the dead do poo!
I liked the episode. It was nice to see Prince, Priest, and Bunny interacting with the crew for such a prolongued period, with their uneasy alliance.
On the other hand, I have to agree with some of the other comments about the tone of Season 4. I’m sure it’s a matter of personal taste, but I like Lexx better when it takes itself seriously. Now, that’s not quite the same thing as BEING serious. Example: The Bug Bomb coming out of Thodin’s nose. This is funny on a certain level, but the show treats it as serious. As such, the humor seems unintentional. And to me, unintentional humor is funnier than when you can tell the show is TRYING to be funny.
At the same time, by taking everything seriously, the humor doesn’t seem to detract as much from the serious side of the show. If you’re in a serious mood, you can enjoy a serious episode. If you want some humor, then you can easily find that too.
I guess it seems to me like Lexx is metamorphosizing from a serious series with dark humor, to more of a sci-fi situation comedy, like Red Dwarf. Now, I LOVE Red Dwarf, but I think I prefer my Lexx more serious.
Also, it seems like the episodes are getting more adult-oriented. I enjoy showing episodes of Lexx to my little half-brothers, when those episodes are appropriate. And they really like the show. But it seems like more often this season I find myself saying, “Oh, I can’t show them THIS one,” or having to skip past inappropriate scenes. And that’s a bit of a shame, since it gets hard for them to enjoy the story, with chunks taken out of it.