Buffy The Vampire Slayer

"In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer."

Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as The Chosen One, aka Buffy Summers, the one girl in the world with the strength and skill to hunt vampires. With the help of her close friends, Willow (Alyson Hannigan ), Xander (Nicholas Brendon), and her Watcher Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) she balances slaying, family, friendships, and relationships.

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar
Role: Buffy Anne Summers

Birthplace: New York, NY USA
Birthday: 4-14-1977

Sarah began her acting career at age 4 when she was discovered by an agent while eating in a local restaurant. Three weeks later she was on the set of her first film, An Invasion of Privacy. This chance discovery was to lead to a professional career which has lasted 24 of her 28 years of life. In addition to having been one of the two regular hostesses of the TV talk show, "Girl Talk," Sarah is a veteran of TV, film, and stage. She has appeared with Matthew Broderick and Eric Stoltz in "The Widow Claire" at the Circle in the Square theater, and had a feature film open in which she co-starred with Sally Kirkland and Robert Lupone. She has appeared on Spenser: For Hire, Love, Sidney, The David Letterman Show and The Regis Philbin Show. She has done over 100 commercials and is a Wilhelmina Model. She has also appeared in Crossbow which she filmed in France and Switzerland. Sarah played Molly in the original cast of Neil Simon's Jake's Women and young Jacqueline Bouvier in the award winning NBC mini-series A Woman Named Jackie. Sarah started to gain a small, but loyal, fanbase when she played the lead role of Sydney Rutledge in the teen soap opera, Swan's Crossing.

On February 24th 1993, Sarah Michelle began work on the set of All My Children. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1994 and, although she lost, she was nominated again in 1995 and won in the Younger Leading Actress category. Although she had given the producers 6 months notice of her decision to leave the show, she made her decision public the day after the Emmy win. After 2 ½ years, Sarah left the set of AMC and moved to California to seek new fame in films or TV.

In 1996, Sarah was picked as the lead of a new series called Buffy the Vampire Slayer based on the movie by the same name. Warner Brothers bought 13 episodes of the show, and although ratings of the pilot were the highest ever of any of the WB lineup, it ranked 100th out of 107 programs in the Nielson ratings. Warner Brothers renewed the show for another 22 episodes which began airing September 15th, 1997.

In June of 1997, Sarah finished shooting I Know What You Did Last Summer which stars her and Jennifer Love Hewitt as teens who try to cover up a hit and run. It was released on October 17th and became number one that weekend, earning a profit in just two days. Shortly after filming IKWYDLS, Sarah flew down to Atlanta, GA to film Scream 2, which had the largest December opening of a film and made more money in it's first weekend than the other top 9 films combined.

Sarah next took a break from the horror genre to film Cruel Intentions, Simply Irresistible and Harvard Man.

On March 10, 1998, Sarah won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award in the Best Supporting Actress - Horror category for her role in I Know What You Did Last Summer.

On August 12th, 1999, Sarah signed a contract with Maybelline to become the first celebrity spokeswoman since Lynda Carter in the late 70's, and can be seen in television and print advertising for the makeup company.
The new millennium has been very favourable to Sarah so far. In 2000, she won a few awards given out by the Teen Choice Awards and the MTV Movie awards.

2001 proved to be a great year for her personal and professional lives. First, she earned a nomination in the Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama category in the Golden Globe Awards. Then she became engaged to Freddie Prinze Jr. on her birthday in April. The Teen Choice Awards also honored Sarah that summer with an Extraordinary Achievement Award.

In 2002, Scooby Doo, the movie Sarah co-starred in with Freddie, Matt Lillard and Linda Cardellini, became a summer blockbuster earning a whopping $250 million worldwide. In June she co-hosted the MTV Movie Awards, which became the highest rated in the show's history. This year also marked the most memorable occasion in her personal life. On September 1, 2002, Sarah and Freddie exchanged their marriage vows in a private ceremony in Mexico. In October, Sarah was honored with a Woman of The Year Award by Glamour Magazine during their Annual Women of The Year Awards.

In 2003, after 7 successful seasons of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Sarah Michelle Gellar called it quits. She then focused on several projects, including Scooby Doo 2 and The Grudge, both of which were released in 2004. Sarah has decided to move on to movies but still looks back fondly on her years on Buffy. She had hoped to guest star on the spin-off "Angel" when her schedule cleared up, but the cancellation of that show in 2004 prevented it.

Alyson Hannigan
Role: Willow Rosenberg

Birthplace: Washington DC
Birthday: 3-24-1974

Alyson was born in Washington, DC in 1974. Her parents divorced in 1976 when she was only 2, and by 1978 (at the tender age of 4) she was living in Atlanta and working in commercials for Oreos, McDonalds, and Six Flags Amusement Parks.

In 1985 she moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles and began to pursue her acting career in earnest. She was cast in many movies but none of them gained her fame, until she auditioned for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Although the part for Willow had already been cast, everyone was so impressed by Alyson's audition, that they gave her the part. She worked on the series for seven seasons.

Her work on the big screen includes such hits as “My Stepmother is an Alien” (1988) and the successful “American Pie” trilogy (1999-2003). She is proud of the success that the "American Pie" movies have found, and she is now widely known for being the "Band Camp Girl."

She and “Buffy” co-star Alexis Denisof were married in October of 2003. She can currently be seen on the television show "How I Met Your Mother."

Charisma Carpenter
Role: Cordelia Chase

Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Birthday: 7-23-1970

Charisma carpenter studied classical ballet as a child. After moving and changing high schools often, she attended Vista School of Creative and Performing Arts. After high school, she became a cheerleader for the San Diego Chargers.

In 1992, she moved to L.A. and attended classes at Playhouse West, where she appeared in many plays and television commercials.

She got small roles in shows like 'Baywatch,' and appeared in the short-lived series 'Malibu Shores.' Later, she landed the role of Cordeila Chase on 'Buffy, the Vampire Slayer' and it's spin-off, 'Angel.'

In 2002 she wed Damian Hardy, and in 2004, the couple welcomed their son, Donovan, into the world.

Anthony Stewart Head
Role: Rupert Giles

Birthplace: Camden Town, London, England, UK
Birthday: 2-20-1954

Anthony Stewart Head was born on February 20th 1954 in Camden, (UK). His mother is actress Helen Shingler, and his father is Seafield Head, a producer and the founder of "Verity Films". He's got an elder brother (Murray), who is also an actor. His life companion is Sarah Fisher. Sarah and Anthony met when he was 28 and she was 18.Anthony and sarah have two daughters; Emily Rose (born 1989) and Daisy May (born 1991).

Anthony was the Herald in the "Jackdaw of Rheims" at six, and the Emperor in the "Emperor's New Clothes" at seven. In junior high school he participated in house drama competitions and won three years running. while in school he used to write plays. After high school, he worked for his father's company for a year as an assisting editor.

Head originally wanted a career in music, and so he attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where he stayed until 1976. Like many actors, he started his career on stage.
His debut was as Jesus in "Godspell" in London's West End. He really got his fame from a series of commercials for "Gold Blend coffee". This was a career booster, but now he was labelled as "a smooth talking, romantic leading man".

After his commercial hit, he decided to try his luck in the USA. He moved to Los Angeles and struggled for some time, not being able to get any TV jobs, until he landed the role as Oliver Sampson in the scifi series VR5. He also managed to land the role as Giles in the series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. In what free time he had from Buffy, Head was working on a Gothic musical. Anthony chose to become a recurring character in Buffy's sixth season, so that he could spend more time in England.

Head has appeared in many British television shows since then, such as the BBC's MI5 drama, Little Britain and Manchild.

Michelle Trachtenberg
Role: Dawn Summers

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Birthday: 10-11-1985

Michelle has been acting since she was very young and was most recently in the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

For the past five years, Trachtenberg has been an active spokesperson for R.A.D.D., DARE America, The Starlight Foundation and many others. Her contributions to the fight against drugs earned her the prestigious responsibility of representing the youth of America at CNN's headquarters in Atlanta, where she helped President Clinton launch "The Coalition for a Drug Free America" campaign.

In her spare time, Trachtenberg enjoys yoga, swimming, bicycling, ice-skating, crafts, writing short stories and spending time with her family and friends and her two cats.

Nicholas Brendon
Role: Alexander 'Xander' Harris

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday: 4-12-1971

Nicholas Brendon is best known for his stint as Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is currently starring on FOX's Kitchen Confidential. He turned to acting when his aspirations of playing professional baseball were squelched by a serious arm injury.

He first appeared on television in a handful of commercials and guest-starring roles including Married…with Children and Dave's World. Feeling slightly disenchanted with Hollywood, he took a personal hiatus to play the "real-life" roles of medical student, production assistant, plumber's assistant, veterinary janitor, food delivery guy, script delivery guy, day care counsellor and waiter (at approximately 13 different establishments). During his seventh year in the food and beverage industry, Brendon decided to give acting another try. Soon after, he landed the role of Xander and hung up his apron for good - he hopes.

