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The Best Episodes of Red Dwarf Season 8

Every episode of Red Dwarf Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Red Dwarf Season 8!

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
Networks:BBC TwoU&Dave

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 799 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)".

  • Back in the Red (1)
    7.5/10799 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

  • Back in the Red (2)
    7.5/10780 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

  • Back in the Red (3)
    7.2/10776 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

  • Cassandra
    7.9/10810 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

  • Krytie TV
    7.3/10846 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

  • Pete (1)
    7.0/10768 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

  • Pete (2)
    6.9/10769 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

  • Only the Good...
    7.2/10784 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