#spn 2x03 bloodlust

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This really happened on the show huh

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Dean Winchester every day -- 25/326

Supernatural 2x03//Bloodlust

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2.03 - BLOODLUST

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Season 2, Episode 3: Bloodlust (November 15th)

When Sam and Dean encounter Gordon, a fellow hunter who has been systematically killing vampires in a small town, Dean immediately bonds with the man. -Super-wiki

Originally aired on: October 12th, 2006

Written by Sera Gamble, directed by Robert Singer

Fun fact: This episode marks the first time the Impala is called Baby.

Enjoy your vampires and make sure to check out #spn20rewatch for more posts!

[mishaesque]

Scenic Supernatural 2.03 Bloodlust

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s02e03 -- "Bloodlust"

[stardustandsavages]

gordon walker slays. end post.

[eaudeclown]

Sam has GOT to be the bravest person EVER. Man, to confront Dean about his daddy issues. TO HIS FACE??!!

[dean-winchester-pussy]

just finished watch 2x03 and 2x04 (i'm saving 2x02 "everybody loves a clown" for the morning because i've been warned it's scary and i'm scared of clowns so i'm not watching it at night lmao). "bloodlust" had baby back hurray!!!!! so glad to see her up and on the road again. "if you two want to get a room lmk" shut up sam he loves his car. oh that gordon guy is in here, i don't like him. TY OLSSON??? BENNY???? HELLO??????? dean stop sucking up to this guy, he's not somebody worth that effort. no gordon that is bad advice, dean needs to talk this out, not keep it in and use it as a weapon. ellen calling sam "sweetie" :(((((( NO GORDON IT'S NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE GRRR SHUT UP. yeahhh and the moment gordon started talking about sam like that dean did a full stop. oh yeah i forgot the vampires kidnap sam. "we barely know her" babe you know gordon even less... and omg dean's reaction when gordon said he killed his own sister. yeah gordon you and dean aren't on the same side because you hurt sam. no john didn't do the best he could babes, stop feeling sorry for the bastard. ACCIDENTAL LENS FLARE SCENE MY BELOVED!!!!

i've heard about "children shouldn't play with dead things" but i didn't really know what to expect. kids that's why you keep your eyes on the road while you're driving, and why you shouldn't be on the phone while driving either. oh look, john's dog tags that prove he can't have been dean's biological father. oh so the girl's a zombie now, aaaand her best friend who was in love with her brought her back. "when someone's gone, they should stay gone. you don't mess with that kind of stuff" you're gonna be changing your mind on that pretty soon, hon. FUCKING HELL I DON'T LIKE SEEING DEAN CRY i want to hug him so badly.

[deanstudies101]

2x03, Bloodlust

Critical theory: Childhood. Monsters. “Evil” as a concept.  

Discussion question(s): What makes a monster?

Discussion: Sam has always been more forgiving of people doing bad things, but has been quite absolute with the creatures until now. Sam focuses on what they (the human/creature) are, Dean focuses more on what they do. Gordon is treated as a monster (and Julio sees him as such), but if anything he is similar to John—Sam even comments that Dean is trying to replace John with Gordon. Sam and Dean have always been isolated, and Dean has always felt like an outsider, but now they’re finding this community—but they’re all like John. Dean has always wanted an opportunity to have a normal life, to be different than what he is, and now he sees a vampire getting to be different, to change, to be ‘normal’. 

Star student: Julio is connecting Dean not killing the vampire/Gordon with what John whispered in his ear. (Wrong connection, but still.) Maybe John said like “don’t be a dick” or “don’t be like me”. Iga, “at what point are we going to bring up that Sam is obviously supernatural? When are we going to have that dilemma?” Sam needs to learn “not all supernatural things are evil” because he is. [Dean needs to learn this too, my addition]. 

Notes: Visiting Student Julio.

[highfunctioningflailgirl]

Damage Control - 2x03 Bloodlust

They end up in separate places that night. Sam stays at the motel, where he properly cleans and bandages the wound on his arm and then sits down to annotate Dad’s journal with their newest findings. For some reason, he felt drawn to Lenore, and it’s important to him to note down that not all monsters are monsters. That their monstrous nature is only part of who they are and can be held in check. As he told Dean, in the end, it doesn’t come down to who you are, but what you do.

When confronted with the smell and sight of Sam’s blood, Lenore’s fangs had come out and her vampiric nature had urged her to bite and drink. But she hadn’t. She’d fought the hunger. She’d said “No!” Her fangs had retracted. Her human side had won. It hadn’t been her choice to become a monster. But it had been her choice not to act on it.

For a little while there, Sam had been worried about someone else’s bestial urges.

He’d known that Dean was ruthless when it came to killing monsters. Their father had drilled his own hate for anything supernatural into both of them, but while Sam had always felt a certain disgust with every kill he had to make, Dean had always felt comfortable with it. And today, beheading that vampire with a fucking chainsaw, Sam had seen a cold thrill on his brother’s face that chilled him to the bone. Dean had not only been okay with killing the vamp, he’d enjoyed it.