His feature film credits include Psycho Beach Party and the horror film Pinata (aka Demon Island), in which he co-stars with wife Tressa DiFiglia. (She also appeared in Amber Benson's film Chance.)

Nick has also starred in Los Angeles theater productions of The Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer at Theater West, My Own Private Hollywood at the Black Hole Theater, and Out of Gas on Lover's Leap at the Pasadena Playhouse.

Off-screen, the Los Angeles native enjoys attending Dodger games, camping and spending quality time with friends and family. He also enjoys daydreaming of world travel, writing poetry, philanthropy and watching anything on A&E.

Marc Blucas
Role: Riley Finn

Birthplace: Girard, Pennsylvania USA
Birthday: 1-11-1972

Marc graduated from Girard High School in 1990. He played basketball throughout his high school years. Marc accepted a full athletic scholarship to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem North Carolina. After graduating from college, he played one year in Europe for the Manchester Giants.

After deciding he didn't want to become a lawyer, Marc went on to acting where he got the role of Riley Finn in the hit WB series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After his character was deemed unpopular, Marc left the show and went on to the big screen and found success.

Seth Green
Role: Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne

Birthplace: Philadelphia, USA
Birthday: 2-8-1974

Seth was born to Herbert, a maths teacher, and Barbara, an artist in Philadelphia, PA. The couple already had a daughter, Kaela also an actress. Seth and Kaela were raised in Overbrook Park. It is said that a photograph of him being born was used in an ad campaign for natural childbirth, but Seth's mother has denied this rumour. He attended public school and played soccer. Seth decided to make acting his career at age six when he took part in a workshop in his hometown and after appearing in a summer camp performance of "Hello, Dolly!" Seth actually got his start in commercials as a child including a John Denver Album, Fruit Loops, Carl's Jr., Rally's (the origination of the catchphrase "Cha-Ching!" which still follows Seth around to this day), Wendy's, Jello Pudding Pops, Kodak, Hewlett Packard Printer, California Department of Health Services on Smoking and most recently the US Sci-Fi Channel. One of his commercials was with Sarah Michelle Gellar, when she was four years old.

"It's weird. People seem to know me from stuff that I never would expect them to. If somebody recognizes me, I'm never quite sure what it's from." - Seth

He went on to appear in such illustrious telly as The X-Files, The Wonder Years, Beverly Hills 90210, Evening Shade, SeaQuest DSV (as Wolfman, maybe a sign of things to come?) before his extended exposure on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer as Oz.

He has appeared in many movies including: Hotel New Hampshire, Radio Days (as a young Woody Allen), My Stepmother Is An Alien (as Alyson Hannigan's boyfriend another omen?), Pump Up The Volume (with Juliet Landau also of Buffy fame), the 1992 movie version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (his scenes were cut), Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, Stonebrook, Idle Hands, Enemy Of The State, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Can't Hardly Wait.

Interestingly, Seth had a part in the movie version of Buffy — unfortunately, his part ended up on the cutting room floor, though a still photo of him (as a vampire) is on the back of the box of the US video release.

He graduated from Lamberton High School in 1991.

"I'm like the guy they knew from high school. People feel they know me." - Seth

Though Seth has a very large list of credits, he didn't gain notoriety until Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Austin Powers came along.

"The failures keep you humble and sane. They make you realize how fleeting any form of success is." - Seth

James Marsters
Role: Spike (2003-2004)

Birthplace: Greenville, CA
Birthday: 8-20-1962

James Wesley Marsters was born August 20, 1962. He is originally from Greenville, California, but grew up in Modesto. His father used to be a minister, and his mother, a social worker, almost became a nun. He has one brother and one sister and graduated from Davis High School in Modesto. He studied at Juilliard, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American Conservatory Theatre. While doing regional theatre in Chicago, he co-founded the New Mercury Theatre company (named after Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre). In 1990, New Mercury's founders packed the operation up and relocated to Seattle in the hopes of finding more opportunity. They played there for a number of years, using any available space, including the basements of restaurants and churches, but eventually found themselves a more permanent space near Pioneer Square. Acting on advice from fellow actors and seeing only meager future earnings on the stage, Marsters eventually departed to seek a more solid salary in Hollywood. After taking several small guest starring roles on shows like Northern Exposure and Moloney, he landed the role of a vampire named Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That short-term guest role turned into a long-term contract and James became a regular on the series in its fourth season. He also guest starred in Millennium on the FOX network and had a role in the 1999 horror film The House On Haunted Hill. In 1998, he filmed only a single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but kept himself busy with a fairly large role in an independent film called Winding Roads.

Currently, he is appearing as a guest star on Smallville. James also spends much of his time doing convention appearances around the world and filming guest-starring roles for other series.

When he's not on camera, he works on his car, drives in the desert, paints, and writes. He also plays guitar and sings on stage at the Santa Monica nightclub 14 Below. James lives in the greater Los Angeles area and is currently single.
In addition to his acting talents, James is also a musician and performs regularly at California nightclubs. Typically, he sings his original compositions with a few cover songs thrown into the mix. Some of the artists he covers include Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Neil Young, and Nirvana.

James has traditionally been a solo act, but recently he's formed a band with Buffy the Vampire Slayer writers Steve DeKnight and Doug Petrie, as well as Soccer Hooligans guitarist Charlie DeMars. The band is called Ghost of the Robot and they have been touring around a bit.

David Boreanaz
Role: Angel

Birthplace: Buffalo, NY
Birthday: 5-16-1969

David was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Philadelphia. As a child he dreamed of becoming an actor, and when he graduated high school he moved to New York and studied acting at Ithica College. After college, he moved to Los Angeles.

He got his first break when he played Kelly Bundy's boyfriend on the sitcom Married... With Children, but he was thrust into the limelight when he was tapped to play the vampire Angel in the successful Buffy, The Vampire Slayer series and it's spin-off, Angel.

David currently stars in the hit Fox series Bones with Emily Deschanel.

Emma Caulfield
Role: Anya

Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
Birthday: 4-8-1972

Emma has started her acting career in 1994 with a guest spot on an episode of Burke's Law. In 1995, Emma has a recurring role as Susan on Beverly Hills, 90210 in the show's sixth season.

After her stint on Beverly Hills, 90210, Emma then landed a part on the soap opera General Hospital.

Emma is best known for her portrayal of vengeance demon turned human, Anya, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She joined the cast in their third season (1998), and she was a star of the show until its ending in 2003.

Mark Metcalf
Role: The Master

Birthplace: Findlay, Ohio, USA
Birthday: 3-11-1946

Mark started acting in film in 1977 with his role in the movie Julie. In 1979, Mark started acting on television with a two episode role on the television show, Barnaby Jones. In 1981, Mark has a 4 episode role in the television series, Hill Street Blues.

In 1997, Mark got casted for a show called Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He got the part of "The Master." His character would become a fan favorite and he would continue to guest star until Buffy's last season. Mark also was in one episode of Buffy's spin-off show, Angel, in which he played the same character he did one Buffy.

Eliza Dushku
Role: Faith

Birthplace: Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
Birthday: 12-30-1980

Eliza Dushku was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, to an Albanian father and Danish mother, and raised in the LDS Church, the faith of her mother (though she is not actively practicing). She has three brothers, Aaron, Ben, and Nate, the latter of whom is also an actor. Eliza lives in the Los Angeles area with Nate, the oldest of her three brothers, whom she calls her "partner in crime."

Eliza came to the attention of casting agents when she was 10. Along with her brother, she went to a commercial audition where she tripped on the stairs, got a blood nose, and became an instant drama queen. At 12, she was chosen at the end of a five month search throughout the United States for the lead role of Alice, opposite Juliette Lewis in the film That Night. In 1993, Eliza landed a role as Pearl alongside Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in This Boy's Life, a role that she said opened a lot of doors. Eliza says that Dicaprio taught her how to deal with bullies and other high school dangers, for which she is grateful.

The following year, she played the teenage daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies. She also had parts as Paul Reiser's daughter in Bye Bye, Love, as Cindy Johnson with Halle Berry and Jim Belushi in Race the Sun, as well as roles in a television movie and a short film.

Eliza took some time off from acting to finish her junior and senior years of high school. She was accepted to the George Washington and Suffolk Universities in Boston.

After completing high school, Eliza returned to acting with the role of Faith, a Slayer much more troubled than the main character Buffy. Though initially planned as a five episode role, the character became so popular that she stayed on for the entirety of the third season. She has also made guest appearances in Buffy's spin-off, Angel.

Because of her convincing role as a sociopath, she became an icon to many criminals. She was inundated with piles of fan mail from legions of prisoners.

In 2000, she starred with Kirsten Dunst in the cheerleader comedy Bring It On, which was a surprising success at the box office that spawned a sequel. Kevin Smith invited her to be a part of his final adventure for his two characters, Jay and Silent Bob, in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, where Eliza co-starred with Shannon Elizabeth, Ali Larter, Ben Affleck, and others. After this, Eliza starred in Soul Survivors, opposite Ben Affleck's brother Casey, followed by a role in The New Guy.

