Lexx 3.12 The Beach (written by Paul Donovan)
(Stan and Kai are plummeting down to Water)
STAN:
Kai! You gotta save me! KAI: I'm sorry Stan, but I cannot STAN: What do
you mean, you can't?! KAI: I do not float STAN: I don't wanna
die!
(Xev struggles to regain control of the moth, which has almost
reached the Lexx. Kai and Stan hit the water. Kai sinks like a
stone)
STAN: I made it. I can't believe I made it.
Kai!
(Stan looks around, and realises he is on his
own)
STAN: Kai? Kai? Kai, where are you Kai? Kai, can you hear
me?
(Xev is flying the moth over water, looking for them. Kai is
still sinking. Stan is still floating. Xev steers the moth lower, under some
clouds)
STAN: You can do it, Tweedle. You can make it. You've always
made it before, you're gonna make it this time too, I know it. Somebody - can
you hear me?! This is a bad dream - a very bad dream
(He starts
sinking, then sees the moth)
STAN: Here! Here, here! Over here, help
me, I'm over here!
(Stan spits out a mouthful of water, and waves -
but Xev doesn't see him)
STAN: I'm here. This way, this way,
please
(But the moth is flying further away)
STAN: It's
Stanley H... Ostral B heretic... please help me
(And now the moth is
out of sight)
(Fire and Water block out the sun. It's dusk, and Xev is
still looking)
XEV: Kai. Stan
(Xev bows her head. Kai is
still sinking)
(Sunset. Stan just about has his head above
water)
STAN: Somebody help, please. Please, somebody,
please
(The moth flies back to the Lexx. Xev walks onto the bridge.
790 is on the pedestal)
790: Where's Kai? XEV: I don't
know 790: What do you mean, you don't know? XEV: Stan's gone too 790:
As if that matters. He can't be gone. It doesn't make sense, my circuits are
shorting
(Xev sits on the pedestal)
XEV: Kai, Stan and I
were crossing over with everyone from Girltown 790: (gasps) I saw
Lexx eat some things. They were just in front of him and he ate them. Some
balloons and - XEV: Us. We were there too. Lexx ate the balloons and Kai and
Stan were knocked out of the moth. I think they fell down to
Water
(Xev stands up on the pedestal, activates the
template)
XEV: Lexx? LEXX: Yes, captain? 790: How are you the
captain?
(Xev bends down to 790)
XEV: Stan gave me the
key when he fell out of the moth - or the key left him on its own, I don't know.
Lexx? LEXX: Yes, captain? XEV: Why did you eat the balloons? LEXX:
Because I was hungry. They were delicious, but they were only a very small
snack. I am still very hungry XEV: Can you fly now? LEXX: I think I can,
but not very far. I need to eat much more XEV: Do you know what happened to
Kai? LEXX: Who is Kai? 790: The most gorgeous hunk of man that ever lived!
- and then some XEV: The dead man in black LEXX: I don't know XEV: We
were there in the moth with the balloons when you ate them - you almost ate
us! LEXX: They were very tasty, and I am still very hungry 790: You have
to go back down. You have to find Kai. You have to do something!
(Xev
sits down and thinks)
XEV: I know, but what?
(Night on
Water. Stan is exhausted. His head slowly sinks beneath the water)
(The
next morning. A moth leaves the Lexx, carrying Xev and 790)
790: I
estimate that we could effectively patrol the entire surface of the planet in
142.3 days XEV: That won't do Stan much good
(790
gasps)
XEV: What? 790: He's a dead assassin. That means he's been
decarbonised. That means he doesn't float! And I can't bear to think about what
that means!
