After the somewhat dark and edgy previous session, the show decided to tease a more light-hearted episode.
Spike and Jet travel to Mars in pursuit of a serial pet thief named Abdul Hakim, who has recently stolen a "data dog" from an illegal research lab. The "data dog", a Welsh corgi named Ein, ends up on the Bebop, despite Spike's hatred of dogs, and Jet devises a plan to use him to draw out Hakim. However, things get complicated when the scientists who had experimented with Ein attempt to retrieve him.
As stated above, this episode takes a more comedic tone than the previous one, with Ein causing mayhem for Spike, Hakim, and the researchers. This episode also sees the introduction of Big Shot, a recurring segment consisting of a show-within-a-show marketed towards bounty hunters, advertising the latest bounties. That actually makes the previous episode more of a downer, as it reveals that no bounty is paid if the criminal is killed.
There's still some great action, with both a foot chase and a vehicular chase. Hakim has a menacing presence, and it's interesting to Spike looking out for Ein despite not liking dogs.
All in all, there's not much else to say.
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