- The Red Dwarf crew intercepts a SOS distress call from the American Space cruiser "Nova 5", that has crashed on a moon. They find the only survivor is Kryten, an android butler, whose favorite TV show is 'Androids'.
- The episode begins on a derelict craft and shows a mechanical crew member watching T.V. an all-droid soap opera named Androids. On Red Dwarf Rimmer is practicing Esperanto which Holly interrupts with news of an S.O.S. Cat is called along to see, the beacon is from Kryten, the service mechanoid on the Nova 5, he informs the Dwarfers of injured crew members, three females, the Dwarfers offer rescue and prepare to meet these females.
All of them have cleaned themselves up to look smart for the females, on Nova 5, Kryten is tending to his duties, unaware that the female crew members are long dead, the Dwarfers land and see the literal skeleton crew, Kryten brings in some tea and is made aware for the first time that the crew are dead. He is uncertain as to what to do as he's programmed only to serve, the Nova 5 crew are buried and Kryten is taken aboard Red Dwarf, Rimmer gives him a list of duties to complete, Lister walks in to the sleeping quarters which Kryten has cleaned up.
Lister asks him what makes him happy, such past times like Androids and sleeping are named, Kryten tells of a dream he has where he creates an ideal garden. Lister is trying to teach Kryten humanity and shows him films about rebellion, Rebel Without a Cause, Easy Rider and The Wild Ones are such films. At first Kryten seems content to carry on being servile when painting a portrait of Rimmer, which is revealed to be of Rimmer on the toilet.
Kryten discovers his rebellious side and asks Lister for his space bike which Lister gives.
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