Episode 4 - Gateway Shuffle

Spike and Jet are on Ganymede, going after a bounty called Morgan. However, Morgan is killed by the Space Warriors, a group who protects intergalactic endangered species. The woman who leads them, Twinkle Maria Murdock, is worth 25 million woolongs. Yet as Jet is searching for more information about Murdock, the bounty and all information suddenly disappears.

Meanwhile, Faye, who has run out of gas, is intercepted by a ship. The man, who was a spy, orders her to take a container to the ISSP. However, Faye opens it, only to find a small vial in it. Since she can't eat it, she thinks it doesn't have any value. She spots another ship on the horizon and messages it, hoping that the people will give her some fuel, only to find out that it's the Bebop.

On the Bebop, Spike goes through Faye's belongings, searching for anything of value. He finds the vial and is frustrated because it won't open. Jet contacts some of his old friends in ISSP and finds out that Murdock and her group made a virus called Monkey Business, which alters human DNA only to turn them into monkeys. The group is threatening to release the virus on the Ganymede population unless Murdock is returned to them. Realizing that there's no money to be gained, Spike and Jet release Murdock back to her group.

Once back with her group, Murdock releases three missile through hyperspace and the Ganymede government again puts a bounty on her head. The government decides to close down the gate to trap the missiles in hyperspace, making Spike and Faye rush to get out before it closes. However, the Space Warriors and their virus missiles are all trapped in hyperspace.