Yes, even though I was a special-effects spoiled American, I loved Red Dwarf. Yeah the sets were not as fancy but still charming. I cared more about the characters and stories way more than the background anyway.
It's one of those episodes where you think "This is one of those episodes where it's just two people trapped in a room, it's all talky talky, an you can only really watch it the once", but with Red Dwarf it's quite the opposite, I've probably seen this episode about 5 times and I'm still not fed up of it. An believe me I have seen these type of episodes in other sitcoms (or even in shows that aren't sitcoms) and never gone back to them a second time. This just shows how good the writing team of Rob and Doug were.
This is one my favourite Red Dwarf episodes too, Chris Barry said its his 2nd I wonder what is his first? It's so good as it's down to the barebones, Red Dwarf was so good it didn't even need anything over the top the dialogue is incredible and having this episode where not alot actually happens proves it.
+C.B Black, it does make you appreciate the show a lot more knowing what they went through, especially with Rob (due to the restrictions of his suit), I remember him saying at a Convention I went to that during breaks he had to sit in an awkward way (a robotic type of way) so he didn't damage the suit, an if he wanted to go for a Piss he needed to give 10 minutes notice so the crew could remove his bottom half of the suit (due to the large pieces etc). Also due to a mix up at a Hotel they went to, they all ended up getting 2 hours sleep, with Craig getting none, they then got up and worked for 12 hours (due to the limited time they have to film etc). It really makes me appreciate my 9 till 5 job a whole lot more, I'd of called in sick if I had gotten 0 hours sleep.
