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I: Future Echoes II: Thanks for the Memory III: Bodyswap IV: White Hole V: Holoship VI: Out of Time VII: Blue VIII: Cassandra (well…that one’s not liable to change much among commenters I guess…) April 18, 2009 at 5:19 pm #97427 DessieParticipant I: Future Echoes II: Queeg III: Polymorph IV: Justice V: Quarantine VI: Psirens VII: Duct Soup VIII: Cassandra April 18, 2009 at 5:24 pm #97429 p2p_productionsParticipant I: The End II: Kryten III: Marooned IV: Dimension Jump V: Back To Reality VI: Gunmen Of The Apocalypse VII: Tikka To Ride VIII: Back In The Red Part 1 BtE: Part 1 …But that’s just today. :-)) April 18, 2009 at 5:25 pm #97430 NoFroParticipant I: Future Echoes II: Thanks for the Memory III: Marooned IV: Justice V: Holoship VI: Out of Time VII: Stoke Me A Clipper VIII: Cassandra April 18, 2009 at 5:31 pm #97435 Ben PaddonParticipant I: Waiting For God II: Kryten III: Marooned IV: White Hole V: Quarantine VI: Gunmen Of The Apocalypse VII: Tikka To Ride VIII: Cassandra BTE: Part Two April 18, 2009 at 5:33 pm #97437 hummingbirdParticipant I: The End II: Thanks for the memory III: Marooned IV: White Hole V: Back to Reality VI: Gunmen VII: Tikka VIII: Cassandra BtE: Part 2 April 18, 2009 at 5:46 pm #97442 Seb PatrickKeymaster 1: Me2 2: Thanks for the Memory III: The Last Day IV: Dimension Jump (only just edging out White Hole, which seems to slip down my personal list every time I think about it) V: Back to Reality VI: Out of Time VII: Tikka to Ride VIII: Cassandra BtE: Part Two April 18, 2009 at 5:49 pm #97443 NakrophileParticipant I: Future Echoes II: Thanks for the Memory III: Marooned IV: Dimension Jump V: The Inuisitor VI: Out of Time VII: Tikka VIII: Cassandra BtE: part 2 I guess, although I doubt I’ll even think of it as a trilogy when the DVD arrives. April 18, 2009 at 5:54 pm #97445 Another PhilParticipant 1. Me2 2. Queeg 3. Marooned 4. Dimension Jump 5. Back to Reality 6. Gunmen of the Apocalypse 7. Blue 8. Cassandra BtE: Part 2 April 18, 2009 at 5:57 pm #97446 Nick RParticipant I: Me^2 (Runner-up: Future Echoes) II: Queeg (Runner-up: Thanks for the Memory) III: Marooned (Runner-up: The Last Day) IV: Dimension Jump (Runner-up: White Hole) V: Quarantine (Runner-up: Back to Reality) VI: Gunmen of the Apocalypse (Runner-up: Out of Time) VII: Stoke Me A Clipper (Runner-up: Tikka To Ride) VIII: Cassandra (Runner-up: Back in the Red Part 1) Having written it out like that, I’ve just realised how many of my favourite episodes from the first six series include elements that were shared with the novels… Since people are including parts of Back to Earth: notice that with the ad breaks, it can be split into six “episodes”. In which case: episode 2, pre-adverts. :) April 18, 2009 at 6:01 pm #97448 CarlitoParticipant Favourite: I: Future Echoes II: Queeg III: Marooned IV: DNA V: Back To Reality VI: Legion VII: Tikka to Ride VIII: Cassandra BTE: Pt 1 Least favourite: NB. Doesn’t mean I don’t like them, just for a bit of balance/comparison. I: Waiting For God II: Parallel Universe III: The Last Day IV: Meltdown V: Demons And Angels VI: Rimmerworld VII: Beyond A Joke VIII: Only The Good BTE: Pt 2 April 18, 2009 at 6:16 pm #97455 AndrewParticipant I: Confidence & Paranoia II: Kryten III: Bodyswap IV: Justice V: Back To Reality VI: Gunmen of the Apocalypse VII: Tikka to Ride VIII: Cassandra BTE: Part 3 April 18, 2009 at 6:17 pm #97456 Zombie Jim UndeadParticipant I – Balance of Power II – Thanks for the Memory III – Marooned IV – White Hole V – The Inquisitor VI – Gunmen VII – Stoke me a Clipper VIII – Cassandra (by a million miles) BtE – Part 2 April 18, 2009 at 6:18 pm #97457 Pete Part ThreeParticipant I : Future Echoes II : Thanks for the Memory III: Polymorph IV : Justice V : Back to Reality VI : Legion VI : Tikka to Ride VIII: I dunno, Cassandra? Who gives a shit, they’re all crap. BTE : Part 2 Least Favourite: I : Waiting For God II : Parallel Universe III: Bodyswap IV : White Hole V : Holoship VI : Emohawk VII: Ouroborus VIII : Pete