7.6/10562 votes#1 - I Worship His Shadow
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/1997
On Cluster, the capital of the league of 20 000 planets, a ship with the power to destroy planets lies waiting for it's master - "His Divine Shadow". But the soon to be executed rebel Thodin has his eyes on it too, and mangles the city's computer system while engineering his escape. Using the chaos that erupts, the death sentenced security officer Stanley Tweedle and the escaped "love-slave" Zev evade capture and eventually team up with Thodin... with the undead assassin Kai following, with orders to kill them all.
Director: Paul Donovan
Writer: Jeffrey Hirschfield, Paul Donovan, Lex Gigeroff
7.1/10397 votes#2 - Super Nova
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/25/1997
Zev decides they should go to Brunnis, the original home of the Brunnen-G, in hopes of finding something that can prolong Kai's life. When they arrive they find it barren, except from holographic messages left by the eccentric "Poet Man". As they enter the library, they are totally unaware that back on the Lexx Giggerota has sprung back to life and plots to steal it with the help of the remaining Divine Predecessors.
Director: Ron Oliver, Paul Donovan
Writer: Jeffrey Hirschfield, Paul Donovan, Lex Gigeroff
7.0/10393 votes#3 - Eating Pattern
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/1997
The Lexx is forced to land on a planet to eat and replenish its energy supply. While they wait, Stanley and Zev go outside to bury Kai, who seems to have run out of the protoblood that kept him functioning. On their way back, Zev insists on investigating a structure. Too late they discover that it is filled with insane people obsessed with getting "clean bodies" to make "pattern."
Director: Rainer Matsutani
Writer: Jeffrey Hirschfield, Paul Donovan, Lex Gigeroff
7.4/10347 votes#4 - Giga Shadow
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/1997
Kai is running out of protoblood, and a desperate Zev forces Stan to set course back to the Cluster through the fractal core. When they arrive they find they entire planet barren - everybody killed in "the cleansing", in preparation of the birth of the Gigashadow.
Director: Robert Sigl
Writer: Jeffrey Hirschfield, Paul Donovan, Lex Gigeroff
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"I Worship His Shadow" is the best rated episode of "Lexx" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 562 votes. Directed by Paul Donovan and written by Jeffrey Hirschfield, Paul Donovan, Lex Gigeroff, it aired on 4/18/1997. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Super Nova".