The crew undergoes some major changes in the season opener as Lister prepares to give birth to twins.

While investigating an abandoned alien vessel adrift in space, the crew discovers a device that can change organic life by altering an object's DNA.

Not knowing if the stasis pod they've found contains a security guard or a homicidal criminal, the crew heads to the capsule's initial destination.

The crew crosses paths with a dark figure who calls himself the Inquisitor.

After being captured by a "psy-moon," Rimmer becomes a prisoner of his own thoughts.