(790 starts to cry)
XEV: You have to keep
looking 790, please, keep looking
(Somewhere, waves are washing onto
a beach. Stan is swept ashore. He coughs, raises his head, sees a pair of boots,
and looks up - to see Prince. Stan gets up on his knees, as Prince crouches down
to him)
STAN: Prince PRINCE: Hello, Stanley STAN: What are you
doing here? PRINCE: I'm here because I have caught you in my net, so to
speak STAN: Caught me, how? PRINCE: (laughs) We will discuss that
soon, together STAN: Where are we? PRINCE: We are between Fire and
Water STAN: But there's nothing between Fire and Water. I mean, there's no,
no land on Water, there's no water on Fire, and no planets in the sky, how can,
how's that possible? PRINCE: You made it possible STAN: But - sometimes,
there are no planets in the sky, right? Sometimes they're out of sight on the
other side PRINCE: You are on the other side STAN: OK, well, that settles
that, but, but this is a beach, I mean, did we, did we miss something somehow,
or - PRINCE: (laughs) No, you didn't miss anything STAN: Then
where am I? PRINCE: As I said, you're between Fire and
Water
(Prince stands up, takes Stan's hand, and helps him to his
feet)
PRINCE: But not on either one of them - not yet, anyway. Look
- here you come
(Prince points at a figure approaching them - it's
Stan, but in a white uniform)
STAN: That guy looks just like
me
(In the moth, Xev sees something)
XEV: What's
that? 790: Nothing important - just a body XEV: Nothing
important?! 790: It's a dead body - but not my dead body
(It's
Stan's body, floating face down in the water. The moth hovers, Xev opens the
door)
XEV: Oh, Stanley. Poor, poor Stanley
(Underwater,
Kai is still sinking - towards a light)
(The moth flies back to the Lexx.
Xev puts Stan's body in a cryopod)
790: You're wasting your
time XEV: Maybe 790: You are! XEV: Got any other
suggestions?
(Xev gets out the protein regenerator)
790:
Yes. Eject his carcass into space and concentrate on looking for my beloved hunk
of living death XEV: 790, this is the deal. You have to help me fix up Stan.
Once we've taken care of him, we'll start trying to find Kai,
OK?
(Xev starts connecting the protein regenerator to Stan's
body)
790: The protein regenerator repairs damaged flesh. It does
not bring the dead back to life XEV: Well, Stan is damaged flesh 790: Stan
is destroyed flesh. He is dead XEV: Well, we have to try 790: It's a waste
of time XEV: I already heard that, now are you going to help me or
not? 790: I will do anything you ask, as long as you help me find my
beloved XEV: Fine. Let's try 790: But it is a waste of
time
(Kai is still sinking. He sees people suspended in the water,
surrounded by a faint blue glow)
(On the beach, Prince is dancing with
Stan. Stan breaks away, and looks suspiciously at the White
Stan)
STAN: Who are you? WHITE: Stanley Tweedle STAN: Well,
technically that could be the right answer, seeing as how you look just like me.
But I'm Stanley Tweedle PRINCE: Let's skip the technicalities. Let's talk
about you STAN: I was!
(Prince puts his arms around Stan's
shoulders)
PRINCE: Tell me, Stanley - would you rather be on Fire,
or on Water? STAN: Well, I'd rather be on Water of course, not that I'd ever
wanna have to make that choice PRINCE: Don't worry, you won't. He
will
(Stan looks at White Stan)
PRINCE: He will decide
whether you suffer forever on Fire, or enjoy yourself forever on Water STAN:
Well, who's he and why does he get to decide? WHITE: I'm you PRINCE: And
therefore he knows you better than anyone else. I will argue that you should
spend eternity with me on the planet Fire. And I will make sure that you
suffer WHITE: He's very good with pain (smiles) PRINCE: I
am STAN: OK, well, who's gonna argue that I should spend my time on Water? -
provided that's the only alternative PRINCE: It is. And you are. You will
defend your life, and he, the other you, he will be your judge. So, Stanley -
tell me all about yourself STAN: What, everything? PRINCE: Everything.
There's nothing you can hide - although there may be a few things that you might
want to explain STAN: But - PRINCE: Come
(The three of them
start walking along the beach)
STAN: I - I've always just done what
I had to do, to get from one day to the next - more or less PRINCE: More or
less?!
