The Freshman
Trying to adjust to the rigours of college life proves to be harder than Buffy imagined. She moves in a dorm and must return to sneaking out to patrol. She must contend with a less-than-stable roommate and the complexities of life without Angel and with college guys.
3/10
Living Conditions
Dorm life proves to be quite an adjustment for Buffy when her roommate drives her crazy with her idiosyncracies.
2/10
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. But things never go smoothly especially when Buffy is your enemy.
7/10
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.
5/10
Beer Bad
When Buffy is befriended by a group of upper-class men who convince her to drown her sorrows with them. Bartender Xander becomes suspicious when Buffy and her new friends return to their primordial roots.
3/10
Wild at Heart
Buffy does her best to console Willow when Oz is undeniably drawn to another woman, Veruca. Even after it is discovers that his attraction stems from the fact that she is also a werewolf, his powerful primitive instincts may be too innate to ignore.
3/10
The Initiative
Unbeknownst to Buffy and the gang Spike is captured by a commando squad for the Initative, a mysterious underground lab beneath the streets of UC Sunnydale.
5/10
Pangs
Angel lurks in the shadows of Sunnydale trying to protect Buffy 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.
7/10
Something Blue
Due to a disasterous attempt for Willow to make herself feel better using magic Buffy and Spike are in love and are making plans to marry. Giles is blind and Xander is even more of a demmon magnet than usual.
7/10
Hush
A silence falls over Sunnydale when the otherworldly beings come to town and steal the power of speech from the residents so they can take their hearts without any disturbance.
6/10
Doomed
The reopening of the Hellmouth sends Buffy and the gang back to high school to prevent an impending apocalypse.
5/10
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.
4/10
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.
4/10
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.
3/10
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.
7/10
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.
10/10
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.
9/10
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.
6/10
New Moon Rising
Willow and her friends are stunned when Oz returns to Sunnydale claiming he still loves Willow and has his full moon frolics 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.
7/10
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.
10/10
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 could destroy his power and bond him to Adam forever.
10/10
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.
2/10