Part 2 BTE : Part Three by a county mile. April 18, 2009 at 6:33 pm #97461 PhilParticipant Ooh, least favorite…that’s fun, too. LEAST FAVE: I: Waiting For God II: Kryten III: Timeslides IV: Dimension Jump V: Quarantine? (REALLY hard to pick though…those are 6 perfect episodes) VI: Emohawk VII: Duct Soup VIII: Pete Part 2 April 18, 2009 at 6:48 pm #97469 JamesTCParticipant I – Me2 II – Thanks for the Memory III – Backwards IV – Meltdown V – Back to Reality VI – Out of Time VII – Tikka to Ride VIII – Krytie TV BTE – Part 2 April 18, 2009 at 6:56 pm #97470 p2p_productionsParticipant Okay, least favourite: I: Confidence and Paranoia II: Parallel Universe III: Bodyswap IV: Meltdown V: Terrorform VI: Rimmerworld VII: Blue VIII: Pete Part 2 BtE: Part 3 April 18, 2009 at 7:04 pm #97471 CarlitoParticipant I did find it very hard to pick least favourite episodes from series II and V. It is testament to the quality that I still actually LOVE the episodes I have deemed my “least favourite” from most of the seasons. April 18, 2009 at 7:40 pm #97478 NitroChrisUKParticipant i:future echoes ii:stasis leak iii:timeslides iv:dimension jump v:Demons And Angels vi:out of time vii:tikka viii:cassandra bte:part 2 April 18, 2009 at 8:07 pm #97479 Stabbim the SkutterParticipant I – Confidence and Paranoia II – Thanks for the Memory III – Backwards IV – Meltdown V – Demons and Angels VI – Legion VII – Stoke Me A Clipper VIII – Cassandra BtE – Part Three April 18, 2009 at 8:14 pm #97480 Ben PaddonParticipant I seem to be the only person who thinks Waiting For God is brilliant. Heigh ho. I guess I’ll pitch in with my least favourites: I: Balance Of Power II: Thanks For The Memory* III: Bodyswap IV: Camille V: Demons & Angels** VI: EmoHawk: Polymorph II VII: Stoke Me a Clipper VIII: Pete Part Two BTE: Part One ____________________________________________________________ * Probably because I’d seen the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode that also used the same idea. I know this was filmed before the TNG ep, but for some reason it’s the episode of Red Dwarf II that I find the least engaging. Even if it is probably the cleverest of the bunch. ** This was a very difficult decision to make. Series V is probably my favourite series of the lot, and every episode is utter joy from start to finish. It’s really difficult to pick my least favourite. Demons & Angels probably qualifies, but I should note it’s probably in my top ten personal favourite episodes ever. April 18, 2009 at 8:15 pm #97483 Ben PaddonParticipant I wrote a post. I clicked “Post comment”. It vanished. Sadface. April 18, 2009 at 8:36 pm #97485 Bob LoblawParticipant I: Future Echoes II: Thanks For The Memory III: Marooned IV: White Hole V: Holoship VI: Legion VII: Tikka To Ride VIII: Cassandra BtE: Part 2 April 18, 2009 at 8:52 pm #97488 Ian SymesKeymaster FAVOURITE: I: Future Echoes II: Queeg III: Marooned IV: White Hole V: Back To Reality VI: Out of Time VII: Stoke Me A Clipper VIII: Cassandra BTE: Part Three LEAST FAVOURITE: I: Balance of Power II: Parallel Universe III: The Last Day IV: DNA V: Terrorform VI: Rimmerworld VII: Duct Soup VIII: Pete (Part Two) BTE: Part Two April 18, 2009 at 8:59 pm #97493 Ben PaddonParticipant Let’s try again… I: Balance Of Power II: Thanks For The Memory? III: Bodyswap IV: Camille V: Demons & Angels? VI: Emohawk: Polymorph II VII: Stoke Me A Clipper VIII: Pete Part Two BTE: Part One ? Probably because I saw the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode that tried the same thing before I saw this episode. TFTM is brilliantly written and is very, very clever, but for some reason it’s the least engaging episode of series II. ? This is a fairly arbitrary selection. Series V is the most consistently good series of the show, and while Demons & Angels is probably my least favourite I should stress that it’s still one of my personal top ten favourite episodes. April 18, 2009 at 9:16 pm #97496 siParticipant FAVE: I:Future Echoes II:Queeg III:Marooned IV:Justice V:Quarantine VI:Gunmen of the