Kissing!

There is a recurring theme of kissing on Lexx. The manual transfer of essence near the beginning of [i]I Worship His Shadow[/i] is called “the kiss.” Then, toward the end of [i]The Giga Shadow[/i], Zev kisses Kai, (who goes along with it despite being emotionless), and it is at this moment the Insect essence in his eyes is revealed.

In Terminal Kai suggests that Zev give Stan a kiss, to help him concentrate in passing the key to her.

Then there is kissing as a way of determining identities in season three. In gondola, Xev says she could tell that the living Kai (actually Prince) was not really Kai because of the way he kissed. Then in [i]The Key[/i] Kai lets Xev kiss him, and later says that he could tell she was Prince by the way she kissed.

[i]Fluff Daddy[/i] is one of the eight episodes of [i]Lexx[/i] I still haven’t seen, but someone posted that Stan and Lulu kiss, and the key to the Lexx is transferred from him to her.

I wonder why there is this continuing trend. Synchronicity? Symbolism? Coincidence? If this was an intentional trend, why? What does it mean (besides inconsistancy in terms of how the key to the Lexx is passed)? [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]