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While Lister (Craig Charles) & Cat (Danny John Jules) fantasize
about having sex with Wilma Flintstone, the Wilma Flintstone
("Maybe I've been alone in space too long."), Rimmer (Chris
Barrie) tries to teach Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) how to fly a
space-shuttle, but when doing so, the 2 of them are sucked up by a
timehole, to reappear in contemporary London ... only that all time,
actually everything, runs backwards. They adapt to this way of living
raqther easily & soon become a prominent variety act, The Reverse
Brothers (or as it's spelt in the backwards world, Srehtorb Esrever
Eht). Meanwhile, Cat & Lister, having finally noticed their
disappearence, go on a rescue mission, finally also arriving in
backwards London (Nodnol), but, not being the smartest & not
realizing everything runs backwards, thinking they are in Bulgaria.
However, they find Rimmer & Kryten rathger reluctant to leave since
they are mighty successful here ... That is, until they are of course
fired for a barroom brawl that is just about to happen ... This
first episode of sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf's season 3 does not quite
follow the continuity of the previous seasons: Kryten, who was only on
board as a one-joke in the episode Kryten
is now a regular cast member, Holly, the ship computer is not only
played by another actor but has actually become a woman (now played by
Hattie Hayridge, who actually already played the Holly of a parallel
universe in season 2's final episode Parallel Universe) &
there is no more mention of Lister's pregnancy (which also happened in
the episode Parallel Universe). The whole thing is explained away
in a run-over text at the beginning of the episode, which runs much too
fast (intentionally) for anyone to properly read it ... & then, who
cares (though it might not be as boring & pointless as the text at
the beginning of the Star Wars-movies). The episode as such is
actually rather interesting, with the concept of the backwards world
actually providing for some good jokes, & even though there is the
occasional lapse in backwards-logic (which was to be expected from a
half-hour-comedy), it does make some sense apart from just being funny.
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