EPISODE 1: The Freshman: Trying to adjust to the rigors of college life proves to be harder than
Buffy imagined. She moves into a dorm, must contend with a
less-than-stable roommate and the complexities of dating college men. On campus,
Willow is overly enthused about college life and her ongoing
romance with Oz, and Xander unexpectedly returns
from his self-discovery adventure. Elsewhere, Giles seems
to be enjoying his life away from being a librarian and a Watcher.
EPISODE 2: Living Conditions: Dorm life proves to be quite an
adjustment for Buffy when her roommate
drives her crazy with her idiosyncrasies even invading Buffy's dreams and the
gang must come together to find away to get her to move out. Away from the dorm,
Buffy meets Parker Finch, a handsome older classman
who is the first guy Buffy has been attracted to since
her break-up with Angel.
EPISODE 3: The Harsh Light of Day: The underworld version of Sid Vicious,
Spike, returns to Sunnydale in search of the
vampire version of the Holy Grail, a mythical relic that supposedly engenders the
wearer with unimaginable powers, and it's up to Buffy to stop
him. Meanwhile, Buffy is distracted by dating issues as she deals with her feelings
for a new boy who happens to not be a blood-sucking
vampire, but is equally as difficult to understand. Xander has
romance issues of his own when his prom date from last spring, Anya, can't get the X-man out of her mind.
EPISODE 4: Fear, Itself: Buffy reluctantly agrees to join
Willow, Oz and Xander at a Halloween party where they stumble into a real-life house of horrors masquerading
as an innocuous fraternity. Meanwhile, Giles is called upon to help out the college crowd when all he wants is to get into the spirit of the
holiday.
EPISODE 5: Beer Bad: When Buffy is befriended by a group of upperclassmen who convince her to drown her sorrows
with them, bartender Xander becomes suspicious when Buffy
and her new friends return to their primordial roots. Back at The Bronze, Willow
is aware of Oz's attention being turned to a new
performer, the sexual and charismatic Veruca.
EPISODE 6: Wild at Heart: Buffy does her best to
console Willow when Oz is undeniably drawn to another
woman, Veruca. Even after it is discovered that his
attraction stems from the fact that she is also a werewolf, his powerful primitive
instincts may be too innate to ignore.
EPISODE 7: The Initiative: Unbeknownst to Buffy and
the gang, Spike is captured by a commando squad for The
Initiative, a mysterious underground laboratory beneath the streets of U.C.
Sunnydale. Meanwhile, Buffy's Psych T.A., Riley, has a
major slayer crush and turns to Willow for advice on ways to woo.
EPISODE 8: Pangs: Unbeknownst to Buffy, Angel lurks in
the shadows of Sunnydale trying to protect her and keep her safe, while her perfect
Thanksgiving feast is disrupted by an army of Chumash Indians, the original
inhabitants of Sunnydale, whose spirits have come alive to recreate the wrongs that
were done to their people.
EPISODE 9: Something Blue: Buffy is only one
of many who must bear the repercussions of a spell gone awry when Willow
, pining over the disappearance of Oz, tries to imbue
herself with the power to have her will done. The fallout includes Buffy falling in
love with Spike and planning to marry him, Giles going blind and Xander becoming even more of a demon
magnet.
EPISODE 10: Hush: A silence falls over Sunnydale when otherwordly beings come to
town and steal the power of speech from all the residents. Meanwhile, Riley gets is his first clue to Buffy's slayerside when they
have a fight with the outside visitor, and Willow attends a wicca
group that's not all she had hoped.
EPISODE 11: Doomed: While Buffy and Riley grapple to come to terms with what they now know about each other, the reopening of the Sunnydale Hellmouth
sends Buffy and the gang back to high school to prevent impending apocalypse. Meanwhile, Spike has lost all will to live without the ability to kill, but he grows heartened by the approaching
end of the world.
EPISODE 12: A New Man: Buffy and Riley explore the extent of each other's powers as they become more romantically entwined. Feeling left out
these days, Giles turns to his old buddy Ethan Rayne for camaraderie, but Giles must rely
on an unlikely source when he is transformed into a demon and mistakenly hunted down by an unknowing Buffy.
EPISODE 13: The I in Team:
Buffy's friends become hurt and concerned when her involvement with Riley and the Initiative becomes more intense. Meanwhile, Professor Walsh sends the slayer on a mission that brings her close to revealing a dangerous secret.
EPISODE 14: Goodbye Iowa:
Buffy and Riley's relationship is put to the test when she investigates Professor Walsh's death and comes up against the Initiative's secret weapon. While Buffy is trying to find a way to save Sunnydale from rogue warrior demon on the loose, Riley becomes paranoid and delusional and challenges Buffy when he discovers that his mentor has been killed. Elsewhere in town, Spike has become the outcast among demons since he has taken up with the Scooby-Doo Gang.
EPISODE 15: This Year's Girl:
Buffy is preoccupied with catching the creature that attacked Riley, but her problems are just beginning when she learns that Faith has awakened from her coma and has gone seeking revenge to the only home in which Faith remembers Buffy living. Meanwhile, once she is set free, Faith receives a mysterious gift left behind from the Mayor.
EPISODE 16: Who Are You: Buffy battles to escape the clutches of the Watcher's Council special operations team who plan to send her to England, while Faith continues to wreak havoc in the lives of Buffy's family and friends. Meanwhile, it's Willow and Tara who figure out Buffy's whereabouts, but not before Faith has done some serious damage to Buffy's relationship with Riley.
EPISODE 17: Superstar: Buffy, still reeling from the discovery that Riley was intimate with Faith, must put aside her personal emotions and summon the strength to uncover why the entire town thinks that former high school nerd, Jonathan, is Sunnydale's newest version of a superhero.
EPISODE 18: Where the Wild Things Are:Buffy and Riley unleash a powerful supernatural force that awakens during a Lowell House fraternity party and causes everyone's hormones to kick into overdrive, threatening the very lives of Buffy and Riley. In order to free them, the gang must battle the spirits of children from the 1950s who have come back to avenge past abuses.
EPISODE 19: New Moon Rising: Willow and her friends are stunned when Oz returns to Sunnydale claiming he still loves Willow and has his full moon problems under control. Meanwhile, Willow tries to sort out her feelings for Oz and finally tells Buffy about her new relationship with Tara. But when the moon sets, a transformed Oz is captured by The Initiative and an unlikely source breaks his alliance to come to the rescue.
EPISODE 20: The Yoko Factor: Buffy is even more certain of her love for Riley when Angel's surprise visit to Sunnydale brings Riley and Angel to blows. Meanwhile, Spike joins forces with Adam and devises a plan to tear the Slayer apart from her gang, leaving her wide open for her enemies to attack.
EPISODE 21: Primeval: Buffy's estrangement from her friends and Giles threatens to keep the group from stopping Adam's plan to design a master race of human/demon hybrids. Elsewhere, Riley is captured by Adam and learns that before Professor Walsh death, she had implanted Riley with a chip that can destroy his free will and make him a salve to Adam forever.
EPISODE 22: Restless: A primal animal force stalks Buffy, Willow, Xander and Giles in their nightmares as they each come face to face with their worst fears.
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