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{{Infobox-TV-episode
{{Infobox-TV-episode
| Title        = [[]]
| Title        = Live Free or TwiHard
| Series      = [[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]
| Series      = [[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]
| Image        =
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| Caption      =
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| Season      = 6
| Season      = 6
| Episode      =  
| Episode      = 5 (#109)
| Airdate      = 2010
| Airdate      = Oct. 22, 2010
| Production  =  
| Production  =  
| Writer      =   
| Writer      =  Brett Matthews
| Director    =  
| Director    = Rod Hardy
| Guests      =
| Guests      =
| Episode list = [[List of Supernatural episodes]]
| Episode list = [[List of Supernatural episodes]]
| Prev        = [[]]
| Prev        = [[Weekend at Bobby's]]
| Next        = [[]]
| Next        = '''[[You Can't Handle the Truth (Supernatural episode)|You Can't Handle the Truth]]'''
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* Dean & Sam investigating a series of teen girls murdered or disappeared; the latest victim is a [[vampire]] fan. 
* Sam lets Dean get turned into a vampire, presumably, as Samuel guesses, so that he can lead him to the vampire nest.
* They find an old cure ... drinking the (boiled?) blood of the vampire that turned you.
; Gender & sexuality politics
* Dean, flipping thru a book that is a "national bestseller" about a teen girl and a vampire -- a clear allusion to ''[[Twilight]]'' by [[Stephenie Meyer]], as is the title -- describes the cover: "Look at this: He's watching her sleep. How is that not [[rape]]y?"
* Dean is repeatedly uncomfortable with gay men / male queerness in this episode.




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Latest revision as of 10:23, 1 October 2011

Supernatural episode
“Live Free or TwiHard”
Episode no. Season 6
Episode 5 (#109)
Writer(s) Brett Matthews
Director Rod Hardy
Production no.
Original airdate Oct. 22, 2010
Episode chronology
← Previous Next →
"Weekend at Bobby's" "You Can't Handle the Truth"

List of Supernatural episodes

  • Dean & Sam investigating a series of teen girls murdered or disappeared; the latest victim is a vampire fan.
  • Sam lets Dean get turned into a vampire, presumably, as Samuel guesses, so that he can lead him to the vampire nest.
  • They find an old cure ... drinking the (boiled?) blood of the vampire that turned you.


Gender & sexuality politics
  • Dean, flipping thru a book that is a "national bestseller" about a teen girl and a vampire -- a clear allusion to Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, as is the title -- describes the cover: "Look at this: He's watching her sleep. How is that not rapey?"
  • Dean is repeatedly uncomfortable with gay men / male queerness in this episode.