Eliza then returned to work with Robert De Niro and director Michael Caton-Jones in City by the Sea, playing James Franco's junkie girlfriend and mother of his child. The film garnered attention from a wider adult audience and several good reviews.

2003 saw the release of Wrong Turn, a horror film in which Eliza had the starring role, and The Kiss, an independent comedy-drama. Starting that same year, she also starred in a new Fox TV series, Tru Calling, where she played the main character, Tru Davies.

On October 1, 2005, she announced at Wizard World Boston that shooting had begun for Nobel Son (to be released in 2006), in which she will star with Alan Rickman, Danny DeVito, Bill Pullman, and Peter Boyle. Eliza also announced that she would appear in a Broadway production entitled "Dog Sees God" in December of 2005.

Amber Benson
Role: Tara

Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama
Birthday: 1-8-1977

Amber was born in Birmingham, Alabama on January 8, 1977. Her experience with show business started early, and she had already studied acting, dancing, and singing by the time she was 13. During her teen years she performed in a number of productions at a community theater, and by 1992 she and her family had moved to Los Angeles so that she could pursue her acting career full time.

Amber landed her first movie role in 1993 in “King of the Hill”. The same year she played Alicia Silverstone’s best friend Cheyenne in “The Crush”. She then moved to the small screen playing the daughter of Detective Jack Reed in a series of made-for-TV movies called, “Jack Reed: Badge of Honor” , “Jack Reed: A Search for Justice”, and “Jack Reed: One of Our Own.”

Most of Amber’s film career revolves around independent films, with parts in “Take it Easy”, “Deadtime”, “Don’s Plumb” with Leonardo DiCaprio, and “Hollywood, Pennsylvania.” Her parts in larger films include “S.F.W.” with Reese Witherspoon, “Imaginary Crimes” with Harvey Keitel, and “Bye Bye, Love” with Paul Reiser and Eliza Dushku.

Still, she is easily best known for her three seasons on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” as Tara, the shy and awkward witch who becomes involved with Willow in season 4 of the series. The time on the show opened many doors for Amber, both in front of the camera, and behind it.

In the new millennium, Amber has been working in many other areas of show business. She has written a film script (“The Theory of the Leisure Class”) and two shorter animated pieces for BBC television (“Ghosts of Albion: Legacy” and “Ghosts of Albion: Embers”). She also wrote, produced, directed, and starred in her own film in 2002 called “Chance.” She most recently finished writing the script for her movie "Lovers, Liars and Lunatics." She is also on a book tour with Christopher Golden, promoting their book, "Ghosts of Albion: Accursed."

Mercedes McNab
Role: Harmony Kendall (2004)

Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Birthday: 3-14-1980

Mercedes Alicia McNab, now in her mid-twenties, is an only child. She has been acting professionally since she was 10, and her best known film role is probably as the girl scout in the Addams Family and its sequel. She has also appeared in the films Savage Land and Escape from Atlantis, among others. She has been on TV in shows such as Harry and the Hendersons, USA High, and Touched by an Angel. Mercedes is currently living in Los Angeles with her parents.

In 1997, Mercedes got a role as Harmony on the television show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She would continue to play this role in the shows first five seasons, then she moved to Buffy's sister show, Angel for one episode in its second season. In mid 2004, Mercedes, after 8 years of working in the "BuffyVerse," became a regular character on Angel in the series fifth season.

Season 1

Welcome To The Hellmouth (1)

Episode Number: 1

Buffy Summers is the Slayer, but after being expelled from her old High School for burning down the gym (it was full of vampires) she just wants to forget about her destiny and be a normal sixteen year old girl. She and her mother move from L.A. to Sunnydale, California. A new school, new friends, and a chance to start over.
But Sunnydale is on top of a Hellmouth - a center of mystical convergence that draws evil and demonic forces - and Buffy soon realizes that she will have to pick up her stakes and holy water in order to save her new friends.

The Harvest (2)

Episode Number: 2

Buffy rescues Willow and Xander, but Jesse is left in the hands of the vampires. Buffy no longer resists her calling, but immediately begins to plan a rescue. Because they are already involved, Giles tells Xander and Willow about vampires and demons, and that Buffy is the Slayer.

They are overwhelmed by it all, but they insist on helping Buffy. Meanwhile, Luke and the other vampires are planning to begin The Harvest, a dark ritual that will free the Master from his underground prison. Needing to slaughter innocents for the ritual, they descend upon The Bronze to feed. And only the Slayer stands in their way.

Witch

Episode Number: 3

It's time for cheerleader tryouts, and Buffy can't resist! However, when the girls start getting knocked out of the competition by spontaneous combustion, sudden blindness, and other freak accidents, Buffy and the gang begin to suspect that someone may be behind these not so normal occurrences. Could someone be using dark magic in order to make the squad?

Teacher’s Pet

Episode Number: 4

Xander, and most of the male population of Sunnydale High, are falling all over themselves trying to impress the new substitute Biology teacher, Miss French. When Buffy sees this femme fatale scare off a particularly nasty vampire, however, she begins to suspect that Xander may be in serious trouble.

Never Kill A Boy On The First Date

Episode Number: 5

Yearning for a normal life, Buffy agrees to a date with the mysterious and brooding Owen. Giles discovers a prophecy of coming danger which would interfere with her plans, but she chooses Owen over battling the forces of darkness. When Giles goes out on his own and is trapped by a group of vampires, Buffy must figure out a way to balance dating and Slaying.

The Pack

Episode Number: 6

While enduring the annual field trip to the zoo, Xander and several other students enter the quarantined Hyena pen and become possessed by the spirit of the wild animals. Buffy notices that Xander is acting different, more aggressive and mean, but she must figure out what happened and how to reverse it before something terrible happens.

Angel

Episode Number: 7

After he saves her from a gang of vampire warriors, Angel and Buffy's relationship grows. As their love blooms, Buffy learns that Angel has been hiding a dark secret. She hesitates, not sure what to believe, but when Angel's secret puts someone she loves in danger, she knows what she has to do.

I Robot, You Jane

Episode Number: 8

In 1418 a group of Italian priests use magick to trap the demon Moloch in a book, only to be released if the book is ever read aloud. In 1997 Sunnydale the computer teacher, Ms. Calendar, is working on a project to digitally scan all the books in the library. When a new arrival, in a strange language, is scanned, Moloch is released into the computer... and into every computer connected to it. Now Buffy must face Moloch's human minions, while Giles must figure out how to exorcise a demon from the Internet.

The Puppet Show

Episode Number: 9

The new principal forces Giles to run Sunnydale High's annual talent show, and Buffy, Willow and Xander have to perform against their will. As if this isn't bad enough, things go further awry when one of the talent show participants is found with her heart removed. Buffy and the gang race against the clock to find the killer, and all the clues point to Morgan and his ventriloquist dummy.

Nightmares

Episode Number: 10

When strange things start happening to the students at Sunnydale High, it seems that everyone is living their worst nightmares. Buffy and the gang must hold together to stop the phenomena before reality and the nightmare world become one.

Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight

Episode Number: 11

An invisible force is attacking the students and teachers at Sunnydale High. Buffy and the gang must find a way to stop this unseen menace, and determine why it seems to be centering its attacks on Cordelia.

Prophecy Girl

Episode Number: 12

Giles discovers an ancient prophecy which states that Buffy will face the Master and she will die. Upon hearing this, Buffy breaks down and tries to quit her Slayer duties, but when vampires massacre a group of students on campus she realizes that she must face her destiny in order to save her friends.

Season 2

When She Was Bad

Episode Number: 13

Buffy returns from her summer vacation in L.A., but she is not the same fun-loving Slayer she used to be. Her cold, distant behavior escalates when she discovers that the remaining vampire population have the Master's bones and are planning to resurrect their fallen leader.

Some Assembly Required

Episode Number: 14

The bodies of several recently deceased teen girls are stolen from their graves, and most of the parts are discovered in a dumpster on school grounds. From the missing pieces, the gang deduces that someone has collected almost enough parts to build their own girl. Now, all they need is a head, and it has to be fresh...

School Hard

Episode Number: 15

A dangerous new vampire named Spike comes to town, hoping to use the power of the Hellmouth to restore his love, Drusilla, to health. He has killed two slayers before, and he decides to make Buffy the third, attacking Sunnydale High on Parent Teacher Night. Buffy must find a way to stop Spike and his vampire minions, lead her mom and the other parents and students to safety, and keep them from finding out that she is the Slayer.

Inca Mummy Girl

Episode Number: 16

While on a field trip to the local museum, one of the students breaks a ceramic seal in the coffin of an Incan mummy. The mummy rises and must consume the life-force of others in order to remain alive and retain her human appearance. She tries to fit in with the students at Sunnydale, and even starts to have real feelings for Xander. But when Buffy, Willow, and Giles realize who and what she really is, they may have to rescue Xander before he becomes the mummy’s next victim.

