For starters, order the import version. You get all 26 eps on three dvds for like 45-50 on ebay. They are still in English but the US versions just kill you on number of discs and price.
As for Spike and Vicious:
They fought together within the Syndicate (evil crime stuff) and when Spike met Julia (blond hair gal) he decided that he needed to do something else with his life. Well, NO ONE leaves the Syndicate and Vicious is Syndicate allll the way he had to kill Spike because he left. Well Spike wanted Julia to go with him but she was not able to. Spike faked his own death and went on to cowboy bebop fame. Vicious went down hill from there to completly evil, and felt personally betrayed by Spike because he left.
That is the issue as far as I remember it, though I may be slightly wrong in some parts so bear with me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
EDIT: didn't realize you were from Australia, but still maybe ebay???
