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|writer= [[Brett Matthews]] |imdb= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1627724/Live Free or Twihard]|download= [http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/live-free-or-twi-hard/id389003829?i=399793485 iTunes], [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0048L1BQE Amazon]|outline= [[Sam ]] and [[Dean find ]] investigate a group rash of vampires and disappearances involving teenage girls, they soon discover the girls are being lured by a [[vampire]]. During the hunt Dean is bitten and turned. into a vampire, [[Samuel ]] tells Dean that he can change him back, but he'll need the blood of the vampire who turned him.|motw=[[Vampires]]|timeline= October 17th, 2010|location= Limestone, Illinois <br>CiceroBattle Creek, IndianaMichigan|map= <googlemap lat{{EpisodeMap|Locations="41.1321" lon="-87.9684" zoom="11" width="300" height="300">41.1321Limestone,-87.9684IL, LimestoneUSA; Battle Creek, IllinoisMI, USA</googlemap>}}|prevep= 6.04 Weekend at Bobby's|nextep= 6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth

[[Sam ]] and [[Dean ]] investigate the disappearance of seven attractive girls, all in their late teens, in the small town of Limestone, Illinois. When they go to the home of the latest victim, [[Kristen]], they find out that she had an obsession with vampires[[vampire]]s. Her room is a shrine to the recent trend of vampire movies, television shows, and books. Once they crack her laptop's password (Pattinson), they discover that she met someone online who claimed to be a real vampire and was supposed to meet him at a club called "The Black Rose." They're not sure that the online stranger was a real vampire, but [[Samuel Campbell |Samuel]] seems certain that vampires are involved. The disappearances in Limestone follow a pattern: this is the fourth town where kids have gone missing and a blood bank van has been jumped and the blood stolen. In this town, the driver of the blood bank van was found with his throat ripped out.

Sam and Dean go to "The Black Rose" and try to pick up the vampires' trail. Sam follows one suspicious man down to the basement of the club while Dean follows one outside to the alley. The man that Dean followed was just pretending to be a vampire to get girls, while the man that Sam followed was a vampire. Sam decapitates him and goes outside to find Dean, who has since been attacked by a real vampire named [[Boris]]. Instead of rushing to Dean's aid, Sam watches as [[Boris]] feeds Dean his blood, turning him. Sam then runs forward to prevent Boris from taking Dean with him to his nest.

When Dean gets back to the motel in Limestone, Samuel is there with Sam. Samuel tells them that the [[Campbell (family) |Campbells]] have a possible cure for vampirism written in Samuel's grandfather's journal, but it can only be used if Dean doesn't drink any human blood. Samuel and Sam will gather most of the ingredients for the cure, but Dean has to get the blood of the vampire, Boris, who turned him. Dean insists that he will go into the vampire nest alone: he can sense where they are and he's sure that Sam would just attract attention because he "reeks" like "a walking hamburger." Samuel gives Dean a syringe of [[Dead Man's Blood (Pad of Definitions) |dead man's blood]] to use against Boris, and Dean leaves. Once they're alone, Samuel confronts Sam about his apparent knowledge of the cure. He's worried that Sam purposefully let Dean get infected so that he could get inside the vampire nest and help them capture an [[Alpha]] vampire they've been looking for. Sam denies everything, but Samuel doesn't seem convinced.

Dean enters the vampires' nest and runs into [[Robert]], the vampire who lured the latest missing girl [[Kristen]] to be captured by [[Boris]]. Boris has been using attractive men as "recruiters" to bring young women to his nest to be turned, and he wants to use Dean in this capacity. Boris is not the [[Alpha]] vampire, but he is over six hundred years old, and he has been given orders to amass large numbers of vampires. Dean tries to get the jump on him, but Boris senses the [[Dead Man's Blood (Pad of Definitions) |dead man's blood]] and stops Dean before he can inject him. Suddenly, all the vampires are overcome by visions sent to them from the [[Alpha vampireVampire]]. When Dean wakes up from his vision, Boris sets all the vampires in the nest on him, but Dean kills them all with a large machete before killing Boris himself.

* [[Alpha]]* [[The Meaning of Episode Titles]]* [[Dead Man's Blood (Pad of Definitions)Vampire Cure]]

* "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus:''(plays in The Black Rose while Kristin searches for Robert)''* "Stolen Voices" by Witchman feat. Rosanne:''(plays in The Black Rose while Kristen and Robert talk about her poetry)'' 

'''Robert:''' Let me show you my world.<br>'''Kristin:''' Edgy. So ... your place, ... is there going to gonna be ... velvet?<br>'''Robert:''' Yeah, sure. Sure.<br>'''Kristin:''' ...This is it? But, ... it smells like pee...