And then there was the way his brother had latched on to Gordon. Back in the bar, Dean and the other hunter fraternizing as if they’d known each other for years, Sam could’ve chalked his foul mood up to mere jealousy - after all, he’d clearly been the fifth wheel and Gordon had been more than happy to see him leave. And Sam admitted that he had been jealous. For months now, it’s only just been Dean and him and nobody else, and Sam realizes what a close-knit unit they’ve become. Saving each other’s asses from getting killed by monsters will do that, apparently. 

But it had been more than jealousy. Driven by hate and revenge, Gorden reminded Sam of his father. He lived for one purpose only: to kill the monster that had killed his sister - and, unblinking, take down every other supernatural creature that crossed his way. John Winchester had been driven by the same vengeful thirst, and it was no wonder that Dean felt inexorably drawn to Gordon, unconsciously looking for the father he‘d lost. 

But where their father had still had the remnants of a moral compass and shreds of humanity, Gordon only had a black hole for a conscience. Thank God Dean had realized that at the very last second. Thank God Sam had been able to pull his brother back from that brink. And yet, without Sam’s interference, Dean would’ve taken an innocent life, and without hesitation. 

It’s a cold thought, a frightening thought, and Sam clings to the fact that Dean, in the end, had put his blade down and let the vampire girl go, turning against Gordon instead. Something horrible had almost happened, but it didn’t. He could’ve lost Dean to a crazed hunter who was more of a monster than most of the creatures they killed.

Shaking his head, Sam tries to refocus on his notes and drive the chill from his heart.

We’re okay, he tells himself. Dean’s okay.

xxx

Dean is not okay. And it’s not just his bruised cheek, blackening eye or his split lip that hurts like a bitch every time he sips from his glass. He’s slouched over a bar, peanut debris littering the scratched wooden top, and he’s half into a bottle that has no business calling itself Scotch. 

The bartender - a lovely brunette a few years older than him - had very quickly assessed the situation and left the entire bottle to his own disposal rather than refilling his glass every few minutes. However, she‘d kept an eye on him while catering to the other patrons.

“You’re not intending to drive, are you?” she asks him now, into the burn of another shot going down his throat. 

He coughs, wiping his mouth. 

“No”, he lies with a straight face. She doesn’t know his high tolerance for alcohol, and he’s not going to give up the keys to the Impala. Not after a day like this.

“Good,” she says, sounding skeptical. “Let me know if you want me to call you a cab.” Then she motions at his face. “Or if you need some ice for that cheek. Not that it’s any of my business, but you’re swelling up pretty nicely there. Got into trouble?”

Dean squints at her through the rising fog of inebriation. “No, thank you, I’m fine. And you’re right - it is none of your business.”

She lifts her hands, one of them holding a dish towel. “Just trying to be nice, cowboy.” She smiles appeasingly, and it’s a pretty smile. “And wondering if there’s gonna be cops storming into my bar for an arrest or something. Or a jealous husband.”

Her twinkle-eyed humor lays a soothing hand on Dean’s hard edges. His face, though hurting, softens into a lopsided smirk. “No worries, lady. Ain’t got no one coming after me. ‘Sides, I was the good guy in that particular story.” 

Jeez, he’s drunk. And he hopes he’s right. Hopefully, Gordon still is tied to that chair, with a monster headache and a bladder filled to the brim. No one wants that obsessed maniac coming after them. And is Dean the good guy? In his opinion, that remains up for debate.

“Alright.” The bartender tilts her head, brown curls bobbing about her face, and nods. “I believe you. Just let me know if you change your mind - about the cab or the ice for your face.” 

Dean raises his shot glass, toasting to her. He’s in automatic, semi-drunk flirt mode; he just can’t help it. “I’ll do that. Although I can think of other ways to ease my pain.” He raises a suggestive eyebrow. 

The woman huffs, but in a friendly way. Dean can tell that she’s too seasoned to fall for a drunk patron, but she’s not completely immune to his charm. “Rein it in, cowboy,” she chastises him, still smiling. “Or you’ll have to take this to go.” She points at the half-empty bottle in front of him.

Dean’s turn to lift his hands. He knows when he’s got to admit defeat, but he had to at least try. Especially on a night where booze might not be enough to take the edge off.  “No problem, ma’am. Just sittin’ here mindin’ my business with my friend.” He reaches for the bottle to top off his glass.

“You do that. Slow down a bit, though. Can’t carry you to that cab.”

She winks at him and moves away to cater to another patron at the other end of the bar. 

Nice hips, Dean thinks, and then: I’m such a shit.

He’s terrible. Terrible with women. Terrible as a hunter. Terrible, period. Today was proof. If Sammy hadn’t pulled him back from the ledge, Dean would’ve killed an innocent girl. She was a vamp, yes. But she’d never harmed a soul, and Dean almost chopped her head off. 

Gordon had fucked with Dean’s head. His clear-cut worldview - monsters vs. humans - had appealed to Dean. One simple rule: Kill the monster; save the people. It had reminded Dean so much of his dad. A simple order: Identify. Execute. 