Reptile Boy

Episode Number: 17

Giles is pushing Buffy in her Slayer training, her mother’s rules are becoming more and more strict, and Angel is growing more over-protective. Buffy is feeling pulled apart. When Cordelia’s college crush shows up on campus with a friend who has eyes for Buffy, Cordelia convinces Buffy to come with her to the frat party. But the party soon turns sinister, and Buffy learns the connection between the fraternity and the local girls who have recently gone missing. Xander, Giles, Angel and Willow must crash the party before all Hell breaks loose.

Halloween

Episode Number: 18

On Halloween, Buffy, Willow and Xander are "volunteered" by Principal Snyder to take groups of kids trick-or-treating. Buffy takes advantage of the opportunity to impress Angel by dressing as a woman from the time when he was human. When most of the kids in Sunnydale magically become whatever they were dressed as, it is up to soldier-Xander and ghost-Willow to find a way to break the spell and defend Buffy, who is now a weak and frail 18th century noblewoman.

Lie To Me

Episode Number: 19

Ford, an old friend of Buffy’s from L.A., shows up unexpectedly in Sunnydale, and seems to know that she is the Slayer. When Xander, Willow, and Angel discover that he is involved with a cultish group of disillusioned teens who idolize vampires, they must find out Ford’s true agenda before it’s too late.

The Dark Age

Episode Number: 20

The secrets of Giles’s dark past come back to haunt him when an old friend turns up dead in Sunnydale. As a troubled youth, Giles (known then as "Ripper") and his friends summoned a demon called Eyghon The Sleepwalker. Now, Eyghon has returned and is hunting down the people who used to call him up for their amusement. And the only two left are Giles and Ethan Rayne.

What’s My Line? (1)

Episode Number: 21

Its "Career Week" at Sunnydale High and Buffy is faced with the reality that she has no future apart from her destiny as the Slayer. Meanwhile, in order to stop Buffy from interfering in his plans, Spike sends four deadly assassins to ensure the Slayer has no future. Also, a mysterious girl is following Buffy and Angel around and Xander and Cordelia are trapped in Buffy's house after being attacked by one of the assassins.

What’s My Line? (2)

Episode Number: 22

Buffy is attacked by the mysterious girl and during the fight learns that her name is Kendra and that she is a Vampire Slayer. Apparently her temporary death at the hands of the Master was enough to activate the next Slayer, and she has come to Sunnydale. They call a truce, and Giles convinces them to work together to save Angel from Spike and Drusilla.

Ted

Episode Number: 23

Buffy has parental issues when Joyce comes home with a boyfriend, the computer expert and master chef Ted, whose charming personality impresses everyone. Everyone except Buffy that is, who is not at all willing to give her mother up to someone new. Even Willow and Xander seem to love him, and Buffy must find a way to prove that her fears about Ted are something more than jealousy.

Bad Eggs

Episode Number: 24

The students are given eggs to look after, so as to teach them about parenthood, but they aren't what they seem. Buffy finds out that there is something inside of the eggs, but no one will believe her. Soon the eggs hatch, the creatures inside take over their owners. They then lead them to the school basement to dig up the mother creature.

Surprise (1)

Episode Number: 25

Buffy's 17th birthday is arriving, and Angel, Giles, Jenny, Xander, Cordelia, Willow and Oz prepares a birthday party surprise for her, while Drusilla and Spike have surprises on their own. But one surprise for Buffy is one that she would have never expected.

Innocence (2)

Episode Number: 26

After a night of passion with Buffy, Angel awakens as a soulless monster. After killing a human for the first time in decades, he remembers what it is like to be a true vampire. He then joins Spike and Drusilla in their plan to destroy the world.

Phases

Episode Number: 27

Buffy and the gang track down a suspected werewolf roaming in the woods and also try to stay out of the way of a sadistic werewolf hunter.

Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered

Episode Number: 28

Xander tries to use Valentine's Day to further his relationship with Cordelia, but she succumbs to peer pressure and breaks up with him. With the help of Amy (who is experimenting with her mother's magical tricks), he puts a love spell on her which goes horribly wrong, turning him into every woman's desire; except for Cordelia.

Passion

Episode Number: 29

Angelus continues his obsessive torment of Buffy by visiting her during the night and leaving presents in her bed. Meanwhile, Ms Calendar tries to make amends for her deceit of Buffy and Giles by attempting to translate the Gypsy curse to restore Angel's human soul, with dire consequences

Killed By Death

Episode Number: 30

I Only Have Eyes For You

Episode Number: 31

As the Sadie Hawkins Dance nears, Buffy faces inner demons as she feels responsible for the loss of Angel's soul. Meanwhile, Sunnydale High is even more dangerous than usual as the ghost of a former student who killed his sweetheart and then committed suicide haunts the halls forcing people to relive the moments that killed them over and over.

Go Fish

Episode Number: 32

When several members of the Sunnydale High swim team are mysteriously skinned alive, Buffy and the gang take it upon themselves to protect the remaining members, which results in Xander revealing a side of himself rarely seen.

Becoming (1)

Episode Number: 33

Through flashbacks, we see much of Angel’s history. We see him sired by Darla in 1753, driving Drusilla mad and then siring her in 1860, and being cursed with a soul by the Kalderash clan in 1898. In the present, Angelus hatches a plan to awaken the demon Acathla, who will open a gateway to a hell dimension, and bring Hell to Earth.

Becoming (2)

Episode Number: 34

Buffy arrives too late to save Kendra from Drusilla’s surprise attack, and ends up being arrested for Kendra’s murder. Escaping from the police, she goes to the hospital to find that Willow is comatose and unable to complete the spell to restore Angel’s soul. She also learns that Drusilla took Giles, and heads out to rescue him and stop Angelus once and for all with the help of a most unlikely ally.

Season 3

Anne
Episode Number: 35

It is the end of summer vacation, and Buffy is still missing. Willow, Xander, Oz, and Cordelia are attempting to keep the Sunnydale vampire population in check during Buffy's absence with only moderate success. They miss having the Slayer around, but more than that they miss their friend. Meanwhile, Buffy has been working as a waitress in L.A., going by her middle name, Anne, and trying to forget her old life. But of course, someone always needs the Slayer's help...

Dead Man’s Party

Episode Number: 36

Buffy returns home, but finds that picking up the pieces of the life she left behind may not be as easy as she had hoped. Her mother is trying to accept her back with open arms, but she doesn't seem to trust that Buffy won't just run away again. Her friends seem happy to see her, but their odd behavior makes it appear that they silently resent Buffy for taking off. And, of course, before these problems can be laid to rest, the dead of Sunnydale start to rise.

Faith, Hope And Trick

Episode Number: 37

The new Slayer, Faith, who was called after Kendra died, arrives in town and seems like a fun-loving wacky teenager who fits right in with the gang. Buffy worries that Faith may be taking her place in her friends hearts, and Buffy then begins to suspect that she is hiding something.

Beauty And The Beasts

Episode Number: 38

When a student is found savagely mauled in the woods, all suspicions point to Oz-werewolf. However, when Buffy discovers that Angel is back on Earth after hundreds of years of torture and has been reduced to nothing more than a wild animal, she fears that he may be the killer.

Homecoming

Episode Number: 39

When Cordelia flaunts her sure win for Homecoming Queen it awakens the prom queen within Buffy and they fight for the title. Meanwhile, the new vampire in town, Mr. Trick, rallies a group of tough vampires, demons and mercenaries together to play a game with the two Slayers, "Slayerfest '98."

Band Candy

Episode Number: 40

Mr. Trick enlists Giles's old buddy Ethan Rayne to manufacture and distribute boxes of candy which turn the adult population into uninhibited, irresponsible teenagers to keep them out of the way while the mysterious Mayor Richard Wilkins III pays a tribute to a demon.

Revelations

Episode Number: 41

Xander finds out about Angel's return to Sunnydale and promptly informs the gang who confront Buffy with the fear that he may turn evil again. Meanwhile Faith finds herself under the wing of a new Watcher, Gwendolyn Post, a prim and proper Englishwoman who seems to be intent on showing up Giles at every turn.

Lover’s Walk

Episode Number: 42

Spike returns to Sunnydale a broken vampire. Drusilla has left him, and he will do anything to win her back, including kidnapping Willow and Xander to force Willow to prepare him a love spell. Will Willow do the spell, or can the Scoobies prepare for tragedy?

The Wish

Episode Number: 43

Wanting to be rid of Xander for good, Cordelia comes to the conclusion that Buffy is the cause of all her problems and makes a wish that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale. A demon grants the wish and Cordelia's world suddenly changes.

Amends

Episode Number: 44

While the gang prepares for their Christmas vacation, Angel is haunted by visions of his violent past. The ghost of Jenny Calendar appears to him and reminds him in great detail of the evil deeds he has performed. At first she almost seems to be taking pity on him, but gradually her counsel grows more sinister.

Gingerbread

Episode Number: 45

Picking the wrong night for mother-daughter bonding, Joyce discovers the bodies of two children in the park, apparently sacrificed in an occult ritual. Deeply disturbed by what she has seen, Joyce rallies the adults of Sunnydale, convincing them to rid the town of all magical and occult influences. Soon, however, it becomes apparent that Buffy, Willow, and Amy are themselves considered a part of the occult threat to Sunnydale.