Apocalypse VII:Stoke Me A Clipper VIII:Cassandra LEAST FAVE: I:Waiting for God II:Parallel Universe III:The Last Day IV:Meltdown V:Demons and Angels VI:Out of Time VII:Beyond a Joke VIII:Only the Good… I’m not including BtE as I prefer to think of it as a whole story. Although, if you were to go by my initial viewing (ie. before I saw Blade Runner) I’d have part 2 top, and part 3 bottom. So there. April 18, 2009 at 9:18 pm #97497 Seb PatrickKeymaster See you in ten minutes? LEAST favourites, then : I – Waiting for God II – Parallel Universe III – Polymorph IV – DNA V – Demons & Angels VI – Psirens VII – Epideme VIII – Krytie TV BTE – Part 1 April 18, 2009 at 9:37 pm #97503 CarlitoParticipant I’ve never seen anyone list Krytie TV as their least favourite VIII episode before. It may not feel very Red Dwarf due to a complete lack of sci-fi, but I’d say it has the hallmarks of a fairly good farce sitcom, and it made me laugh quite a lot. I’d put it second to Cassandra when rating VIII. Each to their own, obviously, but just surprised when there is so much worse in VIII. (Coming from somebody who likes VIII… Jesus, why do I always feel the need to include that whenever discussing VIII??) April 18, 2009 at 9:44 pm #97504 CarlitoParticipant It’s funny how, whilst everybody seems to have their own individual favourites for every other series, nearly EVERYONE so far lists Cassandra as the best VIII episode. I remember when watching Cassandra thinking ‘well, that’s the big exposition/setup of Back In The Red out of the way – yeah, probably went on a bit too long – but Cassandra is the type of episode we can expect from this point forward…” Yeah. April 18, 2009 at 9:52 pm #97505 AndrewParticipant > nearly EVERYONE so far lists Cassandra as the best VIII episode. It’s weird, but I can happily separate Back to Earth as three ‘parts’ in a way I can’t with BITR, which would otherwise likely bea favourite of VIII for me. For some reason the way BTE splits into three shows with distinct and separate tones – the old-school one, the Earth-based one and the dream-like one – despite being a single story makes it easier to select a preference. April 18, 2009 at 10:14 pm #97507 RicheyParticipant FAVOURITE I – Waiting For God II – Thanks For The Memory III – Marooned IV – White Hole V – Demons & Angels VI – Gunmen Of The Apocalypse VII – Stoke Me A Clipper VIII – Cassandra BTE – Part 1 LEAST FAVOURITE I – Confidence & Paranoia II – Parallel Universe III – Timeslides IV – Meltdown V – Terrorform VI – Emohawk: Polymorph II VII – Duct Soup VIII – Pete Part 2 BTE – Part 3 NOTE: Least favourites from series I – V are still episodes I enjoy watching. Least favourites from VI – BTE are ones I would not bother watching. April 18, 2009 at 10:15 pm #97508 Another PhilParticipant Least favourites: 1. Waiting for God 2. Better Than Life 3. Bodyswap 4. Meltdown (*) 5. Demons and Angels 6. Emohawk: Polymorph 2 7. Epideme (worst of all time) 8. Pete Part 2 BtE: Part One (*)Tough one though, all of 4 is in my top half. Most consistent series for me. April 18, 2009 at 10:32 pm #97512 JamesTCParticipant Least favourite – I – Waiting for God II – Queeg (and I can’t think of a reason, it is just the least enjoyable) III – Timeslides (very tough choice) IV – Camille V – Terrorform VI – Psirens VII – Ouroborus VIII – Pete Part 2 BTE – Part 1 April 18, 2009 at 11:00 pm #97515 Turk ThrustParticipant Favourites: 1, Future Echoes. 2, Queeg. 3, Marooned. 4, Dimension Jump. 5, Back to Reality. 6, Gunmen of the Apocalypse. 7, Blue (if pushed). 8, Cassandra. Least Favourites. 1, Waiting for God. 2, Better than Life. 3, Bodyswap. 4, White Hole. 5, Demons and Angels. 6, Emohawk. 