{"id":370403,"date":"2021-11-21T21:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/when-spike-met-julia-recap\/"},"modified":"2021-11-21T21:00:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T18:00:30","slug":"when-spike-met-julia-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-spike-met-julia-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"#When Spike Met Julia\u2026 (RECAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#When Spike Met Julia\u2026 (RECAP)<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

[WARNING: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Netflix\u2019s Cowboy Bebop<\/em> Season 1 Episode 9, \u201cBlue Crow Waltz.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a season of teases and brief flashbacks, Cowboy Bebop took a break from the main story to focus on Spike (John Cho), Julia (Elena Satine), and Vicious (Alex Hassell) and their interconnected history. Needless to say, it\u2019s a doozy\u2014and the vast majority of it does not come directly from Bebop<\/em> canon.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say there\u2019s nothing to enjoy about \u201cBlue Crow Waltz.\u201d In some ways, the episode is almost better because it\u2019s largely untethered from the original\u2014there is very little like it in the anime<\/a>, so it suffers little from comparison. But it is plagued by the same issues that haunted earlier episodes; stilted dialogue, uninspired acting, and a romance with little chemistry between the leads. And in the end, the majority of the episode is \u201cfill in the blank\u201d-type info that viewers have likely already guessed by now.<\/p>\n

\"COWBOY<\/p>\n

KIRSTY GRIFFIN\/NETFLIX \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As we know, Spike and Vicious worked together for the Syndicate and saw each other as brothers. We also know they both fell for Julia, but \u201cBlue Crow Waltz\u201d allows us to actually see Julia\u2019s first moments on the stage and the men\u2019s awestruck reactions. She becomes a star, but one that\u2019s glimmer is dulled by her relationship with Vicious. They\u2019re together from the start, but, again, as viewers already know, he has a dark side\u2014one that Julia doesn\u2019t recognize until it\u2019s too late for her to break free from it.<\/p>\n

Spike, on the other hand, knows Vicious\u2019 dark side all too well. After a botched negotiation with a rival gang, both he and Vicious are on the outs with the Syndicate. Spike takes it in stride and seems to think they can work their way back up, but Vicious mopes. His moody, erratic behavior casts a dour mood over a date with Julia, and a far cheerier Spike, who is also present, winds up dancing with her. As they leave, Vicious spots one of the gang members and brutally beats him, leaving Spike to get Julia out of there; he takes her home, and, well, the rest is history.<\/p>\n

But things are complicated for them, since Vicious would never allow Julia to follow her heart. And for Spike, the situation is even worse: The Syndicate wants him to kill Vicious, giving the reasoning that he\u2019s become too much of a liability. If he doesn\u2019t, his boss says, someone else will\u2014he thinks Spike, as Vicious\u2019 \u201cbrother,\u201d will at least make it quick. But when push comes to shove, Spike can\u2019t slit Vicious\u2019 throat. Instead, Spike goes to the Blue Crow Club and\u2026 kills all of the rival gang members who would\u2019ve had a bone to pick with Vicious. He also kills a child who witnessed the carnage.<\/p>\n

\"COWBOY<\/p>\n

GEOFFREY SHORT\/NETFLIX \u00a9 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After that, Spike and Julia agree to run away together. Spike gets Gren and Ana to make up new identities for them, but in the meantime, Vicious has learned about the affair. He has his people intercept Julia before she can meet Spike, and he then goes to meet his brother. He taunts him, saying that Julia chose him over Spike (not true), and then he, and his men, open fire. Spike falls into the water, and Vicious walks away. Of course, we know Spike survives\u2014but not unscathed.<\/p>\n

It bears mentioning that this isn\u2019t how this happ<\/a>ened in the source material, and the comparison actually robs Julia of some agency. In the Netflix adaptation, it\u2019s implied Vicious forced her to marry him after he discovered she cheated on him with Spike; in the anime, he gives her a choice between going to meet Spike and killing him herself, or him killing them both. Julia runs away, not meeting Spike but not caving to Vicious\u2019 demands, either. Yes, she had to be married to him for the plot of the show to happen as it does, but it\u2019s a bit strange how the show convoluted Julia\u2019s original story in order to give her back a level of agency she\u2019d already had. Anyway, all three of them are \u201ccarrying that weight,\u201d as the ending card reminds us.<\/p>\n

Cowboy Bebop<\/em>, All episodes now streaming, Netflix<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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