give it a rest, okay? You know, you can be one pain in the butt sometimes.
You takin' her side? No sides, we're all in this together.
Just that you and Maggie at each other all the time, it could be hurtful to all of us.
Yeah.
I hear ya, okay? Tell her that.
Yeah, whatever.
What the devil happened here? Used to be home for over 100 people.
Look at this.
There was only one of 'em.
One was more than enough.
Now, on our world plant-eaters are not aggressive.
But here, that could be different.
Hey, Q-Ball, take a look at this.
Malcolm had to draw it.
Doesn't look anything like the one we passed by back there.
Look at the teeth on that sucker.
Yeah, that's a T.
Rex.
Natural born killer.
These are all unmarked like the ones back there.
These settlers would leave crosses, markers, or something.
These graves are only a couple of months old.
It's like a plague ran through this place.
So why no settlers among the dead? [Gun firing.]
[Gun firing.]
Good shot.
Forgotten me already? Col.
Rickman? L I didn't recognize you.
Your face.
You're different.
Oh, very different, I'm afraid.
[Grunting.]
[Groaning.]
[Roaring.]
[Roaring.]
[Screaming.]
These tracks are only a couple of hours old.
Two sets.
Yeah, three, includin' the dino.
He must be hunting 'em.
Didn't do him any good.
Maybe that's why there aren't any settler graves there.
[Robert groaning.]
The dinos eat 'em whole.
You hear that? (Robert) Help! [Birds chirping.]
Help! [Robert groaning.]
Help! [Robert groaning.]
Hang on, sick buddy.
I'll have you right out of there.
He almost got me.
The dinos are gone.
No, Col.
Rickman.
He's here.
He's gone crazy.
He attacked me.
(Quinn) Just take it easy, we're safe now.
Nobody's safe.
Capt.
Beckett [grunting.]
you gotta stop the Colonel.
[Robert groaning.]
That's why I'm here.
Now, what happened? Where is everybody? Scattered, just trying to survive the dino.
It hunts us.
My my camp, it's it's up there.
I'm going after Rickman.
No, not alone.
Here, you guys find the camp.
I'll stay with Maggie.
Here, take this.
We'll double back and see you in the morning.
We have plenty of time before we slide.
And if you don't make it back? You know the drill.
Think about yourselves.
I will see you in the morning.
[People chattering.]
Need some help here! Robert! (Robert) I'm all right, Gretchen.
I think his ribs are broken.
Lie him down here.
[Groaning.]
I know you.
The Sliders.
Where are the others? Rickman killed the Professor.
Quinn went after him with Capt.
Beckett.
But you left this world.
It's a long story.
We need to wrap his chest and bandage these cuts.
Do you have any medical supplies? Michael.
Malcolm! Malcolm.
Remmy! You came back! [Rembrandt laughing.]
I promised you that I would.
Let me look at you.
When we saw that settlement had been torn up, I thought Bet you thought the T.
Rex got me, huh? Not me, man.
I'm too fast.
I should've known no overgrown lizard could catch my man Malcolm.
[Sighing.]
I can't tell you how many times Malcolm's talked about him, dreamed about him coming back.
Same goes for Remmy.
It killed him to leave him behind.
Have you been lookin' after him? [Robert breathing hard.]
My own son, Tracy, wasn't chosen for the slide to this world.
I tried to stay behind, but they forced me through the hole.
Col.
Rickman said we're needed here.
[Children chattering.]
I'm sorry.
I'm Wade.
Gretchen Chambliss.
You feel that? Vibrations.
It's getting stronger.
Let's head for those cliffs.
[Maggie screaming.]
Hustle.
Hustle.
Run! [Growling.]
[Growling.]
(Quinn) We'll be safe up here.
[Panting.]
[T.
Rex roaring.]
[Chuckling.]
I guess those little front legs aren't made for climbing.
That's what I call a terrific genetic flaw.
That terminator just might get to Rickman before we do.
That make you happy, Maggie? Only if I'm not there in time to watch.
Don't give me that choirboy look.
You want him just as badly as I do.
You were after him with a gun in your hand the last time we were here.
I was out of control.
Now all I want is the timer.
It's our only chance of getting home.
And there's more nobility in that than in revenge.
I'm not judging you.
The hell you're not.
