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It was an attempt at changing the dynamic. How much further could they take Rimmer-the-prat before the formula wore out? He had to grow into something more, and the idea that the innate Rimmerness was the mere seed of something so much greater is appealing. Also, there is a very Red Dwarf irony in giving Lister what he wanted for so long - Kochanski - and then of course there is the reality of the situation: she is not the ideal love princess of Lister's dreams, but just another person with her own issues. Ah, but the problem was that the crew is supposed to be made up out of losers. Lister, arguably the ultimate irresponsible unrealistic slobby manchild, Rimmer, the hyper-neurotic emotional mass of frustrated ambition without talent; the Cat, the genetic dregs of his species; Holly, the formerly brilliant but now thoroughly senile computer; and Kryten, the corrupted and possibly insane service android. Kochanski doesn't fit in. She's too normal and well-adjusted. Can they please finally meet the Cats? That would be interesting. If the elegant, creative and physically superior Cat is essentially the Cat equivalent of a cripple with Down syndrome, what are the normal specimens of his species like? They already met the Gelfs, but what of the mechanoids? There was talk in the novels of large mechanoid civilizations who pay top dollar for human relics. I would prefer if humanity hasn't died out, but ascended to a higher level of being. Which was suggested in the first episode anyway. But perhaps Red Dwarf has had its day. It was a completely different time when it all began. Hello, you guys, when it began, the Berlin Wall was still standing! This is a different world. As I write it, I am reminded of Doctor Who. When that started... well, when that started, JFK had just been murdered, of course.