Session 6 - Sympathy for the Devil
Spooky name for a spooky episode. This session starts out in a hospital, where someone is being operated on-- wait... is that Spike? And why are there a bunch of organs in jars? And why is there all this eye-related imagery? Well, later on there's this thing about Spike's eyes being different colors, but we're a long way from that just yet. Intrigue! Anyway, it turns out to be just a nightmare and Spike himself wakes up in a bar, where a little kid is playing harmonica. This would be the devil (but we're not supposed to know that yet). About 3 and a half minutes in, Spike catches sight of the next bounty, a guy called Giraffe and invents the word 'hipster' , all in the same breath. Giraffe seems to be chasing the kid and what looks to be his father, who is in a wheelchair. He finally catches them in their apartment.... theeeeeennn gets thrown out the window. Now we're talkin'! In his dying breath, Giraffe warns Spike not to underestimate... someone... based on how they look. There's some great red herring work here, where we're introduced to all these shady characters and the kid of all people turns out to be totally evil and sadistic (it's because he's actually an incredibly old man in a kid's body, but let's not cloud the issue with facts). This one's an enjoyable watch and kind of reminds me of a lesser version of "Pierrot Le Fou", which also had an unsettling, child-like near-immortal villian and the Bebop crew puzzling out just how to stop him.
Up next, Heavy Metal Queen...
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