Should you watch Red Dwarf?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Red Dwarf
Series · 1988
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
The sides of Red Dwarf
- Lister, the last human alive
- A hologram, a cat who evolved into a man, and a robot
- A mining ship three million years from Earth
Red Dwarf is good for you if…
- you like bickering misfits stuck in space together.
- you like silly science fiction with time loops and other universes.
- you want a gentle sitcom with nothing really at stake.
Red Dwarf is bad for you if…
- you can't commit to twelve seasons.
- you find 1980s British sitcoms dated.
About: loneliness · friendship · boredom
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