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

[clem]

04/04/2026 

BTE 1

[Dave]

There is only one shot in the entire show that color could indicate.

04/04/2026 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 04/04/2026 

If I had stopped to think about this for 3 more seconds I’d have got it in 1.

Originally thought Twentica time portal thing

Then recognised it from BtE. Select pt1 first but recognise it’s prominent pt2 and only (I think) a wide shot at the end of pt1. I then went to select pt2 and select BitRpt2 by mistake.

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 04/04/2026 

I never watch the three episodes, just the directors cut, doesn’t this shot also happen in part 1?

3

[Dave]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 04/04/2026 

I never watch the three episodes, just the directors cut, doesn’t this shot also happen in part 1?
3

I think that all we see at the end of part 1 is the portal opening up.

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 04/04/2026 

[Unrumble]

 05/04/2026 

Tikka, Terrorform 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 05/04/2026 

instant, 4

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 05/04/2026 

Sometimes you can just tell from the predominant color of the frame, like the Back to Earth one.

[Dave]

05/04/2026 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 05/04/2026 

Emohawk, Beyond a Joke, Polymorph, Inquisitor

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 05/04/2026 

Sometimes you can just tell from the predominant color of the frame, like the Back to Earth one.

No need to rub it in

[Dave]

Is the religious theme of today’s episode further proof that the Smegadrive is becoming self-aware?

Maybe this would have been too much of a giveaway:

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 05/04/2026 

Inquisitor

[clem]

05/04/2026 

Terrorform

[clem]

Is the religious theme of today’s episode further proof that the Smegadrive is becoming self-aware?
Maybe this would have been too much of a giveaway:

One of these would have definitely been cause for concern. 

[FutureEchoes]

06/04/2026 

Back to Reality, Epideme, Justice, Out of Time 

Back to day one. Kept losing while trying to play with a head cold

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 06/04/2026 

I guessed just about every other episode in the series.

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 06/04/2026 

Everything except Gunmen.

My favourite episode as a little boy but I really don’t remember the end of it.

[Moonlight]

Series VI blends together a bit in my memory compared to 2-V. I can never remember which cockpit scenes are in what episode.

[clem]

06/04/2026 

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 06/04/2026 

DNA, Thanks for the Memory, Inquisitor, Psirens

[Dave]

Everything except Gunmen.

06/04/2026 

[Unrumble]

06/04/2026 

Ouroboros, White Hole, Quarantine, Emohawk 

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 06/04/2026 

Quarantine

[Veeva]

06/04/2026

Knowing which outfits Cat wears in each episode of VI bails me out most times.

[FutureEchoes]

07/04/2026 

Holoship, Meltdown, Waiting for God 

[clem]

07/04/2026 

Bodyswap

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 07/04/2026 

I had a really strange moment where I recognised it immediately then couldn’t remember what I just recognised.

6

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 07/04/2026 

[Dave]

07/04/2026 

[Unrumble]

07/04/2026 

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 07/04/2026 

TLD

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 07/04/2026 

The Last Day

[FutureEchoes]

08/04/2026 

Meltdown, Better than Life, Beyond a Joke 

[clem]

08/04/2026 

Backwards

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 08/04/2026 

Better Than Life, Meltdown, Backwards

Just all the Earthy episodes, really.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 08/04/2026 

Meltdown, Backwards

[Dave]

08/04/2026 

Backwards, Better Than Life.

[Unrumble]

 08/04/2026 

Backwards, Meltdown 

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 08/04/2026 

Meltdown

7

[Veeva]

Backwards, Meltdown

[cwickham]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 08/04/2026 

Beyond a Joke

[FutureEchoes]

09/04/2026 

BtE Part I

[clem]

09/04/2026 

TPL, Trojan, BTE3

[Ben Saunders]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 09/04/2026 

Krysis, TPL, BtE3

8

[Moonlight]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 09/04/2026 

I tried Promised Land, XI and XII before I realized what I was looking at.

[Unrumble]

09/04/2026 

TPL, Twentica, Mechocracy 

Thought it was smoke. 

[Dave]

09/04/2026 

Cured.

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

#RedDwarf #Smegle 09/04/2026 

Samsara, TPL, Officer Rimmer

[Author]

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