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3.7 Fresh Blood Dean: "You just charged a super vamped out Gordon with no weapon. A little reckless, don't you think?" Touching, as well as heavy. Also scary. This one was so intense that it had me talking out loud to the television. I was almost sorry to see Gordon go. He was a great character: very scary, totally psycho, and that was even before he became a vampire. Which was unexpected, and actually shocked me. It made sense that he would implode in an orgy of self-hate, that he wouldn't be able to bear being one of the monsters he hunted. Although if Sam hadn't taken him out, I wonder if that would have changed. Maybe Gordon would have accepted what he was, rationalized it somehow. He could have been a vampire opponent extraordinaire, too. Sam didn't just kill Gordon; he did it in a intensely close-up, messy way without so much as flinching. That, and the way Sam confronted Dean so effectively about his fear, finally made Dean treat Sam like an adult and an equal. That final scene where Dean started teaching Sam to fix the Impala was touching in an understated way, because it was Dean's way of acknowledging that Sam was right. Dean really is terrified about what is going to happen to him. He's reckless and out of control because he wants to just die and get it over with. (Brief aside. I've always been more into Dean than Sam, but the balance is shifting a little closer. I like Sam like this. A lot.) Bela made a brief, long distance appearance: first, to rat out the boys, and second, to make it up to them. Even though she gave them up for a good reason -- to save her own life -- she also faced down Gordon Walker without turning a hair. She doesn't lack for nerve, I'll give her that. Did Gordon die because he literally lost his mojo to Bela? Bits and pieces: -- Mercedes McNab, who played ditsy vampire Harmony on both "Buffy" and "Angel", gave a good performance as the confused victim-turned-vampire in the opener. This was the second time they brought in a "Buffy" actor to play a vampire. I like it. It's like an unspoken tribute. Or maybe they just know their audience. Or both. -- Apparently, being a vamp is like a permanent acid trip. You just never come down. -- I laughed when Gordon and Kubrick showed up in that hospital room in nice suits and badges. Masquerading as FBI agents must be a hunter thing. I was sorry to lose Kubrick, too: he was a hoot. -- Lots of arm-cutting with great big knives: Dean, Gordon, Dixon the vamp. Did it symbolize something? That they're all bleeding, all doomed? Dean got bitten twice, too. -- They set up their latest local motel like a bunker, with mattresses blocking the windows. That was different. -- Last week's episode was in Massachusetts. No clue about where this one took place. -- In that final battle scene, after Sam killed Gordon in such a gory way, there was one of those industrial signs in the background about how long it had been since the last accident on the job: 183 days. Nice touch. I don't suppose "183" means anything? I've been watching "Lost" too long. -- Not that I'm not enjoying the past few episodes, because they've all been great. But where are all the demons that escaped from the Hellmouth? I thought they were going to be sort of important this season. Quotes: Gordon: "Sam Winchester is the antichrist." Bela: "I heard something about that..." Gordon: "It's true." Bela: "...from my good friend, the Easter Bunny. Who heard it from the Tooth Fairy. You're off your meds." Dixon: "I've lost everyone I've ever loved. I'm staring down eternity alone. Can you think of a worse hell?" Dean: "Well, there's hell." Dixon: "I wasn't thinking. I just, I didn't care anymore. Do you know what that's like? Where you just don't give a damn? It's like being dead already." Dixon was, of course, saying exactly what Dean was feeling. Dean: "It's just another day at the office. It's a massively dangerous day at the office." Sam: "I'm sick and tired of your stupid kamikaze trick." Dean: "Whoa, whoa, kamikaze? I'm more like a ninja." Sam: "It's not funny." Dean: "It's a little funny." Gordon: "You're not human, Sam." Sam: "Look who's talking." Another excellent episode. This show just keeps blowing me away, Billie |
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