![]() They witness how Giraffe got shot at by Wen in the hotel room. Jet then uses a brain scanning machine called the Alfa Catch to record his memories as video images. However, it's noticed that he has tears in his eyes and actually paralyzed. Spike returns to the Bebop with Zebra, presumably dead and in need of a funeral. Spike finds, however, that he's no where to be seen, seemingly true to his claim of immortality earlier. Spike is forced to catch him as Wen runs away, but Spike keeps shooting after and hits Wen in the face, falling down behind some boxes. Spike advances, but Wen quickly runs up the stairs and pushes Zebra down. Spike finds cover and fires back, knocking Wen's gun away. Wen then asks for the ring and, when Spike plays dumb, he continues to shoot. He used Zebra as cover for his appearance, the third such person he's used. Wen was experimented on until Zebra infiltrated the R&D lab. Wen, however, emerged from the charred remains of the ground unharmed and, furthermore, without aging anymore. Wen explains to Spike that he was with his family during the Astral Gate accident and the hyperspace gate explosion annihilated the environment. Wen warns him to stay away, and that he's not a kid. Wen questions him and, when Spike treats him like a kid, Wen takes the high ground and fires at Spike, precisely hitting his hand and knocking his gun away. A bright light captures Spike, but he is able to see the kid and Zebra quickly. Meanwhile, Spike goes back to the nightclub and follows Wen and Zebra after the show to a warehouse. Guess it didn't turn out the way he planned.īack at the Bebop, Jet and Faye find Wen in an old newspaper article from 30 years ago where, shockingly, he looks the same age. Later, Zebra turns up in a wheelchair with the kid. They say Zebra double crossed him so he could run the squad solo. A few days later the raiders are wiped out, Zebras missing, and Giraffe is found blindfolded in a silo. It all came down at some R&D facility near Mars. Fatty explains that Giraffe and Zebra were the leaders of the Self Defense Volunteer Squad and Wen is supposedly Zebra's son.įatty River explains: Ten years ago they had a confrontation with some space raiders. Jet goes to lunch with River to get some information. Faye briefly tries to keep herself part of the reward, but Spike quickly refuses that, and Jet gives her an invoice for the expenses she's incurred. He dies as the police arrive in the air.īack at the Bebop, Jet and Spike talk about selling the ring. He tries to get him not to speak, but Giraffe insists that Spike help "him," gives him a ring and says not to be fooled by the way "he" looks. Spike is disappointed that he's been shot, since that will affect the bounty. Suddenly, Giraffe crashes through the window of the hotel, and Spike narrowly catches him. Spike darts for his ship, the Swordfish II and arrives in the area. Preparing himself, he bursts into a suite and finds them, demanding the old man be returned, calling him Zebra. Giraffe follows the two to a sky rise hotel. Rather than confront him, Spike runs back. Spike watches Giraffe, then get into a taxi to follow. He enters a taxi with an old man in a wheelchair. Giraffe himself is following the kid who performed on stage. Soon, Giraffe leaves the club and Spike begins to follow him discretely as he goes outside. It turns out to be an old friend of Jet's, Fatty River, so Jet yells from across the room, sure to draw attention as they greet each other. Spike soon confirms their three million Woolong bounty head, Giraffe, however, someone is in the way. Jet says he's a lifelong fan of the genre. While Spike confirms their next target with his computer glasses, they discuss blues music. Ein is waiting by his food dish patiently but Faye instead eats the dog food herself, saying to Ein that he should work for his food. Meanwhile, Faye inspects the refrigerator on board the Bebop, but only finds a can of dog food. Soon, he jolts awake in a nightclub where a kid is on stage playing a blues tune on a harmonica. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.ĭreaming, Spike has a flash-back of himself, naked and being operated on by surgeons in a room where human organs and a fish float in water-filled tubes.
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