22 episodes • September 26, 2000 - May 22, 2001

After an unsettling encounter with the Dracula, Buffy asks Giles to once again be her Watcher. Luckily he agrees, for Buffy is about to face mortal problems far more threatening than the undead.

22 episodes

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   #1

   Buffy vs. Dracula

   43 min • Sep 26, 2000 (26 years ago)

   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.

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   Real Me

   43 min • Oct 3, 2000 (26 years ago)

   As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.

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   The Replacement

   43 min • Oct 10, 2000 (26 years ago)

   When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.

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   Out of My Mind

   43 min • Oct 17, 2000 (26 years ago)

   While Riley's health begins to deteriorate, Spike and Harmony force a surgeon to remove the behavior modification chip embedded in Spike's brain.

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   No Place Like Home

   43 min • Oct 24, 2000 (26 years ago)

   Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.

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   Family

   43 min • Nov 7, 2000 (26 years ago)

   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.

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   Fool for Love

   43 min • Nov 14, 2000 (25 years ago)

   After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.

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   Shadow

   43 min • Nov 21, 2000 (25 years ago)

   Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.

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   Listening to Fear

   43 min • Nov 28, 2000 (25 years ago)

   As Joyce's sickness makes her begin doing odd things, a demon emerges from a meteorite and begins killing the mentally ill.

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    Into the Woods

    43 min • Dec 19, 2000 (25 years ago)

    After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.

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    Triangle

    43 min • Jan 9, 2001 (25 years ago)

    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.

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    Checkpoint

    43 min • Jan 23, 2001 (25 years ago)

    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.

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    Blood Ties

    43 min • Feb 6, 2001 (25 years ago)

    When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.

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    Crush

    43 min • Feb 13, 2001 (25 years ago)

    Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.

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    I Was Made to Love You

    43 min • Feb 20, 2001 (25 years ago)

    Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.

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    The Body

    43 min • Feb 27, 2001 (25 years ago)

    Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.

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    Forever

    43 min • Apr 17, 2001 (25 years ago)

    With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.

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    Intervention

    43 min • Apr 24, 2001 (25 years ago)

    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.

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    Tough Love

    43 min • May 1, 2001 (25 years ago)

    When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.

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    Spiral

    43 min • May 8, 2001 (25 years ago)

    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.

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    The Weight of the World

    43 min • May 15, 2001 (25 years ago)

    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.

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    The Gift

    43 min • May 22, 2001 (25 years ago)

    As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.