'''Dean:''' These arenBut I was thinkin' that, uh, I'll wrap up here, and, y'know, make sure I'm not followed... I'll have to take side streets, and I'd have to come at night--<br>'''Lisa:''' Will you just shut up and get your ass home? I can't vampires, manwait to see you. These are douchebagsThis phone thing's getting old. }}

(looking at a book in Kristen's room)<br>'''Dean:''' Look at this. HeAh, these aren's watching her sleep. How is that not rapey?<br>'''Sam:''' I gotta concentrate heret vampires, man, Dean.<br>'''Dean:''' "He could hear the blood rushing inside her. Almost taste itthese. He tried desperately to control himself. Romero knew their love was impossible." Romero? Really? <br>'''Sam:''' Dean, shut up.<br>'''Dean:''' This is a national bestsellerthese are douche bags. How is that possible? }}

(trying to crack Kristen's password)<br>'''Dean:''' Hey, try LautnerLook at this.<br>'''Sam:''' Wait, heHe's a werewolfwatching her sleep. How do you even know who is that isnot rape-y?<br>'''Dean:''' What are you kidding me? That kid's everywhere. It's a freaking nightmare.<br>'''Sam:''' HeyI gotta concentrate here, how many T's are there in Pattin- That's itDean. We're in! }}

'''Dean:''' What are you 12? Are Well, you wearing glitter?<br>'''Fake Vamp:''' I only do it to get laidwanted Emo chicks, man.<br>'''Dean:''' Does it work? (fake vamp nods) I'll be damnedthink we hit Ground Zero. Alright, "MMMBop" your way out of hereThank you. Go! And use You think she wears all that rubber to the beach? When was the last time we had a condom!beer together, anyway? }}

'''Boris:''' You're pretty...<br>

'''Boris:''' I said, ... you're pretty.<br>

}}

'''DeanSamuel:''' Why arenWhat the hell't s wrong with you freaked out, Sam?<br>'''Sam:''' Of course I amWhaddya mean?<br>'''Samuel:''' You knew about the cure!<br>'''DeanSam:''' ReallyWhat? No, I didn'Cause I can hear your heart beating, t.<br>'''Samuel:''' But we talked about itmonths ago.<br>'s pretty damn steady''Sam:''' Not me. Must've been Christian or something.<br>'''SamSamuel:''' Huh. That's cause strange, cuz if you had known, it'd be almost like you let him get turned. Get a man on the inside? Help us find that alpha vamp we've been looking for?<br>'''Sam:''' Are you serious? You think I'm-- d do something like that, risk my own brother? What's wrong with you? Look, I'm trying to remain calmjust relieved we can fix him.<br> }}

'''Sam:''' How does it feel?<br>'''Dean:''' Now? Now you want to talk about my feelings?<br>'''Sam:, I can't hear you -- your blood is so frickin'' Noloud, okay? Just -- just back off. All right, I mean physicallygimme the damn cure.<br>L'''Dean:''' How do you think it feels? Not goodchaim... }}

'''Dean:''' Uhm... well, I'm still trying to work through it, but, uh... I'm pretty sure they're not figuring anything out on their own. They're getting their orders from the top... where to go next, everything.<br>'''Samuel:''' Top, as in...?<br>'''Dean:''' Their Alpha. At least, that's what I think it is. They've got some sort of psychic thing happening. He sends 'em, uh... I don't know -- messages?<br>'''Sam:''' Where are you goingSaying what?<br>'''Dean:''' Bathroom, okayHonestly? NewsflashRecruitment drive. Their Alpha's building an army.<br>'''Samuel:''' Well, Mrthat's comforting.<br>'''Dean:''' That's not the worst. Wizard<br>'''Sam:''' Then what is?<br>'''Dean: vampires pee!''' We don't scare them anymore. }}

'''Lisa:''' What's going on?<br>'''Dean:''' It doesn't matterYeah. But I need you to knowAt least, you and Ben, justuh... thanks, okay? For everythingyo got my back.<br>'''Lisa:''' DeanNo matter what happens, I can always count on you're scaring me.<br>'''Dean:''' (whispers) Oh, Godright, I'm Pattinson.<br>'''Lisa:''' WhatSammy?<br>'''DeanSam:''' NothingYeah. Of course, I gotta goDean.

