![]() Spike and Jet are another matter entirely. Faye is too smart and too jaded to trust Whitney, but she’s also desperate to find out anything she can about her past, so she agrees. All Whitney wants in return is help getting away from her husband, a notorious arms dealer who calls himself the Iron Mink. ![]() A good twisty caper requires relentless pacing and relentless surprises, and “Galileo Hustle” delivers plenty of both.įrom the start, Faye only agrees to help Whitney because Whitney vows to finally give Faye her Identikit - the box containing whatever information has survived from the life Faye had before she emerged from cryo-sleep with amnesia. Which is why it’s both a relief and delight when Spike and Jet see through her by the 15-minute mark. And once she meets the rest of the Bebop’s crew - despite Whitney’s efforts to manipulate them with a sad story, amateur chiropracty, and a bowl of homemade dumplings - there’s certainly no reason that Spike and Jet should fall for the con she is obviously pulling. ![]() When Whitney, Faye’s adoptive mother and a noted hustler, shows up at the start of the episode begging for help, there’s no reason for Faye to trust her. For a little while, I was worried “Galileo Hustle” would reduce our heroes to idiots just to keep the plot going. ![]()
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