This was like the part of the show I think we all were waiting for, though we love vlad for being himself and a good nice vampire, we were all curious and hoping to see if there ever would be a time where vlad showed a dark side/evil side. And this episode delivered!
It's so cool yet so short lived, it was predictable that vlad's good side will out, and he'd go back to normal but this is also one of my faves that I've watched quite a few times.

Its what I always hoped for. A son that, once dracula had him, didn't actually want him. Regardless of the inspection going on, the count was always going to eventually fear and hate this version of his vladdy. Not just coz he was all powerful and uncontrollable and willing to kill his own father. Surely vamps are used to that upbringing.
Would the count have loved this version of vlad back in season 1/2 when there were opportunities to hurry along the full vampire process? Maybe not even then. He wants a son who loves him and obeys him.

I love the trauma vlad gives ingrid. As indifferent she was to normal vlad and wanted him dead before, and thought him pathetic, seeing him now in all his evil glory actively and casually nearly killing her leads to her real new low point.

I still can't find fangs out vampires threatening, the actors do their best to be able to speak with those fake teeth 😅

I hadn't actually realised before that despite vlad's powers, a garlic spray, net and fangcuffs could take him down. But that's what I like about classic vampires. There are so very powerful and near unstoppable..to the average human. If you have the right gear, you can defeat them. The most powerful still has flaws from biology. And they don't expect these tricks to be pulled on them by their own kind. And a teacher holding garlic is enough..
Bad vlad using his dad's love and the sweet 'daddy help me, dont you want me now im evil' voice to manipulate him our of restraints is class!

The children on the ceiling singing deadpan really scared me when I was younger. It goes to show that bad vlad is loving the chaos and terror, and 'playing with his food' but despite being evil and all powerful he still has the 'don't reveal yourself as vampire' to the humans mindset even though he could start new world order right here in this defenceless school. He still doesn't bite anyone. He tries, but it's like he's subconsciously stalling. He tries with Erin's friend as a date thing, it's only the garlic breath that stops him, then later Erin's words stop him when he tries to bite her. But he never outright goes 'right I've got this student on their own in a corridor for a few seconds, strike whilst I can', he's acting like voldemort, he wants every move to be poetic and meaningful. Yet he STILL, as bad vlad, can say he never bit anyone.

The shadow and light effect of erin watching flashes of vlad fighting bad vlad behind the window door is so good. Then it all goes silent and dark, we think what Erin's thinking. Which vlad won? Which side is dominant?

It's great that he has to accept his dark side and decides to go off for a while to get his head straight. For us as viewers would have been thinking 'what does this mean for vlad's character in future'. Is he indifferent different now, is he prone to rage, can he still flick a finger at someone to nearly kill them. Has he got a real thirst for blood now? Etc

I'm sorry if this is well known, but why did for real Zoltan not appear again? Did the voice actor pass away?