In the season finale’s biggest twist, Julia shoots Spike, who is sent tumbling through the chapel window. She blames him for leaving her with Vicious and strikes back in the most devastating fashion after he rejects her plea to rule the Syndicate together.
The twist was as confusing to Spike as it must have been for many viewers, and with Spike now an obstacle to Julia’s ambitions, the two have gone from lovers to enemies. In the original anime, Spike’s abandonment of Julia and his former life left him a broken man.
― Spike Spiegel [src] Julia was an affiliate of the Red Dragon crime syndicate who had relationships with Vicious and Spike Spiegel . Julia, Vicious and Spike Spiegel were comrades in the Red Dragon Syndicate and she had a relationship with Vicious in the 2060s.
In the remake, the fight is quite similar to the anime iteration, only Julia is present for it, shooting Vicious and, in a twist, Spike, sending him through the window. This twist significantly changes Julia’s characterization, as she was motivated by a desire to supplant Vicious.
Julia, Vicious and Spike Spiegel were comrades in the Red Dragon Syndicate and she had a relationship with Vicious in the 2060s. One day in 2068, she nursed Spike back to health after he was critically injured and collapsed outside her apartment.
In a twist, Julia reveals that she does not want to leave her life of crime. Not when she's so close to ruling the Syndicate! Julia asks Spike to kill Vicious for her so they can bring his head to the Temple and rule together.
Spike pulls a gun on Vicious, but is blocked by Lin, a former underling of Spike's during his Red Dragon days. Vicious delights in telling Spike that Julia had in fact been in Callisto, two years prior. Spike reacts with dismay, having long since missed her. Lin shoots Spike who refuses to back down.
Unfortunately, Spike and Julia's cursed fate has yet to be undone because the two do not end up together by the end of the season. Rather, one of the two has grown to immensely dislike the other.
The store is ambushed by the Syndicate while Spike and Julia are there, and Julia is shot and killed as she and Spike try to escape across the rooftops.
At the end of the 1998 Cowboy Bebop anime, Spike Spiegel seems to die. But in the 2021 live-action adaptation, Spike Spiegel is alive and well.
The live-action Cowboy Bebop ends not only with Julia betraying Spike and nearly killing him but with her becoming the end of the Red Dragon Syndicate, the very criminal organization that gunned her down in the anime series.
One day in 2068, she nursed Spike back to health after he was critically injured and collapsed outside her apartment. That night started a dangerous affair that led to Spike offering to abandon the Syndicate and elope with her, despite the fact that the Syndicate punishes desertion with death.
Why Was 'Cowboy Bebop' Canceled? Per The Hollywood Reporter, the decision was made "by balancing the show's viewership and cost." In other words, the show did not attract enough viewers for what it cost Netflix to make. This is despite numerous critics attacking the show for looking cheap.
It's always been an upsetting scene, but that thud helps illustrate a disconnect in Bebop, one Julia points out in her final words to Spike: “It's all a dream.” As she dies, Spike mournfully agrees with her. For Spike, this is not literally a dream, but the start of a grieving process that will end with his own death.
Whatever Spike's real name was is still unknown, but he went by a nickname during his time as a Red Dragon enforcer. Before he was Spike, he was known as “Fearless,” a fitting name for obvious reasons that also further connects him to his former friend, Vicious.
Fearlessness is nothing new to Spike Spiegel's character, but the Syndicate assassin-turned-Bounty Hunter carries a new name along with his dark past in Cowboy Bebop 2021. To further emphasize his connection to Vicious and the Syndicate, Spike is given the title of Fearless by those who knew him as a hitman.
Faye has also always taken care of Spike when he was injured, but she still kept a bitter attitude. The affection between them is quite obvious, and many have speculated the possibility that Faye could be in love with Spike.
They became friends and so she told Gren about Spike, and he told her about Vicious and the music box he gave him. Immediately, she told him to check inside the music box, revealing a solar transmitter which signaled Vicious had betrayed Gren. After about a month, Julia left.
In 2069, Julia went to Callisto and met Gren at the Rester House. They became friends and so she told Gren about Spike, and he told her about Vicious and the music box he gave him. Immediately, she told him to check inside the music box, revealing a solar transmitter which signaled Vicious had betrayed Gren. After about a month, Julia left.
She held her gun as she was supposed to the last time, but couldn't shoot him. She wanted to run away with him, together, and Spike left with her. They went to get supplies at Annie 's store; however, they found the syndicate has also paid her a visit, as she was dying of a gunshot wound.
In 2071, Julia, living in Tharsis, was tipped off by Shin that the syndicate was coming after her. The Van wanted to eliminate any connections to Vicious. She was soon pursued by syndicate men by car and headed for the airport. By chance, she drove by Faye Valentine there.
The Cowboy Bebop Season 1 finale takes a lot of notes from the fifth episode of the original anime series, “Ballad of Fallen Angels.” In that episode, Faye finds herself kidnapped by Vicious and his goons so Spike confronts his old syndicate buddy in an abandoned church.
Yes! Ed finally appears in the last moments of Cowboy Bebop Season 1. After Spike collapses, he is awakened by a very loud tween with Raggedy Ann hair and wild goggles. This, of course, is Radical Edward, the hacker extraordinaire.