[T.
Rex roaring.]
We both know what we have to do.
I just wonder if we have the stomach for it when the time comes.
[Crickets chirping.]
You like it, Remmy? [Chuckling.]
Delicious flavor.
I don't think I've ever tasted chicken this good.
Hmm.
It's not chicken.
More like gopher or weasel.
I trap 'em.
I'm so happy I'm a vegetarian.
The small burrowing animals and birds are all that's left.
The T.
Rex has wiped out everything else.
Look, uh, we saw hundreds of graves.
Those deaths are on our heads, I'm afraid.
The native population had no immunities to the bacteria that we brought with us.
Common flu virus went through 'em like wildfire.
And they were too superstitious to let us inoculate them.
We saw bones at the settlement.
(Gretchen) We lost nearly 12 people when the T.
Rex attacked.
We were warned, but no one took the tales seriously.
What tales? (Malcolm) The natives worshiped the dinos.
They made animal sacrifices to them to keep them happy.
When the game ran short, they came to us, asked for some of our livestock for the Allosaurus and the T.
Rex.
(Gretchen) And our stock was too valuable to give in to superstition.
So we refused.
I mean, we'd never seen the T.
Rexes.
We thought they were just a myth until they got hungry enough and attacked.
[Sighing.]
No more catered lunch means they have to hunt.
How many are there? (Gretchen) Most of them have died from starvation.
We've gotten really good at hiding, and our camps are scattered all over the mountains.
But there's at least one, the biggest and most aggressive.
He's stayed alive by cannibalizing the remains of the others.
[Dog barking.]
(Malcolm) Want some coffee, Remmy? Gretchen makes it out of tree bark and fungus and stuff.
Tastes like the real stuff.
No, no.
I think I'll pass.
I don't want it to, uh, keep me awake.
[Owl hooting.]
[Chuckling.]
[Sucking.]
Oh.
[Chuckling.]
Remember doin' that when you were a kid? Never with worms.
[T.
Rex roaring.]
You better have a couple, you need your protein.
Billions of fish can't be wrong.
Ugh.
Come on, it tastes like chicken.
[Chuckling.]
You're really enjoying this.
What I'd really enjoy is a fire.
I'm freezing.
Well, we don't wanna attract any dinos that might be able to climb.
Yeah.
Or put out a welcome mat for Rickman.
You going to sleep? No, just trying to stay warm.
Here, snuggle up.
We'll share our body heat.
What is that, Sliderese for "what's your sign?" Fine.
Freeze.
Okay.
[Sighing.]
[Owl hooting.]
[Dog barking.]
[Zippering.]
[Thudding.]
(Quinn) Hello.
Anybody home? Move and we'll cut you to pieces.
All right.
Easy does it, boys.
We mean you no harm.
I know you.
You were Rickman's right hand.
That's right, but not anymore.
Things have changed since we left the old world.
We're hunting the Colonel.
He's here and you're all in danger.
(Andrews) The Colonel is a good man.
Once he left, we fell apart.
Why are you after him? Uh.
The Colonel's gone totally over the edge.
He suffered some kind of brain damage in the Gulf War and now he needs live brain tissue in order to stay alive.
He hand-picked all the settlers for the New World because their DNA matched his.
My God.
Nobody is safe until we find him.
You're too late.
He killed our sentry last night.
Had a puncture wound right back here.
We're gonna need weapons, and some help.
Listen, you didn't learn to fish and trap on that military base, did you? No, Bantu showed me.
We'd have starved by now if it wasn't for him.
If it wasn't for you, the way I see it.
Was Bantu one of the native kids? I taught him to draw, he taught me this.
Grab that end.
[Man screaming.]
[T.
Rex roaring.]
What the devil is that? (man) Somebody help me! T.
Rex.
He's close.
(man) T.
Rex is loose! [Roaring.]
[Roaring.]
[Screaming.]
[Crunching.]
Did you know him? He wasn't from our camp.
It was stupid to be down in the flats alone.
Malcolm.
Malcolm, hold up.
Listen, don't you think that's a little cold? That's the way it is.
On this world you can't afford mistakes.
[T.
Rex roaring.]
We're close.
I can feel his eyes on us.
He knows we're following him? You can bet on it.
We should split up so we can flank him.
Careful, Quinn.
