Originally aired November 8, 1996
Written by Tony Blake & Paul Jackson
Directed by David Livingston
On a world where magic exists, Quinn falls in love with a beautiful maiden who's being kept prisoner by an evil wizard obsessed with gaining immortality. Wade casts a spell to help Rembrandt hook up with a woman he likes, but the spell backfires and causes Rembrandt to fall in love with Wade instead.
Tropes present in the episode:
- All of the Other Reindeer: Arturo jokingly notes that he's the only male Slider not currently hung up on a woman.
- Always a Bigger Fish: Skuldar can take the form of a hawk, using it for recon and to attack others. During the climax, Arturo makes sure to counter that by getting a falcon.
- Badass Family: On this world, Quinn's family is made up of powerful wizards.
- Beauty Equals Goodness: Melinda believes this, but it's offered a twist.Arturo: Melinda, that which is beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
- Can't Kill You, Still Need You: The only reason that Gareth doesn't kill Melinda outright for her attempted escape and later betrayal is because he can use her as part of a ritual to become immortal.
- Didn't See That Coming: The love potion making Rembrandt head over heels in love with Wade.
- Evil Sorcerer: Gareth Carr.
- Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Skuldar is last seen in his hawk form and fleeing from a falcon. Arturo expects that to be the last anyone ever sees of him.
- Eye Scream: Quinn and Arturo speak with a columnist about Gareth. The columnist once wrote something unfavorable about him and came down with an "unexplained" case of blindness.
- Facial Horror: Part of Melinda's face is scarred due to her being caught in a fire when she was a child.
- Glamour: Melinda uses this to hide her facial scars. Arturo, however, urges her to use the magic maintaining the glamour to heal a critically-wounded Quinn.
- Grand Theft Me: Gareth plots to execute this on Quinn to gain immortality.
- I Regret Nothing: Melinda has no regrets about sacrificing her beauty for his life.
- Immortality: Gareth wants to become immortal.
- Jumped at the Call: The second Melinda is abducted by the dragon, Quinn wants to rush over to Gareth's lair to save her. Arturo urges him to wait, saying they need to get goods first instead of just charging in blindly.
- Last of His Kind: Gareth killed the other Mallorys, but he keeps one (Phillip) in suspended animation. This is attributed to fear of incurring the wrath of Mercury for wiping out an entire lineage.
- My God, What Have I Done?: The Sliders handed Melinda over to the police to be returned to Gareth. Upon seeing she didn't want that, Quinn felt guilty and set about trying to save her.
- Only Sane Sliders: Rembrandt notes that he and Wade are the only normal people on this journey.
- Preemptive Apology: The only way to get Gareth to leave Quinn's body is to prove he's still mortal. At the Druid gathering, Arturo enters with a knife to do just that.Arturo: Forgive me, Quinn. [stabs him]
- Skepticism Failure: Arturo openly admits he can't explain the various magical sights.
- The Power of Love: The love potion aspect is initially Played for Laughs, but Rembrandt reveals he has a deep love for Wade's soul and that being with her is like being home.
- This Cannot Be!: Gareth-in-Quinn has the reaction to his stab wound. He stares at the blood in shock before falling over.
- Villain of the Week: Gareth Carr, evil wizard.
- We Will Meet Again: For her role in driving him out of Quinn's body, Gareth promises to make Melinda pay for this. She is soon abducted and taken back to his lair.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Melinda and Gareth believe Quinn to be an immortal sorcerer instead of a man of science.