(Kai is still sinking, past more of the ghostly
people)
(Stan's body is twitching in the cryopod)
XEV: It's
working 790: No, it's not. Those are just nerves firing in response to
electrical stimulation. The man is dead XEV: But we've repaired everything on
his body. Why isn't he alive? 790: He's not alive because he's a rotting sack
of meat, and I told you this would not work. We are wasting precious time that
could be usefully spent rejoining two hearts in love XEV: Kai doesn't have a
heart, and nor do you 790: I have a virtual heart XEV: No you don't, and
Kai doesn't love you 790: Yes he does! XEV: No he doesn't! The dead don't
love 790: Why do you hate me? XEV: I don't hate you 790: You do, admit
it XEV: I will only admit that you are one very messed up robot
head
(On the beach. Stan is walking by the water, with Prince beside
him, White Stan nearby)
STAN: So then he asks us to wait outside
while he went inside and bought himself a drink. But me and my brother, we just,
you know, left him there, and by the time he came back out we were long
gone PRINCE: What a way to treat your best friend STAN: Well he was being
a jerk, you know? We didn't have any money, and he wasn't going to
share PRINCE: But still, you were willing to abandon your best friend because
he wouldn't share a drink of soda water with you STAN: Yeah. You know, we
were never friends after that. I mean, something just got broken and it couldn't
be fixed. See, but at the time I told myself, you know, this is the right thing
to do, but you know, I knew it wasn't. I mean, he was just in a mood, I
shouldn't have left him there. I know how bad he must have felt when he came out
and his best friends were, you know, gone PRINCE: Not as bad as you're going
to feel
(White Stan is listening to all of this)
STAN:
You know, there hasn't been a day, a week, a month, a year that's gone by in the
rest of my entire life that I haven't thought about that and just felt bad,
wished there was some way I could make it up PRINCE: Well, you can't. What's
done can't be undone STAN: So - does that mean I'm gonna have to go to
Fire? WHITE: No PRINCE: You were only fourteen STAN: Oh - so we're
gonna talk about the 94 Reform planets, huh? I mean, that's what's gonna do me
in, right? WHITE: No STAN: No? WHITE: That was a sin of omission. His
Divine Shadow destroyed the 94 Reform planets. If you had given up your life to
save them, we wouldn't be walking on the beach right now, you'd already be on
Water. But you chose not to be a hero, you chose to live on, and do many bad
things STAN: What bad things? PRINCE: You made many bad choices - the kind
that I prefer - when you could have made good choices
(On the Lexx,
Xev takes the cables off Stan's forehead. The cryopod closes. Xev adjusts the
controls)
790: Frozen meat. Dead meat. Stanley meat. All exactly the
same thing. You're just wasting power storing it in there XEV: I'm the
captain now, so I can waste power if I want to. Come on 790, let's
go
(Xev picks up 790)
790: Where are we going? XEV:
Fishing 790: Excellent idea
STAN: From the time I arrived on the
Cluster, until the time I played a very significant role in the destruction of
the Divine Order, nothing much happened - I mean, in my life. On a personal
level PRINCE: Nothing comes to mind that you did wrong? STAN: Well, I'm
sure there musta - might have been a few small things but there's nothing I can
remember, that well PRINCE: Nothing? STAN: Nothing springs to
mind PRINCE: That's funny. A few things are springing into my mind STAN:
There are? PRINCE: Yes. They spring in, and then - they spring out
again
(Prince raises his arms, and a huge image appears in the sky.
It's a flashback - from 1.1 I Worship His Shadow. Stan and Zev run down a
corridor, with drones in pursuit. Stan tries a door)
VOICE: Invalid
code. Access denied DRONES: Zev of B3K, there is no escape. Surrender at
once
(Stan grabs Zev's arm)
STAN: I got her, I have her!
I got Zev of B3A!
