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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Upon meeting the group, Derek notes how Arturo will be quite skeptical of claims of seers and seeing the future. Arturo goes on to do just that, though he tempers his tone as the episode goes on.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "Love? She had to kill herself to get away from you, and you call that love?"
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "Love? She had to kill herself to get away from you, and you call that love?"
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* BigNo: During the final flashback, Richard does this combined with a SkywardScream after Kate dies in his arms.
* BigOMG: Wade when she sees someone who looks exactly like the guy from her dream.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: When deciding his successor, the Prime Oracle notes that Melanie is right about having more discipline and that Derek is right about having more power. The tie-breaker is the simple fact that Derek can achieve better discipline, but Melanie can't achieve greater power.
* BigOMG: Wade when she sees someone who looks exactly like the guy from her dream.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: When deciding his successor, the Prime Oracle notes that Melanie is right about having more discipline and that Derek is right about having more power. The tie-breaker is the simple fact that Derek can achieve better discipline, but Melanie can't achieve greater power.
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* FlashbackNightmare: Wade has multiple dreams that fill in the romance of Richard and Kate, and how it came to a tragic end.
* {{Foil}}: The other finalist for replacing the current Prime Oracle is a woman named Melanie. She has less power than Derek, but she has more control and a greater personal regard for the old man.
* FourthDateMarriage: Derek proposes to Wade after their first date. Wade took the ring because he insisted, but she didn't formally accept the proposal and is a bit torn over what to do. Quinn and Rembrandt think that settles it, though Arturo argues she's more rational than they're giving her credit for.
-->'''Wade:''' Derek's everything I could possibly ask for.\\
'''Quinn:''' You know this after one date?
* GreenEyedMonster: Quinn really can't help himself, as Wade and Derek become closer.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The various Prime Oracles over the years have prevented multiple wars and alerted people to various natural disasters. This record of success has ensured a great deal of faith in whoever holds the office. Arturo notes the current Prime Oracle has a particularly lofty reputation.
* {{Foil}}: The other finalist for replacing the current Prime Oracle is a woman named Melanie. She has less power than Derek, but she has more control and a greater personal regard for the old man.
* FourthDateMarriage: Derek proposes to Wade after their first date. Wade took the ring because he insisted, but she didn't formally accept the proposal and is a bit torn over what to do. Quinn and Rembrandt think that settles it, though Arturo argues she's more rational than they're giving her credit for.
-->'''Wade:''' Derek's everything I could possibly ask for.\\
'''Quinn:''' You know this after one date?
* GreenEyedMonster: Quinn really can't help himself, as Wade and Derek become closer.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The various Prime Oracles over the years have prevented multiple wars and alerted people to various natural disasters. This record of success has ensured a great deal of faith in whoever holds the office. Arturo notes the current Prime Oracle has a particularly lofty reputation.
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* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: "The name's Bond, Derek Bond. [[LampshadeHanging It's kind of hard to resist saying it that way.]]"
* ParentalSubstitute: The Prime Oracle took Derek and Melanie in and raised them as part of their training. Melanie takes his impending death hard, but Derek is far colder about it.
* ParentalSubstitute: The Prime Oracle took Derek and Melanie in and raised them as part of their training. Melanie takes his impending death hard, but Derek is far colder about it.
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* RunningGag: The rough landing comes with an extra bit of irritation, as they land on a beat up path next to some cushy grass.
-->'''Arturo:''' Soft landing there, hard part here. And where do we land unfailingly?!
-->'''Arturo:''' Soft landing there, hard part here. And where do we land unfailingly?!
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* UndyingLoyalty: The position of Prime Oracle is so highly regarded that the person holding it has everyone's complete trust. When Rembrandt complains about being nearly run over by the gun's car, the officers insist the Prime Oracle surely had a good reason for that (which, as it turns out, he did).
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* YouAreTooLate: Richard arrives on the scene mere moments after Kate is shot. He says his father boasted of his plan knowing he'd never make it in time to save her.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: The group slides out peacefully, but then Derek appears frightened--saying he's seeing where they're about to land.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: The group slides out peacefully, but then Derek appears frightened--saying he's seeing where they're about to land.[[note]]For the record, the intended next episode is "[[Recap/SlidersS02E12Invasion Invasion]]".[[/note]]
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* AlternateHistory: Lincoln was saved from assasination by a psychic. He then creates the position of Prime Oracle to help prevent future disasters. Because of this JFK lived to the present day, dying of natural causes. His brother RFK and Martin Luther King Jr are also alive.