Helpless

Episode Number: 46

The Zeppo

Episode Number: 47

When Xander realizes that he isn't needed by the gang as much as he'd like to believe, his quest to prove he's cool leads him to an unforgettable night that finds him consorting with fast women, raising the dead and rolling with a dangerous crowd that could put Sunnydale in a world of hurt. Meanwhile, Buffy, Giles and the rest of the crew engage in a furious battle with the Sisterhood of Jhe, an all-female demon apocalypse cult that intends to reopen the Hellmouth and bring about the end of the world.

Bad Girls

Episode Number: 48

While on a mission to retrieve an amulet before a powerful demon can use it to restore his strength, Faith introduces Buffy to her reckless method of slaying which leaves Buffy wanting more of the wild life. Meanwhile Giles is trying to keep his cool in front of the insufferably stuffy new watcher, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce.

Consequences

Episode Number: 49

Buffy tries to convince Faith to face up to the consequences of her actions, but Faith thinks that being a Slayer puts her above the law. Buffy confides in Giles about the accidental murder and he decides not to involve the new Watcher, Wesley. Angel captures Faith and tries to connect with her but Wesley and the Watcher's Council intervene with disastrous consequences.

Doppelgangland

Episode Number: 50

Enemies

Episode Number: 51

As a part of her new alliance with the Mayor, Faith tries to seduce Angel so that he will again lose his soul. When that fails, the Mayor summons a powerful demon to remove Angel’s soul with dark magic.

Earshot

Episode Number: 52

After an encounter with a mouth-less demon Buffy is infected with the demon's blood and she gains the ability to hear people's thoughts. At first her newfound ability is useful for cheating on schoolwork and eavesdropping on the thoughts of those around her, but when the voices continue to flood her mind, she realizes that she cannot control the power. Amid the chaos, Buffy hears a killer planning a mass murder at the school. Now she must keep herself from going mad long enough to prevent a catastrophe.

Choices

Episode Number: 53

Buffy receives an acceptance to North-western University, but what should be a happy surprise turns sour when she realizes that she may not be able to go away to school and still fulfil her duties as the Slayer. Buffy manages to intercept the Box of Gavrok, a container of mystical energy that is vital to the Mayor’s Ascension. But when Willow is captured, the gang must decide whether they can give up their best chance at preventing the Ascension to save Willow’s life.

The Prom

Episode Number: 54

The biggest night in High School life is just around the corner, when strange creatures start appearing around town attacking anyone in formalwear. Meanwhile, Angel tells Buffy that he wants her to have a chance at the normal life that he could never give her. He plans to leave Sunnydale after the Ascension. Buffy must put aside her own pain and try to track down the source of the demonic Hellhounds in time to save the Senior Prom.

Graduation Day (1)

Episode Number: 55

The gang receive some valuable information from old enemy Anya who has actually witnessed an Ascension. She reveals that the Mayor plans to transform himself into pure demon, something that has not been seen for thousands of years. When Angel is poisoned by Faith to distract Buffy, Buffy faces Faith for the final time in order to get the only cure to the poison: Faith's blood.

Graduation Day (2)

Episode Number: 56

During their battle, Faith manages to escape from Buffy, so Buffy forces Angel to drink her own blood to rid his body of the poison. With Buffy in a coma, the gang must devise a plan to defeat the Mayor once and for all.

Season 4

The Freshman

Episode Number: 57

It's a new year, and Buffy is matriculating at UC Sunnydale. Willow is completely in her element in a place of higher learning, and Oz, whose band has played on campus several times, is right at home as well. Giles is entertaining an old girlfriend who is visiting from England, and Xander is away on a cross-country trip.

Meanwhile Buffy feels like a fish out of water. Her classes are harder, she has almost no friends, she drops a pile of books on a cute guy, and her roommate is too annoyingly perky for words.

But when a fellow student goes missing and Buffy suspects supernatural badness, she begins to think that college life may not be so different after all.

Living Conditions

Episode Number: 58

Dorm life proves to be a challenge as Buffy has to deal with a roommate who is more than a little bit difficult. Kathy continually imposes her idiosyncrasies onto Buffy and even begins to invade her dreams which has Buffy acting just a little too strange about the situation. Buffy sets her sights on Parker Abrams, the first college guy to pay her any attention, but when Kathy becomes more friendly with him than her, Buffy declares that she must kill Kathy.

The Harsh Light Of Day

Episode Number: 59

Spike returns to Sunnydale with his new girlfriend, the now vampire, Harmony. Spike is searching for the Gem of Amara - a stone which makes vampires invulnerable - and he believes that it is buried somewhere under Sunnydale. Buffy is preoccupied with her budding relationship with Parker and eventually sleeps with him, but she is devastated when he grows distant the next day. Meanwhile Anya returns and throws herself at a flabbergasted Xander.

Fear, Itself

Episode Number: 60

To help Buffy get over the pain of having been used by Parker, the gang head to a fraternity Halloween party expecting a few cheap scares and a bit of harmless fun. Unfortunately, some accidental magic turns the party into a house of horrors where everyone's fears come to life.

Beer Bad

Episode Number: 61

Wild At Heart

Episode Number: 62

The Initiative

Episode Number: 63

Having been captured by the commandos who have been lurking around campus, Spike is being held hostage in a hi-tech prison-like facility. He manages to escape and heads to find Buffy, whom he assumes is responsible. Instead he finds the helpless Willow.

Pangs

Episode Number: 64

After his partner Doyle has a vision of Buffy in trouble, Angel comes to town secretly to make sure she is alright.

At the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Cultural Center at the college, Xander falls into a sacred Indian burial area and releases Hus, a vengeance spirit of the Chumash Indians, the original residents of the Sunnydale area. Buffy is determined to have a traditional, home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner, but Xander has come down with a debilitating mystical disease, and people connected to the Cultural Center start dying mysteriously.

Something Blue

Episode Number: 65

Feeling adrift after loosing Oz, Willow casts a spell to make her desires come true. The spell seems to fail, but strange things begin happening to her friends when Willow gets angry.

Hush

Episode Number: 66

The entire town of Sunnydale goes silent when a group of strange creatures called The Gentlemen appear and steal everyone's voices. Buffy and gang must solve the mystery and overcome the bad guys without being able to discuss their battle plan.

Doomed

Episode Number: 67

Now that Riley knows that Buffy is the Slayer, and she knows that he is one of the mysterious commandos, they are having a hard time redefining their relationship. Meanwhile, to distract Giles from focusing on the commandos, Buffy tries to convince him that the recent earthquake might be a prophecy of doom and should be investigated. Then, when a new group of demons shows up in town stealing items of a mystical nature, it appears that she may be right after all.

A New Man

Episode Number: 68

At Buffy's 19th birthday party, Giles has a realization. He is an unemployed, middle-aged man hanging around with a bunch of teenagers. He feels even worse when he finds out that he is the only one who doesn't know about Riley and the Initiative. Feeling useless and insecure, he runs into Ethan Rayne, but the confrontation ends in drinks at the local pub rather than the usual fisticuffs. The next morning, Giles looks in the mirror and sees a massive Fyarl demon looking back at him.

The I In Team

Episode Number: 69

When Riley tells his superiors about Buffy, they invite her to join the Initiative. It soon becomes apparent, however, that her independent attitude and need to question orders may not be what the Initiative is looking for.

Goodbye Iowa

Episode Number: 70

Buffy and Riley get mutually suspicious of each other when Buffy reveals that Professor Walsh tried to have her killed. When Professor Walsh is found dead things get even more out of hand, with the commandos quick to blame Buffy. Riley is even more agitated when he sees Buffy with Spike (hostile 17) and then again at Willy's Place. Riley progressively gets sicker and we learn that the commandos have been taking medication to increase their strength.
Meanwhile the man-demon-machine Adam that Professor Walsh created is roaming Sunnydale and even Buffy can't seem to stop him.

This Year’s Girl (1)

Episode Number: 71

After 8 months in the coma that Buffy put her in, Faith awakens to wreak her revenge. Thwarted by both Buffy and the cops, Faith retrieves a mysterious gift from the Mayor from beyond the grave, and confronts Buffy in a climatic slayer-on-slayer battle...

Who Are You (2)

Episode Number: 72

After Faith activates the device left for her by the Mayor, it becomes apparent that she and Buffy have switched bodies. Now Buffy, in Faith’s body, must escape from the Watcher’s Council and convince someone of what has happened. Meanwhile, Faith, as Buffy, has full access to Buffy’s life, her friends, and her boyfriend.

Superstar

Episode Number: 73

Buffy, Willow, Xander and Anya are out hunting vampires and kill one of a pair. They track the other to a nest and decide to call in the big guns and visit... Jonathan.

Where The Wild Things Are

Episode Number: 74

Buffy and Riley are spending all their time in bed (and they're not sleeping). Their round-the-clock exploration of each other awakens dark energies in Lowell House, and it is up to the Scooby's to save the day.

