The Red Dragon Syndicate is having a power struggle with Vicious, and the elders decide to eliminate everyone connected to both of them. Spike's past finally catches up when Syndicate assassins track him down to the Bebop and attack the ship. After a brutal fight that leaves the Bebop damaged, Spike realizes he can't run anymore. Faye desperately tries to convince him to stay, but Spike tells Jet about his past—turns out he used to be part of the Syndicate and faked his own death years ago to escape with Julia. Meanwhile, Julia has been in hiding ever since Vicious gave her an ultimatum: kill Spike or die herself.
Julia finally appears, and she and Spike reunite after years apart. She's been on the run this whole time because she couldn't bring herself to betray him. They decide to flee together and try to start over, riding through the rainy city on her motorcycle. But the Syndicate has other plans—assassins ambush them in the streets, and the episode ends with Spike and Julia fighting for their lives as everything comes crashing down around them.
"You're gonna carry that weight."