The Weaker Sex
On the world they enter, they find themselves in a nice
quiet park. No trouble can be seen, it is a calm day. Wells makes a comment,
perhaps they have returned home. Arturo recognises a kiosk selling doughnuts.
He buys one and splits it in four. The man in the kiosk tells them to shut up,
the President is going to speak on tv. Yes, it is President Clinton.
Unfortunately it is President Hillary Clinton! On this world
women rule and men are discriminated against. Women here hold public office,
fly planes, play professional sports and are the captains of industry, while
men stay home, take care of the kids and maybe get a job as a receptionist.
Wells gets a computer job, while since Quinn is thought to be her boyfriend,
he gets a job to prepare coffee at the office where Wells works.
Arturo runs for Mayor, the first man to have done this. Since hundreds
of years ago, this world has not known war. Arturo survives an assassination
attempt, he attempts to get voters not to vote for him, but fails. He almost
wins, but CNN reports a loss. This is a great moment in the episode. Before
he has just promised Wells that should he lose, he will be her slave (?) for the next
slide. In fact he ends up having to serve her with drinks in a Tahiti world
in the next slide. After they are gone, we find out that he did not lose at
all, CNN made a mistake, but the Sliders can't know this!
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