User Reviews

Lister wakes up in his bunk on Red Dwarf with a live Rimmer as his roommate.

I enjoyed this one more than most of series 7. It mostly captures the spirit of the first two series, has a good dynamic between characters and it ends with a lot of hope for the quality of the show to improve.

The plot is fairly ridiculous but it works well in the Red Dwarf universe. It's not just a reset to the first episode, it's a creative way of returning to what worked well before whilst keeping some semblance of continuity.

All performances are solid with the odd couple dynamic returned to the Lister/Rimmer relationship and a sensible amount of screen time for Kryten, Cat, Holly and Kochanski.

Rimmer's final line of the episode makes you feel the 'boys from the Dwarf' still have some life in them if they get some decent material.

This is a 6.5/10 for me but I always round upwards.

7 slightly missed the mark, 8 is wrongly maligned...inspired performances in back in the Red esp Craig Charles at his best as Lister...difficult to believe that others have not stated so...

anyway, timing in comedy is key, and Danny John Jules as well as Criag Charles are in top form for series 8....Chris Barrie is great as usual and the return of Norman Lovett is great, while Hattie Hayridge was great as well...Chloe Annett's Kochanski is much improved from series 7, has her comic form down pat...so why is it so knocked? The whole atmosphere around the show was great at that time...

so much laughter is provided by series 8 and it deserves far more in the way of kudos...lighten up ye of stodgy temperament!