(Zev shakes him off)
VOICE: Fugitive
alert. This fugitive wanted, for immediate termination
(The image
disappears)
PRINCE: Selfish behaviour, don't you think? WHITE: I
do STAN: Oh come on, I didn't even know who she was! PRINCE: Or
care STAN: Look, she coulda been a killer or something! I mean, besides, you
know, that was all just a reflex action
(White Stan looks at
Stan)
STAN: OK, fine, I admit it! Maybe I didn't do the best thing,
but I was in a panic, now you're not gonna condemn me for that
(White
Stan thinks about this)
WHITE: No PRINCE: He doesn't have
to STAN: What do you mean? PRINCE: You'll see
(Prince raises
his arm, and another image from I Worship His Shadow appears. On the bridge of
the Lexx, Stan runs from Zev, into Giggerota)
GIG: I want to eat the
liver STAN: Ladies - I've got the hand, the key to the Lexx. It only does
what I tell it, remember?
(Zev and Giggerota back off. Stan gets up
on the pedestal, and sees a ship on the view screen)
STAN: Ah -
what's that? LEXX: His Shadow's personal flagship, the MegaShadow, and the
Cluster's 24th attack wing STAN: Er - Lexx, could you please destroy them, if
you don't mind? LEXX: I cannot fulfil your command. They are forces under the
immediate direction of His Divine Shadow KAI: And you are not permitted to
destroy them
(Stan puts his hands up)
STAN: I'm security
guard 4th class Stanley Tweedle, and I've been captured by these escaped
prisoners, and I'm surrendering the Lexx, and I truly worship His Divine
Shadow GIG: You waste of skin!
(She goes for
Stan)
PRINCE: You knew who Xev was then, didn't you? STAN: Sort
of PRINCE: And yet you still did not hesitate to betray her STAN: I was
stalling for time, really PRINCE: Really? WHITE: No. You were afraid of
dying PRINCE: Whereas you should have been afraid of what would happen after
your death STAN: So you're saying that I've gotta go to Fire now, is that
it?
(Prince strokes Stan's cheek. Stan doesn't like
it)
PRINCE: Not at all. You've done many things that are far worse
than that in your little lifetime STAN: Really? PRINCE: Yes,
really
(Xev and 790 are in a moth, flying over the
water)
790: Here XEV: How can you tell? 790: It's a robot
location kind of thing XEV: What's that? 790: I don't know, it just is. I
know that this is the spot where you found the dead security guard's
body XEV: But how do you know that? there is nothing to make any reference
to, just open water 790: (wails) First I lose my man, and then
everybody starts to pick on me! XEV: I'm not picking on you, I just asked you
a question 790: You hate me! XEV: 790, I already told you, I don't hate
you 790: You love him, don't you? XEV: Who? 790: I knew it. I knew it,
I knew it! You're in love with my dead man! XEV: Look, 790 - I will admit
that once I had some - in fact, quite a lot of feelings for Kai. It didn't go
anywhere, because it couldn't. I'm alive and he's dead, so I've tried to move
on 790: You've tried, but you haven't succeeded. You're trying to steal my
stiff away!
(Underwater, Kai sees himself - the living Kai, waiting.
He sinks down past him, closer to the light, which is brighter now)
(The
moth hovers over the water. Xev is holding some gadget)
XEV: Are you
sure this is the spot? 790: Would I steer you wrong? XEV: I don't know,
you might want no-one to have him if you can't 790: I love him completely,
don't I? XEV: In your special 790 way, you do 790: Then I want us to find
my man - desperately! XEV: I believe you
(Xev drops the gadget
into the water - it's attached to a long string from a bag which Xev holds in
her hands. The gadget sinks, beeping as it goes)
790: When we catch
him, promise you'll let him be mine, and mine alone XEV: No 790: Please,
Xev, I'm begging you XEV: No 790: I'll humiliate myself. I'll do
anything! XEV: No 790: Then I'm going to kill myself XEV: You
won't 790: Yes I will! XEV: No you won't - because you can't. You're a
robot head. You cannot even move if I don't pick you up 790: Then throw me
over the side! XEV: No 790: Please, Xev. I can't stand to live another
minute longer, knowing that you're trying to steal my man away XEV: I'm not
trying to steal your man away 790: You're not? XEV: No. I'm just fishing
for him - like you. Who knows if either one of us will catch his fish? 790:
So I have a chance? XEV: Yes, 790, you have a chance. Not much of one, but a
tiny little robot head in love chance to make his dead man dreams come
true 790: I'm so happy!