You're starting to think like me.
No, I want him alive.
Well, that's your choice.
But I'm not playing by your rules.
You never have.
All right, I'll stay on his track.
You two flank me.
[Soldier groaning.]
[Cracking.]
Freeze! Over here.
Capt.
Beckett's down.
How did you know it was him? I tripped over Andrews' body back there.
Rickman held the morph long enough to sucker you.
(Rickman) So close, Maggie.
Another inch to the right and you'd have won our little game.
Well, at least you kept Mallory in the contest.
Let's end this right now, Rickman.
(Rickman) Soon, my friends.
You should wait here.
Your friends are probably on their way back.
They should have been here by now.
How will you find 'em? It's wild country out there.
Quinn and Maggie are trackin' the Colonel.
We can track them.
She knows what she's doing.
You don't, but I do.
I'll guide you.
Malcolm, I can't let you do that.
Listen, you don't have a chance of finding 'em without me.
I can take care of myself.
All right, partner.
We'll bring him back.
(Malcolm) This way.
I promise.
(Maggie) There's a cave up here.
I'll go in alone.
The hell you will.
It could be a trap.
Have we got another choice? [Bird squawking.]
[Crow cawing.]
[Grunting.]
[Rumbling.]
As traps go, it's a good one.
[Crow cawing.]
There.
Quinn? Rickman.
[Electronic pulsating hum.]
[Whooshing.]
Damn! He just vortexed out.
We've gotta go up there.
Just be prepared for what you might see.
[Thudding.]
[Panting.]
[Thudding.]
You hear that? Somebody's tryin' to dig us out.
Hey! Hey, we're in here! [T.
Rex roaring.]
Oh! (Maggie) Get back.
[Quinn grunting.]
[Roaring.]
Yeah, he's after something.
Q-Ball's tracks lead right down there.
[Roaring.]
It's a feeding cave.
Bantu showed it to me once.
It's where they left animals for the T.
Rexes.
Great.
Quinn and Maggie are trapped in the dino drive-up window.
I think they still might be alive.
We're gonna have to get old Rex away from there if we wanna get 'em out.
If we make enough noise, he'll chase us.
There's this escape pass back down the trail.
They dug it to get away after they made the feedings.
How far? Once he starts after us, we won't have much time.
Just stay with me, I'll lead you to it.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Look, you go back there and wait at the entrance.
We'll meet you there.
I don't want you getting hurt.
Now, you do like I tell you.
All right? All right.
Now, go ahead.
[T.
Rex roaring.]
[Thudding.]
You ready? Can't wait.
Let's go.
[T.
Rex snarling.]
There's no way out.
The tunnel dead ends.
I'd love to empty my gun in him, but it would just tick him off.
You know, I'm one up on you for saving your life back there.
Now would be a good time for you to even the score.
Believe you me, I'd love to pay you back.
(Rembrandt) Q-Ball! Hey, it's me.
It's Wade and Remmy.
Wade! Wade? Remmy? [Both yelling.]
(both) Hey! (Wade) You're ugly! [Both yelling.]
(Wade) Chicken! Hey, your mama! [Both continue shouting.]
(Wade) Chicken! Now.
Come on! Go, go, go, go! [T.
Rex roaring.]
(Wade) Run, hurry.
Run! Come on! Come on, he's almost on you! [Rembrandt screaming.]
[T.
Rex roaring.]
[All screaming.]
(Rembrandt) Jeez, that smells! (Wade) Remmy, do something.
Ooh, I thought dog breath was bad.
Man, I'm glad you guys made it.
Yeah, well, once Rex loses interest and goes back to the cave we'll hook up with Quinn and Maggie.
All right? Follow me.
(Rembrandt) Let's go.
(Maggie) It just makes no sense to me.
Why would Rickman vortex out when he needs the DNA from the settlers to stay alive? Yeah, especially when you guys were as good as dead.
You weren't a threat to him.
He plays by the same rules we do.
He ran out of time and he had to slide, or else he would have been stuck here for 29 years.
Aren't enough people left here to keep him goin' that long.
But he can come back to this world, just like we did.
He said he was gonna harvest.
He's just waiting for that window to open again.
We got 22 hours left before we slide.
If he comes back, we'll deal with him.
In the meantime, there's a T.
