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Air Date: 09 Jul 1999
Prod Number: SL-504
Written by: Robert Masello
Directed by: Reza Badiyi
Summary: Remmy, Mallory, Diana and an injured Maggie (suffering from hypotermia) land on a barren little island in the middle of the ocean (Catalina). They find refuge with a mysterious order of monks who begrudgingly offer them food, shelter and medical assistance. The Sliders soon discover the secret of this island and its inhabitants. In a hidden refuge beneath their monastery the monks are busy gathering, recording and codifying the accumulated wisdom of their species. It is called The Great Work. In doing so they are trying to protect this wealth of human knowledge and culture from a marauding faction known as the Volsangs - a Viking-like race of pillagers who have conquered this Earth. When one of monks, Keeper James, betrays the order to the Volsangs the Sliders become involved in a feverish attempt to preserve The Great Work. Diana helps to store the data for the Great Work by using a large crystal and configuring the laser for crystal silicon encryption. The Volsang boats soon reach the beach and the raiders enter the hidden refuge beneath the monastery. Maggie trips the self destruction button thus destroying all the records holding the Great Work prior to exiting into the vortex. Outside, Seth and Sara take the crystal containing the Great Work and sail off to lands unknown.
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Credits:
Actor Character
Eamon Behrens Keeper Samuel
Marshall Bell Vortak
Vicki Davis Sara
Austin Nichols Seth
Granville Van Dusen Keeper Abraham
Cissy Wellman Head Matron
Rob Youngblood Keeper James

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