(Kai is still falling, but now the water
around him is empty of people)
(Xev's gadget stops
sinking)
XEV: Oh no - we're out of rope
(790
wails)
STAN: You're not taking everything into account. I did good
things too. Can you make them appear? PRINCE: You can, if you can think of
any
(Stan closes his eyes, concentrates - and an image fills the sky.
I Worship His Shadow again. Zev and Stan arrive in the P chamber, where His
Divine Shadow is attacking Kai. Zev starts breaking brains - so does
Stan)
(Prince looks at Stan, who has a smug look on his face)
(In
the image, the destruction of the Divine Predecessors brains distracts His
Shadow, and Kai fires his brace into His Shadow's head)
STAN: It was
me and Xev. If we hadn't been destroying those brains, Kai never would have got
his chance to kill the Divine Shadow. See, so I helped destroy the Divine Shadow
and rid the universe of the Divine Order. Now, that's gotta count for
something PRINCE: I'd say she acted very bravely STAN: Well, so did
I! PRINCE: Going along with her brave act was a good choice, I admit Stanley,
most unusual for you STAN: But I did it. I did help WHITE: Yes you did.
And that will cancel out some of your wrong choices STAN: OK. So, I mean,
that's gotta mean that I get to go to Water PRINCE: Not at
all
(White Stan grins)
PRINCE: The best part - from my
point of view, anyway - is yet to come. Remember this?
(Another image
in the sky - from 3.5 Gondola. The gondola is sinking over the red hot
sea)
KAI2: It's at the maximum FIFI: It's the red hot sea. If we
don't get more flame, we're gonna crash and burn KAI2: That's all there
is STAN: OK, then we have to lose weight now KAI2: So - who's going to
volunteer to die? STAN: I volunteer him FIFI: I volunteer you STAN:
It's our balloon. We picked you up, and you got some extra free life, so come on
Fifi, do the right thing, come on, over the side, come on
STAN: OK, come
on Fifi - you lost the vote, take it easy FIFI: No, no, you jump STAN: I'm
not gonna jump FIFI: I'm not jumping STAN: Come on - if you're not gonna
jump we'll just have to throw you over FIFI: Forget it! XEV:
Kai!
(Kai2 and Stan pull Fifi to the edge)
FIFI: No,
please, I'm begging you. You can't just kill me, snuff out my life like it was
nothing. Hey - and if Duke's right, and there is another life, you all might
have to pay for this wrong
(On the beach, Prince smiles. Stan looks
uncomfortable. The image continues)
KAI2: I thought you didn't
believe him STAN: We don't have a choice, Fifi, come on FIFI: No! Killing
is wrong - there's gotta be a way. OK, so we don't think there's enough fuel.
Well, maybe the wind'll change direction or something. You can't just take away
a man's precious life because there isn't enough wind! STAN: Come on Fifi,
let go
(He tries to prise Fifi's hands of the net. Fifi bites Stan's
hand)
STAN: Ow! FIFI: No!
(White Stan looks at
Stan)
(On the gondola, Xev looks at Fifi)
XEV: I don't know,
Stan. I don't know if I can throw him over the side either STAN: You're going
crazy on me again, Xev. Look, just be practical for once. What good is it gonna
do if we all crash and burn? Look, come on Kai, gimmee a hand here XEV: Well,
if killing someone is wrong, then it's wrong FIFI: Yeah!
