Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) - The WB

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Series

1997

TVPG

Drama

Horror

Fantasy

A high school cheerleader embraces her destiny as a chosen one, battling evil forces and slaying vampires while negotiating the trials and tribulations of teenage life in the fictional town of Sunnydale.

Where to Stream

1997–2003 Series 7 Seasons148 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Tuesday, March 26

When She Was Bad

Season 2 • Episode 1

Cordelia and Ms. Calendar are kidnapped; Buffy turns Angel away.

Tuesday, March 26

Some Assembly Required

Season 2 • Episode 2

The gang tries to find out who would use missing body parts to create the perfect woman.

Tuesday, March 26

Listening to Fear

Season 5 • Episode 9

A gruesome demon from outer space creeps into the Summers' home.

Tuesday, March 26

Into the Woods

Season 5 • Episode 10

Buffy finds out about Riley's furtive nights spent with a vampire.

Tuesday, March 26

Triangle

Season 5 • Episode 11

Buffy struggles to recover from losing Riley; Willow accidentally conjures a troll.

Tuesday, March 26

Checkpoint

Season 5 • Episode 12

The Watchers Council demands Buffy demonstrate her slaying skills.

Wednesday, March 27

School Hard

Season 2 • Episode 3

Buffy shields her mom when vampires crash parent-teacher night.

Wednesday, March 27

Inca Mummy Girl

Season 2 • Episode 4

Xander's love interest is a mummy (Ara Celi) who must kill to stay alive.

Wednesday, March 27

Blood Ties

Season 5 • Episode 13

As Buffy's friends gather for her 20th birthday, Dawn learns she is the Key.

Wednesday, March 27

Crush

Season 5 • Episode 14

Despite Drusilla's return, Spike decides to admit his true feelings to Buffy.

Wednesday, March 27

I Was Made to Love You

Season 5 • Episode 15

Buffy must stop a heartbroken woman from destroying the city.

Wednesday, March 27

The Body

Season 5 • Episode 16

Buffy is thunderstruck when she finds the body of her dead mother.

Thursday, March 28

Reptile Boy

Season 2 • Episode 5

A snake-like creature awaits human sacrifices at a fraternity bash.

Thursday, March 28

Halloween

Season 2 • Episode 6

Buffy loses her slaying abilities while wearing a Halloween costume.

Thursday, March 28

Forever

Season 5 • Episode 17

Angel returns to Sunnydale after he learns of the death of Buffy's mother.

Thursday, March 28

Intervention

Season 5 • Episode 18

Buffy quests to discover the reason for her emotional paralysis.

Thursday, March 28

Tough Love

Season 5 • Episode 19

Buffy must lay down the law for a motherless Dawn, while shielding her from harm.

Thursday, March 28

Spiral

Season 5 • Episode 20

Buffy and the gang flee Sunnydale when Glory learns that Dawn is the Key.

Friday, March 29

Lie to Me

Season 2 • Episode 7

Buffy's fifth-grade crush arrives in Sunnydale intending to exchange her for the immortal life.

Friday, March 29

The Dark Age

Season 2 • Episode 8

A murder victim may be linked to Giles' past; a demon possesses Miss Calendar.

Friday, March 29

The Weight of the World

Season 5 • Episode 21

After Glory kidnaps Dawn, Willow enters Buffy's mind to save the Slayer from catatonia.

Friday, March 29

The Gift

Season 5 • Episode 22

Buffy must defeat Glory before the deity uses Dawn to unleash hell upon Earth.

Friday, March 29

Bargaining

Season 6 • Episode 1

A pack of demons threatens the Sunnydale gang's plan to bring Buffy back from death.

Friday, March 29

Bargaining

Season 6 • Episode 2

A pack of demons threatens the Sunnydale gang's plan to bring Buffy back from death.

Saturday, March 30

What's My Line?

Season 2 • Episode 9

Spike and his new recruits want to capture Angel and cure Drusilla.

Saturday, March 30

What's My Line?

Season 2 • Episode 10

Buffy joins forces with a new vampire slayer (Bianca Lawson) to save Angel.

