Spike witnesses a brutal assassination in an alley where a weird guy in Victorian clothes—Mad Pierrot—kills a bunch of armed targets like it's nothing. The guy giggles like a child while using hidden blades and some kind of force field that deflects bullets. When Pierrot spots Spike watching, he decides Spike's his new toy and starts hunting him. Spike tries to fight back but gets absolutely wrecked—he's never been this outmatched before and ends up wounded and running for his life. Meanwhile, Jet and Faye dig into Pierrot's background and discover he was a government experiment gone wrong, tortured and conditioned until his mind completely broke.
The whole thing ends at an abandoned amusement park where Pierrot challenges Spike to one final showdown. The place is creepy as hell with carousel horses and funhouse mirrors everywhere. Spike still can't beat him in a straight fight, but turns out Pierrot has a specific trigger—the sound of a cat's meow—that sends him into a complete breakdown. When a stray cat shows up, Pierrot loses it completely and ends up getting crushed by a falling parade float.
This is one of Bebop's creepiest episodes—pure horror instead of the usual jazz-noir vibe.
"You're gonna carry that weight."