Searching for the planet Brunnis in an attempt to get more proto-blood to keep Kai... well, dead, the crew of the LEXX are trapped between the psychotic holographic Poet Man, the cannibalistic Giggerota and a star system about to go supernova.
A less sophisticated tale than I Worship His Shadow, Super Nova is still an impressive piece of work. It gives us a chance to see the weird characters begin to come together as a team and some really unpleasant things happen to them, and it gives some more background for the Brunnen-G. In fact, pretty much everything in this story happens to the LEXX crew by accident.
In the meantime, there's some good comedy from the lovesick 790, Stanley trying to elicit some sex from Zev, who's only interested in the dead crewmember, and Stan's encounter with a Time Prophet. On top of this, the effects are truly impressive once again, with the ancient world of Brunnis looking magnificent, with all of its hi-tech equipment. The imagination that goes into LEXX is extraordinary.
The supporting cast do their mean best as well, with Ellen Dubin's Giggerota a really unpleasant person, and disturbingly fond of brains and eating parts of the LEXX, and Tim Curry treading a thin line between intelligence and lunacy as Poet Man. For a second effort it's not bad. It just doesn't have quite the same impact as I Worship His Shadow when the viewer is seeing everything for the first time. And that's the problem LEXX will have to cope with over the course of its run: can it continue to come up with inventive new ideas and concepts, or realize old concepts in a new way? Let's hope so, as there's plenty of potential for a show like this, which is Science-Fiction in its purest sense.
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