A group of disparate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Cast:Brian Downey , Michael McManus , Jeffrey Hirschfield , Xenia Seeberg , Tom Gallant , Nigel Bennett , Patricia Zentilli , Lex Gigeroff , Rolf Kanies , Louise Wischermann , John Dunsworth , Walter Borden , David Albiston , Minna Aaltonen , Clive Sweeney , Eva Habermann , Ellen Dubin , Anna Cameron
The reincarnation of The Divine Shadow is flawed. A series of events unfold, that cause the destruction of the Shadow's power and allow a group of accidental rebels to steal the most powerful weapon in the Universes, the Starship Lexx.
The gang visits Kai's dead homeworld as the planet's sun is going supernova and ends up caught in a death trap set by the insane hologram of the planet's last survivor known as the Poet Man who died there driven mad by loneliness.
Lexx and the crew are running out of food resources. Desperate they visit what appears to be a garbage planet, but quickly become separated and under go a series of individual adventures in a culture thats basically cannibalistic.
The cleansing of the Cluster is complete and the birth of the Giga Shadow is progressing. These events are unknown to the crew of Lexx when they decide to journey to the Cluster for one last attempt to get the proto-blood Kai needs to continue his existence.
In this first episode, the crew encounters Mantrid, the former Bio-Vizier for His Divine Shadow. Mantrid claims he is able to provide the proto-blood necessary for Kai's continued existence; but Mantrid, of course, has an ulterior motive.
Kai is woken from stasis but something goes wrong and injures Stanley. To save his life he's put into stasis, after passing control of Lexx to Zev. She seeks out a medical facility and after some unusual negotiations, gets treatment for The doctors are successful, and take an interest in Kai as a potential threat to their wider plans. The attending surgeon, Doctor Kazan attempts to wrest control of Lexx from Zev. Although warned of potential issues, Kazan electrocutes Zev to the point of death assuming she will transfer Lexx to him. The plan backfires and Zev morphs into a strange snake like creature before killing all the medical staff. She then sets off to rescue Kai who is at the point of being reduced to sub atomic particles. She pushes Kai out of the way of the death beam but is destroyed herself, reverting the control of Lexx back to a now healthy Stanley with her dying breath. As the Lexx leaves the facility we see the escape pod Mantrid survived in arrive and destroy the station.
A strange plant invades Lexx and examines the sleeping crew It then draws on Stanley's dream of a childhood sweetheart and morphs itself into a likeness of the girl, Lyekka. Elsewhere the crew of the probe, Eagle 5 from Potatoho breaches the ion veil shrouding their planet and begins exploring the Universe. Stanley tries to understand Lyekka when he is interrupted by Lexx to warn of the approach of Eagle 5. Its crew comes aboard to make contact. Stanley, wanting to demonstrate Lexx's power accidentally blows up Eagle 5 forcing him to take the visitors home. While exploring the ship Bando is seduced and killed by Lyekka. Meanwhile the explorers their home planet is destroyed by Mantrid. Still hungry after her meal of Bando, she kills Boosh. This she is seen by Kai, who reports to Stanley. Lyekka steals the container of protein that's the remains of Zev, and then begins seducing the last remaining explorer. Rather than eat him, she combines his body with the protein from Zev to produce a new version of the Lexx's lost crew member. Overjoyed to see the return of Zev, agree to take Lyekka to a planet where her appetite can be satisfied.
On board Lexx a transmission is received advertising a pleasure ship, the lovliner Stanley and Xez decides to have some R&R. However when they arrive they discover they need to pay for services. Stanley decides to use the power of Lexx to convince the owner to offer some free samples. The crew begins to enjoy the services, and the owner contacts an associate with plans to steal the Lexx. Things are not as they seem onboard the Lovliner and the crew tries to make the best of a bad situation. Later the other criminals arrive and capture the crew of the Lexx. The space craft performs a series of tasks including firing Kai's body into the sun. It is when the gang decides to rape Xez. Tweedle rebels and throwing the Lexx into a series of maneuvers allows Kai to rejoin the ship and dispose of the criminals.
The crew of the Lexx encounters an automated TV production facility that makes game shows about people competing in game shows. Each is given a part in a program and their success is linked directly to the ratings the show can produce. Everyone has fun till they discover the consequences of having your show canceled
Stanley is tempted by a pleasure ship, however when he arrives he is arrested in a sting operation for crimes involving the death of billions of people. As the trial progresses Kai becomes concerned about the actions of the prosecutor and agrees to defend Stanley in a last ditch attempt to save him from the death sentence.
