Ep. 16

Summary

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Jet's former police partner, Fad, asks for help recapturing Udai Taxim, a syndicate assassin who escaped during a prison-ship revolt. Jet believes Udai was responsible for the ambush in which he lost his left arm, so he temporarily leaves the Bebop and joins the pursuit. They track the fugitives to Europa, where Jet boards the commandeered ship alone and fights through its defenses. When he finally corners Udai, the criminal reveals that Jet's injury was not caused by an enemy attack. Fad had been working for the syndicate and shot Jet from behind because his honest investigation threatened their arrangement. Fad kills Udai before he can say more, then admits the betrayal through his actions rather than offering an excuse. He draws on Jet, but Jet fires first. Afterward, Jet notices that Fad's gun contained no live round beyond the cartridge used to kill Udai, suggesting his old partner may have chosen the outcome. Jet gives the dying man a final cigarette and walks away. Solving the case does not restore his arm or his faith in the police; it only replaces a convenient story with the more painful truth.