Let's just start out by saying that Sliders is far from perfect. I loved it dearly from episode 1, but I have been a die-hard Jerry O'Connell fan ever since Stand By Me was released.

HOWEVER - if you are not a huge Jerry O'Connell fan, you may want to think before you indulge.

If you love science fiction for it's storytelling value - and not necessarily it's accuracy in depicting current scientific theory (and even facts, on occasion) - then you may still like this show.

If you're a science purist, avert your eyes. You won't be happy.

Jerry O'Connell is very entertaining in most of his works, and Sliders was just the vehicle to get him more attention than he had before. The geek prodigy Quinn Mallory has just enough cool in him to be fun and include some action along the way.

In the fourth season Quinn and his friends are joined by his brother, Collin. Collin is also very smart and fun, but less cool - and he grew up in a paralell dimension that didn't have as much knowledge as our real world now has. He is more of a dramatic and humorous element, taking us a little off the track of the science part of the fiction. Collin is also portrayed by Jerry O'Connell's real-life brother, Charlie. The two of them are great together and the show hits a whole new level of entertaining when they are both on.

I think Kari Wuhrer is terrific as Maggie, but feel sorry for her sometimes because the writers can't seem to make up their minds about what kind of person her character is.

Of course, Cleavant Derricks is excellent at whatever he is asked to portray. He is always Rembrandt Brown through and through. The Cryin' Man is the kind of person who basically does what needs to be done when it is needed. Singer, lover, fighter, mechanic, scream in fear... you name it!

Those of us who watched the show from the beginning miss the professor and Wade when they are gone, but the new ensemble works well and most of the stories are certainly unique.

Thank you, Universal, for releasing this collection of action fun!

why so expensive its a good series but not worth 35 bucks get real lower that price and we can talk........

Season 4 was the year when half of the original ensemble had been deleted... and it was also the yeat when the Sliders began the Kromagg arc (which lasted almost the entire season if my memory is correct.)

It's difficult to discern which of these elements did the most damage to Sliders: lower production budgets; weak scripts; loss of two strong cast members. Since I have not ever watched "Babylon 5" my knowledge of their season long story arcs is nil, but ST Enterprise had a great one with the season 4 "Xindi" arc. Unfortunately, while the concept of the Kromaggs was solid, the endingly similar sets and plots killed any potential that might have existed. Budgets could have limited the sets and constrained the scripts.

About half the acting talent was gone - or rendered mute - in this season. Jerry O'Connell was and is a powerful acting talent... probably near the same level as the younger Val Kilmer (before he became too much of a 'star' to get the better roles.)

It became a struggle to watch this season and when JOC left, impossible.

But, by then, Sabrina Lloyd was on "Sports Night" so there were compensations.

What if Universal found a portal to Sliders Season Five (1999-2000)? Same planet, 18 Episodes, fans of Sliders should find the gateway during the Holidays of 2008! Please Universal, release Sliders Season Five on DVD for the Holiday rush!

Um... while this season had major changes in cast, it did do something most shows won't: remove lead characters by death or other means. In real life, people die, leave, reject others and so forth. Apart from the fact that the actors wearied of the show or protested and left, the idea within the world of the characters is that people die, people get captured, people leave (for whatever reason). It is one of the things I liked about Babylon 5, that lead characters died or left as would happen in reality.

The stories were up and down. Some very good, some not so much, but the "standard" of story telling was pretty consistent. The Kromagg sub-plot kept things moving forward in the story arc, as well as the desire to find their real "home". That I like. I wish more shows would develop a full story arc and then populate the episodes to move through the arc, again, like B5. All stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Regardless of the "hit" status of a show, better to stop it on top, when the story is done than keep it going (Stargate ended...but then didn't).

I guess I liked the season overall. Having not seen it since airing on Sci-Fi low those many years back, it was fresh again. I never actually saw any of Season 5, in which I am given to understand even more changes occurred. Hopefully, the release of Season 4 means that Season 5 will eventually come out, being the final season.