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Lexx - 'Gondola' (spoilers)
By Tom Janulewicz
Special to SPACE.com
posted: 02:32 pm ET
25 September 2000

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Fifi suggests walking toward the nearest city, but, as Duke explains, there is an impassable sea of molten rock in the way.

Instead, Duke is content to wait in the desert until they die. He tells Fifi, "Your true suffering will begin shortly, immediately after the heat from this planet kills the body which currently contains your miserable life."

The Lexx crew and company march across the blazing hot desert. Stan spots something in the distance.


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It turns out to be a crashed but still airworthy airship. They set about repairing it.

Duke explains that Fifi has died many times, and assures him that he won't like his next life -- he was sent to Water by mistake, and didn't deserve to be there. When he dies this time, he will belong to Duke.

The crew gets the airship airborne. Unfortunately, keeping the ship aloft burns too much fuel.

As it sinks toward the desert, Dead Kai leaps overboard and begins hiking across the desert. With the amount of weight on board reduced, the airship drifts toward the red-hot sea.

Duke be not proud

With Dead Kai gone, Xev’s interest turns to Living Kai. She asks him to explain how there can be two Kais, but all he can do is point out that one Kai is dead, and the other Kai is alive.

The airship drifts over Duke and Fifi's crashed moth. Although Stan argues that they can't afford to add more weight to their ship, Xev descends to investigate.

Bunny recognizes Fifi and tells the crew that he is the one who stole Kai's moths from Gametown. Stan promises to send help when they reach the nearby city.

While Stan and Xev argue the morality of stranding Duke and Fifi, Living Kai sets the airship down, explaining that it is the right thing to do.

Duke and Fifi come aboard. Duke and Living Kai appear to know one another. As the ship takes to the air, the tension between the crew and their new arrivals mounts.

As Stan and Fifi bicker, Duke stands up near the ship's rail. Kai draws his bow and shoots Duke in the chest. Duke smiles and tells Kai, "There will be a next time."

He falls over the rail and plunges to the ground below. Kai tells them that Duke deserved to die for leading the attack against Water.

Four's company, five's a crowd

The airship begins sinking again. As it drops closer toward the sea of molten rock, Stan volunteers Fifi to jump over the side. Naturally, Fifi refuses.

Bunny volunteers, but Living Kai proposes putting the decision to a vote. Xev and Stan vote for Fifi. Fifi and Bunny vote for Bunny.

Living Kai argues that Fifi deserves to live the least, but as they try to throw him overboard, Bunny prepares to jump. While the crew pulls her away from the edge, Fifi straps himself to the ship.

Fortunately, the sun begins passing behind Water. The air cools, allowing the crew to use less fuel and table the question of whom to sacrifice.

They turn in for the night. Stan snuggles up with Bunny. Xev curls up in a corner. Living Kai keeps watch.

Fifi tells Living Kai that he should join Xev, as "it's entirely obvious she's got the hots for you." Instead, they discuss Fifi's service to Duke.

Fifi mentions that he noticed the connection between Living Kai and Duke. Living Kai offers Fifi a deal.

Kiss me lively

Living Kai snuggles up to Xev treating her exactly as she always dreamed dead Kai would. Their amorous encounter is derailed by the sound of Bunny falling overboard into the lava.

Stan accuses Fifi of pushing her. Xev admits that she distracted Living Kai from his duties on watch.

As the crew fights exhaustion, the airship approaches a city. The locals attack.

With their ship out of fuel, Xev steers them into one of the spikes that surround the city's support tower. Xev begins scaling the tower wall, leaving Stan alone with Living Kai and Fifi.

Living Kai admits to Stan that he isn't really Kai. He simply chose to wear the assassin's face. Stan begins to clue in to the fact that Fifi is now working for Living Kai, who admits that he is really Prince.

Prince – still wearing Kai's face – explains that Stan is going to suffer for his sins. Fifi and Prince advance on Stan with the intention of throwing him off the tower.

Hearing Stan's panicked screams, Xev goes into a tuck and uses her cluster lizard skills to roll down the tower wall. Stan knocks Fifi off the wall, and Xev deals with Prince.

Xev and Stan begin the long climb back up the tower. Across the desert, Kai continues his trek toward the city.


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