And now the crew is finally complete! Edward will definitely be a change from the adult presence on the ship. She will get on everybody’s nerves, but no more than they do with each other on a daily basis.
The idea of a self-controlling satellite is interesting and scary at the same time (if they were ever developed). However, the episode lagged and I could tell that the only purpose was to introduce Ed and not generate a real story. It doesn’t bother me too much, but then watching wasn’t too exciting. Even the scenes in space fighting the satellites didn’t have much of a thrill as they usually do. The writers could have introduced Ed in a more thrilling way to show off her hacker abilities, but alas, ingenuity was swept under the rug with this one. All in all the story turned out kind of bland.
There also seemed to be a lot of contemplation on the Bebop, but in a lazy way. Spike, Faye, and Jet were sitting around most of the time and they never do that.
I guess at the end MPU decided not to draw anymore on the Earth’s surface; did it actually come out of the satellite? Did it go into Ed’s computer? I’m not too sure what really happened other than the fact the problem is done with. And what was it actually drawing? Animals that used roam the Earth? Or cave drawings? This is just the most bizarre things for a satellite to be doing in the first place because there are million of other things it could accomplish. How does someone think of this concept? Even satellites get lonely sometimes I guess.
Earth is decimated as usual. Why is Earth never an equal with the space colonies in any show? It is always beat up, abused, and downright destroyed. I can’t see it having any true presence in the series besides the fact it may be featured for a location once again.
Final Score: 6.5/10
