The gang lands on a world nearly deplete of natural resources and encounters a group of people near to discovering the secret of sliding but for evil purposes.
In the middle of a desert, the Sliders find a village plagued by constant tornadoes and presided over by a dictator wholl stop at nothing to keep his subjects under his iron rule.
Quinn is made to relive painful childhood memories when a slide to the 1980s brings him face to face with his younger self. But his efforts to change the future are hampered by other Sliders, who warn of the consequences.