Rex out there that is a clear and present danger to these people.
Can't kill him.
Not with the weapons we've got.
We've wasted thousands of rounds of ammunition.
What about explosives? (Gretchen) There's nothin' left.
We used all the dynamite we brought with us on the slide to clear land to plant.
Maybe there's something in the settlement we can salvage that'll get the job done.
I can't imagine what.
Yeah, but he can.
[Children chattering.]
Come on.
We might be able to rig this to make a trap, like the snares that Malcolm makes.
So we trap him.
Then what? Problem solved.
We weld his mouth shut.
Maggie can hold him still.
One's empty, this one's almost full.
You hit it with a rifle, it goes off like a bomb.
But we'll have to get him really close in order to do some damage.
Up close and personal.
With that cocky attitude, you know he's got a plan.
[Clanking.]
Yep, and it's killer.
What'd I tell you about that guy, huh? [Grunting.]
Hey, where did you get there, partner? A couple of gophers and weasels.
We won't have to hunt for T.
Rex.
Saw him less than a mile down the canyon.
Once he gets a whiff of these babies, look out! Good job.
We're almost set here.
All right.
Wade, Maggie, I want you guys to get started.
Malcolm, I want you to head back to the camp.
But I wanna help.
Look, you've already done your part, trappin' us bait to bring old T.
Rex up here.
Gretchen needs you at the camp.
You just don't want me to get hurt.
Yeah, yeah, that too.
Go ahead.
All right? You sure this is gonna work? (Quinn) Absolutely.
You guys deliver the T.
Rex, we will deliver the package.
All right.
Raise it up a couple inches.
Right here.
[Grunting.]
[Clanking.]
[Birds chirping.]
He's a great kid.
I wouldn't be surprised if Remmy decides to stay here with him.
He wants to get home, just like Quinn and I do.
Well, home is where someone loves you.
Has he got someone more important to him on your world? His life, that's all.
Yeah, well, news flash for you.
This is your life.
The only thing that's left back on your world is your past.
Come on, Rex! (both) Hey, come on! Over here! He's got the scent.
Let's go! [T.
Rex roaring.]
We meet again, Malcolm.
You killed my father.
And I'll kill her.
And you.
Unless you do exactly what I tell you.
Where are the Sliders? (Maggie) He's coming! All right, once I shoot the bottle, you guys start firing.
[Clattering.]
[T.
Rex snarling.]
Now! [Clanking.]
[T.
Rex snarling.]
Don't take this the wrong way, Mallory, but your plan sucks.
And I'm still one up on you.
You've gotta save my life to even the score.
I'd hate to go out owing you one.
Well, then, let's do something about it.
You get the bottle close to him and I'll take it from there.
[T.
Rex roaring.]
He's gonna break through any second.
The opening's going to collapse! Let's feed Rex before we're on the menu.
All right, we only get one chance at this.
On three.
(Rembrandt) Do not wait for us.
You guys start firing once you get an open shot.
Fire lots of 'em.
Roar, sucker.
Open up! Now! [Guns firing.]
[Thudding.]
[Both cheering.]
Well, that makes us even.
Nice shooting.
Same here.
I think they're bonding.
Hey, we did it, Malcolm.
T.
Rex is toast! [Rembrandt panting.]
What is it, what happened? Gretchen.
Bit by a snake.
We gotta help her.
All right, all right, calm down.
It's gonna be all right.
Show us the way.
This way.
(Rembrandt) This is pretty remote country.
What was she doing way out here? (Malcolm) She was hunting.
Yeah, she was hunting birds.
It's quite a hike from camp.
We saw plenty of birds flyin' there.
She likes it out here.
She likes bein' here by herself.
You're lucky you found her.
I thought you were headed towards camp.
You think I'm lyin'? She got bit by a snake.
We gotta help.
Look, Malcolm.
There's something wrong here, partner.
Now, you can tell me the truth.
What's goin' on? It's just like I told it.
[Birds chirping.]
It's okay, I know you wouldn't lie to me.
Col.
Rickman.
He was there when I got back.
He's got Gretchen, he said he'd kill her.
I'm sorry.
It's okay, Malcolm, you did what you had to do.
We all understand that.
She'll be fine.
Believe it, all right? Where is he now, Malcolm? About half a mile up there.
