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Fifth Season Episode Guide - Continued

"Checkpoint" *** Episode #5ABB12. The Watchers Council demands Buffy
demonstrate her slaying skills. Guest star: Clare Kramer. Cast: Sarah Michelle
Gellar, Nicholas Brendon , Alyson Hannigan, Marc Blucas , James Marsters ,
Emma Caulfield , Anthony Stewart Head , Amber Benson , Michelle
Trachtenberg. Director(s): Nick Marck. Producer(s): Joss Whedon, Gail Berman,
Sandy Gallin, Fran Rubel Kuzui, Kaz Kuzui. Writer(s): Jane Espenson, Douglas
Petrie.

"Blood Ties" ****- (#5ABB13) Tuesday, February 6, 2001 8/7C DAWN IS
UNVEILED AS THE KEY - As Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and friends
celebrate her 20th birthday, Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) is traumatized to
learn she is the Key and runs away but Buffy and the Scooby gang must find her
before Glory (guest star Clare Kramer) does. Nicholas Brendon, Alyson
Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield, Kristine
Sutherland and Amber Benson also star. Michael Gershman directed the episode
written by Steven S. DeKnight (#5ABB13).

Missing Episode! Soon to be filled in. : - ) (#5ABB14)

"I Was Made to Love You" - ***(#5ABB15) THE PERFECT WOMAN - Buffy
(Sarah Michelle Gellar) must stop a heartbroken young woman (guest star
Shonda Farr) who was manufactured to be the perfect girlfriend from destroying
the city and then finds herself comforting the creation over the loss of love in
both of their lives. Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Emma Caulfield,
Michelle Trachtenberg, and Amber Benson also star. James A. Contner directed
the episode written by Jane Espenson (#5ABB15).

"The Body" **** - TRAGEDY SHATTERS BUFFY'S WORLD - Buffy (Sarah
Michelle Gellar) and her friends are overwhelmed with grief and their lives are
changed forever when they must deal with the loss of someone close to all of
them. Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, James
Marsters, Emma Caulfield, Kristine Sutherland, Michelle Trachtenberg and
Amber Benson also star. Joss Whedon wrote and directed the episode
(#5ABB16).

"Forever" *** ANGEL COMES BACK TO BUFFY - A grieving and confused
Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) falls into the loving arms of Angel (guest star
David Boreanaz) who comes back to Sunnydale after he gets word about the
death of her mother. Meanwhile, a distraught Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg)
takes it upon herself to perform a magic spell to bring her mom back to life.
Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, James Marsters,
Emma Caulfield and Amber Benson also star. Marti Noxon wrote and directed
the episode (#5ABB17).

"Intervention" **** FULL OF LOVE - Buffy travels to a sacred location on a
solemn quest guided by the first slayer with the hopes of uncovering why she has
become emotionally paralyzed and to help regain her focus towards slaying. Back
in Sunnydale, unable to have the real thing, Spike builds a Buffy robot, who is a
picture-perfect replica and so devoted to the rogue that it leaves the Scooby gang
reeling and Glory's minions convinced he is the Key. Nicholas Brendon, Alyson
Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, Emma Caulfield, Kristine Sutherland,
Michelle Trachtenberg and Amber Benson also star. Michael Gershman directed
the episode written by Jane Espenson (#5ABB18).

"Tough Love" - *** A MEMBER OF THE SCOOBY GANG IS
SACRIFICED - Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) must step up as the authority
figure for Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) now that their mom is gone, all the
while fearful that Glory (guest star Clare Kramer) is closer to discovering the Key
when a member of the Scooby gang is her latest victim. Nicholas Brendon,
Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Stewart Head, Emma Caulfield, and Amber Benson
also star. David Grossman directed the episode written by Rebecca Rand
Kirshner (#5ABB19).

"Spiral" - *** The gang tries to escape Glory on her rampage to find the Key but only find themselves in more trouble with the Knights of Byzantium. - BUFFY AND THE GANG FLEE SUNNYDALE - Buffy explodes into action and takes the gang on the road once Glory discovers that Dawn is the Key. While on the run, things happen fast as Giles and Spike are wounded, Dawn learns she has the power to destroy the universe, and Willow stays close to an incoherent Tara. (#5ABB20)

"The Weight of the World" - *** WILLOW GOES INTO THE MIND OF THE SLAYER TO BRING BUFFY BACK - Buffy slips into catatonia after Glory kidnaps Dawn and prepares to bring about the end of the world, so Willow uses her wicca talents to reach Buffy deep inside her innermost secrets and subconscious fears. (#5ABB21)

"The Gift" - **** FIFTH SEASON FINALE & 100TH EPISODE WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JOSS WHEDON - 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. Buffy, Xander, Willow, Giles, Anya, Tara and Spike go to battle with the knowledge that they may not all survive. (#5ABB22)

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