Season 5
🎬 22 Episodes 📅 2000 ⏱ 43 min
A teenage girl discovers she's been chosen to be the world's strongest warrior against the forces of evil in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Beneath the surface of high school crushes and homework lies a parallel reality where vampires and demons hunt the innocent. Buffy must navigate the impossible tension between being a normal teenager and a supernatural protector, learning that her greatest power isn't the strength in her hands, but the bonds she forges with those who stand beside her. In this darkly comedic saga, growing up means saving the world one night at a time.
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📊 Season Stats
22
Episodes
2000
Year
43
min / ep
15.8
Watch Hours
5/7
Season No.
⭐ 8.9
Best Episode
Ep. 22 · The Gift
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🎬 Episodes 22 episodes
1
⭐ 7.3
Buffy vs. Dracula
The one-and-only Dracula makes his way to Sunnydale and immediately has everyone enchanted. Even Buffy might not be able to resist his charms.
🎬 David Solomon ✍️ Marti Noxon
2
⭐ 7.4
Real Me
As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.
🎬 David Grossman ✍️ David Fury
3
⭐ 8.0
The Replacement
When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.
🎬 James A. Contner ✍️ Jane Espenson
4
⭐ 6.8
Out of My Mind
While Riley's health begins to deteriorate, Spike and Harmony force a surgeon to remove the behavior modification chip embedded in Spike's brain.
🎬 David Grossman ✍️ Rebecca Rand Kirshner
5
⭐ 8.0
No Place Like Home
Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.
🎬 David Solomon ✍️ Douglas Petrie
6
⭐ 7.2
Family
When relatives arrive in Sunnydale, to celebrate her birthday, Tara uses a magic spell on her friends to keep them from learning her "secret." Meanwhile, Glory unleashes a hoard of demons to hunt down Buffy.
🎬 Joss Whedon ✍️ Joss Whedon
7
⭐ 8.4
Fool for Love
After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.
🎬 Nick Marck ✍️ Douglas Petrie
8
⭐ 7.2
Shadow
Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.
🎬 Dan Attias ✍️ David Fury
9
⭐ 7.2
Listening to Fear
As Joyce's sickness makes her begin doing odd things, a demon emerges from a meteorite and begins killing the mentally ill.
🎬 David Solomon ✍️ Rebecca Rand Kirshner
10
⭐ 7.3
Into the Woods
After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.
🎬 Marti Noxon ✍️ Marti Noxon
11
⭐ 7.3
Triangle
While Giles is in England meeting with the Watcher Council, a bickering Anya and Willow mind the magic store and inadvertently conjure up a fearsome troll.
🎬 Christopher Hibler ✍️ Jane Espenson
12
⭐ 8.1
Checkpoint
The Watcher Council travels to Sunnydale to review Buffy's skills as a Slayer; meanwhile, Glory puts her search for the Key into high gear.
🎬 Nick Marck ✍️ Douglas Petrie
13
⭐ 8.1
Blood Ties
When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.
🎬 Michael Gershman ✍️ Steven S. DeKnight
14
⭐ 8.3
Crush
Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.
🎬 Dan Attias ✍️ David Fury
15
⭐ 7.8
I Was Made to Love You
Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.
🎬 James A. Contner ✍️ Jane Espenson
16
⭐ 8.6
The Body
Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.
🎬 Joss Whedon ✍️ Joss Whedon
17
⭐ 8.1
Forever
With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.
🎬 Marti Noxon ✍️ Marti Noxon
18
⭐ 8.4
Intervention
A weary Buffy seeks to regain focus by embarking on a quest with the First Slayer; Spike cavorts with his very own "Buffybot" and Glory instructs her minions to spy on Buffy's friends in the hopes of ascertaining the Key's true identity.
🎬 Michael Gershman ✍️ Jane Espenson
19
⭐ 7.7
Tough Love
When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.
🎬 David Grossman ✍️ Rebecca Rand Kirshner
20
⭐ 7.9
Spiral
Realizing they may never be able to vanquish Glory, Buffy and the gang decide to flee Sunnydale in Spike's R.V. to protect Dawn.
🎬 James A. Contner ✍️ Steven S. DeKnight
21
⭐ 7.8
The Weight of the World
When Buffy lapses into a catatonic state, Willow uses magic to find out why; a tug-of-war erupts between Glory and Ben over Dawn's ultimate fate.
🎬 David Solomon ✍️ Douglas Petrie
22
⭐ 8.9
The Gift
As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.
🎬 Joss Whedon ✍️ Joss Whedon