1.20 Dead Man's Blood
| Promotional image from Dead Man's Blood | |
| Title | Dead Man's Blood |
| Episode # | Season 1, Episode 20 |
| First aired | 20 April, 2006 |
| Directed by | Tony Wharmby |
| Written by | Cathryn Humphris John Shiban |
| On IMDB | http://imdb.com/title/tt0767486/ |
| Outline | Sam and Dean meet up with John to hunt vampires as they investigate the death of a fellow hunter. |
| Monster | Vampires |
| Timeline | 25-29 October, 2006 (speculation) |
| Location(s) | Manning, Colorado |
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Contents
Synopsis
An old man, Daniel Elkins, sits scribbling in his journal, drinking Jack in bar in Manning, Colorado. . A group of people enter and catch Elkins’ attention. After leaving the bar in a hurry, Elkins is confronted by the woman leading the group we have seen earlier. To defend himself, Elkins attempts to load an old 5 shot Colt however after a struggle, he is murdered.
In a diner somewhere in Nebraska Sam and Dean are looking over news stories for a job, when they read about Elkins death. Dean recognizes the name from John's Journal and they head west. Arriving at Elkins' cabin, the boys find it ransacked and in chaos, but from out in the darkness, they are being watched. Amongst the wreckage Dean finds not only a journal, a lot like their fathers, but also a message. A combination to a post office box. A mail drop, just the way their father does it.
Opening the post office box they find a letter addressed to "J.W.". They are startled by the surprise appearance of John Winchester, their father. Reading the letter, he realizes that Elkins had been holding out on him about a legendary gun, a Colt made in 1835. Questioning the boys he realizes that whatever attacked Elkins has taken the gun. He tells them it’s Vampires and they will hunt them together.
As Sam and Dean sleep, John is listening to a police scanner. He hears of an abandoned car left by young couple after making a 911 call. Rousing the boys, they take off to investigate. Sam questions John but John just asks Sam to follow him. When they reach the location of the abandoned car, Sam is bridling at John’s dominating attitude and is constantly questioning his fathers orders. Dean is frustrated by the reoccurring old arguments that drove the family apart.
Meanwhile, back at the vampire nest, Kate presents her gifts taken from Elkins, to her mate, Luther. Horrified, that she killed the old man, even if it was to avenge his family, he states, “Revenge isn’t worth much if you end up dead”. But then he recognizes the gun.
Another confrontation between Sam and John exposes the still seething anger existing between them. However, during their tracking of the Vampire family John tells them about vampires and they can only be killed by beheading. After a moment, seemingly reluctant, he shares with them the details of what makes the Colt so special and why he needs it.
Working together to attack the nest and look for the Colt, they are discovered before John can grab the gun and end up running for their lives. John has alternative plan and while waiting for Dean to return with dead man’s blood, Sam and John talk, mending fences in the process.
They use the dead man’s blood to catch Kate in order to draw out Luther. John’s plan is to trade her for the Colt. Once again the Winchesters clash over John’s plan to exclude the boys from his final game plan, insisting they leave. To keep them safe. While the Luther and his vampires discover John and Kate and parley for the Colt, Sam and Dean invade the nest, killing the vampire left on watch and freeing their captives.
John’s plan is foiled and he is knocked out by Luther, however before Luther can kill him, Sam and Dean attack, having ignored their fathers orders to stay away. They distract Luther and John, grabbing the Colt, kills Luther by shooting him in the head. The gun works. It can kill supernatural beings with a bullet. Finally seeing the sense of the boys argument, John agrees that now they have the Colt they will hunt the Demon together.
Characters
Music
- Stevie Ray Vaughan - The House Is Rockin'
- Tito & Tarantula - Strange Face Of Love
- Brian Keith Nutter (Master Source)- Searching For The Truth
- Master Source - Trailer Trash S1Com
See the Music page also.
Pad of Definitions
Additional definitions provided by fans
Quotes
Dean: Looks like the maid didn’t come today…(in response to the mess that Elkins cabin is in)
Sam: Hey, there’s salt over here. Right inside the door Dean: You mean like protection against demon salt or “Ooops, I spilled the popcorn” salt?
Dean: Vampires! Gets funnier every time I hear it…
Luther: “Revenge isn’t worth much if you end up dead”
Sam: Hey Dad, whatever happened to that college fund? John: Spent it on ammo…
Kate: Car trouble? Let me give you a lift…take you back to my place.… Dean: Ahhh I’ll pass. I usually draw the line at necrophili==
Trivia & References
- Dean: Sounds more like That's Incredible than Twilight Zone.
That’s Incredible: 1980s TV show featuring freaks, stunts and shonky re-enactments of paranormal events.
Twilight Zone: 1960s TV series (bought back in several incarnations) Crossing horror, thriller and science fiction genres that told short stand alone stories usually with a killer twist. The original series in particular, was notable for using these genres to subtly examine current social and political issues.
