Forced to relinquish the Casket of Cronus, which allows time travel into the past to alter the future, to the Exponoids the crew pursue them to 1950s America, where technology is banned, thus allowing the Exponoids world domination without any challenge. A dying dissident directs them to Harmony De Gaultier, whose speak-easy is frequented by underground scientists, including Einstein Dave, who helps them redress the balance and regain their ship. Written by don @ minifie-1

After receiving a mysterious message the Red Dwarf investigates the Samsara, a spaceship stuck on the ocean bed and full of the skeletons of its crew. With the power out they believe they are stranded until Kryten realizes that the ship carries a Karma Drive, which punishes bad behaviour but rewards virtuous acts. Somehow the machine must have had its programme reversed as Cat and Lister discover when they try to be nice to each other. Nastiness now seems to be the key to survival. Written by don @ minifie-1

The team encounters deranged robot Asclepius which knocks out Lister and Cat. Rimmer disables Asclepius and the crew escapes, only to find that the mad droid removed Lister's kidneys. The only suitable donor is Cat and the medi-bot charged with performing the operation turns out to be the snack dispenser. Fortunately Kryten discovers that time travel may be the answer to saving Lister's life. Written by don @ minifie-1

When the crew comes across an explorer ship Rimmer saves the life of its captain, Edmund Herring, who has had trouble with his bio-copier machine and who promoters Rimmer out of gratitude. Rimmer consequently opens an officers' club, filling it with cloned versions of himself via the bio-copier to the annoyance of the others. However a snarl-up in the machine produces a mutant monster Rimmer who must be destroyed at all costs. Written by don @ minifie-1

Kryten has a mid-life crisis as he is half-way through his life cycle and consoles himself with a new crimson shell complete with sub-woofers. To cheer him up the crew decides to introduce him to Butler, a supposedly less intelligent mech but he is extremely sophisticated, making Kryten feel worse. Salvation arrives when Kryten realizes that the very universe itself is also subject to a mid-life crisis and he can help it. Written by don @ minifie-1

Cat panics when he hears the Red Dwarf may be encountering vampires who only kill virgins so he is relieved and delighted when the crew liberates a glamorous female cat from her abductor. However she is actually a malicious shape shifter who uses Cat as a host for her clones, leading to a stand-off between the crew and their look- alikes before Cat saves the day. Written by don @ minifie-1