Ladies and gentlemen Red Dwarf is a show that is actually the longest running comedy TV show to be in production since this show has never officially ended production. Even with it's ten year hiatus this show has still managed to attract a fan base that is made of both young and old people and heck even I myself had considered reviewing other Red Dwarf episodes in the past but I just couldn't bring myself to do it and so finally i'm pulling the trigger on reviewing an episode of Red Dwarf and so join me as I review the very first episode of Red Dwarf with the episode in question being called simply just "The End" enjoy.
The plot of this particular episode is third-class technician Dave Lister is sent into stasis after he brings on board a cat but when he wakes up not only is he now three million years into the future but he is the only surviving crew member with only a hologram of now dead crew member Arnold Rimmer and the ships computer Holly the three discover that they are not as alone on this ship as they once thought that they were. Now then as for what I personally thought about the plot of this very episode well in all honesty I honestly thought that the plot of this episode was both really good and yet also very basic at the same time.
Starring in this episode is Craig Charles as Dave Lister , Chris Barrie as Arnold Rimmer , Danny John-Jules as Cat and Norman Lovett as Holly. Also starring in this episode is Mac McDonald as Captain Frank Hollister , Clare Grogan as Kristine Kochanski , Robert Bathurst as Frank Todhunter , Mark Williams as The Legend That Is Olaf Petersen , Paul Bradley as Chen , David Gillespie as Selby and Robert McCulley as George McIntyre.
Now then as for what I personally thought about the acting that's featured / presented to us in this / the particular / very episode in all honesty I honestly thought that the acting that's featured / presented to us in this / the particular / very episode was rather shockingly very / really good. This is because all of the actors are so perfectly cast as each and every one of their respective characters and so all of the performances are good because each of the characters at the vert least from point of view of the lead characters are all perfectly crafted to suit the best aspects of each and everyone of the four actors who are playing the four lead characters in not only this episode but also in the rest of the Red Dwarf TV series as a whole.
Now then I sadly cannot find out which company provided the very dated looking CGI effects for this particular / very episode which is a very good thing indeed. Since like I just said the CGI effects that are featured / presented to us in this particular / very episode look very dated which is of course not the fault of those who were / are in charge of making the show since this show when it was being made had a very tiny budget which means that shots like the one you see above have bad / dated looking CGI effects but those bad looking CGI effects don't even come close to making this episode unwatchable at all in my opinion anyways / at least.
I will very fully admit that this particular / very episode did a very good job of getting across each of the four main characters personalities. Since in this episode we see that Holly is helpful if a bit forgetful at times we also see that Dave Lister is a slob but he likes to have a laugh and jokes and is also a genuinely good friend to those that he his friends with , Cat is just The cat and he is simply perrrrrrrfect in every single way possible even if he is a big on the dumb side of things and lastly we also see that Arnold J. Rimmer is ambitious and is ever so slightly snobby.
While this episode is indeed very freaking good there are some things that I personally didn't ' did not like about this very / particular. With the first of which being the fact that the other Red Dwarf crew members aren't really that fleshed out which I is something that I fully understand since none of the other Red Dwarf crew members are main characters but since it's the deaths of the Red Dwarf crew members that serves as a catalyst for the events of this show even taking place I personally would have liked if at least some of the other Red Dwarf crew members were a bit more fleshed out but that's just what I think and that's just in my very humble and as well as being in my very honest opinion anyways / at least.
I honestly thought that the character o The Cat at least in this very / particular episode served no purpose with his scenes just feeling like they were shoehorned in at the last minuet. Which is a shame because The Cat is perhaps one of if not the funniest character in this entire show and so it honestly was a shame to see that his appearance in this episode has very little to no actual impact on the story that is currently being told in this very / particular episode.
Now then this particular / very episode has / had a grand total running time of exactly thirty minuets and two seconds and well I have to be honest here because I thought that that running time was a bit on the short side. Since it means that crucial plot points are now rushed instead of us getting to hose exact same plot points at a more organic pace but at the same time this plot line is perfect for this particular / very episodes running time tho since this episode doesn't really have enough story / plot / plotline to cover anything that's over thirty minuets in my opinion anyways / at least.
Now then this is a comedy TV show after all and that means that there are some actual jokes in this episode and that means that I have to actually talk about the jokes that are featured / presented to us in this very / particular episode and well if i'm being very honest here people the jokes that are featured / presented to us in this very / particular are actually the best part of this very / particular episode. Since all of the jokes that are in this episode are really freaking funny and heck / hell I pure and simply cannot pick out a a favourite joke because every single joke in this particular / very episode is so damn good in my opinion anyways / at least.
Overall this was a really good first episode with this particular / very episode also being like I said very funny and as well as being very well written and it's not hard to see why this show has lasted as long as it has because just based off of this episode alone you can see that this series / show has potential to be great and oh my god does this show more then freaking live up to that very potential indeed. Now then i've talked about both of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are featured / presented to us in this particular / very episode in this very review and as such this episode gets an 8.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Red Dwarf fandom wiki page and nowhere else and since I only went to the official Red Dwarf fandom wiki page and nowhere else for the images that I personally used in this very review. I have no choice but to recommend that you guys use the official Red Dwarf fandom wiki page if you guys want to use any of the images that are related to the Red Dwarf TV series since all of the images I personally found that re currently up and on the official Red Dwarf fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly high definition.
