Lexx 2.16 The Web

Xev wakes Kai because she's had a strange dream about a malevolent force, but Stan interrupts because he's lost his hat...

...up on the bridge 790 is cataloguing the precipitous disappearance of the stars in the universe, but even that takes second place to Stan's missing hat

Xev realises the disappearance must be caused by Mantrid and Kai concurs, reasoning that all the matter in the universe is being converted to Mantrid drones - which is enough to finally snap Stan out of his hat hunt.

With escape to the Dark Zone the only course of action they set course for the nearest interuniversal node, but it's not there...

...Kai suggests that the only option remaining is to head for the very centre of the universe, where maximum improbability exists, and anything can happen...

Having set course for the centre of the universe, Stan returns to the hunt for his hat and (ahem) chances upon Xev in the shower. It occurs to him that this would be a good time to try it on with Xev again, since he may be the only man left alive in the universe...

...Xev is still resistant to Stan's charms, but since there are only two days until they reach the centre, she gives him a maybe

During his attempts at seduction, Lexx has been trying to warn Stan about something he's seen - a web - but now it's too late...

...the collision with the web causes Kai, Xev and Stan to be thrown about violently as a bright light floods the bridge.

When Xev awakens (back in her bed) Kai, Stan and 790 are nowhere to be seen, so she begins to search for them.

She soon finds 790, but he doesn't know what happened...

The bridge is deserted, it looks like Lexx is unconscious...

...and Kai's not in his cryochamber.

She finds Stan unconscious in the toilet, with black goo coming from his nose, so she hooks him up to 790 to try and discover what's wrong. While 790's working she takes a moth to try and see what's happening outside the Lexx, but can't get out.

When she returns to Stan he's still braindead, so Xev decides to give him an electric shock to try and revive him...

...which it does. Sort of. He mumbles something about cutting the cord to Kai, before lapsing back into a state of brainlessness.

Xev and 790 set off to look for Kai, but 790 is very suspicious of Stan's knowledge of what's going on. Nevertheless, they find Kai, who is also unconscious - with a spider-like creature attached to him

Xev severs the cord and Kai immediately awakens...

..and when they return to Stan, he is also awake and back to normal, but has no memory of what he said to Xev about Kai. Lexx also seems to have recovered.

In an attempt to find out what happened, Kai probes 790's short term memory circuits...

...and activates playback of the events, but they cut off almost straight away, leaving the crew with an uneasy feeling.

Stan returns to the bridge while Xev goes to bed, but she dreams again and is awoken by a strange noise, which 790 thinks sounds like a language.

She goes to the bridge when Stan has been experimenting with Lexx's ability to playback events on his viewscreen, but for some reason he can't show the events after the collision.

Stan manages to coax a bit more out of Lexx, but 790 is still suspicious that Stan recovered from being braindead. It appears Kai is also unconvinced.

Stan suggests they attempt to leave the Lexx again, but the aperture remains shut...

...and back on the bridge, Lexx's viewscreen is off again.

In an effort to see what's outside, Kai attaches 790 to one of Lexx's eyes, and they discover they're still trapped in the web. Kai surmises that the web is intelligent and is controlling the Lexx.

Kai's deadness had an adverse reaction on the web, so it had to effect a way to detach him - by using Stan.

They realise it must still have a connection to Lexx - in his brain, situated above the bridge. Xev spots it and Kai uses his scorpion to cut Lexx loose.

With the Lexx freed from the web's control, Stan commands him to blast his way out, completely destroying the web creature.

In an effort to avoid having to give her self to Stan, Xev has another attempt to arouse some interest from Kai. He is as unmoved as ever. Frustrated by his lack of warmth, Xev returns to the bridge where she discovers Stan's hat!

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