Smugle or Strugle? – Dispatches From Smegle

[Flap Jack]

Howdy doodly do, folks! As we’ve now had 2 weeks of the Difficult Daily, I thought it might be prudent to move discussions of the day’s puzzle and our scores to a dedicated thread, so we’re not just bloating the comments of the “Reintroducing Smegle” post all the time. Let that be for more general feedback (or bug reports).

And of course, if you get any share-worthy frames in Casual Continuous, feel free to post those here too!

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To start us off,

01/05/2022

5/6

Somewhat tricky, but once I’d got the right series I felt confident I could narrow it down enough not to fail.

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Also, what do you think: should this thread be spoiler-free, or not? I’m leaning towards not – because I generally prefer to do the Difficult Daily myself before hearing about others’ scores anyway, and it would be cool to speak openly without having to wait until the next day – but only if there’s consensus on it.

Topic

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 09/03/2026 

Samsara

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 09/03/2026 

🟨🟨🟩

Skipper, Mechocracy

“It couldn’t be the same episode twice in a row, could it?” It wasn’t.

[FutureEchoes]

10/03/2026 

Back in the Red Part I, Nanarchy, Epideme

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 10/03/2026 

I just sat through the dregs of mid-VII with a friend watching through the show the first time.

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 10/03/2026 

VII in reverse (IIV)

VI

[clem]

10/03/2026 

[Dave]

10/03/2026 

BitR3, Nanarchy, Epideme. 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 10/03/2026 

Demons and Angels 

[Unrumble]

 10/03/2026 

Cassandra, Nanarchy 

[Unrumble]

11/03/2026 

Rimmerworld 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 11/03/2026 

🟩

7

[FutureEchoes]

11/03/2026 

Stasis Leak

[clem]

11/03/2026 

Meltdown

[Dave]

11/03/2026 

Rimmerworld.

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 11/03/2026 

DNA

[Unrumble]

 12/03/2026 

Meltdown 

[FutureEchoes]

 12/03/2026 

Rimmerworld, Meltdown, The Inquisitor, Beyond a Joke, Epideme 

Blast!

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 12/03/2026 

BitR, White Hole, Blue, BaJ, Epideme

I had no idea what the fuck I was looking at for several seconds even after the entire image was revealed

[clem]

12/03/2026 

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 12/03/2026 

I probably would have gotten it sooner if I had been able to process the camera angle.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 12/03/2026 

[Dave]

12/03/2026 

Tikka.

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 12/03/2026 

BITR3

[Unrumble]

13/03/2026 

[FutureEchoes]

13/03/2026 

Psirens, Rimmerworld, Out of Time 

[clem]

13/03/2026 

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 13/03/2026 

I recognized the outfit but I misremembered it being the one he wears in Gunmen / Rimmerworld.

[Dave]

13/03/2026 

Cat’s costume was the giveaway. 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 13/03/2026 

Blue, Rimmerworld

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 13/03/2026 

Timeslides, Tikka, Legion

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 14/03/2026 

Cured, Officer Rimmer, Can of Worms, Samsara, Give & Take

[FutureEchoes]

14/03/2026 

Samsara, Can of Worms, Officer Rimmer, G&T

[clem]

14/03/2026 

Timewave, COW, G&T

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 14/03/2026 



It seems really unfair to present me with a 16:9 frame that’s mostly blue. That could be almost any episode in XI / XII. I’ve rewatched these episodes probably far more than most of you and even I couldn’t tell.

[Dave]

14/03/2026 

Officer Rimmer. 

[Unrumble]

14/03/2026 

Officer Rimmer, Samsara, Skipper 🤦

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 14/03/2026 

It seems really unfair to present me with a 16:9 frame that’s mostly blue. That could be almost any episode in XI / XII. I’ve rewatched these episodes probably far more than most of you and even I couldn’t tell.

Hear, hear!

#RedDwarf #Smegle 14/03/2026 

Mechocracy, Can of Worms, Samsara, Officer Rimmer 

[clem]

15/03/2026 

Back to Reality, Gunmen, White Hole

[FutureEchoes]

15/03/2026 

Back to Reality, Emohawk, Beyond a Joke 

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 15/03/2026 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 15/03/2026 

Back to Reality

1

[Unrumble]

15/03/2026 

Back to Reality, Dimension Jump, Meltdown 

No idea what I was looking at. 

[Dave]

15/03/2026 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 15/03/2026 

Given the number of correct guesses I feel a right fool

[Dave]

[Moonlight]

Given the number of correct guesses I feel a right fool

The only fools in this thread are people who guess episodes that are in a different aspect ratio than the frame they’re looking at.

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 15/03/2026 

BTR

[Unrumble]

16/03/2026 

 

TPL, Cured

[FutureEchoes]

16/03/2026 

The Promised Land, Skipper, M-Corp, Siliconia

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 16/03/2026 

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