7, Duct Soup. 8, Pete Part 2. April 18, 2009 at 11:20 pm #97519 Seb PatrickKeymaster For some reason the way BTE splits into three shows with distinct and separate tones – the old-school one, the Earth-based one and the dream-like one – despite being a single story makes it easier to select a preference. S’true. While I think each of the individual episodes makes a lot more sense in the context of the respective other two, they’re still pretty easy to separate as doing different things and having distinct tones. I honestly think the whole “edit it together into one hour-long thing” crowd are barking up the wrong tree somewhat. But that’s just my opinion. (the only thing is that I’d have shunted the Corrie stuff to ep two, and opened three with the arrival in London. But I can see the practicalities of why Corrie was held back) April 18, 2009 at 11:24 pm #97520 Zombie Jim UndeadParticipant Least best: I – Confidence & Paranoia II – Parallel Universe III – Backwards IV – Camille V – Demons & Angels VI – Emohawk VII – Beyond a Joke & Nanarchy tied. VIII – Pete Part II BtE – Part III April 18, 2009 at 11:31 pm #97524 DessieParticipant Least Favourite: I: Balance Of Power II: Parallel Universe III: Body Swap IV: Meltdown V: Demons and Angels VI: Emohawk VII: Tikka VII: Krytie TV April 18, 2009 at 11:38 pm #97527 AndrewParticipant > But I can see the practicalities of why Corrie was held back Not the least of which would be “episode three would be five minutes short”! April 19, 2009 at 12:32 am #97536 MuzzyParticipant FAVOURITES I: ME2 II: Thanks For The Memory III: Marooned IV: Meltdown V: Holoship VI: Legion VII: Tikka To Ride VIII: Krytie TV BTE – Part I LEAST FAVOURITES I: Confidence and Paranoia II: Parallel Universe III: The Last Day IV: Justice V: The Inquisitor VI: Emohawk – Polymorph 2 VII: Epideme VIII: Only The Good… BTE – Part III April 19, 2009 at 2:01 am #97544 pfmParticipant I. Future Echoes (if only for the ‘what things…I said what??’ scene) II. TFTM (perfect piece of television) III. Timeslides (‘it’s you, isn’t it’) (interesting how only around half have put Marooned, the supposed classic episode) IV. DJ (perfect, except for the stupid end kipper scene) V. The Inquisitor (fuck the crows if this ain’t excellence incarnate) VI. Gunmen (nothing needs to be said, ‘well hang on…’ no there’s nothing you can say) VII. Stoke (watched it again a few days ago and it’s strangely gone up in my estimations) VIII. Cassandra (Doctor Who ripped that off, don’t you know) BtE. Part 3 (though you really can’t single it out because you NEED to have seen parts 1 & 2 to appreciate Lister’s moments in part 3) LEAST I. Waiting For God (though contains Rimmer shouting like a loon and saliva smear) II. Parallel Universe (sadly blemishes an otherwise A* perfect series) III. Polymorph (shows how amazing III is) IV. Camille (don’t care much for this or DNA) V. Demons & Angels (I enjoyed Deception Point more) VI. Psirens (‘get out the fucking belt while you can, STAND STILL LADDIE!!’ VII. Nanarchy (shit) VIII. Everything bar Cassandra and the DVD cut of BITR BtE. Part 1 (though I did enjoy it more than some. If you can’t laugh at Chris Barrie saying ‘he irons sneezes’ then just FO&D) April 19, 2009 at 2:13 am #97549 CarlitoParticipant > It?s weird, but I can happily separate Back to Earth as three ?parts? in a way I can?t with BITR For me, BtE individual episodes are just too short to be completely satisfying, whereas watched back-to-back, it’s a great feature length single episode. Although I can kinda seperate them into halves, Dwarf-based and Earth-based. I duno, I guess I view BITR and BTE as whole episodes rather than by their individual parts as they are whole stories when joined together… whereas Pete Pt 1 and Pete Pt 2 only share a few common links (mainly the introduction of Birdman and the time wand) and should really have just been ‘Captain’s Office’ and ‘Pete’, two episodes which simply needed to be back-to-back because of an overlapping element (rather than an actual two-part single story). It’s akin to Out Of Time being called ‘Rimmerworld Part 2’ just because of the slight overlap in the final scene. April 19, 2009 at 2:16 am #97550 JamesTCParticipant It would make more sense to call ‘Tikka to Ride’ Out of Time Part 2 since it basically continues straight after. April 19, 2009 at 2:19 am #97552 CarlitoParticipant Yes, but then that would actually make