Retro Review #25: “Host with the Most”
FANDOM ENTANGLEMENT is back with another retro review of the 90s sci-fi series SLIDERS. This time, we’re taking a look at Season 3, Episode 10, “Dead Man Sliding” (original airdate: November 29, 1996 on Fox).
On a world where the legal system is in the form of televised game shows, Quinn is arrested, tried and sentenced to death for the crimes of his double.
This episode was written by Nan Hagan, directed by Richard Compton, and guest-starred veteran television actor Don Most as Skip Collins!
Co-hosts Damon Sugameli & Mike Bloxam are thrilled to welcome back Matt Hutaff (webmaster of the EARTH PRIME Sliders fan site) as, together, we tackle one of the better episodes of Season 3! We also look at how some aspects of the story once again parallel what’s happening in the real world (as Sliders often does) in the year 2025: notably, the increasing amount of “deep-fakes” that seem to be getting harder and harder to discern from reality, how they’re being exploited to cast doubt on what’s actually real, and media manipulation that “alters” facts for the sake of ratings and to control what the population is exposed to. Rounding things out, Matt once again takes us through the various drafts and revisions that this particular episode underwent, right down to alternate casting choices that might have occurred in another dimension. Hope you enjoy our analysis and review!
Next up in production order: “Electric Twister Acid Test,” with returning guest Perry Bruns.
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Recorded on August 3, 2025.
Episode edited by Damon Sugameli.
Opening narration by Mike Bloxam.
Main theme produced and composed by Danny Lux.
Screen captures provided by slidecage.com and Albie Burdge.
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Episode main cast:
- Jerry O’Connell (Quinn Mallory)
- Sabrina Lloyd (Wade Welles)
- Cleavant Derricks (Rembrandt “Crying Man” Brown)
- and John Rhys-Davies as (Professor Maximilian) Arturo
Episode guest cast:
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (The People’s Proponent)
- Perry Reeves (Taryn)
- Fredric Lane (Phil)
- Lisa Rieffel (Deanne Bloch)
- and Don Most as Skip Collins
- Brett Miller as Prison Guard
- Robert DiTillio as Emcee
- Ed Wasser as Studio Guard