#1
S5E6
Back to Reality
While exploring an ocean planet, Lister, Kryten, Rimmer and Cat discover an abandoned ship whose entire crew committed suicide.
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#2
S5E4
Quarantine
When the crew goes exploring on a snowy planet, they cross paths with a hologram scientist infected with a nasty virus.
#3
S3E3
Polymorph
Terror reigns on the Red Dwarf when a shape-shifting genetic mutant climbs aboard and subjects the crew to its menacing slobber.
#4
Queeg
S2E5
#5
Legion
S6E2
#6
Dimension Jump
S4E5
#7
Gunmen of the Apocalypse
S6E3
#8
Backwards
S3E1
#9
Justice
S4E3
#10
Better Than Life
S2E2
Lowlights
Rimmer's replacement, Katerina, is determined to guide Lister back to his home planet. But Earth in 2009 is not everything the boys had expected, and Rimmer has no intention of being replaced.
#73
Back to Earth (Part One)
S9E1
#72
Timewave
S12E3
#71
Back to Earth (Part Three)
S9E3
#70
Pete: Part 2
S8E7
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