sense, whereas I wanted to provide an example that doesn’t, much like Pete 1 and 2. April 19, 2009 at 6:44 am #97557 AnonymousInactive Favourites: I. Me2 II. Queeq III. Polymorph IV. Dimension Jump V. Back to Reality VI. Out of Time VII. Stoke me a Clipper VIII. Back in the Red – Part 1. BtE. Part 1 Least favourite: I. Waiting for God II. Kryten III. Backwards IV. Meltdown V. They’re all superb VI. Legion VII. Ouroboros VIII. Pete – Part 2 BtE. Part 3 April 19, 2009 at 7:37 am #97561 hummingbirdParticipant Least favourites: I: Confidence & Paranoia II: Parallel Universe III: Backwards IV: Meltdown V: The Inquisitor VI: Emohawk VII: Duct Soup VIII: everything apart from Cassandra and the bunk room scenes BtE: Part 3 April 19, 2009 at 10:15 am #97567 dookyParticipant Series V is very hard to rank, isn’t it? While it’s not my favourite series, the quality was very consistent… Favourite: I: Me2 II: Queeg III: The Last Day IV: Meltdown V: Back to Reality VI: Out of Time VII: Epideme VIII: Cassandra An honourable mention should also go to Waiting for God, which was my absolute favourite episode of the series I-II era for years. I still consider it to be the most unfairly maligned episode in the show’s history. Epideme is… an odd one, honestly. I haven’t seen series VII for a while, but this always stuck in my head as the most memorable episode. I think that was almost entirely down to Gary Martin’s performance, mind. I feel much less conflicted about putting Meltdown in my list, though. It’s friggin’ awesome. Least favourite: I: Confidence and Paranoia II: Parallel Universe III: Backwards IV: Camille V: Demons and Angels VI: Rimmerworld VII: Beyond a Joke VIII: Back in the Red, Part 3 (Probably the worst ever. This episode makes me sad.) April 19, 2009 at 10:24 am #97568 hummingbirdParticipant > An honourable mention should also go to Waiting for God, which was my absolute favourite episode of the series I-II era for years. I still consider it to be the most unfairly maligned episode in the show?s history. Waiting for God is spoiled by the cat priest scene imo, which is ill-timed, and should probably have been completely re-written. But that’s more than compensated for by the Quagaar subplot which is just wonderful. > I think that was almost entirely down to Gary Martin?s performance, mind. When I watch that (which isn’t often, I admit) his performance always seems a little too much like Levi Stubbs in Little Shop of Horrors. April 19, 2009 at 10:25 am #97569 Turk ThrustParticipant > Waiting for God is spoiled by the cat priest scene imo, which is ill-timed, and should probably have been completely re-written. But that?s more than compensated for by the Quagaar subplot which is just wonderful. Completely agree. When I watched that ep again recently I enjoyed it and the priest scene thankfully doesn`t go on for that long. April 19, 2009 at 10:27 am #97570 Zombie Jim UndeadParticipant The righteous path of stubbleness. SLOBINESS…slobiness, slobiness….for god’s sake, whatever that might mean… April 19, 2009 at 10:28 am #97571 hummingbirdParticipant slobbiness … double ‘b’ actually April 19, 2009 at 10:41 am #97572 Seb PatrickKeymaster I don’t dislike Waiting for God in the way that some do, but I utterly love every other episode in I (I think C&P is sorely underrated, while anyone who doesn’t put Me2 as the best is 1x FOOL, unless they put Future Echoes, which is just about forgiveable), so it simply comes off worst. April 19, 2009 at 10:55 am #97574 siParticipant >I feel much less conflicted about putting Meltdown in my list, though. It?s friggin? awesome. Meltdown’s at the bottom of my series IV list. However this is just because I like the others more, not because I dislike it – I really like it, in fact. I know it’s my dad’s favourite ever episode, though I think that’s because Elvis is in it. April 19, 2009 at 2:41 pm #97491 DaveParticipant My Favourites: I – Future Echoes II – Queeg III – Marooned IV – White Hole V – The Inquisitor VI – Psirens VII – Tikka To Ride VIII – Cassandra BTE – Part