Sessions 6-11
From Cowboy Bebop: Space Cowboy
Session 6: Sympathy for the Devil
- Origin of Name: Sympathy for the Devil is a song written and performed by the Rolling Stones
This session focuses on a darker element of the supernatural; an aspect of the Phase Gate Accident that left a little boy unable to age or die. The hunt for a way to uncover the truth and stop this little devil is the prime thrust of this session.
- Origin of Name: This session title is a reference to heavy metal music, which plays a part in this session due to a female character who enjoys it.
This sessions stands out from other episodes due to its focus on Heavy Metal music, rather than the standard Blues, Jazz or Rock in the sessions before it. The music compliments the character it is symbolic for nicely: VT, the female trucker who endeavors to help Spike catch a bounty head who has escaped into some abandoned mines in the Asteroid Belt.
- Origin of Name: This title references a popular slow dance known as the waltz. Venus references the main location in which the episode takes place.
Waltz for Venus deals with the once-uninhabitable venus, tellng a sad and comical story of one man's life and death, and the nature of terraforming Venus. It features a punk kid named Roco, who latches onto Spike like a lost puppy, and ultimately draws a little emotion out of the ex-syndicate member.
Session 9: Jamming with Edward
- Origin of Name: Jamming with Edward was the title name for an album released by the Rolling Stones in 1972. It could also be a reference to Edward, the sessions patron character jamming the radio waves of the AI featured in this session.
This episode introduces the final character to stick with the bounty hunting group, Ed. Hunted by Spike and his team for a hefty 8 million wulong bounty, Ed proves his innocence and the real hacker with bounty, an extremely intelligent computer system.
- Origin of Name: This title references an elegy, or a type of poem commonly written to mourn the death of a person. Ganymede is a reference to the place in which this person dies.
This episode breaks the mould and focuses almost primarily on Jet Black, Spike's partner in crime. Turning in a bounty on Ganymede, Jet gets a little sentimental and visits his old girflriend and one of his old partners. Meanwhile, Spike finds out Jet's Ex's new boyfriend is a bounty head, and leaves to warn Jet.
- Origin of Name: Toys in the Attic is a song written and performed by Aerosmith.
Toys in the Attic is one of the more humorous episodes of Cowboy Bebop, and takes place entirely on the Bebop, the midship the bounty hunters call home. Having left some food in the refridgerator too long, Spike discovers an intelligent creature stalking the crew of the Bebop, and felling them one by one. Taking on the enemy alone, Spike is eventually felled himself, and already sleeping Edward saves the day.
