769 = DISSAPOINTING
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Originally posted by JumpingJedi:
I think one of the main problems was it suffered from a similar problem to “Fluffdaddy”. The way the characters act toward each others and their motivations seem to have suddenly changed from the previous episode. Its as if “Bad Carrott” hadnt happened. The whole point they went to the Lexx was to escape from the Earth and the Carrotts and now they just say “okay, lets go back to earth”. It was just a bit of a mess. Shame, cos the last few episodes have been a good run of entertainment.
Well, I think that there wasn’t *that* much motivational diversion going on. I mean, nobody really *wanted* to go back to Earth (and, really, aren’t the only ones who go back 790, Prince and Priest? Kai starts to go, but doesn’t make it all the way, and the rest of the cast stays LEXX-bound). The Prince/Priest/790 trip was *necessary* as far as getting the key and fulfilling 790’s part of the deal, but I don’t think that it was something that either Prince or Priest was looking forward to.
But you’re right. It doesn’t really fit well after “Bad Carrot,” but having one-off episodes like this and fitting them into an overall story arc has *always* been difficult for the Beans and this has plagued them from the beginning. “Eating Pattern,” good though it is, throws off the whole storyline that the previous 2 entries established. “Woz” is *completely* misplaced, coming as it does between “Patches in the Sky” and “The Web/The Net.” It’s like Mantrid never existed in that episode. It’s just *there*. There’s “Garden,” which, though I like, just doesn’t fit. While “769” may not live up to those standards, quality-wise, it’s just more evidence that the Beans have a hard time sustaining a narrative while introducing more lightweight, “non-mythology” (to use an [i]X-Files[/i] reference) episodes.
–Aleck