Ep. 17

Summary

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After the Bebop is struck by another vessel, the crew crash-lands with almost no food or fuel. Spike and Jet work on repairs while Ed and Ein are sent to find something edible. They hide in a car and become entangled in a dispute involving Domino Walker, a dealer carrying rare hallucinogenic mushrooms, and Shaft, who wants revenge for his brother's mushroom-related death. Ed obtains several samples and returns briefly to the ship, where the starving adults eat them and fall into elaborate hallucinations. Realizing Domino has a bounty, Ed resumes the chase with Ein while the rest of the crew remain incapacitated. The pursuit moves onto a train and gathers every interested party, including a woman also seeking Domino and Shaft with a coffin prepared for his target. A cow on the tracks abruptly ends the confrontation. Ed captures Domino but accepts a bag of mushrooms in exchange for letting him go, believing she has solved both the food and money problems. Back at the Bebop, the crew learns that the bag contains ordinary shiitake mushrooms rather than the valuable narcotic variety. Ed's solo adventure therefore produces dinner, but once again no bounty.