Zev is now a bowl of orange goo and this isn't good news for anyone looking for any kind of dialogue on board the Lexx (Kai having to spend most of his time in cryo-stasis and 790 going through the grieving process, I never thought I would write that about a disembodied robot head...) The best way to solve this problem is to introduce another crew member and there's no wierder way to spice things up than for this new crew member to be a carnivorous plant woman with a strange liking for Stan and an appetite for orange goo...
An alien spore takes root in the Lexx and Lyekka is born. At the same time, a team of hick astronauts from the planet Potatoho are about to make first contact of a particularly wierd (and fatal) kind...
I love this episode, a sense of unease at Lyekka's presence is coupled with some laugh out loud moments (Stan accidentally blows up the Potatoho shuttle while showing off what the Lexx can do) and makes for one of the more watchable episodes of season two. Without giving too much away it's obvious what's going to happen to the astronauts but it's fun watching the show push the boundaries of surrealness while this is happening. The ending runs the risk of being too sugary (and you're not quite sure why it's happening) but by this point you're enjoying it too much to care. And all the while, the main story arc is gathering pace in a growing swarm of drone arms...
It's been years since I last saw 'Lyekka' and all I can really say is a big 'thank you' to whoever it was who came up with the idea of internet DVD rental!
Eight and a Half out of Ten
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