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'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\\
'''Season 2, Episode 3:'''

!Bloodlust
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[[caption-width-right:233: You think she's so different? Still want to save her? Look at her. They're all the same. Evil, bloodthirsty.]]
->'''Dean:''' I can't talk about this to Sammy. You know I've got to keep my game face on. But the truth is, I'm not handling it very well. I feel I have this...
->'''Gordon:''' Hole inside of you? And it just gets bigger and bigger and darker and darker? Good. You can use it. Keeps you hungry. Trust me, there's plenty out there that needs killing and this'll help you do it. Dean, it's not a crime to need your job.

Written by Sera Gamble.

Directed by Robert Singer.

Airdate: October 12, 2006.

Dean and Sam meet another hunter, Gordon Walker, while hunting a nest of vampires in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lodge%2C_Montana Red Lodge, Montana]]. Dean appreciates Gordon's tactics, but Sam urges Dean to scrutinize the situation.
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Sam and Dean hear about [[Recap/TheXFilesS05E12BadBlood cattle mutilations]] and beheadings and take off in the completely repaired Impala for Red Lodge, Montana. They examine one of the severed heads and discover retractable vampire fangs. They track down more vampires only to discover that this nest of vampires has reformed and are living off cattle rather than killing humans. However, their hunt brings the brothers into contact with [[Characters/SupernaturalHunters Gordon Walker]], a particularly zealous vampire hunter who doesn't believe the vampires' claims of reform. Gordon tortures [[Characters/SupernaturalVampires Lenore]], the leader of the vampire nest, by cutting her with a knife covered in dead man's blood. Sam and Dean realize Gordon knew that the vampires were not hurting anyone, but still was hunting them down because they were not human and therefore must be evil. They manage to stop Gordon and leave him tied up while the vampire nest escapes. However, the Winchester brothers realize that not all supernatural beings are pure evil, and this leads them to question their roles as hunters. They also realize that their father did not tell them about many aspects of the hunting community.

!!Body count:
For this episode = 2 vampires.

For the series so far = At least 149 humans; 11 ghosts; 5 vampires; 1 demon; 1 god; 1 rakshasa; 1 rawhead; 1 shapeshifter; 1 shtriga; 1 wendigo.

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!Tropes appearing in this episode:

* BadassInDistress[=/=]DistressedDude: Sam, who is ambushed in the motel room and then BoundAndGagged by the vampires.
* BigBad: Gordon Walker, an extremist vampire hunter who ruthlessly kills any vampire he can find, regardless of whether or not they have actually killed people.
* BlackAndGrayMorality[=/=]BlackAndWhiteMorality: Gordon believes hunters are engaged in a [[KnightTemplar righteous struggle]] against a purely evil foe, while the Winchesters have a more complex view of themselves and those they fight.
-->'''Gordon:''' It's all black and white. There's no maybe. You find the bad thing, kill it. See, most people spend their lives in [[ShadesOfConflict shades of gray]]. Is this right? Is that wrong? Not us.
-->'''Dean:''' Not sure Sammy would agree with you, but, uh...
* BlindfoldedTrip: Sam's trip to and from the nest.
* BloodLust: While the vampires seem to have this under control, the same cannot be said for Gordon.
* BloodyMurder: Gordon tortures Lenore by cutting her with a knife covered in dead man's blood.
* CastingGag: Amber Benson as a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire, given her [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer previous role.]]
* CatScare: The crow that startles the vampire in the mill before Gordon attacks him.
* {{Chupacabra}}: Gordon tells the brothers there's one two states over.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Gordon does this to Lenore when he captures her.
* ContinuityNod: During the opening scene with the brothers in the Impala, "Back in Black" by Music/{{ACDC}} plays, recalling the [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot pilot]].
* CynicismCatalyst: Gordon's sister was attacked by a vampire, causing him to become a hunter.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the role of hunters, with Gordon serving as a {{foil}} to Dean. Both Gordon and Dean want to [[HeWhoFightsMonsters rid the world of the types of creatures that destroyed their families]] and find a sense of purpose in these acts of revenge, but Dean is motivated by the desire to help and save people and is dismayed to realize that some of the beings he has hunted may not have deserved to die.
* FangsAreEvil[=/=]MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The brothers discover the retractable teeth when examining the severed head in the morgue.
* FantasticSlurs: "Big-ass fang", "fang", and "filthy fang".
* FantasticRacism: Gordon operates under the premise that if it isn't human, it has to die. He ''especially'' hates [[ItsPersonal vampires]], though.
* FirstLawOfResurrection: The Impala is back, and Dean is as relieved as the fans.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Conrad, the worker in the mill; Eli, the bartender; and Lenore.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The blood splatter on Dean's face when he cuts off the vampire's head with the electric saw.
* HassleFreeHotwire: JustifiedTrope, with Dean having just rebuilt the 1967 Impala.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Gordon, Dean, and John.
* HooksAndCrooks: A sickle is used to behead the woman in the teaser.
* HollywoodSatanism: Dean suggests to the sheriff that the cattle mutilations and beheadings may be "Satanic cult ritual stuff", but the sheriff [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure doesn't buy it]].
-->'''Sheriff:''' Because there's no such thing as cattle mutilation. Cow drops, leave it in the sun, within forty-eight hours the bloat will split it open so clean it's just about surgical. The bodily fluids fall down into the ground and get soaked up because that's what gravity does. But, hey, it could be Satan. What newspaper did you say you work for?
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Eli's point of view.
-->'''Eli:''' We choke on cow's blood so that none of them suffer. Tonight they murdered Conrad and they celebrated.
** An interesting parallel: both the vampires and the humans kidnap someone from the other camp and tie them to a chair. When the vampires do it to Sam, it's so they can explain that they're not a threat, and they let him go [[TapOnTheHead mostly unharmed]]. When Gordon does it to Lenore, he tortures and almost kills her.
* ImpendingDoomPOV: The camera shot of Sam from behind the trees at the motel.
* ImpostorExposingTest: When the Winchesters meet Gordon, they check his upper gums for fangs.
* ImprovisedWeapon: The telephone used to knock Sam out in the motel room.
* InHarmsWay: Dean's preferred setting.
-->'''Dean:''' Got my car, got a case, things are looking up.
-->'''Sam:''' Wow. You hear about a couple of severed heads and a pile of dead cows and you're Mister Sunshine.
* InsistentTerminology: It's "Sam", not "Sammy", although he seems to have accepted that he can't change [[TheNicknamer Dean]]. Also a CallBack to [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot "Pilot" (S01, E01)]] and [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E15TheBenders "The Benders" (S01, E15)]].
-->'''Dean:''' You all right, Sammy?
-->'''Sam:''' I'm fine.
-->'''Gordon:''' Well, lighten up a little, Sammy.
-->'''Sam:''' He's the only one who gets to call me that.
* IWorkAlone: Gordon. How much of this is by choice and how much because [[EveryoneHasStandards other hunters don't like working with him]] is a matter for speculation. Ellen indicates that he's got a reputation.
-->'''Gordon:''' Thanks, but, uh, I'm kind of a go-it-alone type of guy.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Dean tells Gordon about the first time he knew he was a hunter.
-->'''Dean:''' ...So. I pick up this [[TheStraightAndArrowPath crossbow]]. And I hit that ugly sucker with a [[SilverHasMysticPowers silver-tipped arrow]] right in his heart. Sammy's waiting in the car, and, uh, me and my dad take the thing into the woods, burn it to a crisp. I'm sitting there and looking into the fire, and I'm thinking to myself, I'm sixteen years old. [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Most kids my age]] are worried about pimples, prom dates. I'm seeing things that [[{{Masquerade}} they'll never even know]]. Never even dream of. So right then, I just sort of--
-->'''Gordon:''' Embraced the life?
-->'''Dean:''' Yeah.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Gordon reveals he killed his sister after she was turned into a vampire.
* MeaningfulName: Lenore is the name of a [[Literature/{{Lenore}} ballad by Gottfried August Bürger]], which was cited in ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' by Creator/BramStoker.
* MutualMasquerade: The Winchester brothers learn more about the hunter community, which their father never told them about.
-->'''Gordon:''' Word travels fast. You know how hunters talk.
-->'''Dean:''' No, we don't, actually.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: The Barker farm.
-->'''Gordon:''' Just a bunch of hippie freaks. Though they could kill you with that patchouli smell alone.
* NonMaliciousMonster: The nest of vampires.
* NoOSHACompliance: The large electric saw in the mill with no safety guards.
* OnlyInFlorida: In response to a conversation about some satanists in Florida, Dean says "So much effed-up crap happens in Florida".
* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: Vampires are killed by beheading.
* SacrificialLion: John Winchester.
-->'''Dean:''' Yeah, you know. He was just one of those guys. Took some terrible beatings, just kept coming. So you're always thinking to yourself, he's indestructible. He'll always be around, nothing can kill my dad. Then, just like that ''[snaps]'' he's gone.
* ScaryBlackMan: Gordon.
* ShoutOut:
** Dean has Sam check the beheaded woman's mouth for anything inside, like the moth in ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''. Dean then quotes "Put the lotion in the basket." Later, when Sam asks Ellen about Gordon being a good hunter, she says, "Yeah, and Hannibal Lecter's a good psychiatrist."
** Gordon calls Sam "[[Series/HappyDays Chachi]]".
** Gordon toasts the death of the vampire by saying "[[Music/{{Queen}} another one bites the dust]]".
* SoftSpokenSadist: Gordon torturing Lenore.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Dean gets to call Sam "Sammy". Gordon most definitely does not.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Dead man's blood, bitch."
* ThwartedCoupDeGrace: When Sam pulls Gordon from the saw and Dean attacks the vampire in the mill.
* [[ZombieAdvocate Vampire Advocate]]: Sam.
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: Not all vampires are pure evil.
-->'''Dean:''' What if we killed things that didn't deserve killing? You know? I mean, the way Dad raised us...
* VegetarianVampire: This nest survives on cattle blood.
* Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews: When the brothers are in the Sheriff's office, they claim to be from the ''Weekly World News''.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Though the vampires [[WasOnceAMan were once human]], Gordon now only sees them as monsters.
-->'''Sam:''' Well, decapitations aren't my idea of a good time, I guess.
-->'''Gordon:''' Oh, come on, man, it's not like it was human. You've gotta have a little more fun with your job.
* WideEyedIdealist: Despite three of her friends being killed by hunters, Lenore wholeheartedly believes that [[VanHelsingHateCrimes Gordon]] and the Winchester brothers can be reasoned with.