Sexual tension is high on the Lexx till the crew encounters a damaged space transport carrying class 13 bio materials. Infected survivors of the transport make it onto the Lexx bringing with them a virus that triggers gender reversal with anything it encounters. Everyone has a steep learning curve as they adapt to their new sexual roles
Stanley is concerned someone else is on the Lexx and his suspicions are confirmed when a family of cannibalistic Golleans reveal themselves to the crew. The father of the family forces Stanley to fly Lexx back to his home planet of Vermal. The father then tries to marry his daughter to Stanley so he, as head of the clan, would be able to claim ownership of Lexx.
The crew of the Lexx answer a distress call only to discover the origins of the signal are from a crashed prison ship. 790 finds a cyborg and sets about modifying the creature to allow him to finally make love to Xev. Nothing goes to plan and the crew need to stop 790's experiment while trying to work out who were the prisoners and who were the guards on the crashed ship.
The crew of the Lexx come across a group of teenagers in suspended animation. Taking them on board, tension quickly rises as the crew and the teenagers clash over various lifestyle issues.
The crew arrives on NOOK, a planet that consists of ocean and one single island. It is populated only by a religious order of men that have not seen a woman in 100 years. When they see Xev there is no turning back the clock.
The crew picks up a strange young boy named Norb who, according to Kai, lacks "a certain vitality."
Finding Stanley unconscious on the bridge, the crew seek medical help on an ugly little planet, Ruuma. Once there, Stanley recovers, only to learn that Ruuma's life giving qualities also give life to the long dead bodies of former Divine Shadows.
Gubby Mok is the operator of the Narcolounger, a device that allows you - for a small fee- to enter your own dreams. Stanley takes a ride but his dream becomes a nightmare when Giggerota, the cannibal woman, makes an appearance.
790 tells the crew that Xev will die in 79 hours because, as a love slave, she has an expiration date. They must travel to the planet Woz to locate a prototype of the Lusticon (the machine which transforms women into love slaves) to give Xev more time.
As the universe continues to disappear, the LEXX gets caught in a giant net. The LEXX barely manages to escape, but there is definitely something awry on board.
After a retelling of the opening events of The Web (1999), this episode then goes on to reveal at least one major event which was previously undisclosed.
As the LEXX and its crew flee towards the centre of the rapidly disappearing universe, they encounter a theatre that seems to exist outside of time and space and is thus impervious to the encroaching doom.
Responding to the crew's desperate pleas for help in the fight against Mantrid is Brizon, a Bio-Vizier for His Divine Shadow and Mantrid's former teacher.
Mantrid has almost succeeded in converting the entire universe into drone arms. The LEXX manages to escape by squeezing into the parallel dark universe - but Mantrid is on board.
The LEXX crew is awakened after four thousand years of cryo-sleep to find their non-functioning ship caught in the orbit of a binary planet system. The crew is soon drawn into the never-ending war between the two planets.
A city on the planet Water has been destroyed by balloons by planet Fire. May, the only survivor, is brought to the LEXX and Stan soon falls in love with her. Deathly ill, Prince offers to cure her and a fateful deal is struck.
Kai arrives in 'Gametown', a city on the planet Water, in search of food. The folks on Gametown only play sports and take showers. Stan fails to keep up his half of his bargain with Prince and Kai is stranded on the city.
Kai escapes with Bunny to Boomtown -- a place where everyone has uncomplicated sex all day long. Stanley finds everything he's always wanted but the utopia of Boomtown is destroyed as the city is attacked.
Stan, Xev, Kai and a second living Kai they have picked up, find themselves together in a balloon over the planet Fire. But the balloon starts to descend and therefore they have to make the choice of who goes over the side.
Stan and Xev find themselves in deep trouble in K-Town, a weird city on the planet Fire. They are almost rescued by Kai, and when Stan and Xev try to help, they need assistance from someone who looks and behaves like Mantrid.
Xev and Stan lose Kai and are on the run in underground tunnels that lead from one city to another but contain dangerous killers. Prince offers to help, but Xev turns him down and the situation goes from bad to worse.
Returning to the ship, Stan wants to destroy the pair of planets so that Lexx can eat, allowing them to move on. Xev distracts Stan with a strong sexual interest, giving him everything he wants while gaining the key to the Lexx.
The Lexx crew discover a city on the planet Water called Garden and Stan decides that his wandering days are over. It is agreed that she will go off on her own as there are no men and that they will part as friends.
The Lexx crew is attacked by balloons under the command of Prince. The slow motion ballet of destruction ends with Xev being stranded on the burning desert surface of Fire and Stan and Kai escaping to the orbiting Lexx.
Stan and Kai search for Xev and find her footsteps crossing the inhospitable surface of the planet Fire. Her tracks lead to Girltown. Queen develops a strong interest in Stan, but his needs and hers turn out to be very different.
On planet Water, Kai and Stan are stranded in the ocean. Xev searches for them and eventually finds Stan's floating body. Stan also ends up on a beach, which is complex as there are no beaches on either planet.
