The first appearance of Ein. I can't say that this episode has much foreshadowing, but it does expand the character of Spike in the midst of a Scooby-Doo type chase scene, an Angela Lansbury take-off, and a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar take-off.
Spike does not like dogs (so he says) yet he brings Ein back to the ship...twice. Jet apparently names the mutt and is the one who decides to take care of him. Still, when Ein was falling off of the bridge and Spike had to chose between his bounty and the dog, well, the rest is history. Perhaps it was that bounty hunter instinct that prompted him to save Ein? Who knows. Personally, I think Spike has a soft spot that he does not like to admit.
Comment by Tom on 5:16 am 02 Aug 2007:
I think Spike knew how smart Ein was. They had seen it on Big Shot, and in the 1st chase with Hakim he showed it. Spike is too observant to not notice that it was the dog who, acting in his own interests made the moves to get them away from Hakim.