In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.
The best episode of "Cowboy Bebop" season 1 is "Stray Dog Strut", rated 8.2/10 from 4674 user votes. It was directed by Ikuro Sato and written by Michiko Yokote. "Stray Dog Strut" aired on 4/3/1998 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Honky Tonk Women".
Spike and Jet’s next case takes them to Mars, where they’ll to try apprehend a professional pet thief and a priceless data dog.
Director: Ikuro Sato
Writer: Michiko Yokote
A night at the casino lands Spike and Jet in hot water when they cross paths with Faye Valentine, a stunning con artist wanted by the law – and the bad guys.
Director: Kunihiro Mori
Writer: Keiko Nobumoto, Ryota Yamaguchi
The Bebop crew pursues a renegade explosives expert, and Spike crosses paths with a nameless space trucker that hates bounty hunters.
Director: Kunihiro Mori
Writer: Michiko Yokote
Spike gets involved with a fugitive who is willing to risk his own life to restore his sister’s sight. Can the Bebop crew save the day before tragedy strikes?
Director: Yoshiyuki Takei
Writer: Michiko Yokote
The Bebop crew tries to crack the case of mysterious satellite drawings appearing on the Earth’s surface, but they’ll need help from a hacker know as Radical Edward to earn their bounty!
Director: Ikuro Sato
Writer: Dai Sato
When a case takes the Bebop crew to Jet’s old stomping ground, the big man crosses paths with an old lover – and her wanted boyfriend.
Director: Hirokazu Yamada
Writer: Akihiko Inari
When an unusual, blob-like space creature infects Ein, Faye, and Jet, Spike and Radical Edward must figure out a way to save their friends.
Director: Kunihiro Mori
Writer: Michiko Yokote
Faye robs and abandons the Bebop crew, Spike goes in search of a woman he once knew, and Vicious makes another deadly appearance.
Director: Yoshiyuki Takei
Writer: Keiko Nobumoto
Jet continues his mission to reunite his Bebop comrades, and Spike finds himself locked in a brutal dogfight with his old nemesis Vicious.
Director: Ikuro Sato
Writer: Keiko Nobumoto
The Bebop Crew embarks on a wild goose chase of a bounty hunt that leads them deep into space in search of an ancient chess master.
Director: Hirokazu Yamada
Writer: Dai Sato
When Jet brings in a fugitive from Faye’s past, the rebellious beauty must decide whether to turn him in – or give an old flame one last chance.
Director: Kunihiro Mori
Writer: Keiko Nobumoto
When a mysterious package arrives, Faye disappears on a gambling binge, and Spike and Jet embark on a frustrating search for ancient technology!
Director: Yoshiyuki Takei
Writer: Akihiko Inari
Spike and Jet head to Tijuana to track down an outlaw smuggling a dangerous drug known as blood-eye. Jet wants the bounty, but Spike has eyes for a far prettier prize.
Director: Yoshiyuki Takei
Writer: Keiko Nobumoto
Faye teams up with Spike and Jet to track down a gang of space activists that plans on turning the human population into monkeys!
Director: Yoshiyuki Takei
Writer: Sadayuki Murai
Spike aims to collect the bounty on a member of the Red Dragon Syndicate, but his mission leads him into a deadly showdown with a face from his past!
Director: Tetsuya Watanabe
Writer: Michiko Yokote
The latest case for the crew of the Bebop finds Spike pitted against a young boy with a talent for the harmonica – and murder.
Director: Ikuro Sato
Writer: Keiko Nobumoto
Jet teams up with a former partner to settle the score with the man who took his arm, but he soon discovers that memories can be deceiving.
Director: Ikuro Sato
Writer: Michiko Yokote
After the Bebop crash lands, Ed and Ein’s search for food turns up some very expensive mushrooms with psychedelic side effects!
Director: Kunihiro Mori
Writer: Michiko Yokote, Shinichiro Watanabe
While Spike pays a visit to the man who built his ship, Faye and Jet go fishing for space pirates.
Director: Hirokazu Yamada
Writer: Akihiko Inari
Spike takes a beating during a chance encounter with an indestructible assassin. While Jet searches for the secret to the madman’s power, Spike goes looking for payback!
Director: Yoshiyuki Takei
Writer: Sadayuki Murai
Spurred by a cryptic email, Jet goes looking for an old friend, but finds his daughter – and a mysterious sun stone – instead.
Director: Ikuro Sato
Writer: Sadayuki Murai, Shinichiro Watanabe
Spike’s attempts to apprehend the infamous Teddy Bear Bomber are maddeningly derailed by a mysterious – and clueless – cowboy!
Director: Kunihiro Mori
Writer: Keiko Nobumoto
Faye goes undercover to collect the bounty on a deranged cult leader, but when the mysterious organization brainwashes her into a very deep sleep – she’ll need a little help from her friends.
Director: Yoshiyuki Takei
Writer: Dai Sato
Faye and Ed discover clues to their respective pasts that could send the crew of the Bebop heading in very different directions.
Director: Hirokazu Yamada
Writer: Michiko Yokote
Spike and Jet are ambushed by members of the syndicate, and Faye has an unexpected encounter with a woman from Spike’s past.
Director: Ikuro Sato
Writer: Keiko Nobumoto