Terry Markwell

Rembrandt (Cleavant Derricks) is in a batting cage trying to win a wager when the other Sliders enter, telling him it is time. They jump into the wormhole, and end up, for a few seconds, in a world of fire. Quinn (Jerry O'Connell) sees a small flame moving toward them, then they slide. Landing near an oil refinery, they head toward town in search of money, since Rembrandt had bet all their money on the aborted game. The small flame follows them. Entering the town, they pass a fire truck on its way to a fire. They see a banner advertising refinery jobs, so they climb on a company truck. Left behind, the flame splits into two flames, starting a fire at the building. At the plant, J.C. Ashton (Anthony Tyler Quinn), head of security, says the fires have been set by the striking union.

While waiting at a hospital, Rembrandt (Cleavant Derrick) is mistaken for the Duke (Clinton Derricks-Carroll) by the pregnant Duchess Danielle (Victoria Mahoney). Thinking she needs a transfusion, he goes into surgery with her. Only later do Quinn (Jerry O'Connell) and Wade (Sabrina Lloyd) find out that it's not a transfusion, but a transference of the fetus. A news report declares the situation, stating that the real Duke Rembrandt has been missing. Quinn sneaks into the operating room to warn Rembrandt, but he's been sedated. Quinn is grabbed by the Duchess' aide, Lady Mary (Hallie Foote), and the Lady's nephew, George Stellos (Dan Gauthier), head of Palace security. Arturo (John Rhys-Davies) intercedes, saying they are the Duke's new assistants. Later, at the palace, the Sliders visit Rembrandt as he awakens. Arturo explains how an epidemic destroyed women's ability to complete the pregnancy, and how once men take the fetus, gestation speeds up.