Cowboy Bebop - Session 5 (1999)

Cowboy Bebop: Session Five I was a little less happy with the episodes on this disc as I've been with the previous ones. Some of the opponents faced by the Bebop crew were just a little too strange and/or rediculous for my tastes. As odd as this sounds (given that this is an animated TV series), they almost seemed too cartoony. Still, the episodes were better than alot of what's out there, and I'll be wrapping up the series with "Session Six" shortly. Episode 19: Wild HorsesWhile Spike is on Earth having his ship overhauled, Jet and Faye attempt to bust some space pirates. When their ships fall victim to a particularly devestating computer virus, it's going to take a spaceship that hasn't flown in decades to save them. Episode 20: Pierrot La FouWhen Spike becomes the only man to have seen the face of the ultimate assassin, he finds himself ruthlessly stalked by a madman with frightening paranormal abilities. He must eventually confront his foe in the most unusual of battlegrounds: An amusement park. (This episode is a strange one... it's got a rediculous villian, but his background is so chilling and tragic that it leaves the viewer with a slighly hollow feeling at the end. It's the best episode on this disc, and perhaps even one of the best of the whole series.) Episode 21: Boogie Woogie Feng ShuiWhen Jet receives a message from a Universal Feng Shui master who's been dead for months, he sets out to unlock this mystery. In the process, he meets the master's estranged daughter and together they set off to find the mysterious Sun Stone. Episode 22: Cowboy FunkAs Spike is about to capture the terrorist known as the Teddy Bomber, he is set upon by a competing bountyhunter named Andy. Andy takes the "cowboy" nickname for bountyhunters literally--he rides a horse and wears a white ten-gallon hat. With Spike, it's instant hatred... but when Faye learns Andy is one of the idle rich, she thinks she's found her dream man (or, at least, her dream meal-ticket). Meanwhile, the Teddy Bomber is plotting his most destructive strike yet. (This episode has silliness overkill, between the Teddy Bomber and Andy. It's an okay story, but it's got too much of a good thing.)