New Moon Rising

Episode Number: 75

Tara and Willow's relationship seems to be progressing when Oz returns to town. Through his travels Oz has found a combination of charms, potions and meditation that allows him to avoid turning into a werewolf. When Oz discovers that Willow and Tara are more than friends he loses control and as a werewolf chases Tara.

The Yoko Factor (1)

Episode Number: 76

Adam enlists Spike to turn the gang against each other, leaving Buffy alone and helpless. Playing on their fears about how the others perceive them, Spike begins to sow discord among the Scooby's. Meanwhile, into the chaos walks Angel, who has come to apologize to Buffy for the fight they had in L.A., but Riley sees only that there is another vampire in town.

Primeval (2)

Episode Number: 77

Adam reveals that Riley has a behavior modification chip located just over his heart and wired into his central nervous system. Buffy realizes what Spike is doing and tries to pull the gang back together in time for a final showdown with Adam inside the Initiative itself.

Restless

Episode Number: 78

Unable to sleep after their victory, Buffy, Xander, Giles, and Willow decide to stay up late watching movies. And immediately fall asleep.

One by one, their dreams take a dark and twisted turn as a sinister force stalks each of them through the dream world and their own psyches.

Season 5

Buffy vs. Dracula

Episode Number: 79

When Dracula himself arrives in Sunnydale, he leaves the entire gang star struck. Buffy must find a way to stop him before she falls completely into his thrall, but his powers may be greater than even she can overcome

Real Me

Episode Number: 80

Buffy's little sister Dawn gives her views on Buffy, Slaying, and the rest of the Scooby Gang. Despite her sudden appearance, all indications are that she has been around for a long time.

The Replacement

Episode Number: 81

Are two Xanders really better than one? We find out when a demon searching for the Slayer accidentally hits Xander with his weapon, splitting him in two; one with all the positive aspects of his personality, the other with all the negative. While each of them try to convince the Scooby Gang that the other is a demon, Buffy must find the real demon to put the Xanders back together.

Out Of My Mind

Episode Number: 82

The increased strength and speed given to Riley by the Initiative are starting to tear his body apart. He must be operated immediately to repair the damage, but that will mean giving up his enhanced fighting ability and any chance of keeping up with Buffy.

No Place Like Home

Episode Number: 83

When doctors cannot determine why Joyce is sick, Buffy is convinced that the cause must be supernatural. When she tries a spell to let her see magical influences, Buffy sees far more than she had planned.

Family

Episode Number: 84

As the gang get ready to celebrate Tara's birthday, her family arrives in town to take her back home. She resists, but her father insists that she come back with them before the family curse turns her into a demon on her 20th birthday.

Fool For Love

Episode Number: 85

When a run-of-the-mill vampire seriously wounds Buffy with her own stake, she begins to obsess over the deaths of previous Slayers. Desperate for answers, she turns to the only person with firsthand knowledge of how two Slayers fell in battle... Spike.

Shadow

Episode Number: 86

Riley begins to suspect that Spike has feelings for Buffy, and Spike takes great pleasure in telling Riley about Joyce’s illness – and about the fact that Buffy told Spike first. Meanwhile, Glory is conjuring up a creature that will be able to locate The Key for her, no matter what form it may be in.

Listening To Fear

Episode Number: 87

A Queller demon lands in Sunnydale in a fiery meteorite and begins killing all the mentally ill people it can find. Meanwhile, Joyce has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, and while she waits to undergo her operation the tumor is making her act increasingly unusual. Buffy must find and defeat the demon before it senses her mother’s madness and makes her its next victim.

Into The Woods

Episode Number: 88

At the hospital, the Scooby Gang awaits news from the doctor about Joyce's surgery and they are all relieved when the surgery is a success. Dawn spends the night with Xander and Anya. With the house to themselves, Buffy and Riley spend a romantic evening together. In the middle of the night, Riley sneaks out through the window and Spike follows him into an old building.

Triangle

Episode Number: 89

While trying to create a new spell to help Buffy with her Slaying, Willow is distracted by an argument with Anya and accidentally releases a troll from a mystical prison. With Buffy in mourning over Riley leaving town, Willow and Anya may need to defeat the troll themselves before it flattens the entire town…

Checkpoint

Episode Number: 90

Quentin Travers and a team from the Watchers Council arrive in Sunnydale with information about Glory. However, since Buffy no longer works for the Council, they decide that they must put her and her friends through a gruelling set of tests to determine that she is worthy of their trust.

Blood Ties

Episode Number: 91

Buffy finally tells her friends about Dawn being the Key and they start acting weird around Dawn, which leads to her seeking answers. She knows that crazy people know what she is, so she goes to the mental ward at the hospital. While she's there, she runs into Ben. Ben freaks when she tells him she is the key and tells her to run away fast, but before she gets a chance to get away from him, he turns into Glory.

Crush

Episode Number: 92

Buffy notices that Dawn is spending a lot of time around Spike and surmises that she has a crush on him, which Dawn shoots down saying that Spike has a crush on Buffy. Meanwhile a vampire has attacked the passengers on a train and Buffy is finding it hard to concentrate on investigating with the thought that Spike is in love with her.

I Was Made To Love You

Episode Number: 93

A strange girl arrives in Sunnydale searching everywhere for her boyfriend Warren. She is sweet, pretty, and strong enough to throw Spike through a window when he hits on her. Buffy and the gang decide that they must do something before someone less impervious to injury gets in her way and gets seriously hurt.

The Body

Episode Number: 94

Buffy is devastated when she arrives home and finds her mother dead. The rest of the gang try their best to pull themselves out of their own grief so that they can help Buffy and Dawn to deal with the worst day of their lives.

Forever

Episode Number: 95

Refusing to accept that her mother’s death is the end, Dawn becomes obsessed with using magic to bring her back. Meanwhile, Buffy receives some much-needed comfort from an old friend who comes to town for the funeral.

Intervention

Episode Number: 96

Buffy and Giles leave for the desert on a self-discovery/guidance quest led by the First Slayer. While they are gone, Spike decides to have a little fun with his BuffyBot but the gang mistakes it for the real Buffy and think that she has gone crazy.
Meanwhile, Glory's minions also mistake the BuffyBot for the Slayer and, noticing how it acts around Spike, begin to suspect that he is the Key.

Tough Love

Episode Number: 97

While Buffy tries to control a motherless Dawn and bring their lives back to some sort of normalcy, Tara is captured by Glory who is desperately trying to find the Key.

Spiral
Episode Number: 98

Buffy, Willow, Tara, and Dawn nearly escape from Glory when Glory's hit by a truck. Buffy and the Scooby's leave Sunnydale in Spike's RV to run from Glory, as Buffy realizes they'll never beat Glory.

The Weight Of The World

Episode Number: 99

Despite their best efforts, Glory has succeeded in taking Dawn. This failure after so much effort proves too much for Buffy and she slips into a catatonic state. Willow must use magic to enter her mind and help her work through the trauma before it is too late to save Dawn and the rest of the world from Glory.

The Gift

Episode Number: 100

Another imminent apocalypse is at hand in Sunnydale. Buffy must square off against a true God when Glory prepares to use Dawn to break down the walls between the dimensions and unleash all Hell on Earth but she needs Dawn's blood before her home dimension portal can be opened. Buffy, Xander, Willow, Giles, Anya, Tara and Spike go to battle with the knowledge that they may not all survive.

Season 6

Bargaining (1)

Episode Number: 101

It's a dark and gloomy world without the Slayer. Buffy is dead, and the Scooby Gang must continue on without her--or so it would seem. Determined to bring back their beloved friend--Willow, Xander, Anya, and Tara decide to perform a resurrection spell that would bring Buffy back from the dead.

Bargaining (2)

Episode Number: 102

As the demon bikers attack, the Scooby Gang is chased away from Buffy’s gravesite thinking that the resurrection was a failure. Meanwhile, Buffy is awake but disoriented and afraid as she claws her way out of her own grave.

The Slayer is back, but if her friends cannot get to her and snap her out of the daze she is in, they may loose Buffy all over again.

After Life

Episode Number: 103

An unseen force is taking over the Scoobies one at a time. Could this possessing spirit be somehow connected to Buffy’s return from beyond?

Flooded

Episode Number: 104

With her mother gone, Buffy finds that her months spent dead and jobless have left them without enough money to keep the house in good repair. To make matters worse, a trio of slacker sorcerers summon a demon to rob the bank for them just as Buffy is trying to get a loan.

Life Serial

Episode Number: 105

Buffy decides that in order to take care of herself and Dawn she must get back to college and find herself a job. This all becomes much more difficult when the nerd Trio decide to present the Slayer with a series of challenges to determine the extent of her abilities.

All The Way

Episode Number: 106

Dawn sneaks out and spends Halloween night with a friend and two hot guys. When they are invited into the home of an eccentric old man, however, things take a turn for the weird.

Meanwhile, Tara expresses concern that Willow is using too much magic and an argument ensues

Once More, With Feeling

Episode Number: 107

Sunnydale is alive with the sound of music as a mysterious force causes everyone in town to burst into full musical numbers, revealing their innermost secrets as they do. Add in the fact that some townsfolk dance so much that they simply burst into flame, and it becomes clear that the Gang must stop this musical menace.

