The worst episode you like

[Moonlight]

No more shame! What’s the one or several episodes you think are objectively bad but enjoy anyway?

Mine is Can of Worms. It’s a fucking mess but it has some good ideas and it decently entertains me for 28 minutes. I can’t really defend it.

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[Rushy]

I don’t really believe in objective badness. If I like something, that means it’s done something right in my eyes

That being said, the messiest episode I can still find some entertainment value in is Only the Good. It’s basically just a sketch show, but the gags are mostly decent. 

[Moonlight]

If you prefer, think of the metric as “I would NEVER show this to someone if I was trying to convince them to watch the show.”

[Quinn: Clochebusters World Champion]

Marooned is a great episode with some excellent revelation about Lister and Rimmer.

But it is also a bit of nothing that I wouldn’t use as an introduction to the show. It’s not indicative of the show and lacks a lot of the what makes the show great.  Even the slower s01 and s02 episodes have something else going on that a little more on the adventure side.

But I offer that in answer to the qualifying comment, I don’t think it’s in the spirit of the question.

I quite like Samsara despite its perceived faults.  I take no objection to the Lister/Cat scene and in many ways wish we’d had an episode closer to them trapped in a lift for the majority.

I also really like Emohawk. The ending doesn’t bother me. It’s definitely weaker than the first 20mins, but it’s a fun ending even if it is a bit nonsense.

Is Tikka considered bad? Because I love it.

[Moonlight]

Samsara is another one I like a lot but I kinda forgot it was controversial. I’m a huge XI apologist in general. It’s my favorite post-VI series.

[clem]

Tough question. “Like” is such a strong word but maybe Siliconia. It’s got just enough going for it that I can’t help but enjoy it on the whole, even though it’s very frustrating and feels like it could have been a really good one if it’d had a slightly different focus. Can of Worms is similar in that regard. It’s a fine line. Possibly the clincher is that I give Siliconia a bit of kudos for its ambition.

[Warbodog]

It probably is Can of Worms, just on the edge of being okay above others I mainly dislike.

[Moonlight]

But I offer that in answer to the qualifying comment, I don’t think it’s in the spirit of the question

The spirit of my qualifying comment was also more “I would be embarrassed if this was the first impression someone I know got of Red Dwarf.”

[Podey]

I’ve always loved the drama of Epideme.

[Rushy]

My parents absolutely despised Red Dwarf (to the point of mockery), so that’s sort of tainted my enthusiasm for ever introducing it to someone. 

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