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5	'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
6	'''Season 3, Episode 7:'''
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8	!Fresh Blood
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10	->'''Sam:''' I've been following you around my entire life. I mean, I've been looking up to you since I was four, Dean. Studying you, trying to be just like my big brother. So, yeah, I know you. Better than anyone else in the entire world. And this is exactly how you act when you're terrified. And, I mean, I can't blame you. It's just...
11	->'''Dean:''' What?
12	->'''Sam:''' It's just, I wish you would drop the show and be my brother again, 'cause... just 'cause.
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14	Written by Sera Gamble.
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16	Directed by Kim Manners.
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18	Airdate: November 15, 2007.
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20	Gordon has broken out of jail and seeks out Bela in order to get information on the location of the Winchester brothers. As he zeros in on their location, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York Albany, New York]], Dean and Sam hunt down a vampire who is turning young blondes by offering vampire blood as the hottest new drug. Gordon comes into his path but gets turned, [[KarmicDeath leaving the brothers to kill him]].
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22	!!Body count
23	For this episode = 2 humans and 5 vampires.
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25	For the series so far = At least 227 humans, 17 ghosts, 8 demons, 10 vampires, 6 changelings, 2 shapeshifters, 2 werewolves, 1 djinn, 1 god, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shtriga, 1 wendigo, and 1 zombie.
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27	!Tropes
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29	* AesopAmnesia: Sam and Dean decapitate the confused, newly turned vampire Lucy because "[they] have no choice" without even ''trying'' to take her to Lenore's group from [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E03Bloodlust "Bloodlust"]].
30	* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: And Then Gordon Was A Vampire.
31	* TheAntichrist: Sam, according to Gordon.
32	* AnyoneCanDie:
33	** Body count this episode = 2 humans and 5 vampires.
34	* CastingGag: This was [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E03Bloodlust the second]] time [[Creator/AmberBenson an actress]] from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has played a vampire. This time it was Creator/MercedesMcNab, whose ''Buffy'' character became a vampire.
35	* CasualDangerDialog: Bela when Gordon threatens to kill her. She calmly offers to make a deal with him.
36	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Decapitation via razor wire.
37	* DeadpanSnarker: Bela, as usual.
38	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Dixon on some level does care for his "family." He's horrified at what he's let Gordon do to his new "daughters" and doesn't want to live anymore.
39	* KarmicTransformation: [[VanHelsingHateCrimes Gordon]] gets turned, but still kills the other vampires and [[YouAreWhatYouHate believes he should be killed]].
40	* HollywoodOld: Lucy refers to Dixon the vampire as being "old" by looking 30. Likely HypocriticalHumor as the actress was 27 at the time.
41	* OffWithHisHead: Sam eventually decapitates Gordon with barbed wire.
42	* OhCrap: Bela gets a pretty good one on her face after Dean tells her that he's going to kill her, once she ''finally'' gets it through her head that he is completely serious. Telling Gordon where to find them put Sam in grave danger, which is Dean's BerserkButton. Dean has a formidable reputation among hunters, and she clearly realizes that a pissed-off Dean gunning for her is not something she can handle. She manages to make amends, but afterwards she very well knows where Dean draws the line and stays well back from it.
43	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Gordon, after being turned.
44	* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain
45	* ReplacementGoldfish: Dixon is turning new "daughters" because his daughter and the rest of his nest were killed by hunters.
46	* ScaryBlackMan: Gordon, especially after becoming a vampire.
47	* ScreamDiscretionShot
48	* ShoutOut:
49	** Three female vampires housed together? The initial victim turned being named Lucy? Dixon [[Literature/{{Dracula}} has been reading up]].
50	** To [[Series/BuffytheVampireSlayer ''Buffy'']]:
51	*** One of Lucy's victims said Lucy had "super PCP-strength". [[WeirdnessCensor The government of Sunnydale often explained away vampire attacks as gangs on PCP.]]
52	*** Sam decapitates Gordon with [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E11Showtime razor wire]].
53	*** And of course, Mercedes [=McNab=] plays a [[CastingGag vampire]].
54	* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Gordon displays enhanced vampire strength but none of the female victims who've been turned can free themselves from ropes. It might have something to do with the fact Gordon was already a trained hunter in above-average physical condition before he was turned.
55	* TragicBromance: With no small amount of regret, Kubrick tries to slay Gordon. Gordon kills him first, then cradles his corpse while whispering "I'm sorry."
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