Tabula Rasa

Episode Number: 108

Willow is devastated to learn that she pulled Buffy out of heaven, and resolves to make things better by casting a spell to make Buffy forget her afterlife experience. The spell, however, backfires and causes the whole gang to wake up with no memories. The amnesiac Scoobies must piece together their lives and find a way to reverse the spell while dealing with the usual incursion of demons and vampires.

Smashed

Episode Number: 109

After breaking up with Tara, Willow successfully de-rats Amy and the two witches begin hanging out and having fun with magic, drawing Willow further into her growing addiction.
Meanwhile, Spike notices that his chip doesn't kick in when he hits Buffy but it only works with her, leading him to believe that she is not entirely human anymore.

Wrecked

Episode Number: 110

When they finally return home from their nights out, Buffy is ashamed of having slept with Spike and Willow is exhausted from casting spells all night. Amy takes Willow to a warlock whose particular brand of magic quickly has Willow hooked.
While looking after Dawn, Willow decides to get another quick fix and leaves the warlock's place looking very high and not at all in control of herself. To escape a demon Willow and Dawn steal a car but Willow seems it better to drive using magic, not her hands, resulting in them crashing.

Gone

Episode Number: 111

Buffy and Dawn clear the house of magic items to help Willow and Buffy has a surprise visit from a social worker checking on Dawn's home life. The meeting doesn't go well and in a fit of rage afterwards, Buffy cuts off her hair.
Meanwhile, the Geek Trio have built an invisibility ray and accidentally hit Buffy with it.

Doublemeat Palace

Episode Number: 112

Starved for cash, Buffy gets a job in a fast food restaurant where the weird manager and high turnover of employees has her more than a little suspicious. When co-workers start ending up in pieces, the mystery behind the "secret ingredient" comes into question. Willow works on staying clear of magic, but Amy gives her an unwanted gift and Willow is forced to make a big decision. A vengeance demon friend of Anya's visits and questions her relationship with Xander, leaving Anya doubtful about their soon-to-be-married life together.

Dead Things

Episode Number: 113

Older And Far Away

Episode Number: 114

Old and new friends gather at the Summers home for Buffy's 21st birthday party and it goes off without a hitch - mostly.
Feeling neglected by Buffy and the Scoobys, Dawn's wish to keep people from leaving her is answered by Anya's demon friend Halfrek, who binds the attendees of the party to the house. When Tara tries a spell to free them, she only makes the situation worse by accidentally releasing a demon trapped inside a sword.

As You Were

Episode Number: 115

Riley pursues a demon to Sunnydale and seeks Buffy's help in killing it. He also comes with a surprise... he is married. His wife, fellow demon hunter Sam, befriends the entire Scooby Gang and gets along quite well with all of them, but Buffy's own "relationship" with Spike comes into question when her ex's perfect romance shows her just what she doesn't have.

Hell’s Bells

Episode Number: 116

The day of the wedding has finally come and Xander and Anya are preparing for the hoards of "guests" to arrive. While Xander's screwed up human family go head to head with Anya's mostly non-human friends, a special guest approaches Xander to warn him that his life with Anya may not turn out to be the married bliss he has hoped for.

Normal Again

Episode Number: 117

After being poisoned by a demon, Buffy comes to believe that she is confined to a mental hospital, her mother is alive and her parents are still together and that her life as a Slayer was all an hallucination for the past six years.
Deciding that she prefers this 'normal' life with her parents a whole lot more, Buffy attempts to kill the things that tether her to the 'fantasy' life of the Slayer: the Scoobies.

Entropy

Episode Number: 118

Having accepted the offer to become a vengeance demon again, Anya attempts to curse Xander for the pain he caused her... but she can't do it herself. Instead, she enlists the help of some old friends but it doesn't go how she expected.
Buffy spends some quality time with Dawn to make up for her violent actions in "Normal Again", but Dawn's idea of time well spent is the dangerous world of patrolling; while Willow and Tara go on a coffee date and begin to mend their troubled relationship.
The gang discover that the Troika have been watching their every move with hidden cameras. The cameras are traced to the trio's lair and what is seen on video proves to be devastating for all of them.

Seeing Red

Episode Number: 119

Willow and Tara are well on the road to recovery but love lives are not as good for Xander and Anya or Buffy and Spike.
The Troika move full swing into their biggest plan ever: stealing a pair of mystical orbs which imbue the bearer with super strength and invulnerability. They attempt to rob an armored van but Buffy crashes the party resulting in a battle between her and Super Warren. Buffy is all but finished until Jonathan reveals the secret to Warren's power. Buffy manages to defeat him but he escapes by use of a rocket pack and Jonathan and Andrew are arrested.

Buffy heads home to await the next encounter but it comes all too soon. A crazed Warren proves he is evil enough on his own and shoots at Buffy. She takes a bullet in the shoulder but a wild shot fatally hits a Scooby...

Villains

Episode Number: 120

While the paramedics work on Buffy in the yard, in her bedroom Willow desperately calls on Osiris to bring Tara back to life the same way as she did for Buffy. She is told that the spell will not work for a natural human death and becomes consumed with rage and wants revenge in the worst way. She runs to the magic shop and draws the dark power from the books into her causing her hair and eyes to turn black. After saving Buffy by magically removing the bullet from her shoulder she heads out to find Warren.

Two To Go (1)

Episode Number: 121

After exacting revenge on Warren for Tara's death, an extremely powerful and vengeful Willow now vows to go after the other two members of the trio, Jonathan and Andrew, forcing Buffy into the unlikely role of nerd-villain protector. After freeing the Duo from jail and escaping from Willow, the expanded group runs to the Magic Box to find a protection spell.
While all this is going on in Sunnydale, Spike undergoes a fierce challenge given by an African demon in order to become what he once was.
Willow, drained of her power, finds Rack and draws his energy into her, killing him in the process. At the Magic Box, Willow catches up to them all and takes on Buffy and Anya, who is doing her best to keep a magical barrier up around Willow. Buffy is no match for Willow's power, but eventually she is drained again and they escape while she is down.
Willow regains her strength and brings down Anya's barrier, tossing both her and Buffy aside. Willow heads out of the shop intent on completing her mission when an old friend magically appears in her way, willing to challenge her power....

Grave (2)

Episode Number: 122

Giles's new-found power brings Willow down momentarily and Giles magically binds her and leaves to catch up with Buffy. Willow telepathically controls Anya and gets her to break the binding spell. Willow draws Giles's energy into her and is hit by a sudden burst of emotion. Willow feels so much pain and hurt in the world and she decides to end it all.

Season 7

Lessons

Episode Number: 123

The re-opening of Sunnydale High School is not without trouble for Buffy as some undead students and faculty are raised, and blame the Slayer for failing to protect them. Dawn and Buffy, together with some of Dawn's new friends join together to defeat the evil.
Meanwhile, Spike and his new soul are seeking solace in the maze-like basement of the new school, and Willow begins her redemption with Giles in England.

Beneath You

Episode Number: 124

Soon after Buffy's first day as Sunnydale High Guidance Counselor, the gang meets a young woman, Nancy, who's dog was eaten by a large creature living in the sewer. Spike offers his assistance in tracking down the monster, but the gang and Buffy are still a little uneasy with him being around.
The gang soon discover the cause behind the monster is an old, estranged friend; who is relishing in her return to form.
Meanwhile, Willow has mixed emotions as she prepares to leave England and return to Sunnydale.

Same Time, Same Place

Episode Number: 125

Buffy, Xander and Dawn are unable to find Willow who, shortly after returning to Sunnydale, is captured by a demon who enjoys eating the skin of his victims. Meanwhile, Anya pays the price for undoing the curse on Ronnie (the giant worm demon) and is restricted to only being able to teleport for vengeance jobs.

Help

Episode Number: 126

Buffy is settling in to her counselor's role at the high school helping troubled teens and sorting out problems, but is left speechless when Cassie, a student, comes to her and calmly tells her that she (Cassie) has only a week to live. Suspecting the girl is suicidal, Buffy investigates and discovers a cult of students playing with dark forces and comes to believe Cassie is psychic.

Selfless

Episode Number: 127

Anya grants a young woman's wish, but the violent and deadly act of vengeance leaves Anya completely guilt-ridden. In order to fix her mistake, she asks that the spell be undone. Knowing the price of the reversal is the life of a Vengeance Demon, she's willing to make the sacrifice.

Him

Episode Number: 128

Dawn's simple crush on Sunnydale High's star quarterback RJ Brooks, goes far enough to make Buffy try and steer her attention elsewhere, especially when she falls for the boy herself.
With the women all desperately trying to win RJ's affections, Spike and Xander, now quasi-roommates, team up to discover why the teen seems to have the ability to make all women infatuated with him.

