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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Arturo gets ready to take the first mouthful of his homemade penicillin when Quinn's double points out that there are people who are even sicker. The Professor counters that it might one one three things: it may do nothing, it might cure, or it might kill.

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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Arturo gets ready to take the first mouthful of his homemade penicillin when Quinn's double points out that there are people who are even sicker. The Professor counters that it might one one of three things: it may do nothing, it might cure, or it might kill.
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Arturo gets ready to take the first mouthful of his homemade penicillin when Quinn's double points out that there are people who are even sicker. The Professor counters that it might do nothing, it might cure, or it might kill.

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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Arturo gets ready to take the first mouthful of his homemade penicillin when Quinn's double points out that there are people who are even sicker. The Professor counters that it might one one three things: it may do nothing, it might cure, or it might kill.
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* VillainOfTheWeek: Dr. Darren Morton. It's hinted that he deliberately said Alt!Quinn was fine in order to have an excuse to release the "Q" on the general population.

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* VillainOfTheWeek: Dr. Darren Morton.Morton, the first official one of the series (excluding alternates). It's hinted that he deliberately said Alt!Quinn was fine in order to have an excuse to release the "Q" on the general population.
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* HotScientist: Dr. Eileen Stanley, who was romantically involved with Quinn's double.
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* CassandraTruth: After being captured by the CHC, Quinn undergoes an examination which finds no trace of the "Q" infection in him. Dr. Morton refuses to believe it.



* VillainOfTheWeek: Dr. Darren Morton.

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* VillainOfTheWeek: Dr. Darren Morton. It's hinted that he deliberately said Alt!Quinn was fine in order to have an excuse to release the "Q" on the general population.
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Written by Ann Powell & Rose Schacht

Directed by Mario Azzopardi

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Written by Ann Powell Creator/AnnPowell & Rose Schacht

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Directed by Mario Azzopardi
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* NiceToTheWaiter: Rembrandt gives Pavel, the Russian cab driver, a crisp $100 bill and promises another if he is still there when he rescues Quinn. Stunned, Pavel says he'll wait.
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* VillainOfTheWeek: Dr. Darren Morton

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* VillainOfTheWeek: Dr. Darren MortonMorton.
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* EasyComeEasyGo: Quinn namedrops this when they find that they only have a minute left in Black Oil Rush World, not giving them enough time to enjoy its perks.

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* EasyComeEasyGo: Quinn namedrops this when they find that they only have a minute left in Black Oil Gold Rush World, not giving them enough time to enjoy its perks.
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* EasyComeEasyGo: Quinn namedrops this when they find that they only have a minute left in Black Oil Rush World, not giving them enough time to enjoy its perks.
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* ForeignQueasine: After arriving on Q Earth, the sliders decide to get some punch. Lunch turns out to be vacuumed-sealed hamburgers. Rembrandt is less than enthused.

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* ForeignQueasine: After arriving on Q Earth, the sliders decide to get some punch.lunch. Lunch turns out to be vacuumed-sealed hamburgers. Rembrandt is less than enthused.
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* ForeignQueasine: After arriving on Q Earth, the sliders decide to get some punch. Lunch turns out to be vacuumed-sealed hamburgers. Rembrandt is less than enthused.


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* OhCrap: Rembrandt, when he sees that Quinn is a wanted man in the current universe.
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* HomemadeInventions: Arturo uses ordinary moldy food to produce penicillin.


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* MoneyToThrowAway: One man does this in the teaser, as the Sliders arrive in a San Francisco that's sitting on top of a massive oil reserve and thus all the residents are now extremely rich. Since they only have twenty minutes, Rembrandt and Wade grab as much of the free money as they can.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Arturo gets ready to take the first mouthful of his homemade penicillin when Quinn's double points out that there are people who are even sicker. The Professor counters that it might do nothing, it might cure, or it might kill.
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Written by Ann Powell and Rose Schacht

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Written by Ann Powell and & Rose Schacht



On a parallel Earth plagued by a deadly epidemic, Wade is infected and Quinn is captured by a health agency, and it's up to Rembrandt and Arturo to save their friends.

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On a parallel Earth world plagued by a deadly epidemic, Wade is infected and Quinn is captured by a health agency, and it's up so it falls to Rembrandt and Arturo to save their friends.



* HotScientist: Dr. Stanley.

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* HotScientist: Dr. Stanley.Eileen Stanley, who was romantically involved with Quinn's double.



-->'''Quinn''': You want to know what could've cured me? I've been sliding through an inter-dimensional wormhole seeing how many different ways people like you [[SuddenlyShouting can screw up civilization]]!

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-->'''Quinn''': You want to know what could've cured me? I've been sliding through an inter-dimensional wormhole wormhole, seeing how many different ways people like you [[SuddenlyShouting can screw up civilization]]!

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* FindTheCure: The goal of the episode.

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* FindTheCure: The goal of the episode.episode after Wade gets infected.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Quinn gives one to the doctors at the health agency.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Quinn gives one to the doctors at the health agency.Dr. Morton:
-->'''Quinn''': You want to know what could've cured me? I've been sliding through an inter-dimensional wormhole seeing how many different ways people like you [[SuddenlyShouting can screw up civilization]]!



* SuddenlyShouting: "Maybe not in your America, but here it is real! If you don't believe me then ASK THEM!!!"

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* SuddenlyShouting: "Maybe See TheReasonYouSuckSpeech above.
** Alt!Quinn also does this while speaking with Arturo:
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not in your America, but here it is real! If you don't believe me me, then ASK THEM!!!"THEM!!!



* VillainOfTheWeek: Dr. Morton

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* VillainOfTheWeek: Dr. Darren Morton

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%%* SuddenlyShouting

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%%* SuddenlyShouting* StateSec: The California Health Commission, which has its own soldiers to enforce quarantines.
* SuddenlyShouting: "Maybe not in your America, but here it is real! If you don't believe me then ASK THEM!!!"
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* PatientZero: The alternate Quinn is known as this on the Q Earth.
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* AlternateHistory: On this world, penicillin was never discovered. That is, until Arturo invents it in order to cure the Q.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Quinn gives one to the doctors at the health agency.


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* TyphoidMary: The alternate Quinn Mallory was infected with the disease that would later be called the "Q," but he was given a clean bill of health by Dr. Morton. The result was he ended up infecting lots of people.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Dr. Morton

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%%* FindTheCure
%%* HotScientist

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%%* FindTheCure
%%* HotScientist
* FindTheCure: The goal of the episode.
* HotScientist: Dr. Stanley.


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%%* SuddenlyShouting
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On a parallel Earth plagued by a deadly epidemic, Wade is infected and Quinn is captured by a health agency, and it's up to Rembrandt and Arturo to find a cure and save their friends.

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On a parallel Earth plagued by a deadly epidemic, Wade is infected and Quinn is captured by a health agency, and it's up to Rembrandt and Arturo to find a cure and save their friends.
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Originally aired March 29, 1995

Written by Ann Powell and Rose Schacht

Directed by Mario Azzopardi

On a parallel Earth plagued by a deadly epidemic, Wade is infected and Quinn is captured by a health agency, and it's up to Rembrandt and Arturo to find a cure and save their friends.
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!!Tropes present in the episode:

%%* FindTheCure
%%* HotScientist
* ImAHumanitarian: In the final scene, the Sliders end up on a world inhabited by cannibals.
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