It notes that he comes from an outstanding military family, and Rimmer's brothers ( John, Frank and Howard) have all attained respect in the Space Corps and positions of command, but Rimmer has been wholly unsuccessful. Rimmer then begins to read his own file, getting increasingly agitated as he does. Reading his own file, Lister reads about himself that 'although clearly quite bright, is lazy, slovenly, rebellious, unreliable, rude and disorganized.' Lister is, nonetheless, happy that the captain referred to him as 'bright', something which annoys Rimmer. Rimmer says that they shouldn't be reading them, and Lister says that is the reason why they are reading them. Lister says excitedly that Kryten and himself have been going through Human Resources, and discovered Captain Hollister's private crew appraisal files. In the sleeping quarters, Arnold Rimmer is annoyed to read that the Captain's confidential crew files say Dave Lister is 'bright'ĭave Lister and Kryten then enter the sleeping quarters, and Lister is forced to shake Cat out of his trance-like state, and Cat is initially unaware of where he is. To attempt to prove Rimmer wrong, Cat pulls out a small mirror from his sleeve, looks at it, but is almost immediately hypnotised by his reflection. When Cat says that he will continue to attempt to cook, Rimmer says that it is not allowed since Cat always gets distracted by his reflection in the spatula. The incident meant that Rimmer missed a safety check, resulting in the Diesel Decks becoming flooded. Rimmer says that he is tired of Cat's disruptions, noting that Cat was recently on fire after attempting to cook, and Rimmer had to break off what he was doing to put him out.

An increasingly despondent Arnold Rimmer gets hold of a Quantum Skipper, and skips his way across The Multiverse looking for a dimension where he's not such a giant loser.Īboard Red Dwarf, Arnold Rimmer is alone in the sleeping quarters doing some paperwork when he is interrupted by Cat entering and calling him 'Officer Smegski' and 'non-bud'.

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