Cowboy Bebop - Session 2 (1999)

"Cowboy Bebop Session 2" is a DVD that contains episodes 6-10 of the excellent sci-fi animated TV series that follows the adventures of bounty hunters Jet and Spike as they travel the solar system several hundred years into the future on their ship "Bebop." Along the way, they start collecting an odd assortment of crewmates... as Spike puts it in one episode, "I don't like animals. I don't like kids. I don't pushy women. So why are all three on my ship?!" "Cowboy Bebop" is a show with superior animation, superior voice acting, and a unique flavor all its own; it should appeal to such diverse viewers as fans of "Firefly", "Ghost in the Shell", and perhaps even various cyberpunk novels. The show's real strength lies with its characters and the mysterious surrounding them, mysteries that unfold as the series progresses. (The show also features what is perhaps the single most whacky character to ever be featured in a sci-fi series... Radical Edward. Introduced in Episode 9, Ed is a character that must be experienced to be believed!) Here are summaries of the episodes included on "Session 2": Episode 6: Sympathy for the Devil When Spike's latest mark is murdered, he finds himself trying to carry out a criminal's dying wish by saving a young child. But nothing is what it seems.... Episode 7: Heavy Metal Queen While chasing down a mark wanted to selling illegal explosives, Spike and Faye find themselves needing to rely on help from a freighter captain who hates bounty hunters. Episode 8: Waltz for Venus Spike thwarts a hi-jacking while riding public transportation on Venus, and he gains a would-be apprentice. Unfortuantely, it turns out this apprentice is wanted for stealing a valuable medicinal plant. Episode 9: Jamming with Edward The Bebop and its crew heads to Earth to capture a hacker who is commandeering satellites and using lasers to carve giant images in the South American continent. They find themselves up against their strangest foe yet, and they pick up an even stranger ally--super-hacker Radical Ed. Episode 10: Ganymede Elegy When Jet returns to his home moon, Ganymede, he reconnects with this past, reopens old wounds, and finds an answer to a question that's been haunting him for years.. You can read my review of "Session 1" by clicking [URL=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal_view.php?journalid=245672&entryid=364130&view=public]here[/URL].