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The Best Episodes of Red Dwarf Season 5

Every episode of Red Dwarf Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Red Dwarf Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Red Dwarf Season 5

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

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  1. 9.3/10(1.3k votes)

    #1 - Back to Reality

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    S5:E6

    While exploring an ocean planet, Lister, Kryten, Rimmer and Cat discover an abandoned ship whose entire crew committed suicide.

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  2. 8.9/10(1.1k votes)

    #2 - Quarantine

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    S5:E4

    When the crew goes exploring on a snowy planet, they cross paths with a hologram scientist infected with a nasty virus.

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  3. 8.2/10(1.0k votes)

    #3 - Holoship

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    S5:E1

    Rimmer is beamed aboard the computer-generated ship Enlightenment and finds that all his wildest dreams have come true.

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  4. 8.2/10(986 votes)

    #4 - The Inquisitor

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    S5:E2

    The crew crosses paths with a dark figure who calls himself the Inquisitor.

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  5. 8.0/10(966 votes)

    #5 - Terrorform

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    S5:E3

    After being captured by a "psy-moon," Rimmer becomes a prisoner of his own thoughts.

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  6. 8.0/10(968 votes)

    #6 - Demons & Angels

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    S5:E5

    Lister and Kryten inadvertently blow up the Red Dwarf with a new invention that makes two copies of any object.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Back to Reality" is the best rated episode of "Red Dwarf" season 5. It scored 9.3/10 based on 1255 votes. Directed by Rob Grant, Juliet May, Doug Naylor and written by Rob Grant, Doug Naylor, it aired on 3/26/1992. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Quarantine".