Overview: Red Dwarf: Series Four

Series Four continues the style and theme of Series Three, while not actually bringing in everything particularly innovative. It is a mainly Rimmer based series, and due to Chris Barrie's excellent variation in character, this is not to its detriment.
          Luckily, Kryten is also utilised a lot more than before, his status last series as a mere intelligent hanger on. Here he provides the exposition as part of his natural dialogue, and his more mechanical tendencies serve as plot devices and solutions.
          Rimmer, Rimmer, Rimmer. Even in the episodes in which he isn't central figure, this series is a vision of his negative side, incarnated. Dull, obsessive, cowardly, greedy. All of these are showcased in this series, as well as a deeper exploration of the reasons for Rimmer's character traits. Unlike other series, which may reduce characters to a few base traits, Dwarf attempts to explain and elaborate on them, making deep characters.

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