Two I found choosing a best or worst from Series VI really difficult. My Least Favourites: I – Waiting For God II – Parallel Universe III – Bodyswap IV – Camille V – Terrorform VI – Out Of Time VII – Beyond A Joke VIII – Pete, Part Two BTE – Part One My I to VI least favourites are by no means bad at all, I ruddy bloody love the first 37 episodes of Dwarf. And Red Christmas was shit. April 19, 2009 at 3:28 pm #97578 PhilPagettParticipant FAVES: I: Me2 II: Queeg III: Marooned IV: White Hole V: Back to Reality VI: Out of Time VII: Nanarchy VIII: Back in the Red Part One BtE: Part Two LEAST: I: Confidence & Paranoia II: Parallel Universe III: Backwards IV: Meltdown V: Terrorform VI: Rimmerworld VII: Beyond a Joke VIII: Pete Part Two BtE: Part Three April 19, 2009 at 3:37 pm #97579 dookyParticipant >Waiting for God is spoiled by the cat priest scene imo, which is ill-timed, and should probably have been completely re-written. It’s definitely the weakest part of the episode. That said, Noel Coleman is actually pretty good in his scenes (even if the outtakes do show him up as a bumbling luvvie who seems to find the whole thing beneath him)* and the music is great, up there with the ‘space walk’ music from Confidence and Paranoia. One of the reasons I loved this episode in my youth is that because, as a Cat fan, it’s the closest the series ever came to a Cat episode. Plus, it introduced story elements which, at the time, I was convinced we’d see followed up on in a future episode. Nowadays, I wonder if it was bad feelings concerning this episode that prevented Rob and Doug from writing another one on the same subject (Based on comments from them and the cast, it sounded like it was pretty fraught behind the scenes). Looking back now, I think the character we get the most insight into in this episode is Rimmer… obsessively searching for evidence of aliens, while casually dismissing the advanced, unexplored and dying culture that’s grown up on Red Dwarf itself. *Oh yeah… here’s something you might be able to help me on. In the intro to one of the books – Primordial Soup, I think – Rob and/or Doug mention frustrations such as “a guest star who can’t pronounce the word ‘slobbiness’. Another who can’t pronounce the word ‘soup’.” I know the first one is Noel Coleman, but who’s the second? April 19, 2009 at 3:52 pm #97580 Pete Part ThreeParticipant In the intro to one of the books – Primordial Soup, I think – Rob and/or Doug mention frustrations such as ?a guest star who can?t pronounce the word ?slobbiness? “Phenomenon”, actually. April 19, 2009 at 5:08 pm #97585 ChrisMParticipant I’ve avoided contributing to these threads because I find it hard to choose specific episodes, particularly as I might like certain episodes for different reasons, and some episodes have certain brilliant scenes but other stuff that’s average. But I thought I’d give it a bash. Some series are easy enough. Others difficult… …and these are subject to change. Most liked: I: Future Echoes. (That was easy.) II: Stasis Leak. -This was more difficult. From a plot point of view I think Thanks for the Memory has the best story. Lovely mystery stuff which all fits together at the end… (I never thought of that jigsaw as a metaphor for the episode but heh… just clicked.) The plot for stasis leak doesn’t make a whole lot of sense considering what other things they could do in that time frame… but I love the confusing time travel shenanigans. So that edges it but it could easy go either way. III: The Last Day. – It used to be Polymorph, a great monster episode. Some sequences felt a little too hammy now though. I also like Kryten as a character and get a kick out of the Terminator bit at the end. And the Dead Pan mode joke and the DJ gag. This is one of those series that could easily change though. IV: Justice. – All good episodes this series though. V: The Inquisitor. -All good episodes this series too. Back to Reality is a strong contender. Used to be my favourite. Can we have joint faves? VI: Gunmen of the Apocalypse. – This was