@do-you-have-a-flag and i discuss: the boyz from the dwarf run across the hail mary, with strong 'how the hell are you doing that' vibes coming from both directions.
the cat burns all of grace's science shirts. grace is initially distraught, but it's okay. the cat has replaced his wardrobe with far more fabulous items from the cat's own cast-offs. [this will cause problems later given the cat's absolutely snatched waist.] grace is like oh um no thank you, this is awkward, i really don't-- IS THAT REAL WOOL? the cat is like obviously 😾do i look like a guy who touches polyester?
kryten sees the living quarters aboard the hail mary and goes catatonic. then he comes back online. then his head explodes. grace and rocky are horrified. rocky accuses grace of being so utterly filthy he killed their new robot friend. lister says not to worry, they've got a spare head back on the dwarf.
rimmer is INSUFFERABLE about the existence of aliens being proven. he then declares himself acting general of the human defence army against the invading eridians. grace explains that it's just him and rocky and they're actually on their way to rocky's planet, not the other way around. rimmer quickly declares himself the leader of the human colonisation of erid project, and claims erid in the name of humanity. lister declares that they should just ignore him.
lister, inexplicably, walks around in the eridian atmosphere just fine. rimmer is hysterical and sure he'll die, but refuses to enter the atmosphere, despite being indestructible.
they discover that lister can do this when he gets hungry, wanders off, and they find him munching on rocky's food in a xenonite tunnel. grace is gobsmacked.
"how can you do that."
"aw, it's not so bad. me gran's old flat smelled like cat piss. really takes me back, actually."
"that's not - i don't - okay."
grace has a breakdown. then,
"... what does eridian food taste like tho."
"kinda like gran's burnt kippers, actually."
holly hits on mary. mary wasn't sentient before, but the power of lesbianism awakens her. she declares that she is running away with holly. grace explains that he and rocky will die if she does that. she says she doesn't care. grace pulls the dead crewmates card. she begrudgingly agrees to stay onboard. technically, she did kill them. holly is like aw come on, as if it was your fault 🙄
lister makes grace a triple fried egg butty with chili sauce and chutney and grace bursts into tears. rimmer gets weird and possessive and claims HE was the first person lister ever made a triple fried egg butty with chili sauce and chutney for. lister says that is NOT true, wtf? rocky comments that this is the most disgusting food-related human activity he's been witness to yet, and rimmer interprets this as a threat against his life and again attempts to declare war on erid.
rocky corners kryten and demands the technology used to make rimmer hardlight and immortal For Reasons. kryten politely informs rocky that they only have one lightbee capable of sustaining hardlight, and rimmer's using it. rocky says that's not really a problem then, is it? kryten thinks for a moment, then agrees.