Thanks for the Memory story
The crew wake up after celebrating the anniversary of Rimmer's death, only to find four whole days have passed that they have no memories of. However, when they find the ship's black box on a moon, they slowly learn what happened. Directed by: Ed Bye. Story by: Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
13 total · 4 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| felinoid being | major | The cat-man Cat. |
| roommate and roommate | major | Lister and his bunk mate the Rimmer hologram. |
| sentient computer | major | The Red Dwarf computer Holly. |
| virtual person | major | The story centered around the fact that Rimmer was a digital person whose memories could be rewound and edited. |
| alien abduction | minor | The Rimmer hologram jumped to the conclusion that they'd all been kidnapped by aliens when it came to light that four days had gone unaccounted for. |
| coping with a bad hangover | minor | Everyone was hungover after celebrating the Rimmer hologram's death day on some planetoid. |
| coping with memories of a lost love | minor | Lister wistfully reminisced about the good old days when he was together with his sweetheart, Lisa. |
| feeling of inadequacy | minor | The Rimmer hologram was sad that he'd only slept with a single woman in his entire life. |
| friendship | minor | Lister agreed to wipe everyones memories to save the Rimmer hologram from embarrassment. |
| loneliness | minor | The Rimmer hologram was moping around on account that he'd never found some special someone with whom to share his life. |