PRINCE:
Look. There's just so much to choose from
(Another image, from 2.9
791. Xev is down on a planet, talking on the squawker)
XEV: Stan,
this is Xev. We've found somebody alive, could be more STAN: Somebody, what
kind of somebody? XEV: A female somebody
(The image shows a
picture of the girl prisoner, Desh. Stan gets up on the
pedestal)
STAN: Female - is she attractive? XEV: Is that all that
matters to you? STAN: Yeah, pretty much XEV: Bye, Stan STAN: No, wait,
wait!
(On the beach, Stan puts his hands on his
head)
STAN: But what's so wrong about that? PRINCE: Does the word
selfish mean anything to you? STAN: Oh, come on, that's small. What do you
expect, perfection? Look, I was just being a guy, with needs, you know, like any
other guy
(Stan punches Prince in the chest, playfully - and realises
this approach won't help matters)
STAN: Anyway, OK look, I already
paid for that PRINCE: How? STAN: Well, I was almost raped by a robot
head PRINCE: Only almost. And what about this?
(Another image,
from 2.12 Norb. Stan, Xev and Kai are in a moth)
XEV: 790 is an
electronic device, won't he be destroyed too? STAN: 790's mini-brain is not
an electronic circuit and so it shouldn't be destroyed, isn't that the part that
counts now? KAI: 790 is a hybrid - part human, but mostly machine. Any pulse
that destroyed the drones would certainly destroy 790 XEV: So? STAN: The
Lexx is about to die here, and we're about to die with it. We can't stop to save
a robot head!
STAN: But we did stop, we went back for the stupid robot
head. We almost got killed in the process PRINCE: But would you have gone
back if Xev hadn't pushed you? STAN: Look, I didn't want to go back inside
the Lexx because it wasn't sensible. We were risking Xev's life too and I didn't
want her to die, anymore than I wanted me to die. And somebody had to be
practical on her behalf, because she never is!
(Stan looks at White
Stan, who seems to agree with him)
STAN: There, see, I was
right PRINCE: I don't agree, but I will concede the point STAN: Well,
good. We're finally starting to move this process in the right
direction PRINCE: That direction is about to change STAN: Oh, so what are
we going to talk about now, me losing the amino acid codes that caused 94 Reform
planets to be destroyed? PRINCE: No
(Prince shakes his head. Stan
is confused)
STAN: Then what?
(Prince
smiles)
STAN: Well, I don't remember anything else that I did that
was especially wrong - anything big, that is PRINCE: I
remember
(He whispers in Stan's ear)
PRINCE: I was
there
(Another image - from 3.2 May. Stan is sleeping in the cryopod
next to May's body)
MAY: (echoes) I would have liked you
Stanley. I know I would have I would have liked you Stanley. I know I would
have. I know I would have. I know I would have
(Stan wakes up and
gets out of the cryopod)
STAN: May? May? May? May, are you
there? MAY: Am I here Stanley? Am I? I am here for you Stanley, if you want
me to be STAN: May? MAY: Do you want me Stanley? STAN: May? May, are
you there?
(Prince is in the cryopod, stroking May's
neck)
PRINCE: She's there Stanley. She's there Stanley. She's there
for you if you want her to be STAN: Prince?
(Prince gets out of
the cryopod)
PRINCE: She's there Stanley. She's there for you if you
want her to be STAN: Prince, what are you doing here? You're, you're dead,
aren't you? PRINCE: Do you want her, Stanley? STAN: What - what are you
talking about? PRINCE: Do you want May? Do you want her to be there, to be
alive and yours, yours alone? STAN: I dunno. What are you talking about, what
are you saying? PRINCE: I'm saying, do you want May to be alive and yours, or
not? STAN: Well, um, but she's - PRINCE: She's dead, yes - but she does
not have to be dead, if you don't want her to be STAN: But how? PRINCE:
You saw me die, hmm? Do you want May to live, Stanley? STAN: Yes, yes I want
May to live and be mine alone PRINCE: Good. Then you and I will make a
deal
(Prince stands behind Stan, puts his hands on Stan's
shoulders)
PRINCE: I will give you May. And in return, you will
agree to use this ship, the Lexx, to help me to destroy the planet
Water STAN: But there are people on the planet Water PRINCE: Yes there are
people there STAN: Can they leave? PRINCE: No. They must also be destroyed
along with the planet STAN: When would I have to do this? PRINCE: As soon
as you can STAN: No. No, I can't. I mean, I can't destroy an entire planet
and everybody on it for, for just one person PRINCE: That's a good decision.
