History Recap / RedDwarfSeasonIIParallelUniverse

At first, it seems to have failed. However, they detect a ''second'' Red Dwarf approaching. Computer contact is initiated and they discover that the Holly Hop Drive has sent them into another dimension, an alternate of their own universe. Hilly, Debra Lister, Arlene Rimmer; all of them are female counterparts to the Boys from the Dwarf. As it turns out, in this universe, history is parallel, with females being the dominant gender (Nellie Armstrong went on the moon, Wilma Shakespeare wrote "Rachel III" and "Taming of the Shrimp", "masculinists" burned their jockstraps in the 60s). The Cat is excited about meeting his own female counterpart, but, for some reason, his counterpart is an also-male Dog: smelly, slobbish, flea-infested headbanger/grungepunk.

** When the possibility of Dave Lister getting pregnant as a result of having sex with Deb is raised (they do it in the female universe, in which men are the ones who get pregnant), Deb is amazingly callous and indifferent, claiming it's solely his problem and that he should have used protection. It's hard to imagine Dave being so insensitive to a woman he might have gotten pregnant (see "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonXDearDave Dear Dave]]" for an example of how he reacts when in this situation).

* AchievementsInIgnorance: The Holly Hop Drive is supposed to teleport the ship to any point in time and space -- meaning that, in theory, it can take the Dwarfers to Earth. It fails -- but it ''does'' allow them to jump to another dimension. This won't be the last time that the series [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVDimensionJump explores]] [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIStokeMeAClipper this]].

** It's also hard to imagine Arnold Rimmer ever behaving in the way Arlene does. On the rare occasions when he interacts with women, he's normally either quite shy or highly respectful to their position as a superior officer (Consider "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVCamille Camille]]" and "[[Recap/{{Red Dwarf Season V Holoship}} Holoship]]"). Total smeg-head he may be, but it's extremely difficult to imagine him ''actually'' trying to hypnotise a woman or show her some lesbian porn in order to try and sleep with her.

** When the possibility of Dave Lister getting pregnant as a result of having sex with Deb is raised (they do it in the female universe, in which men are the ones who get pregnant), Deb is amazingly callous and indifferent, claiming it's solely his problem and that he should have used protection. It's hard to imagine Dave being so insensitive to a woman he might have gotten pregnant.

** It's also hard to imagine Arnold Rimmer ever behaving in the way Arlene does. In the rare occasions when he's been seen interacting with women, he's normally either quite shy or highly respectful to their position as a superior officer (Consider "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVCamille Camille]]" and "[[Recap/{{Red Dwarf Season V Holoship}} Holoship]]"). Total smeg-head he may be, but it's extremely difficult to imagine him ''actually'' trying to hypnotise a woman or show her some lesbian porn in order to try and sleep with her.

* OutOfCharacterMoment:
** Lister ends up sleeping with his female alternate universe self and when the possibility of him being pregnant is raised - in this universe men are the ones who carry the baby - the female Lister is amazingly callous and indifferent, claiming it was solely his problem and that he should have used protection. Now the episode is very clear that the female counterparts have ''identical'' personalities to the regular crew and it is impossible to imagine the regular universe Lister being so insensitive to a woman he might have gotten pregnant.
** It's also hard to imagine Rimmer ever behaving the way his female equivalent did. In the rare occasions when he's been seen interacting with women, he's normally either been quite shy or highly respectful to their position as a superior officer (Consider "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVCamille Camille]]" and "[[Recap/{{Red Dwarf Season V Holoship}} Holoship]]"). For as much of a smeg head as he can be, it's extremely difficult to imagine him ever wanting to show a woman some video of two women together to turn them on. It seems evident that the female versions actually had vastly different attitudes to their male equivalents.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Mentioned by Arnold after Arlene questions why Deb and Dave wound make love to themselves.
--> "Why break the habit of a lifetime?"