quite difficult though. VII: Beyond a Joke. – Yes. Although, Tikka is a major contender. I’m not sure of the hate for this episode. The resolution was kinda hokey but you’ve got 1: An amusing period drama parody with a tank and a blow-pipe. 2. Kryten going PMT, but not in a whiny way like other episodes, he gets quite aggressive and literally explosive, 3. Good sci-fi stuff and Kochanski’s ‘run away’ plot. “So is there a bomb or isn’t there, etc.” 4. A Simulant, gelf and Able… I love Able. For a specific scene in VII though, got to be the Ace Rimmer James bond parody. VIII: Cassandra. Back To Earth: Episode 3. (Difficult to say though as there are chunks of each episode I liked and disliked. 3 actually had a couple of my most irritating scenes. But then there’s the very funny Corrie stuff and the poignant stuff with Kochanski, and the positive ending overall. Least liked: I: Confidence and Paranoia… Although Me2 may be a contender. It’s not badly constructed, but I found the rowing between the two Rimmers irritating. It served the story, this is purely a gripe I have. The shouty stuff in Sean of the Dead affected me the same way (and again it made sense in context.) It’s not that clear in my memory to judge though. As far as chosen episode is concerned, the earlier half with the fish and the mayor was funny stuff, but the character of Confidence bugged me a bit. II: Kryten. – To be fair it has one of my favourite scenes in the series though. That dead girls scene, and Lister’s sarcastic jokes at Rimmer’s expence. “I think the blonde was giving you the eye.” Heh, heh. I found the later stuff pulled it down somewhat though. Not a bad episode overall though. III: Bodyswap – This is a great series though, and this was a great episode. I mainly chose it as Rimmer porking was a bit of a gross out for me. (I hate seeing bits of food around people’s mouths. Finicky, I know.) The ending ‘armless’ joke was one of the funniest there is though, and the characters impersonating each other was funny. The Last Day is a contender though. As is Backwards due to plot but Backward film puts edges that out of worst. IV: Dimension Jump- A difficult one to choose as the prologue scene was brilliant. The rest of the episode seemed pretty basic though. Least good of consistently good episodes though. If that. (That’s why I dislike to choose.) V: Quarantine: Only because the argument between the characters in quarantine irritated me a bit. This whole series is great though. Really good. VI: Emohawk: Again, all episodes are good this series. Emohawk edges it after the fantastic first half (which was one of my favourite scenes in Series VI) due to the slightly fan poking return of Dibbley and Ace. I like those characters, just the way they returned felt a bit off. VII: Duct Soup- Mostly due to how little happens. I liked the conversations and the Cat/Lister “What’s that noise?” stuff though. There isn’t much in VII I dislike. There I’ve said it. VIII: Back in the Red- Started good but just dragged on too long. And there was the ridiculous Rimmer todger pummeling. Pete is a contender though with the repetitive jokes, but the out of synch fight was a riot. Should I choose parts? Back to Reality: Episode 1. But again, difficult to choose as there are likes/dislikes evenly distributed across all three episodes. The noticeable pauses in the first scene, and Rimmer’s overeactive panic scene edge this though. There you go. Scenes with mini essays attached. ;) April 19, 2009 at 5:15 pm #97586 Danny StephensonKeymaster Back to Reality: Episode 1. But again, difficult to choose You mean “Back To Earth”? Freudian slip, possibly? April 19, 2009 at 6:55 pm #97592 CarlitoParticipant Ummm… Chris, how could you pick The Last Day as your favourite episode of series III, and then also list it as a contender for your least favourite? * Baffled Mode * April 19, 2009 at 7:40 pm #97595 ChrisMParticipant You mean ?Back To Earth?? Heh. Yes. >Ummm? Chris, how could you pick The Last Day as your favourite episode of series III, and then