The gang receives a wave of ominous visitations; Joyce visits daughter Dawn from beyond the grave; Buffy has a startling conversation with a vampire; Willow thinks Tara is trying to communicate with her.
The gang believes Spike may be responsible for a rash of brutal attacks; Giles makes a cataclysmic discovery.
Buffy interrogates Spike about his misdeeds; the gang grills Andrew for the truth about looming evil forces; Buffy contacts the Council in an effort to find Giles.
Buffy and the gang search for a way to annihilate the Ubervamp; Giles arrives in Sunnydale with three would-be slayers in tow; the First continues to torture and interrogate Spike.
Buffy trains would-be slayers, as she continues to search for ways to vanquish the Ubervamp and save Spike; Anya and Giles meet with an oracle who has disturbing information about Buffy's past and future.
Buffy and Spike train potential slayers; Willow performs a spell that reveals the existence of yet another slayer in Sunnydale.
Buffy's dinner date with Principal Wood ends in a mission to save Xander from his disastrous date with a mysterious woman (Ashanti).
The gang redoubles its efforts to rout the forces of evil after the household suffers a grievous loss.
Andrew uses a video camera to document a day in the life of Buffy and her friends; Sunnydale students turn into fire-breathing demons.
Giles returns with a device he hopes will deactivate the trigger in Spike's subconscious; Willow embarks on a journey.
Faith (Eliza Dushku) enters the fray against an evil cleric who stuns the gang with his viciousness and might.
Caleb launches an attack against Buffy; Faith takes the potential slayers out to blow off some steam, and the night ends with a startling development.
Faith and the potentials discover an element of the First's plan and launch a pre-emptive strike; Buffy brawls with Caleb (Nathan Fillion).
Wielding a mystical new weapon, Buffy rejoins the fray on the eve of the final confrontation; Angel (David Boreanaz) fights at Buffy's side against a revitalized Caleb (Nathan Fillion).
Buffy crafts an ingenious plan to destroy the First and leads her friends on a final mission into the Hellmouth.
Buffy learns more about her role as a vampire slayer when she and her mother move to Sunnydale, Calif., where evil lurks in the community.
While Buffy learns about the awesome powers of the Master, she also must save Sunnydale from an onslaught of vampires.
Cheerleading candidates are being struck down by a variety of catastrophes, so Buffy sets out to unmask the witch she suspects is at fault.
Buffy tries to protect Xander after he falls for a substitute teacher; Angel warns Buffy of a claw-handed vampire.
As Buffy tries to behave like a normal girl on a date, the Master calls on a warrior vampire to destroy her.
Xander and a group of obnoxious students start acting strangely after entering a quarantined hyena exhibit at the zoo.
Buffy can't deny her obsession with Angel, while Xander's frustration over his feelings for Buffy intensifies.
Buffy and Giles face a demon spirit that has been trapped since the Dark Ages; Willow falls for a cyberbeau whom she met online.
People in Sunnydale begin living out their worst fears, including Xander, who comes to school in his underwear, and Giles, who discovers he can't read.
Buffy and Cordelia become allies to combat an invisible spirit; Angel warns Giles that Buffy could be in danger.
Buffy's plan to live a normal life goes awry when the Earth cracks open and an army of demons emerges.