22 episodes • September 24, 2002 - May 20, 2003

As Buffy accompanies Dawn on her first day at the new Sunnydale High, Giles continues Willow's magic education in England. But while Buffy is surprised to be offered a guidance counselor job, Willow is shocked to experience a horrific future vision of the Hellmouth.

22 episodes

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   #1

   Lessons

   43 min • Sep 24, 2002 (24 years ago)

   Sunnydale High is re-opened, with a new designed campus and a new principal, Robin Wood. It is Dawn's first day at school there and Buffy accompanies her to class, only to discover evil spirits lurking in the basement.

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   Beneath You

   43 min • Oct 1, 2002 (24 years ago)

   The gang meet a young woman who is being chased by a giant worm.

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   Same Time, Same Place

   43 min • Oct 8, 2002 (24 years ago)

   Willow returns to Sunnydale, but fears her friends have abandoned her when she finds herself completely unable to find them.

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   Help

   43 min • Oct 15, 2002 (24 years ago)

   Buffy begins a new job as school counsellor at Sunnydale High. On her first day she encounters a troubled young girl who is convinced she is about to die.

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   Selfless

   43 min • Oct 22, 2002 (24 years ago)

   Anya's violent and deadly act of vengeance leaves everyone stunned. Buffy must put aside her feelings and take action before more people die.

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   Him

   43 min • Nov 5, 2002 (24 years ago)

   Xander and Spike search for the source of a spell that has bewitched the girls into competing for the affections of the high school quarterback.

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   Conversations with Dead People

   43 min • Nov 12, 2002 (23 years ago)

   Buffy talks through her troubles with an old high school classmate who has recently become a vampire. Cassie, the late student Buffy tried to help, appears to Willow with a posthumous message from Tara. Dawn experiences a terrifying haunting. And Andrew and Jonathan return to Sunnydale High on a mission.

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   Sleeper

   43 min • Nov 19, 2002 (23 years ago)

   Buffy and her friends fear Spike may be to blame when a number of people around town mysteriously disappear.

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   Never Leave Me

   43 min • Nov 26, 2002 (23 years ago)

   Buffy and the gang capture and interrogate Spike and Andrew.

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    Bring on the Night

    43 min • Dec 17, 2002 (23 years ago)

    Giles returns to Sunnydale with three potential slayers, whom Buffy must protect from a ferocious Uber-vampire from the Hellmouth.

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    Showtime

    43 min • Jan 7, 2003 (23 years ago)

    Buffy has to keep the ever increasing number of potential Slayers from panicking while Giles and Anya seek answers from the Beljoxa's Eye.

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    Potential

    43 min • Jan 21, 2003 (23 years ago)

    Willow casts a spell to seek out the next Potential, leading her to believe that Dawn may be a future slayer.

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    The Killer in Me

    43 min • Feb 4, 2003 (23 years ago)

    Kennedy, a potential Slayer, takes Willow on a date, which is interrupted when Willow finds herself transformed into Warren. Spike's chip is having agonizing malfunctions, and he and Buffy return to the Initiative to search for a fix.

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    First Date

    43 min • Feb 11, 2003 (23 years ago)

    Buffy accepts a dinner invitation from Principal Wood, and tries to figure out his true intentions.

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    Get It Done

    43 min • Feb 18, 2003 (23 years ago)

    Buffy introduces Principal Wood to the rest of the team. He brings an artifact that transports Buffy to see the origin of the Slayer, but the others must face a powerful demon to bring her back.

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    Storyteller

    43 min • Feb 25, 2003 (23 years ago)

    Andrew creates a documentary called "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyres", a record of the current situation in Sunnydale to show to future generations. But Buffy needs to tear him away from his filmmaking, because the Seal of Danzalthar is active and Andrew may hold the key to closing it before it destroys the town.

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    Lies My Parents Told Me

    43 min • Mar 25, 2003 (23 years ago)

    Robin Wood seeks revenge on Spike for killing his mother nearly 30 years ago, whilst everyone else tries to find out how The First has control over him.

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    Dirty Girls

    43 min • Apr 15, 2003 (23 years ago)

    Faith returns to Sunnydale just as a new villain, Caleb, arrives and sends Buffy a message in the form of a badly beaten Potential.

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    Empty Places

    43 min • Apr 29, 2003 (23 years ago)

    After their horrifying loss at the vineyard, the gang turn against Buffy. Meanwhile, Spike and Andrew travel to an old church to question a priest about Caleb.

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    Touched

    43 min • May 6, 2003 (23 years ago)

    After being ousted from the group, Buffy tries to figure out how to move forward. Faith and the Potentials plan to interrogate a Bringer for information on Caleb and the First.

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    End of Days

    43 min • May 13, 2003 (23 years ago)

    Buffy has a powerful new weapon, but the gang cannot find any information about the origins of the mysterious scythe. The Slayer goes by herself in search of knowledge, and finds a new ally, an old friend, and great danger.

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    Chosen

    43 min • May 20, 2003 (23 years ago)

    Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all.