Brain Scratch

SCRATCH is a cult that believes that the soul should abandon the physical body to reside in cyberspace. A massive bounty in place on the leader, Doctor Londes, when followers commit suicide. The bounty hunters search for Londes but find no trace of him in the physical world or cyberspace. The only clue is a virtual reality videogame console, "Brain Dream," which can be used to "join" SCRATCH. Faye secretly infiltrates the cult but fails to capture Londes. She makes an ominous call to the Bebop and passes out. Jet purchases a "Brain Dream" to try to hack into SCRATCH. Immediately, he is hypnotized during his first attempt. Luckily, Ein's bite saves him at the last minute. Ein insists on trying the SCRATCH program and miraculously hacks into the connection to find Londes' location, a hospice. At SCRATCH headquarters, Spike finds Faye unconscious on the floor in a room with a tower of monitors. Londes appears on the screens and challenges Spike. Jet and Ed head to the hospice and discover a comatose boy named Ronny Spanngen. Londes is a projection from the boy's mind. They disconnect Ronny from his computer, sealing Londes from physical world.

Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Julia, Vicious, Judy, Punch, Laughing Bull, Antonio, Carlos, Jobin

In the original Japanese television run in the spring of 1998, only twelve of the twenty-six sessions were aired. Following a promotional video showcasing the making of the show, unaired sessions were released on video. Then, in the late fall through the winter of 1998-99, all of the sessions were aired weekly on the satellite station, WOWOW.