Only the world wasn’t that simple. And maybe he wasn’t the good guy. Maybe Dad hadn’t been, either. Ever since Sam had come back, with his questions and grey areas and - good God - the secret Dad had whispered into Dean’s ear at the hospital, Dean’s world had become unstable. Certainties had shifted. Rules no longer applied. The very ground he was walking on had become unsteady - and it wasn’t due to the alcohol pulsing through his veins tonight.

Without Sam’s interference, Dean would’ve crossed a line tonight that nobody should cross, and it scares him. Just as it scares him what his father said about Sam. What darkness was his brother carrying to heed such a warning? What darkness were they all carrying? What curse lay on his family?

Dean empties another glass, the alcohol washing over his confusion and fear. It’s not enough to calm his racing thoughts entirely, but he doesn’t know what else to do. His vision becoming softer, he studies the pretty bartender who’s filling beer glasses from the tap, talking to a female patron who appears to be single.

A bit clumsily, Dean grabs his bottle and glass and slips from his bar stool. He has to focus to keep the room around him still, but he manages to walk in a straight line as he swaggers over to the two women. 

No harm in tryin’ again, he thinks hazily as he pulls a charming smile onto his face.

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[17yearslatewithlattes]

Also Sam was weirdly chill about Dean’s extremely reasonable meltdown of ‘oh fuck oh fuck how many innocent beings might we have murdered over the years????’

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[icaruspendragon]

oh all knowing spn lord i have a question! my friend is claiming that baby wasn’t a name for the impala until the late late seasons as named by the fans in like 2020. Ive been watching since 2021 and can’t directly disprove him but like this cant be correct can it? Babys always been its name 🥺

so in 2x03 (bloodlust) after dean’s rebuilt the impala he says, “listen to her purr. have you ever heard anything so sweet?” to which sam responds, “you know if you two wanna get a room just let me know, dean.” and dean responds, “oh don’t listen to him, baby. he just doesn’t understand us.”

he may say it earlier, but that’s the earliest example i can think of off the top of my head!

[shinelikethunder]

kripke: show creator; seasons 1-5 showrunner; wrote or co-wrote 1x01 pilot, 1x02 wendigo, 1x09 home, 1x16 shadow, 1x22 devil’s trap, 2x01 in my time of dying, 2x22 all hell breaks loose part two, 3x01 the magnificent seven, 3x16 no rest for the wicked, 4x01 lazarus rising, 4x07 it's the great pumpkin, sam winchester, 4x10 heaven and hell (story), 4x22 lucifer rising, 5x01 sympathy for the devil, 5x09 the real ghostbusters, 5x22 swan song, 6x22 the man who knew too much; directed 2x20 what is and what should never be, 4x22 lucifer rising

gamble: seasons 6-7 showrunner; wrote or co-wrote 1x03 dead in the water, 1x12 faith, 1x14 nightmare, 1x21 salvation, 2x03 bloodlust, 2x08 crossroad blues, 2x13 houses of the holy, 2x17 heart, 2x21 all hell breaks loose part one, 3x02 the kids are alright, 3x07 fresh blood, 3x10 dream a little dream of me, 3x12 jus in bello, 3x15 time is on my side, 4x02 are you there god? it’s me, dean winchester, 4x09 i know what you did last summer, 4x17 it’s a terrible life, 4x21 when the levee breaks, 5x02 good god, y'all, 5x07 the curious case of dean winchester, 5x13 the song remains the same, 5x21 two minutes to midnight, 6x01 exile on main st, 6x11 appointment in samarra, 6x21 let it bleed, 7x01 meet the new boss, 7x10 death's door, 7x17 the born-again identity, 7x23 survival of the fittest

edlund: wrote 2x05 simon said, 2x12 nightshifter, 2x18 hollywood babylon, 3x03 bad day at black rock, 3x09 malleus maleficarum, 3x13 ghostfacers, 4x05 monster movie, 4x08 wishful thinking, 4x16 on the head of a pin, 5x04 the end, 5x10 abandon all hope, 5x14 my bloody valentine, 5x20 the devil you know, 6x03 the third man, 6x09 clap your hands if you believe, 6x15 the french mistake, 6x20 the man who would be king, 7x02 hello cruel world, 7x09 how to win friends and influence monsters, 7x15 repo man, 7x21 reading is fundamental, 8x05 blood brother, 8x13 everybody hates hitler, 8x21 the great escapist; directed 6x20 the man who would be king, 7x21 reading is fundamental

[ahblpt1]

i think 2x03 ‘bloodlust’ is a really good episode for many reasons (most of which include the show highlighting sam's empathy)...

however, as “that friend who is too woke” the fact they choose to tackle the ‘us vs. them’ mentality that is intrinsic to the show [which, for the record, i do enjoy the appeal of it as a cop duo show with (mostly) supernatural beings instead of just regular ass people] with gordon, who is played by a black man, and the ‘good vampire’ he tortures for seemingly no other reason than to satiate his own sadistic urges is played by a white woman, i can't help but have to take a breath everytime i think about it.

i do think they could've gone in a different way about this, though even if you'd switched the characters’ races i don't think it would've been much better knowing how spn tends to treat female pain.

very good episode nonetheless but [shrugs] classic spn, if you will