Maggie Beckett
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Maggie A. Beckett is a fictional character
on the television show Sliders
, played by Kari Wührer
. She was introduced in the episode "The Exodus, Part One" and was present in the last nine episodes of the third season, and the entire fourth and fifth seasons. Maggie had a father named Thomas Beckett who was also in the military.
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When Maggie's superiors learned about sliding technology, Quinn
was ordered to help Dr. Jensen (Maggie's husband) perfect his sliding technology. Maggie and Quinn were ordered to scout parallel worlds to find one that was suitable to build a colony where people would be free from the deadly pulsars.
Maggie almost died when she arrived to Earth Prime
and was unable to breathe the air. Quinn concluded that the people on Maggie's earth must have different lungs from the lungs of people on Earth Prime.
Dr. Jensen felt that Quinn and Maggie were attracted to each other and was angry at Quinn because of that.
Rickman killed Dr. Jensen to keep him quiet. When Maggie found out that Rickman murdered her husband, she wanted revenge. Rickman slid, so Maggie's only way to get revenge was to slide with Quinn, Rembrandt
and Wade
. Right after Maggie decided to slide with the others, when Quinn said, "Welcome aboard, Captain Beckett," Maggie revealed that she resigned her position in the military and was now just "Beckett".
In the episode "Roads Taken", Quinn and Maggie went into a "bubble universe" that existed only for the two of them. In that universe, the two were married and had a child named Thomas (named after Maggie's father).
and used it as evidence that she was weak. However she started to understand as she also broke down due to her husband's death and reevaluated her opinion of Wade somewhat when Wade saved her life from a zombie commenting that Wade "showed her something" by doing that and seemed somewhat humbled by the experience. In the episode "Dinoslide", the conflict between Wade and Maggie was further examined. At the beginning of the episode, Wade was upset about Maggie's desire to kill Rickman out of revenge. Later, when the sliders encountered dinosaur
s, Maggie wanted to kill the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Wade remarked, "Isn't there anything she doesn't think about killing?" By the end of the episode, there were indicators that the two were starting to get along; Wade and Maggie said, "Nice shooting!" to each other as they were shooting a gun at an oxygen tank in the dinosaur's mouth in an attempt to kill the dinosaur. The last time they saw each other was in the episode "This Slide of Paradise". At the end of the episode, Maggie said, "I'm going to miss you getting on my nerves Wade!" and then Wade responded by saying, "Same here." When Maggie met Marda in the episode "Genesis", Marda said, "Wade said you were a tough bitch," and Maggie responded, "Yeah, I bet she did!"
Maggie's father's name is Thomas Beckett. Thomas Beckett is also the name of the brother of Sam Beckett in the show Quantum Leap, leading to the belief that she may in fact be Sam's niece.
His name is a variant spelling of Thomas Becket
, Archbishop of Canterbury
and the subject of Murder in the Cathedral
.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
on the television show Sliders
Sliders
Sliders is an American science fiction television series. It was broadcast for five seasons, beginning in 1995 and ending in 2000. The series follows a group of travelers as they use a wormhole to "slide" between different parallel universes. The show was created by Robert K. Weiss and Tracy Tormé...
, played by Kari Wührer
Kari Wührer
Kari Samantha Wührer is an American actress and singer, mostly credited as Kari Wuhrer, sometimes as Kari Salin.-Early life:...
. She was introduced in the episode "The Exodus, Part One" and was present in the last nine episodes of the third season, and the entire fourth and fifth seasons. Maggie had a father named Thomas Beckett who was also in the military.
Character history
When the sliders first met Maggie in the episode "The Exodus", she was a captain in the United States Marines under the command of Colonel Angus Rickman. She was married to Dr. Stephen Jensen, who was in a wheelchair due to an accident a year prior. She was part of a plot to assassinate Dr. Jaribeck, a scientist who discovered that a pulsar would soon irradiate the Earth, killing all life. Since the sliders were with him when he died, Maggie questioned them about anything he might have said. The sliders managed to escape from Maggie and locked her in the trunk of a car, but Maggie arrested the sliders when she met them again at Dr. Jaribeck's office at California Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
.
