THE RED DWARF UNIVERSE

SERIES ONE EPISODE THREE

BALANCE OF POWER

Written by ROB GRANT & DOUG NAYLOR

Directed by ED BYE

Guest Cast: PAUL BRADLEY as Chen, DAVID GILLISPIE as Selby, MARK WILLIAMS as Peterson, TONY HAWKS as Chef & Dispencing Machine, AND C P GROGAN as Kochanski.

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PLOT: RIMMER AND LISTER ARE ANNOYING EACH OTHER MORE THAN EVER. LISTER WANTS TO JUST BUM AROUND. BUT THREE MILLIONS AFTER HUMANKIND RIMMER STILL FEELS THE NEED TO ORDER LISTER AROUND. LISTER WANTS TO PARTY AND HAVE A LAUGH THAT'S HIS IDEA OF FUN, BUT RIMMERS IDEA OF FUN IS PLAYING CHECKLIST WITH LISTER.

LISTER IS LONELY WITHOUT HIS GONE FRIENDS. THERE IS A FLASHBACK SCENE WHERE LISTER IS AT THE SHIPS DISCO WITH HIS FRIENDS SELBY, CHEN AND THE DRUNK PETERSON. LISTER WANTS HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND BACK. 1ST CLASS NAVIGATION OFFICER CHRISTINE KOCHANSKI. THE OTHERS TAKE THE PISS OUT OF LISTER AND LISTER REMEMBERS HE IS BACK TO THE PRESENT; A LONG THREE MILLION YEARS LATER.

BACK IN THE SLEEPING QUATERS LISTER KNOWS HE CAN REPLACE RIMMERS HOLOGRAM DISK WITH A KOCHANSKI HOLOGRAM. AND THEN HE CAN ASK HER OUT. BUT RIMMER BEING THE SMEGHEAD HE IS SAYS NO. BUT RIMMER HAS A WEAKNESS. HE PLAYS IT BY THE BOOK NO MATTER WHAT. THIS MEANS IF LISTER CAN OUT RANK RIMMER HE CAN ORDER HIM TO GIVE UP HIS HOLOGRAPHIC LIFE FOR KOCHANSKI.

LISTER IS GOING TO TAKE THE CHEFS EXAM AND HE CAN OUTRANK RIMMER. AT THE END RIMMER ASK LISTER HOW HE DID. "HOW DID YOU DO LISTER"

LISTER REPLIES "HOW DID I DO LISTER SIR".