Red Dwarf - Just the Shows

I got the Red Dwarf - Just the shows boxset for my birthday back in March. It contains, all 52 episodes from seasons 1-8. We've just finished watching them all, as a big Red Dwarf fan back in the day, it was great to watch them all again. Watching them in order and in such a short space of time made me realise how things developed as the show went on. In the first couple of series, the entire show focuses on Rimmer and Lister with the cat as a comedy joke rather than a real character. But when series 3 starts, Kryten comes back and the Cat becomes more of a member of the crew, bringing the show into the classic set up of the main 4.

Another problem with watching them all so close together is that it becomes obvious that there are only about 4 different templates for an episode, especially in Seasons 2-6, these usual revolve around the crew finding something which causes them to think they are somewhere else. This plot device does allow the show to get out of the simple setting of 4 men alone in a spaceship, but can get a bit repetitive if you watch a lot.

Overall, this is a great boxset, even if Season 8 is a bit rubbish.

Score: 5/5