Fathers and Suns

"Fathers and Suns"
Red Dwarf episode
Rimmer and Kryten create a new computer personality called Pree
Episode no.	Series 10 Episode 2
Directed by	Doug Naylor
Written by	Doug Naylor
Original air date	11 October 2012
Guest appearance(s)
Rebecca Blackstone - Pree Kerry Shale - Medibot/Taiwan Tony
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Rebecca Blackstone - Pree
Kerry Shale - Medibot/Taiwan Tony

"Fathers and Suns" is the second episode of science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf series X, originally broadcast on the British television channel Dave on 11 October 2012. Lister celebrates the fact that he is his own father by sending a message to himself for Father's Day. This involves scolding himself for being a useless son, and resigning from the ship's crew to force himself to get his act together. Meanwhile Rimmer and Kryten install a new computer personality called Pree.

The episode begins with Lister playing video games. Rimmer walks in and sees a Father's Day card that Lister's making for himself. Lister explains that every year, he sends himself a Father’s Day card to celebrate the fact that he is his own father, but deliberately gets so drunk that when Kryten delivers it on Father's Day the following year, he doesn’t remember writing it. When Rimmer points out he’s been a lousy father to himself, Lister decides to do something about it. The ship's Medibot (Kerry Shale), not understanding Lister is his own father, advises a tough love approach, and also sets up a medical record for "Dave Lister Jr." Lister wakes hungover in the morning to find a drunken video message left by his "dad", in which he tries to use tough love to get his "son" to improve himself.

Meanwhile, Rimmer and Kryten install a new computer, Pree (Rebecca Blackstone), who is so advanced she can predict entire conversations, rendering them unnecessary. When asked by Rimmer to fix a number of faults with Red Dwarf, Pree anticipates that Rimmer would make errors in ordering repairs, and so trashes the corridors as he would have unwittingly ordered her to.