You've passed the test
(On the beach, Prince
smiles)
PRINCE: Only temporarily, or you wouldn't be
here
STAN: Does this mean May will live now? PRINCE: No, no. This
means May, will stay as she is. She will remain dead
PRINCE: Oh - here
comes the best part
(Stan looks at May. Prince has
vanished)
STAN: Prince? Prince? Prince? I agree. I'll use the Lexx
to blow up Water if May can live. I agree! Prince? Prince! MAY:
Stanley?
(She's alive and well)
STAN: May? You're
alive
(May holds out her arms, puts them around Stan's neck, and
kisses him)
PRINCE: That will be a very costly kiss - for you,
anyway STAN: No
(He looks away, and walks away from Prince. Prince
follows)
PRINCE: What, no?
(Prince walks in front of
him, and Stan turns back)
STAN: No, I did not destroy Water. Water
was not blown up PRINCE: Stanley, you're not being condemned for destroying
the 94 Reform planets, because that is not something that you wanted to happen -
(Prince stops Stan)
PRINCE: - although it did happen and
arguably it is your fault
(Stan turns back again)
STAN:
No, I did not want it to happen and it didn't happen! Water was not blown up, by
me or by anybody
(Prince puts his hand on Stan's
shoulder)
PRINCE: But you would have done it. You wanted it to
happen. True?
(Prince raises his hand. Another image appears, from
3.3 Gametown. Stan is on the control pedestal)
STAN: Lexx - how long
now? LEXX: We will be directly aimed at the water planet in 10 seconds. 9. 8.
7. 6 STAN: Lexx - LEXX: 5. 4 STAN: I command you to -
(Xev
suddenly appears beside the pedestal)
XEV: What? STAN:
Xev LEXX: 3. 2. 1 STAN: Lexx, I command you to - XEV: To
what?
(Xev gets up on the pedestal)
LEXX: Zero. We are
now directly aimed at the water planet, Stan STAN: Stay out of this,
Xev XEV: Stay out of what? STAN: Whatever it is I'm doing XEV: And
what's that, huh?
(Xev grabs hold of Stan's
uniform)
STAN: Let me go Xev. You don't know what's going on XEV:
Not yet STAN: I command you to -
(Xev pulls Stan off the pedestal
and starts to choke him)
XEV: What are you up to, Stanley Tweedle?
You tell me what it is right now, or I'm going to squeeze the life out of you.
Are you going to tell me or not?
(Stan shakes his head. Xev carries
on squeezing)
XEV: Are you going to tell me. No? STAN:
(gasps) Yes XEV: All right
(Xev loosens her grip - and
Stan seizes the opportunity)
STAN: Lexx - blow up the water planet
now! LEXX: As you command, Stan
(Lexx powers up and fires a beam.
The view screen shows the beam harmlessly passing the planet Water. Stan is back
on the pedestal, rubbing at his throat)
LEXX: I am sorry Stanley. I
missed. We had passed the position where I was pointed directly at the
planet
(On the beach. Stan looks ashamed, tries to justify it to
White Stan)
STAN: Look - it was a moment of passion, OK? I was
acting crazy, I couldn't help myself PRINCE: (shouts) A moment of
passion, was it? A little, tiny moment of insanity, that came and went in an
instant? Or was it a cold-blooded attempt at mass murder, that came within a
hair's breadth of success?
