Lester Barrie

Tamera (Tamera Mowry) learns a lesson about skipping school when Ray (Tim Reid) reveals a dark secret from the past.

The detetives search for clues when a drug dealer's wife is found murdered; a young prostitute's body is discovered lying by trash outside an apartment building; Diane tells Simone that she is pregnant.

In a world governed by the corporate world, the Sliders find themselves standing out in the business suit crowd by their casual dress. Arturo (John Rhys-Davies), enraged when someone spills coffee on him, is quickly accosted by several people in suits, who sedate him and take him away. Arturo is placed under the care of Dr. Bolivar (David Purdham), who brainwashes him into thinking he is Reginald Doyle, a Sherlock Holmes-type detective. He gives Arturo a pocket watch -- a device Arturo is to check every hour to reinforce the hypnosis. At the bar, the bartender informs the others that Arturo was taken to "the evaluation center" for treatment.

The Sliders slide from a Mardi Gras dimension into an amusement park and witness an accident between a skater and a bicyclist. The biker, Gerald (Zach Ward), touches the skater and tells him to drop dead. Moments later the skater dies. The Sliders rush to help him, but when a policewoman sees who the biker is, she cancels the ambulance. When the Sliders complain, the policewoman tells them to leave, that they are only causing problems. As they leave, the biker, Gerald, stops Wade (Sabrina Lloyd), telling her that he will see her "in your dreams." At the hotel bar, the bartender tells them to avoid the "dream masters," who can invade people's dreams.

As the Sliders cross a desert, Quinn (Jerry O'Connell) asks Arturo (John Rhys-Davies) about his failing health, and is told to keep quiet. They enter a small town, looking for water, and see a girl, Devin (Gina Phillips), being abducted. As Wade (Sabrina Lloyd) watches this, the girl sends her a telepathic message: "help me." The bartender refuses to serve the Sliders water, as they have nothing to trade. He tells them they should search for the lost city of Aquarius, where water runs free. Wade tells the others she wants to help Devin. Tracking them down, Quinn and Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) grab Devin, but are attacked by Jeremy (Kristopher Lindquist), her abductor.