"Find Kryten, get to the landing bay, grab a ship and get the hell out of town."
Knowing that without the nanobots to corroborate their story, they are certain to be sentenced to two years in the brig, Lister and his friends make plans to escape from custody and find the missing nanobots.
This episode contains examples of:
- Bits of Me Keep Passing Out: Rimmer injects his groin with anesthetic is an attempt to bring his 'sexual magnetism virus' enhanced libido under control. However, the effect spreads to his legs causing them to start buckling as he is running along the corridor.
- Call-Back: References are made to Duane Dibley, "Future Echoes", and "a universe where time runs backwards".
- Continuity Nod: This isn't the first time Kryten has visualised a person on the toilet.
- Elevator Going Down: Lister discovers he has the sexual magnetism virus on his fingers when it causes Kochanski to go crazy with lust and attempt to ravish him in the elevator. The effect wears off partway through, leaving Kochanski mortified.
- Fun with Acronyms: Rimmer refers to his plan as "Get Rimmer Officerhood, Power & Eminence", or "GROPE" for short.
- Great Accomplishment, Weak Credibility: Rimmer gives Captain Hollister a startlingly accurate report on potential drive plate malfunctions. However, Hollister is immediately suspicious given that Rimmer has made a name for himself as an incompetent dolt who constantly fails the astronavigation exam. He's right to be dubious, as it turns out: Rimmer is using files taken from Starbug's computers to make himself appear cleverer than he really is. Unfortunately for Rimmer, Hollister takes the opportunity to drug him and put him in the Virtual-Reality Interrogation with the rest of the Dwarfers - though this isn't found out until part 3.
- Imagine the Audience Naked: Kochanski encourages Kryten to stand up to people by imagining them on the toilet. When it actually comes down do it though, he can't manage it. So he forces them, at gunpoint, to go sit on the toilet so that he can laugh at them and have the courage to say that 'No, he does not want to be reset to factory settings'. For some unaccountable reason they decide to do it anyway.
- Oh, Crap!: Rimmer's face visibly falls as Hollister reveals that Lister and co are all in their artificial reality trial already, and that this could lead to Rimmer's own criminal activities being exposed.
- Rewatch Bonus: When Rimmer said, "What other father would claim to have an alibi for his sperm on the night of conception?" turns out that wasn't an excuse on Rimmer social father part.
- Self-Deprecation: When Rimmer first makes his report about a faulty drive plate incident to Hollister, he mentions that anyone who could botch this job would need to have "a brain the size of a leprechaun's left testicle". Since we know for a fact that Rimmer is the one who botched it up the first time...
- Sixth Ranger Traitor: Rimmer betrays Lister so he can exploit the confidential files and Lister's diary of weird space phenomena to impress Hollister and become an officer, arguing that if he helps Lister get away, it might endanger his chances of doing so.
- Strange Salute: Captain Hollister gets the experience the Full Rimmer Salute in all its glory.Hollister: Rimmer, is this salute every going to end?