(Another image from Gametown. Stan is
asleep next to May's cryopod. Prince strokes his face, waking
him)
STAN: Prince
(Prince raises Stan
up)
PRINCE: You did not destroy the water planet, Stanley STAN: I
tried, but Xev stopped me. Does this mean May is gonna die now? PRINCE:
That's up to you. I will give you one more chance. You will destroy Water the
next time this ship is pointed at it, or May will be gone from you
forever STAN: And if I do? PRINCE: Then she will live, and be yours for
the rest of your life XEV: Stanley?
(Xev comes into the
cryochamber - but Prince has disappeared)
STAN: What is it
Xev? XEV: Stan - I thought I heard something STAN: What?
PRINCE:
What a tragedy. You didn't get the girl. But she certainly got
you
(Prince holds Stan's chin, tilts it up to make him look at the
image in the sky. Gametown again)
LEXX: We will be there in two
minutes, Stanley STAN: Good
(On the beach, Stan doesn't want to
watch)
(Xev pushes Prince aside, curls up like a Cluster lizard, and
rolls out of her bedchamber. On the bridge, Stan activates the template. Xev
rolls rapidly through the passageways)
STAN: Lexx, I command you -
(Xev rolls onto the bridge and grabs Stan)
XEV: Don't
think so, Stanley
(She throws him to the ground and gets on top of
him, smothering him with her breasts)
XEV: We're not going to
destroy a planet, we're not going to kill people we don't know, we are not going
to kill Kai anymore than he's already dead, you hear me? STAN: Lexx - I
command you to - XEV: No, Stanley! We're not going to destroy the planet, do
you hear me? STAN: OK Xev, yes, I hear you, I agree, I agree. Just let me up
so I can breathe XEV: Stanley, ask the Lexx if he is past the point where he
can destroy the planet. Ask him Stanley, and there is no point in trying
anything else!
(Xev raises herself off Stan
slightly)
STAN: Lexx? Lexx - are you still pointed at the
planet? LEXX: Yes I am, Stan. I will be aimed at the water planet for 6 more
seconds. 5. 4 STAN: Lexx -
(Xev flattens herself against Stan
again. He struggles to get up)
XEV: Don't even try! LEXX: 3. 2.
1. We are no longer aimed at the water planet
(Xev gets up. Stan
rolls onto his stomach, gasping for air)
(On the beach, Stan looks at
White Stan - who is now wearing a black uniform)
STAN: But I didn't
know that it was the planet where all the good people went after they died. I
didn't know it was so important PRINCE: No matter. You knew that it was a
planet with people on it, and you were willing to commit mass murder for your
own selfish personal pleasure. True, Stanley Tweedle? BLACK: Yes STAN: I
was in love PRINCE: That's nice
(Prince strokes Stan's
face)
PRINCE: But it is not a reason to kill. And that is all I have
to say
(Prince walks away)
PRINCE: I will see you later,
Stanley Tweedle
(Prince raises his arms, and disappears. Black Stan
disappears too. The beach gradually vanishes, and Stan is left floating against
a red background, with other lost souls)
(Sunset on Water. In the moth,
790 is sobbing)
790: We can't give up now! XEV: We're not giving
up, 790. It just wasn't the right spot. We'll try other places when it gets
light again 790: It was the right spot, I'm sure. That was exactly where we
found the security guard's carcass XEV: We didn't find Kai
(790
sobs. Xev pats his casing)
XEV: Don't worry, 790, we'll find him
somehow
(Underwater, Kai dissolves into the light - and reappears on
a bed. He wakes up and walks out of the room, into a familiar courtyard. Kai is
on Gametown. He watches the people playing the game for a moment - they ignore
him. Kai walks onto the balcony, and sees the moth. He puts his fingers in his
mouth and whistles)
790: What was that? XEV: What? 790: I have
enhanced hearing, and I just heard him XEV: Who? 790: Who else but the
greatest man who ever died?! XEV: Really?
(The moth turns. Xev
smiles)
790: I am in robot heaven
(790 has hearts in his
eyes. The moth flies into the sunset, towards Gametown)
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