It's a box canyon.
There's no way out.
I'll split off.
I'll work my way around and fall in behind him.
No.
He trained you, he'd be expecting that.
So what're we supposed to do? Just walk in there like lambs to the slaughter? Malcolm, you told him that we were goin' in the cave to kill the dino, but you didn't know that we got out alive until you met us on the trail.
So the Colonel can't be sure that we didn't all die back there.
Yeah, and I'd say the odds were definitely in T.
Rex's favor.
It's a miracle we got out alive.
Let's hope he believes in miracles.
Malcolm, you're gonna have to do a very scary thing.
You're gonna have to go up there alone and tell Rickman that the dino got us.
No! He'll kill Gretchen.
He'll know I'm lying.
He could be watchin' us right now.
If he were, we'd all be dead right now.
It's the only way, Malcolm.
It's the only chance that she has.
Now you can do it.
I know you can.
And if he believes me, he might just kill us both right there.
No, he'll wanna see for himself.
He'll take you and Gretchen with him back to the cave.
Malcolm, you're gonna have to go up there, look him in the eye, tell him that we're all dead.
Can you do that? I've got to, but I'm scared.
I feel like a coward.
Listen.
Courage doesn't mean that you're not afraid.
It just means that you act even though you are, man.
That's bravery, that's what heroes are made of.
And you know I'm proud of you, right? Hmm? All right.
All right.
Let's go, then.
Where are the Sliders? Dead.
They never got out of the cave.
The Rex got 'em.
You wouldn't lie to me, would you, boy? You see, if you lie to me, I'll have to cut her.
They're dead, they're all dead! Let her alone! Let her alone! Man, I'll kill you! [Thudding.]
You're a brave little boy.
I could use a man like you.
Now, let's just go have a look in that cave, shall we? Hey.
Hey, boy.
Here.
Don't sulk, have some water.
Go on, you must want some.
[Rickman grunting.]
What're you doing? Sloppy, Maggie.
Very sloppy! When you covered your tracks, you brushed out all the other tracks here as well, even the boy's! Or or did he fly here, eh? And just touched down over there where the tracks begin? (Maggie) I won't miss at this range! (Quinn) Neither will I.
Well, that makes three of us.
You see, if I'm hit, even with a clean head shot, my trigger finger will jerk, and I'm afraid this this poor boy here, this poor boy here will have an exit wound in his body that you could pitch a cat through.
Let the boy go.
Hey! I'm in charge here.
Now, I want you all out in the open now! Throw your rifle down, Mallory! [Gun firing.]
I won't ask again! Now, Maggie won't give up her gun because she's too good a soldier.
But right now she's figuring acceptable casualties.
You got a clear shot, Maggie? Whenever you're ready.
The boy will die, Mallory.
Maybe.
But if I don't take you down, he'll probably die anyway.
It's just a matter of time.
So I'm gonna call him an acceptable casualty.
There is another way.
Give me the timer and I'll go.
And then you can live here happily in peace, and I'll know you won't be chasing me.
Now, that sounds like a pretty good plan to me.
Don't do it, Quinn.
Your time's up.
I'm tired of this game.
Give me the bloody timer, or I'll kill this boy! [Electronic pulsating hum.]
(Maggie) Quinn, no! All right.
Easy now.
[Rickman yelling.]
[Rickman grunting.]
[Screaming.]
[Gun firing.]
[Whooshing.]
No! [Panting.]
[People chattering.]
(Rembrandt) Excuse me.
Hey.
I haven't seen Malcolm this morning.
He left early this morning to go check his trap lines.
I think he's afraid to say goodbye to you again.
[Sighing.]
Yeah, I know the feeling.
Thanks.
[Bird chirping.]
[Water splashing.]
Hey, partner, catch anything? I never miss.
When are you leaving? Soon.
Remmy, I can't go with you.
And you can't stay here.
How do you know that's what I was thinking? Because I've been thinkin' about it.
I wish there was a way we could stay together, but I can't see it.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're too important to Gretchen.
She needs you, all of these people do.
And your friends need you.
[Sighing.]
I'm not gonna ask you to promise you'll come back.
I'll just hope for it.
Me, too.
[Rustling.]
So you won't forget me.
I will never forget you, son.
Not in a million years.