Monday, April 1

Tabula Rasa

Season 6 • Episode 8

Willow casts a spell that goes awry, causing Buffy and her friends to lose their memories.

Monday, April 1

The Zeppo

Season 3 • Episode 13

Xander hangs with a dangerous crowd and consorts with fast women.

Monday, April 1

A New Man

Season 4 • Episode 12

Buffy and Riley's romance grows; Giles, transformed into a demon, eludes Buffy.

Monday, April 1

Band Candy

Season 3 • Episode 6

Mr. Trick (K. Todd Freeman) makes Sunnydale adults act like adolescents.

Tuesday, April 2

Ted

Season 2 • Episode 11

Buffy is suspicious of her mom's new boyfriend (John Ritter).

Tuesday, April 2

Bad Eggs

Season 2 • Episode 12

Two cowboy vampires are gunning for Buffy, whose liaisons with Angel continue.

Tuesday, April 2

After Life

Season 6 • Episode 3

A demon visits Buffy, forcing her to deal with the repercussions of the Slayer's resurrection.

Tuesday, April 2

Flooded

Season 6 • Episode 4

Buffy shoulders adult responsibilities, while a new group of supervillains surface in Sunnydale.

Tuesday, April 2

Life Serial

Season 6 • Episode 5

Jonathan, Warren and Andrew unwittingly test Buffy's patience.

Tuesday, April 2

All the Way

Season 6 • Episode 6

Dawn sneaks out with a friend to raise a little hell on Halloween.

Wednesday, April 3

Surprise

Season 2 • Episode 13

Spike and Drusilla want to use a deadly demon to extinguish Buffy.

Wednesday, April 3

Innocence

Season 2 • Episode 14

Buffy must destroy Angel after he reverts to his evil persona.

Wednesday, April 3

Once More, With Feeling

Season 6 • Episode 7

A demon summoned to Sunnydale forces everyone to sing their most private secrets to one another.

Wednesday, April 3

Tabula Rasa

Season 6 • Episode 8

Willow casts a spell that goes awry, causing Buffy and her friends to lose their memories.

Wednesday, April 3

Smashed

Season 6 • Episode 9

Spike's chip malfunctions and allows him to attack people again.

Wednesday, April 3

Wrecked

Season 6 • Episode 10

Buffy fights her attraction to Spike, while Willow begins using black magic.

Thursday, April 4

Phases

Season 2 • Episode 15

Buffy and the gang try to protect a werewolf from an evil poacher (Jack Conley).

Thursday, April 4

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Season 2 • Episode 16

When Cordelia breaks off their secret romance, Xander gets student witch Amy to put a spell on her.

Thursday, April 4

Gone

Season 6 • Episode 11

Social worker threatens to take Dawn away; Buffy turns invisible.

Thursday, April 4

Doublemeat Palace

Season 6 • Episode 12

Buffy takes a new job at a fast food restaurant to make ends meet.

Thursday, April 4

Dead Things

Season 6 • Episode 13

Buffy investigates why Spike is able to attack her, despite the chip in his head.

Thursday, April 4

Older and Far Away

Season 6 • Episode 14

When a demon grants Dawn's wish, Buffy and the gang are in danger.

Friday, April 5

Passion

Season 2 • Episode 17

Angel's desire to torment Buffy leads to the death of someone she knows.

Friday, April 5

Killed by Death

Season 2 • Episode 18

Buffy meets a boy who is having nightmares about her experiences.

Friday, April 5

As You Were

Season 6 • Episode 15

Buffy's ex-boyfriend Riley returns to Sunnydale in search of a renegade demon.

Friday, April 5

Hell's Bells

Season 6 • Episode 16

A stranger plants doubts in Xander's mind on the eve of his wedding to Anya.

Friday, April 5

Normal Again

Season 6 • Episode 17

Buffy suffers visions of being in a mental hospital after a demon's attack leaves her poisoned.

Friday, April 5

Entropy

Season 6 • Episode 18

Anya plots a hideous revenge against Xander for leaving her at the altar.

Saturday, April 6

I Only Have Eyes for You

Season 2 • Episode 19

Buffy helps a heartsick ghost find peace in a surprising way.

