7.5/10798 votes#1 - Back in the Red (1)
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/1999
Thanks to the nanobots, the Red Dwarf is back in business with its original crew on board, which means Rimmer is alive and well.
Director: Ed Bye
Writer: Doug Naylor
7.5/10779 votes#2 - Back in the Red (2)
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/1999
Armed with a stash of confidential files, Rimmer proceeds to brown-nose Capt. Hollister in hopes of receiving officer status.
Director: Ed Bye
Writer: Doug Naylor
7.2/10775 votes#3 - Back in the Red (3)
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/1999
After being slapped with a two-year prison sentence for committing crimes against the Space Corps, the Red Dwarfers are desperate to escape.
Director: Ed Bye
Writer: Doug Naylor
7.9/10809 votes#4 - Cassandra
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/1999
Lister thinks he's signing the gang up to sing in a prison choir but learns that he's enlisted them in an army of convicts used for suicide missions.
Director: Ed Bye
Writer: Doug Naylor
7.3/10845 votes#5 - Krytie TV
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/1999
After being cornered and reprogrammed by restless, sex-starved prisoners, Kryten launches his own television station called Krytie TV.
Director: Ed Bye
Writer: Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander
7.0/10767 votes#6 - Pete (1)
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 3/25/1999
After infecting the prison guards' basketball team with a sexual-enhancement virus, Lister and Rimmer are sent to the hole.
Director: Ed Bye
Writer: Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander
6.9/10768 votes#7 - Pete (2)
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/1999
In an attempt to bring Pete the sparrow back to life, the Red Dwarfers inadvertently cause him to devolve into a tyrannosaur that stalks the ship.
Director: Ed Bye
Writer: Doug Naylor, Paul Alexander
7.2/10783 votes#8 - Only the Good...
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 4/5/1999
The series concludes as a mysterious life form invades the Red Dwarf courtesy of an escape pod and starts eating away at the ship.
Director: Ed Bye
Writer: Doug Naylor
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The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Genres:ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Back in the Red (1)" is the best rated episode of "Red Dwarf" season 8. It scored 7.5/10 based on 798 votes. Directed by Ed Bye and written by Doug Naylor, it aired on 2/18/1999. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Back in the Red (2)".