more rambling
Martouf, the people who make Farscape have nothing to do with Lexx, and vice versa. For fourth season, SciFi channel may (repeat, MAY) be one of the money-folks, but I don't have that information. Lexx started out as a series of four movies made in conjunction with Showtime (US cable station). The rest of the series to date has been a Canada/Germany coproduction.
Martouf, you're definitely right, though, it's not for the faint of stomach. The first four movies are more gruesome, IMHO, than the rest of the series, but the show takes no prisoners. I did think it was amusing when the "heretic" was given an award of merit, and the 50 schoolchildren were sentenced to be eaten by cluster lizards ;-> Gee, those technological glitches can be a pain, can't they?
Vera and padders, check out other episodes before you write the series off - particularly the first four movies. There are certain episodes in S2 that are rather pathetic, and a -=very=- bad intro to the series (Love Grows, used by SciFi US as its "premiere" episode, has very little redeeming value for anyone). Best bets for intros, IMHO, in order: "I Worship His Shadow" (first movie), "Wake the Dead" (season two, send-up of teen slasher flicks), "Woz" (season two, sendup of Wizard of Oz and of more-rabid/cult feminists). Do not watch anything from season three unless you watch season three in sequential order - it can get too confusing too fast, and it's substantially different in tone from the first two seasons, though if you end up liking the series, it's fantastic. A lot of metaphysical discussions spun off of third season. The exec producer says that he thinks that the third season was, in retrospect, "too heavy", so fourth season will be a return to the S2 format: lighter on the surface, more homages and parodies. It's all still a major rumour, but we think we might get Nigel Bennett playing the US President ;->
Yep, you hit a nerve...what made you ask? LOL Off to get coffee!