Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Recap

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Welcome to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer recap page. For more information on the series, check out the main Buffy the Vampire Slayer page.

Most of these links are stubs. Full recaps are marked in *.

Season 1
Buffy and her mom try to make a new life in Sunnydale. She meets a new mentor and new friends but her fight against evil is far from over.


 * 1) Welcome to the Hellmouth (Part 1 of 2) *
 * 2) The Harvest (Part 2 of 2) *
 * 3) The Witch
 * 4) Teacher's Pet
 * 5) Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
 * 6) The Pack
 * 7) Angel *
 * 8) I Robot, You Jane
 * 9) The Puppet Show
 * 10) Nightmares *
 * 11) Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight
 * 12) Prophecy Girl *

Season 2
The Master may be dead but his minions continue to make Buffy's life hell. A new threat also arrives in Sunnydale.


 * 1) When She Was Bad *
 * 2) Some Assembly Required
 * 3) School Hard *
 * 4) Inca Mummy Girl
 * 5) Reptile Boy
 * 6) Halloween *
 * 7) Lie To Me *
 * 8) The Dark Age
 * 9) What's My Line, Part 1 *
 * 10) What's My Line, Part 2 *
 * 11) Ted
 * 12) Bad Eggs
 * 13) Surprise (Part 1 of 2)
 * 14) Innocence (Part 2 of 2) *
 * 15) Phases
 * 16) Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered *
 * 17) Passion *
 * 18) Killed By Death
 * 19) I Only Have Eyes For You
 * 20) Go Fish
 * 21) Becoming, Part 1 *
 * 22) Becoming, Part 2 *

Season 3
Buffy tries to reconnect with her loved ones. A second Slayer comes to town. The day of Ascension draws near.


 * 1) Anne *
 * 2) Dead Man's Party
 * 3) Faith, Hope, and Trick *
 * 4) Beauty and the Beasts
 * 5) Homecoming *
 * 6) Band Candy *
 * 7) Revelations *
 * 8) Lover's Walk *
 * 9) The Wish *
 * 10) Amends
 * 11) Gingerbread
 * 12) Helpless
 * 13) The Zeppo
 * 14) Bad Girls (Part 1 of 2)
 * 15) Consequences (Part 2 of 2) *
 * 16) Doppelgangland *
 * 17) Enemies
 * 18) Choices *
 * 19) Earshot *
 * 20) The Prom *
 * 21) Graduation Day, Part 1 *
 * 22) Graduation Day, Part 2 *

Season 4
Buffy, Willow and Oz go to college. Xander goes to work. Xander gets a new girlfriend and so does Willow. A massive government conspiracy in UC Sunnydale reveals itself.


 * 1) The Freshman
 * 2) Living Conditions
 * 3) The Harsh Light Of Day
 * 4) Fear Itself
 * 5) Beer Bad
 * 6) Wild At Heart
 * 7) The Initiative
 * 8) Pangs
 * 9) Something Blue
 * 10) Hush
 * 11) Doomed
 * 12) A New Man
 * 13) The I In Team (Part 1 of 2)
 * 14) Goodbye, Iowa (Part 2 of 2)
 * 15) This Year's Girl (Part 1 of 2)
 * 16) Who Are You? (Part 2 of 2)
 * 17) Superstar
 * 18) Where The Wild Things Are
 * 19) New Moon Rising
 * 20) The Yoko Factor (Part 1 of 2)
 * 21) Primeval (Part 2 of 2)
 * 22) Restless

Season 5
Buffy and friends must stop the evil plan of a demon god.


 * 1) Buffy vs. Dracula
 * 2) Real Me
 * 3) The Replacement
 * 4) Out Of My Mind
 * 5) No Place Like Home
 * 6) Family
 * 7) Fool For Love
 * 8) Shadow
 * 9) Listening To Fear
 * 10) Into The Woods
 * 11) Triangle
 * 12) Checkpoint
 * 13) Blood Ties
 * 14) Crush
 * 15) I Was Made To Love You
 * 16) The Body
 * 17) Forever
 * 18) Intervention
 * 19) Tough Love
 * 20) Spiral
 * 21) Weight of the World
 * 22) The Gift

Season 6
Buffy comes back to life. Xander and Anya decide to get married. Willow is abusing magic. Giles goes away. Three nerds band together to become supervillains.


 * 1) Bargaining, Part 1
 * 2) Bargaining, Part 2
 * 3) After Life
 * 4) Flooded
 * 5) Life Serial
 * 6) All The Way
 * 7) Once More, With Feeling
 * 8) Tabula Rasa
 * 9) Smashed (first of a two-parter)
 * 10) Wrecked (second of a two-parter)
 * 11) Gone
 * 12) Doublemeat Palace
 * 13) Dead Things *
 * 14) Older And Far Away
 * 15) As You Were
 * 16) Hell's Bells
 * 17) Normal Again
 * 18) Entropy
 * 19) Seeing Red
 * 20) Villains (Part 1 of 3)
 * 21) Two to Go (Part 2 of 3)
 * 22) Grave (Part 3 of 3)

Season 7
The end draws near. An evil force is trying to destroy the Slayer line.


 * 1) Lessons
 * 2) Beneath You
 * 3) Same Time, Same Place
 * 4) Help
 * 5) Selfless
 * 6) Him
 * 7) Conversations With Dead People
 * 8) Sleeper
 * 9) Never Leave Me
 * 10) Bring on the Night
 * 11) Showtime
 * 12) Potential
 * 13) The Killer In Me
 * 14) First Date
 * 15) Get It Done
 * 16) Storyteller
 * 17) Lies My Parents Told Me
 * 18) Dirty Girls
 * 19) Empty Places
 * 20) Touched
 * 21) End Of Days
 * 22) Chosen