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reddwarfslash2013-11-09 12:26 pm
kronette.livejournal.com) wrote in reddwarfslash2013-11-09 12:26 pm
You know what annoys me about S8?
Well, aside from "Krytie TV". It's the fact that Hollister had Rimmer enter the psychotropic testing without his knowledge. The other four had to sign consent forms, acknowledge that they understood what was going to happen to them and agreed to be placed in the AR environment. Rimmer was just told to lick an envelope that was posted to himself.
I know Rimmer represented himself at his trial, but it never should have come to that, or his entire case thrown out on the basis of entrapment. Nothing he said or did in the AR environment should have been allowed as evidence, which means that Hollister would have had to prove another way that Rimmer was using confidential files for his personal gain. And if Rimmer had a shred of self-preservation (and we know he has it in spades), he might have been able to keep it to himself or at least slide by without being overt. I don't know; that one part has always bugged me.
I know Rimmer represented himself at his trial, but it never should have come to that, or his entire case thrown out on the basis of entrapment. Nothing he said or did in the AR environment should have been allowed as evidence, which means that Hollister would have had to prove another way that Rimmer was using confidential files for his personal gain. And if Rimmer had a shred of self-preservation (and we know he has it in spades), he might have been able to keep it to himself or at least slide by without being overt. I don't know; that one part has always bugged me.
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The Dennis the donut boy was a really stupid idea, anyway. Unless the JMC really is that stupid an entity, which is entirely possible. But...that clearly wasn't in his files, because Rimmer READ THEM ALREADY. He brought the muffin and the pile cream specifically because of what he'd found in the captain's files. There was nothing about his rise in ranks in there, clearly, because Rimmer would have tried to weasel a promotion out of the captain that way. No, nothing explains it. Not really, and not well.