Just when it seems that Vicious has the upper hand, Julia arrives and shoots him. They fight inside a cathedral - Spike with his gun and Vicious with his katana. Cowboy Bebop Season 1 Ending: Do Spike and Julia End Up Together? Is Spike Dead?Īfter Spike, Jet, and Faye rescue Kimmie from the Syndicate’s clutches, Spike decides to end his feud with Vicious permanently. Meanwhile, Faye discovers clues that can potentially lead her to her biological family. Jet feels betrayed after learning the truth about his partner’s past but recognizes that they must work together to ensure Kimmie’s safety. He abducts Jet’s daughter Kimmie to force Spike to surrender. In the season 1 finale, titled ‘Supernova Symphony,’ Vicious confronts his wife Julia for conspiring with one of his competitors to kill him. After learning that Spike is still alive, he tries to kill him several times, without much success. In the course of the season, Vicious kills all his competitors and superiors, including his father Caliban, to become the undisputed leader of the Syndicate. While pursuing the Syndicate defector Asimov and his girlfriend Katherine, Spike and Jet meet Faye, a woman who has been suffering from amnesia since waking up from cryogenic sleep. Spike, who was known as Fearless at the time, was forced to fake his death and start a new life under a new identity. They both fell in love with Julia, and that inevitably led to conflict. A few years ago, Spike was one of its rising members along with his best friend Vicious. Unable to deal with exploding crime rates, the ISSP establishes a legalized contract system, with which registered cowboys can go after certain criminals and get paid if they bring back their targets alive.Īrguably, the most powerful criminal organization in the solar system is the Syndicate. The law enforcement agency in charge of maintaining peace in the entire system is the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP). However, due to a disaster involving the hyperspace gateway, Earth has been left desolate. Humanity has expanded across the solar system, setting up colonies in various terrestrial planets, natural satellites, and asteroids.

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