also list it as a contender for your least favourite? Um…. Not sure. The Last Day certainly isn’t my least favourite… not even a contender. I’m not sure where that came from. Just scratch that. (I won’t edit it or it’ll all drop down.) I thought I might have gotten a couple of titles mixed up in my head, but looking at the episode list… no. April 19, 2009 at 8:11 pm #97596 dookyParticipant >?Phenomenon?, actually. Really? Oh. Could’ve sworn Noel Coleman’s problem with slobbiness was mentioned somewhere prior to the release of Smeg Outs… April 22, 2009 at 2:27 pm #97791 MonkeynutsParticipant Me2 Queeg Bodyswap Dimension Jump Quarantine Emohawk: Polymorph 2 Ouroboros Krytie TV Back To Earth 3 with the painfully chosen least favourites.. Balance of Power Stasis Leak Timeslides Justice The Inquisitor n/a Beyond A Joke Back In The Red 3 Back To Earth 1 April 22, 2009 at 3:17 pm #97798 Dee CookeParticipant Favourites: I: Waiting For God II: Thanks For The Memory III: Timeslides IV: Justice V: Holoship VI: Gunmen Of The Apocalypse VII: Tikka To Ride VIII: Only The Good… BtE: Part 3 Least favourites: I: Balance Of Power II: Kryten III: Bodyswap IV: Meltdown V: Quarantine VI: Emohawk: Polymorph II VII: Nanarchy VIII: Krytie TV BtE: Part 1 April 22, 2009 at 3:31 pm #97793 TonguetiedParticipant Favourites Series I – Balance of Power Series II – Stasis Leak Series III – Marooned Series IV – Dimension Jump Series V – The Inquisitor Series VI – Psirens Series VII – Ouroboros Series VIII – Back In The Red part one BTE – Part three I find it really difficult to relegate any Red Dwarf episodes to a least favourite category but here goes. Least favourites Series I – Waiting for God Series II – Parallel Universe Series III – Timeslides Series IV – Camille Series V – Holoship Series VI – Rimmerworld Series VII – Epideme Series VIII – Only the Good BTE – Part Two April 22, 2009 at 5:22 pm #97812 DudditsParticipant Favourites: Series I – Future Echoes Series II – Stasis Leak Series III – Bodyswap Series IV – Justice Series V – Holoship Series VI – Gunmen of the Apocalypse Series VII – Tikka to Ride Series VIII – Cassandra BTE – Part 1 Least Favourites: Series I – Waiting for God Series II – Parallel Universe Series III – Backwards Series IV – Meltdown Series V – The Inquisitor Series VI – Psirens Series VII – Ouroboros Series VIII – Pete Part 2 BTE – Part 2 April 25, 2009 at 1:18 am #98066 HORSEFELLOWParticipant 1: The End (hilarious!! and a lot of characters you don’t see agian!) 2: Future Echoes (very good) 3: Backwords (very funny) 4: none (sorry!!) 5: Back to realtiy (JAKE BULLIT!) 6: Gunman of the Apacalypse (very funny) 7: JFK (Lister can’t remember the American presidents, very funny! wonder if next they will try to go stop Obama?! hahaha 8: Kryti TV (very funny) THE WORST: 1: BALANCE OF POWER (BORING) 2: PARELL UNIVERSE (BORING) 3: Krytens LAst Day (not funny) 4: Camile (not funny) 5: Demons to Angels (funny but kind of lame) 6: LEGION (BORING) 7: DUCT SOUP (BORING AND LAME) 8: last episode (huh?????) April 25, 2009 at 6:00 am #98073 Pete Part ThreeParticipant Horsefellow, there. April 25, 2009 at 9:41 am #98080 CarlitoParticipant He’ll be here all week, ladies and gentlemen. April 25, 2009 at 9:42 am #98081 CarlitoParticipant (And then never seen again…) April 25, 2009 at 6:17 pm #98125 Ben PaddonParticipant You hope! April 25, 2009 at 9:24 pm #98143 RedDwarfFan2982Participant Favourites: Series I – Future Echoes Series II – Queeg Series III – Last Day Series IV – White Hole Series V – Back To Reality Series VI – Legion Series VII – Narachy Series VIII – Only The Good BTE – Part 3 Least Favourites: Series I – Waiting for God Series II – Better Than Life Series III – Marooned Series IV – Meltdown Series V – Demons and Angels Series VI – Psirens Series VII – Beyond a Joke (followed closely by Duct soup) Series VIII – Pete Part 1&2 BTE – None Author Posts Viewing 71 posts - 1 through 71 (of 71 total) Scroll to top • Scroll to Recent Forum Posts You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In