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'''DeanThere are multiple references to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Saga_(film_series) ''Twilight' I'm okayseries] throughout this episode. I killed so many people on The two characters who meet at the Black Rose in the beginning of the way over here, soepisode are named Robert and Kristen.These are references to actors [http://www.imdb.'''com/name/nm1500155/ RobertPattinson] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829576/ Kristen Stewart], who played the lead roles in the ''Twilight'' Yeah, about thatmovies. Company line A large part of Robert and Kristen's conversation at the Black Rose in the beginning is we donalso a word-for-word copy of several conversations in the ''t just kill people anymore. But youTwilight've got to tell me what that's likeseries. Also, their mannerisms and appearances mirror and mimic those of the original actors.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=The song "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus was featured in the 1983 vampire movie ''Dean[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085701/ The Hunger.]''}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=The name of the bar in this episode is "The Black Rose." There are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rose multiple references to the Black Rose] throughout culture, art, and music, but in the context of this episode, it can be interpreted in two different ways: First, it' Yeahs the name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rose_%28BDSM_organization%29 a BDSM organization based in Washington D.C.] Notice that many of the patrons at the bar are wearing leather outfits. Second, first chance I getalthough [http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-stunningly-beautiful-black-roses-of-halfeti.html black roses] do, in fact, exist in nature, they have taken on multiple symbolic meanings in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rose_%28symbolism%29 literature, politics, I'll show you myselfand vernacular language.]}} {{TriviaQuote |Text=In the bar, Kristen trips and drops her Apple iPhone into Robert's hand, mirroring the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha35fD8Ky-A famous scene] from the first ''Twilight'' movie when Edward catches Bella's apple at lunch.

When [[Sera Gamble]] talked at the episode at [[Comic-Con 2010]] she said, “I was just doing a bit of work on the script today with Eric [Kripke] and he was like, ‘So what is this reference to dropping an apple?’ I was like, ‘You don’t know the dropping-an-apple thing? It’s from Twilight!’ I was like, ‘Come over here! You have to watch the promo!’[http://www.tvfanatic.com/2010/08/supernatural-spoilers-monsters-and-vampires-to-come/]}}{{TriviaQuote |Trivia_ReferencesText=When [[Kristen]] pricks her finger, and [[Robert]] averts his eyes because of the temptation, it is a reference to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula Bram Stoker's ''Dracula''.]''}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=The vampires in this episode feed by drinking bags of blood stolen from a blood bank. The character [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Salvatore#Damon_Salvatore Damon Salvatore] in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vampire_Diaries The Vampire Diaries]'' feeds in the same way, as does Dracula in the parody ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079489/ Love at First Bite]''.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=The fictional vampire series in the episode includes ''My Summer of Blood'' by Cynthia Rose, and the books and movies ''Dream of the Vampires I & II''. ''My Summer of Blood'' stars a vampire named Romero. The vampire's name may be a reference to horror writer/director [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001681/ George A. Romero], whose work has frequently been referenced in ''Supernatural''. It might also be a play on the name "Romeo." }}

The title of the episode triptych painting on Kristen's wall is a combination of "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337978/ Live Free or Die Hard]" and "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1099212/ Twilight]"an illustration by Spanish artist Victoria Frances.

There are multiple references to the [http'''Dean://en''' This is a national bestseller.wikipediaHow is that possible? Hey, try, uh -- 'Lautner.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Saga_(film_series) Twilight series] throughout this episode'<br>'''Sam:''' Wait -- he's a werewolf. The two characters How do you even know who meet at the Black Rose that is?<br>'''Dean:''' Are you kidding me? That kid's everywhere. It's a freakin' nightmare.:''Another reference to Twilight, in the beginning of the episode are named Robert and Kristen. These are references this case to actors actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1500155nm1210124/ Robert PattinsonTaylor Lautner] and , who plays werewolf [http://wwwen.imdbwikipedia.comorg/namewiki/nm0829576/ Kristen StewartJacob_Black Jacob Black.], who play the lead roles in the Twilight movies.''

