LEXX

There are strange things afoot on the Lexx. Being such a huge ship, there could be any number of people who were trapped on it when it left the cluster, and there would be no reason to ever find them. Until now.

A family of, for want of a better phrase, "trailer trash" have been stowed away on the Lexx since it left the cluster, only now coming out because they've killed and eaten the last of the other stowaways. 'Pa' is very impressed by the Lexx, and orders Stanley to take it to Vermal, their home planet. Stanley agrees, for he is not armed with the big stick that Pa is armed with. Xev is curious about Vermal, especially when Pa's eldest son explains about the parties. Vermal parties are like nothing else. Vermal parties are fun. Xev wants to have fun with him now, but he wants to wait till they get to Vermal, because then they can do it in front of all his friends - which is some kind of tradition. Stan meanwhile, is being picked up by Pa's daughter who is a bit of a man-eater, and I don't just mean her menu. She throws herself upon Stan who, being weak willed and desperate, gives in. Unfortunately for Stan, this is paramount to a proposal of marriage for the people of Vermal, and he is forced to agree to save his own skin.

On reaching Vermal, Pa tells his son not to go down there and party, and wait for the morning when theyll all go down together. Xev has other plans though, and they sneak off in a moth down to the planet. Vermal parties are definately unique, the participants looking like rejects from a Dumpy's Rusty Nuts concert. They decide that Xev is too good to waste on Pa's son, and decide to take her all for themselves.

Pa also has another son, Norb. Norb is not like the others. He is around 12, and wants to be a pilot like his father, who he carries a picture of in a holographic ball. Norb's mother was Pa's wife, but she had an affair with Norb's father, who Pa then killed. He also eventually killed his wife because she was 'picking apples' with another man. Norb is very interested in the controls in the cryochamber, and asks 790 for help to fix his fathers old ship back on Vermal so he can escape from Pa. 790 is frantic about Xev being alone on the planet, and promises his help in exchange for Norb operating the cryopod and waking Kai, so he can go rescue Xev. Norb agrees.

Kai and Norb arrive on the planet and go to Norb's ship to try to fix it. Meanwhile, Pa's son gets fed to some bore-worms so the others can have Xev. Pa is not happy when he finds out, and orders Stan to blow up the planet. Kai fixes the ship, then rescues Xev in a by plucking her out of danger from a hovering moth, revealing a past-life passion for fishing. As the moth leaves, Stanley is forced to blow up the planet by Pa, missing the moth by seconds. Pa has destroyed his planet, indirectly cause his son's death and in a fit of anger, pushed his daughter off the edge of the bridge, so Lyekka is perfectly justified in eating him in my view. Which she does.

And circling away from the planet's smoking remains is a tiny ship containing a small boy cheering with delight...