Conversations With Dead People

Episode Number: 129

Five separate stories in this episode has the gang encountering a paranormal force which spells future doom.
While out on patrol, Buffy squares off with a former classmate and current vampire, who goads her into revealing her insecurities. Back at home, Dawn is thrown into a panic when an invisible force trashes the Summers' house and deposits the corpse of her mother on the sofa. The ghost of Cassie visits Willow under the guise of being sent by Tara; and Spike apparently has returned to his killing ways. Meanwhile, nerdy villains Jonathan and Andrew return from Mexico.

Sleeper

Episode Number: 130

After discovering that an old friend may have been recently sired by Spike, Buffy informs the gang that they must keep a close eye on him. When Spike manages to go out, he gets put in a mysterious trance and then seduces and kills a girl with the evil morphing entity watching over him.
Meanwhile in England, Giles finds a fellow watcher close to death. While he is finding out what happened, a man with no eyes approaches Giles from behind, and swings an axe at his head...

Never Leave Me

Episode Number: 131

Spike is held captive in the Summers home while the Scoobies ponder their options in the aftermath of his murder spree. Willow finds Andrew buying blood and decides to take him prisoner also. After much questioning, the gang are interrupted by mysterious hooded figures called Bringers. They take Spike to Sunnydale High, where they use his blood to raise an old, mysterious vampire

Bring On The Night

Episode Number: 132

With Spike missing, the gang try to cope and clear the damage done to the Summer's home. Giles arrives with three potential slayers and he reveals that the 'First Evil' is killing off the line of slayers in an attempt to rid the world of good, leaving The Hellmouth free to open. He tells Buffy that there are more potential slayers on their way to Sunnydale. Buffy and Giles search the Christmas tree lot where they last discovered the Bringers, Buffy goes underground and is challenged by a very strong vampire who is luckily scared off by the sunrise. Giles confirms that he was a Turok-Han, a vampire which vampires fear. After one of the other slayers gets killed trying to escape, Buffy comes across the Turok-Han once again, it beats Buffy within an inch of her life and remains unharmed.
Later on at the Summer's home, Buffy declares that she isn't going down without a fight, and neither is anyone else.

Showtime

Episode Number: 133

More potentials are arriving, and with them the doubts that Buffy will be able to save them. The Turok-Han is kicking their ass, Spike is missing and undergoing torture at the hands of The First, and to make matters worse, Giles and Anya find out about a terrible new weakness in the Slayer line.

Potential

Episode Number: 134

Buffy and Spike begin to train the potential Slayers, while Willow performs a locator spell and discovers another potential at Sunnydale High. At first, it seems as though Dawn has been chosen, but she soon discovers that her friend Amanda is the one. Dawn helps Amanda fight off a vampire trapped in the school and then goes back to being a 'normal' person. Xander gives her an inspiring speech, which helps her deal with her missed opportunity.

The Killer In Me

Episode Number: 135

After sharing a lingering kiss with would-be Slayer Kennedy, Willow bafflingly transforms into Warren and must confront the loss of Tara. When Spike's chip begins to malfunction, he and Buffy take a trip to the Initiative stomping grounds, where they meet up with a few remaining soldiers who give her a choice of how to deal with the problem. Meanwhile, when Giles takes the Potentials on a self discovery retreat, the rest of the gang are stunned when they discover clues that lead them to believe Giles may be The First Evil.

First Date

Episode Number: 136

Buffy goes on a dinner date with Principal Wood to try and find out what is really going on with him. After they are attacked and he shows off some fighting skill in dusting a few vamps, he explains that he is the son of a Slayer that was killed in New York. Xander, too, finds a date when he impresses a girl with his rope knowledge, however her interest in him is much more demonic. Meanwhile the First contacts Andrew in another attempt to destroy the potentials and Giles finds himself tongue-tied with the new potential, Chao-Ahn.

Get It Done

Episode Number: 137

Principal Wood gives Buffy a bag of items that used to belong to his mother, the slayer killed on the subway by Spike. The bag contains many various items including weapons, a book, and a strange sealed box. After opening the box, Buffy and gang watch a puppet show that opens a portal sending Buffy to a strange land and leaving in her wake a demon. Buffy meets three men who offer her more power, but it doesn't come freely. It's up to Willow to get the portal open and Spike to get the demon back. Meanwhile, the Potentials are feeling the stress of the situation, and the First takes full advantage of this, with dire consequences.

Storyteller

Episode Number: 138

Andrew creates "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyres", a documentary describing the current situation in Sunnydale to show to future generations. Many emotions are captured during its filming, from Willow and Kennedy's make out fest to the recognition of what would be Xander and Anya's 1 year anniversary. Meanwhile, the Hellmouth, or more appropriately, the Seal of Danzalthar, is activated causing outbreaks of violence and mystical occurrences at the high school. The gang forces Andrew to reveal his own past and come to terms with it to help stop the madness.

Lies My Parents Told Me

Episode Number: 139

Giles returns with a device that will deactivate Spike's trigger. It takes him into his past and shows the close relationship with his mother, who used to sing 'Early One Morning' to him. After he was sired by Drusilla he tried to save his dying mother by vamping her, but she turned on him and he had to stake her, leaving an emotional wound that has never managed to heal.
When Buffy still refuses to believe Spike is a danger to them all, Robin asks Giles to help him get his revenge on Spike, leaving Buffy betrayed by the person she trusts the most.

Dirty Girls

Episode Number: 140

As they drive into town, Willow and Faith find themselves behind a truck. A young girl is thrown out with a deep wound and the truck drives off. The girl is unconscious so they take her to the hospital and report to Buffy. Faith's arrival brings a lot of tension to Buffy's house. All the potentials ask questions, but Faith is only interested in talking with Buffy. They clear the air and then receive a phone call from the hospital. The girl is called Shannon, she tells Buffy about a young preacher that saved her from bringers. He then called her dirty, branded her with his ring and stabbed her. Willow takes a photo of the mark from the ring. Shannon mentions the man's message; that he has something that belongs to Buffy.

Empty Places

Episode Number: 141

Caleb launches an attack against Buffy at Sunnydale High. Faith takes the potential slayers out to blow off some steam, and gets attacked by some cops. Eventually the potentials and Buffy's friends lose faith and her leadership skills, and appoints Faith their new leader. Dawn then kicks Buffy out of her own house.

Touched

Episode Number: 142

After being kicked out of her house, Buffy walks alone and breaks into another house to get some sleep. Spike and Andrew return with news about the vineyard, but when Spike finds out what happened he hits Faith and leaves, trying to pick up Buffy's scent. The First pays Faith a visit in the form of the Mayor, but she isn't fooled. It tries to unbalance her by saying that Buffy still, and will always think of her only as a killer. Robin finds Faith and the two share a moment, which leads to them having sex.
When Spike finds Buffy, they talk about her being rejected. She says that every time she makes a decision, someone dies and that maybe Faith is best in charge. She tells him to leave, but he refuses, telling her what he knows about the vineyard and that he loves her. She tells him she just wants to be held, so they fall asleep in each other's arms.
The next morning Buffy pays Caleb a visit, prepared for what he throws at her. He tries to hit her time and time again, but still misses. The two fight for a while and Buffy eventually discovers a hidden room containing a weapon. Meanwhile, working off information from a captured Bringer, Faith and the Potentials go to the sewers searching for a weapons stockpile. After a brief battle they realize that there aren't many weapons there and Faith looks around and discovers a bomb about to explode.

End Of Days

Episode Number: 143

Buffy finds the weapon The First is keeping from her: a scythe embedded in stone. Buffy easily pulls it free much to Caleb's dismay and The First tells Caleb to let her go. Faith and the potentials get caught in the explosion, leaving many dead and Faith unconscious. They are attacked by a few Ubervamps, but Buffy arrives and easily slays them all with the scythe, allowing everyone to escape.
After giving Buffy his word, Xander leaves Sunnydale with Dawn against her will. Buffy and Spike are feeling awkward regarding the recent events, so she sets out for information on the scythe.
She finds a tomb where she runs into an old woman. She tells Buffy how the scythe was created to destroy the last pure demon, but it was made in secret and hidden from the shadow men. Caleb arrives and snaps the woman's neck. He and Buffy wrestle control over the scythe until he gets the upper hand. As he is about to strike, Angel knocks him down, and then stands back so Buffy can finish the fight. She guts Caleb and leaves him for dead, before passionately kissing Angel. Spike watches them from nearby with a broken heart, as The First approaches him in the form of Buffy.

Chosen

Episode Number: 144

Angel returns to town with an amulet saying only a vampire or demon can wear it and it can help destroy the 1st but their brief re-union is interrupted by Caleb. Once Caleb dies Angel asks Buffy to let him stay and fight with her but she refuses and sends him back to L.A, giving the amulet to Spike. And the First has found a way to make himself corporeal, by releasing legions of Turok-Han and upsetting the balance of good and evil. Now Buffy, the gang, the potentials and Faith make one last stand against evil to save Sunnydale and the whole of the world with a plan that might evolutionize history.

"One girl in all the world is chosen to be the slayer. That rule was made over 5 Millenia ago. Now the rules have changed."