Vicious liberates a terrifying assassin and contracts him to kill Spike Spiegel. Later, he puts his plan for the Elders into motion.

Years earlier, Spike and Vicious meet Julia at Ana’s club. But romantic entanglements and Vicious’ ambitions soon cause trouble for all of them.

Faye and Jet track Spike to Ana’s club, only to learn that Vicious has kidnapped Jet’s daughter so he can trade Spike’s life for hers.

After getting shortchanged on the fee for a bounty, Spike and Jet head to New Tijuana on the trail of another mark — but they’re not the only ones.

While chasing a bounty on a one-handed Venusian bomber, Jet and Spike grapple with rising interpersonal tensions, exacerbated by Spike’s secret past.

Jet needs cash to buy his daughter a birthday present. To get it, he and Spike track a potential bounty to a brothel, but Spike has his own agenda.

When the Bebop needs repairs, Jet sends Spike to chase down a tip on a phantom bounty to cover the cost, leaving Faye to supervise the mechanic.

As Phuong is laid to rest, May uncovers the truth about her past and learns that the responsibility for stopping the hungry ghost has now fallen to her.

The ghosts get stronger as our families struggle with memories of the past.