Saturday, April 6

Go Fish

Season 2 • Episode 20

Xander goes undercover as a swimmer to help Buffy net a sea monster.

Monday, April 8

Seeing Red

Season 6 • Episode 19

The friends have mixed reactions when they find out about Buffy's secret relationship with Spike.

Monday, April 8

Villains

Season 6 • Episode 20

The friends cope with the untimely death of one of their own.

Monday, April 8

Two to Go

Season 6 • Episode 21

Willow returns to the use of dark magic to avenge Tara's death.

Monday, April 8

Grave

Season 6 • Episode 22

Giles is powerless to stop Willow as she sets out to destroy the world.

Tuesday, April 9

Becoming

Season 2 • Episode 21

While Angel attempts to unearth a demon who will annihilate the planet.

Tuesday, April 9

Becoming

Season 2 • Episode 22

Buffy faces treacherous alliances as hell prepares to swallow the world.

Tuesday, April 9

Lessons

Season 7 • Episode 1

When Sunnydale High reopens, Buffy discovers that the school still hides the secrets of years past.

Tuesday, April 9

Beneath You

Season 7 • Episode 2

Buffy tracks a subterranean monster following her first day as guidance counselor.

Tuesday, April 9

Same Time, Same Place

Season 7 • Episode 3

Willow's homecoming is more problematic than anyone anticipated.

Tuesday, April 9

Help

Season 7 • Episode 4

Buffy counsels a student who says she knows the day and time of her own death.

Wednesday, April 10

Anne

Season 3 • Episode 1

A demonic force threatens inner-city children living on the streets.

Wednesday, April 10

Dead Man's Party

Season 3 • Episode 2

Buffy returns to Sunnydale, facing school expulsion and awkward reunions with those she left behind.

Wednesday, April 10

Selfless

Season 7 • Episode 5

Buffy and the gang confront Anya after she grants an unusually gruesome wish.

Wednesday, April 10

Him

Season 7 • Episode 6

Buffy, Anya and Willow inexplicably fall for Dawn's high-school crush.

Wednesday, April 10

Conversations With Dead People

Season 7 • Episode 7

Gang receives a wave of ominous visitations; dead mother visits Dawn; Buffy chats with vampire.

Wednesday, April 10

Sleeper

Season 7 • Episode 8

Gang believes Spike is responsible for a rash of brutal attacks.

Thursday, April 11

Faith, Hope & Trick

Season 3 • Episode 3

An ancient, cloven-hoofed villain and his bloodsucking sidekick threaten Sunnydale.

Thursday, April 11

Beauty and the Beasts

Season 3 • Episode 4

The savage mauling of a student leaves Angel and Oz as suspects.

Thursday, April 11

Never Leave Me

Season 7 • Episode 9

Buffy gives Spike the third degree; the gang grills Andrew about evil forces.

Thursday, April 11

Bring on the Night

Season 7 • Episode 10

The gang searches for a way to annihilate the Ubervamp; Giles arrives in Sunnydale.

Thursday, April 11

Showtime

Season 7 • Episode 11

Buffy trains slayers, while searching for ways to pulverize the Ubervamp and save Spike.

Thursday, April 11

Potential

Season 7 • Episode 12

Buffy and Spike train potential slayers for the inevitable return of The First.

Friday, April 12

Homecoming

Season 3 • Episode 5

The bloodsucking Mr. Trick (K. Todd Freeman) assembles a host of killers in Sunnydale.

Friday, April 12

Band Candy

Season 3 • Episode 6

Mr. Trick (K. Todd Freeman) makes Sunnydale adults act like adolescents.

Friday, April 12

The Killer in Me

Season 7 • Episode 13

Willow transforms into Warren after kissing Kennedy; the gang makes a discovery.

Friday, April 12

First Date

Season 7 • Episode 14

Buffy's dinner date with Principal Wood ends in a mission to save Xander from his disastrous date.

Friday, April 12

Get It Done

Season 7 • Episode 15

The gang renews its efforts to rout the forces of evil after the household suffers a grievous loss.

Friday, April 12

Storyteller

Season 7 • Episode 16

Andrew uses a video camera to document a day in the life of Buffy and her friends.

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