Tessai wrote:

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>Well, you just stop bein silly and we'll forget this little incident
>never happened. If not, I'll have to trap you and your Rei family in
>hyperspace... Only Mr. Spiegel will be able to get you out then. Of
>course, I'll pay him a hefty bounty to bring you back in pieces... ^_~
>

Which means you haven't a chance in hell of actually surviving the 
episode :)  Poor Spike.

Has anybody ever read this description of Cowboy Bebop?

Jet: Hey Spike, if we're such big-shot bounty hunters, how come we never 
catch any criminals?
Spike: Because if we don't accidentally kill them they join us.
(Really cool JAZZ music plays in the background)

Richard