Far from home, Buffy takes on a demonic force threatening to destroy inner-city kids living on the streets.
Buffy faces a difficult return to Sunnydale, but must reunite with Xander and Willow to face a new threat from the undead.
Buffy's effort to settle into normal life is dashed when she is challenged by an ancient villain and his sidekick.
When a student is found mutilated in the woods, Buffy suspects Angel, who has returned after 100 years of infernal torture.
Cordelia's apparent lock on the Homecoming Queen title inspires Buffy to show her up; Mr. Trick brings together a band of dangerous killers.
Buffy must take on Mr. Trick again when he causes all the adults in town to act like teenagers; Buffy tries to keep Angel a secret.
The gang is angry when they learn that Buffy secretly has been sheltering Angel, but they must put aside their differences to fight a demonic visitor.
A brokenhearted Spike returns to Sunnydale ready to take revenge on those he blames for his troubles, especially Angel.
Cordelia is granted a wish by an evil genie and moves to another reality where the Master rules with Xander and Willow by his side.
Buffy hopes for a quiet Christmas, but Angel is troubled by visions of his past and the ghost of Jenny Calendar.
After Joyce discovers two murdered children, she spearheads a town-wide witch hunt, which ultimately ensnares both Willow and Buffy.
After being sapped of her strength, Buffy's mettle is tested by a mighty vampire foe in a grim rite of passage on her 18th birthday.
Xander mixes with a wild crowd, raising the dead and consorting with fast women, while Buffy and the crew battle an all-female apocalyptic cult.
Wanting a taste of the wild life, Buffy follows Faith (Eliza Dushku) into her reckless world of slaying abandon.
Buffy feels remorse over her behavior with Faith; Wesley instructs Buffy and Faith to investigate the recent murder.
A vampire Willow from an alternative universe wreaks havoc and confusion in Sunnydale; Buffy trains to beat out Faith on the Watchers Council tests.
When Buffy acquires the ability to hear other people's thoughts, she uncovers a plot to massacre Sunnydale students, and the others race to find the killer.
While Buffy's plans to leave Sunnydale and go away to college are quashed by Faith, Willow fields offers from prestigious colleges.
Buffy tries to keep a villain from crashing the prom; Xander has a demonic prom date (Emma Caulfield); Cordelia likes the new watcher.
A lethal potion weakens Angel; Buffy faces off with Faith for, perhaps, the last time; the mayor prepares for his transformation to pure demon; Buffy risks her life to save the world.
Buffy and her friends risk their lives to prevent the mayor's impending transformation into a pure demon.
Buffy and Cordelia attend a fraternity bash where they are offered as human sacrifices to a half-man, half-snake creature.
Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) loses her slaying ability while trick-or-treating with neighborhood children.
Buffy's fifth-grade crush arrives in Sunnydale intending to deliver her to Spike in exchange for the immortal life of a vampire.
Buffy and Angel race to save Ms. Calendar's soul from a demon; Giles is jeopardized by the discovery of a murder victim.
Buffy and Angel have a disastrous first date, while Spike plans to capture Angel in hopes of using him to cure an ailing Drusilla; Buffy meets the new slayer in town.
Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) confronts Kendra (guest star Bianca Lawson), the new slayer in town, then must work with her to save Angel (David Boreanaz).
Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) doesn't trust her mother's new boyfriend (guest star John Ritter), despite the fact that her friends think he is great.
Buffy and her friends find something peculiar about a school assignment on parenting; two vampires come looking for Buffy.
Spike and Drusilla gather the body parts of a dismembered demon to help them in their plan to get rid of Buffy.
Buffy must destroy Angel after he loses his soul and reverts to his evil persona, Angelus; Giles learns that Jenny is a Gypsy.
Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) protects a werewolf from a poacher; Willow (Alyson Hannigan) becomes interested in Oz (Seth Green), much to Xander's (Nicholas Brendon) dismay.
Angel's obsession with Buffy hits home, forcing her to involve her mother; Jenny attempts to fix things with Giles.
Buffy meets a boy who is experiencing nightmares from her past and present; Cordelia is jealous of Xander's attempts to protect Buffy.
A heartsick ghost haunts the school halls, and Buffy helps the spirit find peace in a surprising way.
Xander goes undercover as a swimmer to help Buffy net a sea monster that's been dispatching the members of the school swim team one by one.
While Angel attempts to unearth a demon who will annihilate the planet, Buffy reluctantly decides to destroy her former lover; Willow unlocks a secret.
Angel and Drusilla torture an imprisoned Giles; Buffy must prevent the mouth of hell from opening up and swallowing planet Earth.