Episode 2x03 - Bloodlust
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Original Air Date: 12th October 2006
Production Code: 3T5503
Writer: Sera Gamble
Director: Robert Singer
Official Episode Description
Sam and Dean meet Gordon, a fellow demon hunter who has been systematically
killing vampires in a small town, and Dean immediately bonds with the older
man. However, after Sam meets with the lead vampire and discovers they are actually
peaceful creatures who survive on cattle blood, he decides not all supernatural
beings are evil and forces Dean to choose whether he will side with Sam or Gordon.
Summary
Heading towards Red Lodge, Montana in a beautifully refurbished and rebuilt
Impala, Dean and Sam are investigating the beheading of a couple of people and
some cattle mutilations. They get there and, after speaking to the local sheriff,
bluff their way into the morgue to look closer at the body and head. They are
expecting some kind of satanic symbol, but find none. Filled with disgust, Sam
opens up the dead girl's mouth and both boys are shocked to find a set of vampire
fangs - she wasn't an innocent, she was a vampire.
They head to a nearby bar and start asking questions, drawing the attention
of a man, Gordon. He follows them outside to an alley and the boys discover
that Gordon is another hunter who has been tracking these vampires for a long
time. He knows of John's death and offers his condolences, before telling the
boys he doesn't need their help and walking away. That night, Gordon is hunting
a vampire but almost gets himself killed. He is saved when Dean and Sam rush
in and kill the vampire. Sitting in the bar later on, Gordon and Dean discover
they have a lot in common, while Sam gets more and more annoyed. He leaves them
and heads back to the motel.
Sam phones Ellen at the Roadhouse for advice on Gordon. She explains that he's
a great hunter, but is trouble, and recommends the boys leave him alone. Sam
thanks her and hangs up. After going outside to get a drink from a vending machine,
Sam goes back into his room, only to be attacked and knocked unconscious. When
he wakes, he is tied to a chair in a room with two vampires, one of whom was
the bartender they spoke to earlier. The female vampire, Lenore, explains to
him that they are trying to live peacefully - they feed off animals not humans
- and just want to be left alone, but they are being hunted. To prove themselves
to Sam, they release him without a scratch.
He tells Dean what happened, but Dean would prefer to believe Gordon, until
he finds that Gordon has stolen the keys to the Impala so the boys cant follow
him to the vampire nest. They hotwire the car and Sam recalls the route to the
nest. By the time they get there, Gordon is already there. He has Lenore tied
up and is torturing her with a knife covered in dead man's blood, which is poison
to a vampire. He tries to prove to Dean and Samthat she is evil by grabbing
Sam and cutting his arm, dripping Sam's blood onto Lenore. She bares her fangs
as though about to feed, but she resists, turning her head away and retracting
her fangs. Dean finally believes, and trains his gun on Gordon, allowing Sam
to pick Lenore up and leave with her.
A fight ensues between Gordon and Dean, with Dean the eventual victor. He leaves
Gordon tied to a chair in the nest, knowing that no-one will find him for a
few days. Sam tells Dean that Lenore and the others got away safely, and Dean
begins to worry - what if they'd killed other creatures that weren't evil? Sam
tells him that they did the best they could...
Notes
- The intern's name is Jeff Manners, possibly a reference to both Kim Manners
(Producer of the show) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (John Winchester).
- This is the second time we have seen vampires in Supernatural (the first
time being 1x20 : Dead Man's Blood)
- Dean was hunting when he was 16 years old.
- Gordon first encountered the supernatural when he was 18 and his sister
was turned into a vampire.
- Ellen refers to the Roadhouse as "Harvelle's Roadhouse", which
possibly means that her surname is Harvelle.
Cultural References
- Weekly World News.
Weekly World News is an American tabloid newspaper that tends to report
on various strange supernatural events.
- You know, kinda like the moth in Silence of the Lambs.
Silence of the Lambs is a novel and film about the serial killer Hannibal
Lecter. One of the victims in had a death's head moth stuffed in her throat.
- Put the lotion in the basket.
This is a direct quote from the Silence of the Lambs movie.
- I've had to 86 them once or twice.
The number 86 is often used as a verb, to "eighty-six" means
to "ignore" or "get rid of".
- Whoa. Easy there, Chachi.
Chachi Arcola was a character played by Scott Baio on the sitcom Happy Days.
- Yeah, and Hannibal Lecter's a good psychiatrist.
Another reference to Silence of the Lambs.
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