When Maggie's superiors learned about sliding technology, Quinn
Quinn Mallory
Quinn R. Mallory is a fictional character on the science fiction television show Sliders, played by Jerry O'Connell.-Childhood:Quinn was born in 1973 and raised in San Francisco, California, the son of Michael and Amanda Mallory...
was ordered to help Dr. Jensen (Maggie's husband) perfect his sliding technology. Maggie and Quinn were ordered to scout parallel worlds to find one that was suitable to build a colony where people would be free from the deadly pulsars.
Maggie almost died when she arrived to Earth Prime
Earth Prime (Sliders)
Earth Prime, a term used in the television show Sliders, is the name of the alternate Earth where the four original sliders started their journey. Although it is very similar to our Earth, the creator of the show, Tracy Tormé, has stated that it is not our Earth...
and was unable to breathe the air. Quinn concluded that the people on Maggie's earth must have different lungs from the lungs of people on Earth Prime.
Dr. Jensen felt that Quinn and Maggie were attracted to each other and was angry at Quinn because of that.
Rickman killed Dr. Jensen to keep him quiet. When Maggie found out that Rickman murdered her husband, she wanted revenge. Rickman slid, so Maggie's only way to get revenge was to slide with Quinn, Rembrandt
Rembrandt Brown
Rembrandt Lee Brown is a fictional character played by Cleavant Derricks on the science fiction television show Sliders. In 1994, Rembrandt was living in San Francisco. Rembrandt is a musician, whose stage name is The Crying Man because of his ability to "cry real tears" on stage...
and Wade
Wade Welles
Wade Kathleen Wells, a fictional character on the show Sliders played by Sabrina Lloyd, is from San Francisco, and worked at Doppler Computer Store while attending North Shore Junior College. She was studying literature and poetry....
. Right after Maggie decided to slide with the others, when Quinn said, "Welcome aboard, Captain Beckett," Maggie revealed that she resigned her position in the military and was now just "Beckett".
In the episode "Roads Taken", Quinn and Maggie went into a "bubble universe" that existed only for the two of them. In that universe, the two were married and had a child named Thomas (named after Maggie's father).
Relationship with Wade
Maggie and Wade never got along. When they first met, Wade said, "There's something about that woman I don't like. Make that everything about that woman I don't like." Maggie was critical of the way Wade was handling the death of Maximillian ArturoMaximillian Arturo
Professor Maximillian P. Arturo is a fictional character on the science fiction television show Sliders. He was played by John Rhys-Davies....
and used it as evidence that she was weak. However she started to understand as she also broke down due to her husband's death and reevaluated her opinion of Wade somewhat when Wade saved her life from a zombie commenting that Wade "showed her something" by doing that and seemed somewhat humbled by the experience. In the episode "Dinoslide", the conflict between Wade and Maggie was further examined. At the beginning of the episode, Wade was upset about Maggie's desire to kill Rickman out of revenge. Later, when the sliders encountered dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
s, Maggie wanted to kill the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Wade remarked, "Isn't there anything she doesn't think about killing?" By the end of the episode, there were indicators that the two were starting to get along; Wade and Maggie said, "Nice shooting!" to each other as they were shooting a gun at an oxygen tank in the dinosaur's mouth in an attempt to kill the dinosaur. The last time they saw each other was in the episode "This Slide of Paradise". At the end of the episode, Maggie said, "I'm going to miss you getting on my nerves Wade!" and then Wade responded by saying, "Same here." When Maggie met Marda in the episode "Genesis", Marda said, "Wade said you were a tough bitch," and Maggie responded, "Yeah, I bet she did!"
Personal information
In the episode "This Slide of Paradise" it was revealed that Maggie had an affair with Angus Rickman. She said it was the biggest mistake of her life.Maggie's father's name is Thomas Beckett. Thomas Beckett is also the name of the brother of Sam Beckett in the show Quantum Leap, leading to the belief that she may in fact be Sam's niece.
His name is a variant spelling of Thomas Becket
Thomas Becket
Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion...
, Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
and the subject of Murder in the Cathedral
Murder in the Cathedral
Murder in the Cathedral is a verse drama by T. S. Eliot that portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, first performed in 1935...
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