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5	'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
6	'''Season 9, Episode 20'''
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8	!Bloodlines
9	[[quoteright:175:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bloodlines_ross_9297.jpg]]
10	[[quoteright:175:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bloodlines_lassiter_6200.jpg]]
11	[[caption-width-right:175:Heroes who would never be.]]
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13	Written by Andrew Dabb.
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15	Directed by Robert Singer.
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17	Air Date: April 29, 2014.
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19	Sam and Dean head to Chicago to investigate a suspected monster killing, only to learn that the whole city is [[GenericEthnicCrimeGang run by five families of monsters]].
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21	!!Body Count:
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23	For this episode: 2 humans, 1 werewolf, 1 shapeshifter, and 1 vampire.
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25	For the series so far = At least 1098 angels, 1023 humans (of which 8 were witches), 165 demons, 58 vampires, 49 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 21 gods, 19 zombies, 10 hellhounds, 9 werewolves, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 6 shapeshifters, 5 djinn, 4 dogs, 4 ghouls, 4 Leviathan, 4 reapers, 2 Amazons, 2 arachnes, 2 kitsunes, 2 rugarus, 2 Thule, 2 vetalas, 1 cat, 1 crocotta, 1 deer, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 familiar, 1 Khan worm, 1 lamia, the Mother of All, 1 okami, 1 phoenix, 1 pishtaco, 1 Purgatory creature, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shojo, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, 1 Titan, 1 wendigo, 1 whore of Babylon, 1 wicked witch, and 1 wraith.
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27	!!Tropes
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29	* BigDamnHeroes: Sam and Dean behead the vampire who was about to kill Ennis.
30	** Subverted later. Ennis gets the killing shot into the monster killer, but Violet would have killed him first if David hadn't stopped her.
31	* CoconutSuperpowers: Shapeshifters in the family are able to change without shedding their skin.
32	* EnemyMine: Ennis and the Winchesters side with shapeshifter David.
33	-->'''Dean:''' Sometimes, you've got to work with the bad guy to get to the worse guys.
34	* EvilVersusEvil: The shapeshifter tribe led by Margo Lassiter starts a war against the werewolf tribe led by Julian Duval.
35	* FantasticRacism: Plenty of it. According to Saul, the one thing all five monster families can agree on is that their [[TitleDrop bloodlines]] must remain pure.
36	* GlamourFailure: One of the ways that Ennis figures out that the Detective Costa he's talking to is a shapeshifter is pull out his phone and look at his face, which shows said failure with GlowingEyesOfDoom.
37	* InterspeciesRomance: David Lassiter the shapeshifter and Violet Duval the werewolf.
38	* JumpedAtTheCall: Sam, seeing his younger self in Ennis, repeatedly warns him to stay out of the hunting life, but Ennis won't have any of it.
39	* LeftHanging: The episode was so poorly received that CW execs canceled plans for the spin-off. ''All'' plotlines are thus left open.
40	* MirrorCharacter: David and Ennis both lost someone they loved to the silver-clawed killer.
41	* TheNicknamer: Dean nicknames David "[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo]]" and David calls Dean "[[Series/BuffyTheVampireslayer Buffy]]".
42	* ObviouslyEvil: Julian Duval. He may not have [[WouldHitAGirl actually hit Violet]], but he did come close to throttling her.
43	* OutOfFocus: Dean and Sam are barely in the episode.
44	* PhoneCallFromTheDead: Ennis' father, established to be dead for years, calls him as the episode ends. [[CliffHanger And then gets cut off]].
45	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The werewolf family is quite misogynistic, evident in their treatment of Violet. Her father sells her off to some New York City wolves in an ArrangedMarriage, and Julian makes clear to her that she's there to be pretty and silent.
46	* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: If ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural:_Bloodlines Supernatural: Bloodlines]]'' had gotten picked up, that is. Unfortunately, plans for the spinoff were canceled.
47	* PreMortemOneLiner: "[[YouMonster I only see one monster here]]."
48	* RecycledInSpace: Lampshaded by Dean.
49	-->'''Dean''': What is this? ''[[Film/TheGodfather Godfather]]'' with fangs?
50	* RevealingHug: Margo's smile vanishes when she hugs her brother, implying she's not so happy he's back in the family. Look closely and you can see her [[TheNoseKnows nostrils flare]].
51	* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted with Ennis. He might not be that tall compared to the rest of the cast, but he can shout and he can shoot.
52	* ShapedLikeItself: David explains what a shapeshifter is: "We shift...our shape. It's kind of all there in the name."
53	* SpottingTheThread: When Detective Costa comes over, Ennis quickly realizes something's wrong when he keeps asking Ennis to repeat information and contradicting himself. Which leads to PullTheThread when Ennis says that [[DisappearedDad his father]] will be home soon, and "Costa" says "Yeah, it'd be great to see him, too," convincing Ennis he's a disguised monster.
54	* StarCrossedLovers: David and Violet.
55	* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler: [[OurWereWolvesAreDifferent Violet]] [[HulkingOut hulks out]] when [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend David is hurt]] by Irv.]]

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