Yes, I'm doing sub-titles for each session from now on. They're all music-orientated and clever.
Session 7 - Heavy Metal Queen
The fascinating supporting character we see for this episode only this time is a truck driver known only as V.T. She has a bet going where if anyone can guess her name they get her wad of cash; but if they guess wrong, the one woolong they paid to try their luck is added to the pile. She's pretty cool, and even gets into a barfight with a buncha bad guys. Guess who also happens to be a patron there....
Spike's intro this session is priceless. "You spilled my egg... I needed that egg." Meanwhile, Faye is chasing a bounty, a guy with a dragon tattoo, but gets sidetracked by someone who.... has a "thing" for eels... but hey, who cares about any of that when we can thrill to the gripping narrative of the time Jet tried to get Ein to eat bean sprouts?? Yeahhh, I'd call this one pretty up-and-down... in the end of course, they get it absolutely right as the space-hopping cave-exploding gun-propelling far-longer-than-"40 seconds" climax is actually a lot of fun. And that's the sign of a really special show, it can be silly with its characters at one moment (cough "Mushroom Samba" cough), then turn around and give us a "Ballad of Fallen Angels" or "Hard Luck Woman". Fully acknowledging that this came first (and that at least one of the creators of the show I'm about to mention is a big fan of Bebop), the first thing that comes to mind when I think of a show like this to compare with is Avatar: The Last Airbender. You've got literally 100% comedy episodes like "The Ember Island Players" directly followed up by the nonstop action and drama of the series finale. It's a sign that you're doing it right when your characters have RANGE like this. I'm looking directly at you, Sasuke.
OH! And V.T.'s real name was Victoria Terpsichore!
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