'''DeanSam:''' Hey, try Lautnerhow many T's are there in 'Pattins-' That's it. We're in! Ha! All right.<br>Another :''Yet another reference to Twilight, in this case time to actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1210124nm1500155/ Taylor LautnerRobert Pattinson], who plays werewolf vampire [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Black Jacob BlackEdward_Cullen Edward Cullen.]. ''

'''SamDean:''' HeyAll right. You go with Efron, how many TI got Bieber.:'s are there in Pattin- That's it. We're in! <br>Yet another A reference to Twilight, this time to actor teen idols/heartthrobs [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1500155nm1374980/ Robert PattinsonZac Efron], who plays vampire and [http://enwww.wikipediaimdb.orgcom/wikiname/nm3595501/Edward_Cullen Edward CullenJustin Bieber].'' }}

'''Dean:''' AlrightI'll be damned. All right, "MMMbop" mmmbop your way out of outta here.<br>Go, go!:''A reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanson_(band) Hanson] song "[http://youtu.be/NHozn0YXAeE "MMMBop.]"]''

'''DeanBoris:''' Newsflash, MrI said... you're pretty. Wizard: vampires pee!<br>A reference to the science-oriented children's TV show "[http''Dean://en''' Yeah, sorry again, pal.wikipediaI don't play for your team.org/wiki/Watch_Mr:''Playing or not playing "for your team" is a phrase used to denote a person's sexual preferences._Wizard Mr. Wizard]The "team" terminology for a person's sexual preference was most famously used in the Seinfeld episode "The Beard."''

'''DeanSamuel:''' OhThat's my grandfather's journal. Cure's an old Campbell recipe, kind of like the soup. No one's tried it since God, knows. What I'm Pattinsonhear... this stuff is a bad trip.<br> Another reference to Twilight actor :''Samuel had referenced the infamous [http://www.imdbcampbells.com/namecampbell-soup/nm1500155/ Robert PattinsonCampbell's Soup]which bears an uncanny resemblance to his family's last name. It was an urban myth that soup can cure the common cold. ''

The '''Sam:''' Where you goin'?<br>'''Dean:''' Bathroom, okay? News flash, Mr. Wizard: vampires in this episode feed by drinking bags of blood stolen from a blood bank. The character pee!:''A reference to the science-oriented children's TV show [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Salvatore#Damon_Salvatore Damon Salvatore] in [http://enWatch_Mr._Wizard Mr.wikipediaWizard.org/wiki/The_Vampire_Diaries The Vampire Diaries] feeds in the same way. '' }}

The name of the bar in this episode is "The Black Rose." There are [http'''Dean://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rose multiple references to the Black Rose] throughout culture''' Oh, artGod, and music, but in the context of this episode, it can be interpreted in two different waysI'm Pattinson.: First, it's the name of 'Another reference to Twilight actor [http://enwww.wikipediaimdb.orgcom/name/wikinm1500155/Black_Rose_%28BDSM_organization%29 a BDSM organization based in Washington DCRobert Pattinson]. Notice , and the fact that many of the patrons his character Edward Cullen would stare at the bar are wearing leather outfits. Second, although black roses do not exist in nature, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rose_%28symbolism%29 in literature, politics, and vernacular language, they have taken on multiple symbolic meanings]Bella Swan like a creep.'' }}

In this episode, we learn of a Campbell family cure to reverse the vampire curse, which is entirely contingent on the person not having tasted blood yet. In [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093437/ the movie "''The Lost Boys''],"] and in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula the story "''Dracula,"''] it is also possible to reverse the vampire curse by killing the vampire who turned the person before he or she has tasted blood for the first time, which on a very basic level, is what Dean has to do in this episode to be healed.

'''Boris:''' These You're off... by about... six centuries? And these are the best days in the last 600 six hundred years to be a vampire. Dracula? Anne Rice? Pleaseplease. These stupid little brats are so horny they've reinvented us as Prince Charming with a Volvo. They... You -- you go out and you get them, and you bring 'em home to me.<br>:''References to one of the most famous vampires and one of the most famous vampire authors in literature and popular culture. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Dracula Dracula] is the vampire in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula]'',] which set the archetype for vampire mythology and portrayals in film, television and literature. [http://www.annerice.com/ Anne Rice,] wrote [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vampire_Chronicles vampire novels], the most famous being ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interview_with_the_Vampire "Interview with the Vampire]'',"] which were acclaimed worldwide bestsellers. Not named is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenie_Meyer Stephanie Meyer], author of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_(series) ''Twilight '' series].

This episode was produced sixth but aired fifth.}}

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