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* AlternateHistory: Lincoln was saved from assasination assassination by a psychic. He then creates created the position of Prime Oracle to help prevent future disasters. Because of this JFK lived to the present day, dying of natural causes. His brother RFK and Martin Luther King Jr are also alive.
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*AlternateHistory: Lincoln was saved from assasination by a psychic. He then creates the position of Prime Oracle to help prevent future disasters. Because of this JFK lived to the present day, dying of natural causes. His brother RFK and Martin Luther King Jr are also alive.
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* PreCrimeArrest: Rembrandt and Arturo are arrested for a murder that hasn't occurred yet.
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* ComesGreatResponsibility: Derek has powerful psychic abilities, but he has a great deal of anger. The point of this story is for him to learn better control.
* TheEndOrIsIt: The group slides out peacefully, but then Derek appears frightened--saying he's seeing where they're about to land.
* FakingTheDead: Wade downs some medicine in an apparent act of suicide, but the pills just knocked her out.
* MeaningfulName: Rembrandt intimates that part of the reason he's called the "Crying Man" is because he's had his share of lost loves.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Derek after Wade's supposed suicide.
* PreCrimeArrest: Rembrandt and Arturo are arrested for a murder that hasn't occurred yet. After read their rights, they're immediately released and warned not to actually commit the crime.
* ProphecyTwist: It's Wade that the Police Oracles say Rembrandt and Arturo are predicted to kill. Later, Rembrandt and Arturo reveal they were behind the faked suicide plan, with Rembrandt saying they partly got the idea from the arrest. So, they did sort of kill her.
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* {{Reincarnation}}: Derek claims he and Wade are reincarnations of StarCrossedLovers, Richard and Kate.
* ShipTease: Derek romancing and proposing to Wade really gets under Quinn's skin.
* ShoutOutToShakespeare: ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' crops up a bit, specifically the fake suicide plan (which Arturo notes has a happier ending here than in the play).
* WeWouldHaveToldYouBut: Quinn is kept in the dark about the phony suicide plan so that Derek won't be able to learn the truth from reading his mind.
* YouCantFightFate: Zig Zagged. Every prediction comes true, but the characters' actions can cause a ProphecyTwist.
* ShipTease: Derek romancing and proposing to Wade really gets under Quinn's skin.
* ShoutOutToShakespeare: ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' crops up a bit, specifically the fake suicide plan (which Arturo notes has a happier ending here than in the play).
* WeWouldHaveToldYouBut: Quinn is kept in the dark about the phony suicide plan so that Derek won't be able to learn the truth from reading his mind.
* YouCantFightFate: Zig Zagged. Every prediction comes true, but the characters' actions can cause a ProphecyTwist.
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Story by Steve Brown and Jon Povill
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Story by Steve Brown and & Jon Povill
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Quinn gives one to Derek after Wade apparently commits suicide in order to get away from him.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Quinn gives one to Derek after [[FakingTheDead Wade apparently commits suicide suicide]] in order to get away from him.
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Originally aired May 24, 1996
Teleplay by Jon Povill
Story by Steve Brown and Jon Povill
Directed by Colin Bucksey
The Sliders land on a parallel world where 10% of the population possesses psychic abilities. Rembrandt and Arturo are arrested for a murder that hasn't happened yet, while Wade meets Derek Bond, a powerful seer who may have loved her in a different lifetime.
Teleplay by Jon Povill
Story by Steve Brown and Jon Povill
Directed by Colin Bucksey
The Sliders land on a parallel world where 10% of the population possesses psychic abilities. Rembrandt and Arturo are arrested for a murder that hasn't happened yet, while Wade meets Derek Bond, a powerful seer who may have loved her in a different lifetime.
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%%* FakingTheDead
* PreCrimeArrest: Rembrandt and Arturo are arrested for a murder that hasn't occurred yet.
* PsychicPowers: Ten percent of the human population on the latest parallel world our heroes visit possess them.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Quinn gives one to Derek after Wade apparently commits suicide in order to get away from him.
* PreCrimeArrest: Rembrandt and Arturo are arrested for a murder that hasn't occurred yet.
* PsychicPowers: Ten percent of the human population on the latest parallel world our heroes visit possess them.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Quinn gives one to Derek after Wade apparently commits suicide in order to get away from him.
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