Lexx (CA)

Lyekka

Lyekka is a flesh-eating plant who reads dreams to find prey. When we say flesh-eating, we actually mean man-eating, but she would eat animals if there was nothing else. She arrived on the Lexx in a pod which was attracted there by Stanley's dream of Lyekka, a girl he went to school with. The plant took on the form of Lyekka and this is her chosen form to appear in, although her natural state seems to be almost liquid and she can take on other forms. Stan is very keen on Lyekka, even though she has no sexual organs, and Lyekka seems to also like Stan, and doesn't want to eat him unless absolutely necessary. Lyekka has the ability to recreate proteins and it was her who brought Xev back to life when she had been pulverised into protein goo, as a gift for Stanley. She also would not eat Kai, because he is dead. She has been very useful on a number of occasions by eating unwanted guests on the Lexx. When not hungry, she stays dormant in her pod, which hangs high above the bridge of the Lexx, emerging every now and again to eat. At the end of season 2 Lyekka shows bravery beyond the call of duty by sabotaging Mantrid's attempts to destroy the Light Universe and gives her own life. But of course on the Lexx people don't always stay as dead as they were.