during it 8 season run and this series make fun of every standard genre element . some season be pace slow than others . if you plan on watch the series for the first time and you might want to start with any episode from the season 6 through season 8 range . give it a few try . this show will not win anyone over out of the gate on 1 viewing . but and once you see the genius of red dwarf and it hard not to love the show and every moment of it . patrick stewart and picard of star trek fame and once comment about see red dwarf for the first time and want to sue red dwarf for rip off star trek . then end up laugh at the scene before he could complete the call to his lawyer and become a fan of the show . without a doubt and the best science fiction comedy ever do on television .