Kai and Xev fly to Prince's headquarters to try to bring back Stan. Kai descends into the core of Fire while 790 persuades Xev that the only way to recover Kai is to destroy the planets, which unleashes unforeseen consequences.
The crew finds the nearest available potential food source - a little blue planet. Prince, in his new earthly form, fears Xev, Kai and Stan believing they are hostile. To discard his fears, Prince sends Cobra to eliminate them.
Xev gets separated from Kai and hitches a ride with a Texan named Rooster. He and his lovesick lug-head friends vie for Xev's love. Kai's search for Xev leads him to a weird scientist who believes the Earth is in imminent danger.
Xev is being exploited at a steamy women's prison by the Warden and his wife. Stan is literally hanging on for dear life as a prisoner of the ATF. Digby, also held captive by the ATF, attacks Prince.
Stan and President Priest conspire to overthrow the evil Prince. The Lexx is hungry again, but Lexx is the lesser threat to the Earth's inhabitants now that the murderous alien probes have arrived.
Xev, popular from her exploits in prison, is asked to do a show where guys compete for a night with her. But the show is cut short when the men disappear. Xev and Stan realize their days are numbered if they stay on the island.
Stan arrives on "The Rock" and realizes his subjects hate him. The reason - a look-alike named Brud has been cheating people out of their money. Brud woos Xev who thinks it is Stan, but Brud goes too far and ticks Xev off.
The Lexx crew visits Transylvania in search of an unknown enemy. Their journey takes them to a sinister castle for a dinner hosted by Count Dracul. By evening's end all who remain are Xev, Stan, Kai and the three sexy goth girls.
Stan invites the goth girls for a tour of the Lexx who hopes it will be less of a tour and more of an intimate rendezvous, but his fantasy is not made reality when the girls silence him and steal Kai's proto-blood.
Stan becomes the boss of the adult entertainment operation that Lyekka works for to get closer to her. She purposely brings Stan to sexual ecstasy causing the key to the Lexx to leave his body and pass into her.
The crew joins forces with an aging rock star Uther and their attempt to travel far from the Earth is thwarted since the Lexx no longer responds to Stan's commands. Kai and Stan destroy Vlad, only to discover Xev's body.
Xev is brought back to life by magical fairies. Oberon tries to convince Xev and Stan to marry him. Oberon's wife is heartbroken and turns Xev and Kai into "Stanleys" to confuse Oberon who is running out of time.
The carrot probes have come to Earth to sample the human cuisine. Prince joins forces with the crew of the Lexx to destroy the alien mother ship that is commanding the probes.
Prince makes a deal with "790"; "790" will help destroy Xev and Stan; and Prince will attach "790" to a human. On Lexx, First Lady Bunny, Stan and Xev play "Truth or Dare", but it's all a ploy for Bunny to murder Stan and Xev.
The crew of the Lexx settles down in small town America, buying their first house in Prime Ridge. Stan finds himself with a mother and daughter who both try to seduce him; Kai needs more proto-blood and Xev is a stress counselor.
Now wanted as fugitives for the massacre at Prime Ridge, they take refuge in the home belonging to Mort, a mortician with a bizarre obsession. Stan and Xev commit a serious faux pas during a viewing.
The crew of the Lexx is caught up in the post-Waco politics of obsessed patriots headed by Moss. He court marshals them and becomes the judge, prosecution and defense. Unfortunately for Stan, Xev and Kai the verdict is guilty.
President Priest and First Lady Bunny attempt to hijack the Lexx, but the Lexx crew narrowly intervenes saving the Earth, at least temporarily.
Kai agrees to play a high-stakes game of chess with Prince. If Kai wins, Prince will unite the spirit and body of Kai into one. If Kai loses, Stan and Xev must forfeit their lives.
The crew of the Lexx rescues the crew of "The Comet". At first the humans are grateful to be saved from a life in space forever, but their tune changes when they realize the power of the Lexx.
Lyekka comes on board the Lexx to convince the crew not to destroy her ship. The seed is planted - if they destroy her ship, she will perish.
"The King Tut" hotel is host to the Lexx crew. The excitement steps up a notch when Xev, having adopted the wrestling persona of Cleopatra, goes up against some of the hotels top women fighters.
Lyekka gives the Lexx crew luscious berries as gifts of thanks. Xev and Stan eat the berries taking them on a "high" ride. Stan and Xev believe that they are trying to kill each other and 790 hopes he can have Kai all to himself.
Kai battles an oversized Lyekka who threatens to destroy the Earth. Kai is in trouble and his only savior is Stan, but Stan's infatuation for Lyekka causes him to hesitate to destroy the alien mother ship.
Prince visits the Lexx warning of "Earth's date with destiny". Stan celebrates but is drawn back into the turbulent atmosphere after learning that the aliens have successfully invaded the "little blue planet".
