Buffy the Vampire Slayer (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.
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Cast & Crew
Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon Alexander "Xander" Harris
Alyson Hannigan Willow Rosenberg
James Marsters Spike
Emma Caulfield Anya Emerson
Anthony Stewart Head Rupert Giles
Michelle Trachtenberg Dawn Summers
David Boreanaz Angel
Joss Whedon Creator
Joss Whedon Executive Producer
Marti Noxon Executive Producer
David Fury Executive Producer
Fran Rubel Kuzui Executive Producer
Kaz Kuzui Executive Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Friday, May 16
Life Serial
Season 6 • Episode 5
Jonathan, Warren and Andrew unwittingly test Buffy's patience.
Friday, May 16
All the Way
Season 6 • Episode 6
Dawn sneaks out with a friend to raise a little hell on Halloween.
Friday, May 16
Once More, With Feeling
Season 6 • Episode 7
A demon summoned to Sunnydale forces everyone to sing their most private secrets to one another.
Saturday, May 17
Tabula Rasa
Season 6 • Episode 8
Willow casts a spell that goes awry, causing Buffy and her friends to lose their memories.
Saturday, May 17
Smashed
Season 6 • Episode 9
Spike's chip malfunctions and allows him to attack people again.
Saturday, May 17
Wrecked
Season 6 • Episode 10
Buffy fights her attraction to Spike, while Willow begins using black magic.
Sunday, May 18
Gone
Season 6 • Episode 11
Social worker threatens to take Dawn away; Buffy turns invisible.
Monday, May 19
Doublemeat Palace
Season 6 • Episode 12
Buffy takes a new job at a fast food restaurant to make ends meet.
Tuesday, May 20
Dead Things
Season 6 • Episode 13
Buffy investigates why Spike is able to attack her, despite the chip in his head.
Tuesday, May 20
Older and Far Away
Season 6 • Episode 14
When a demon grants Dawn's wish, Buffy and the gang are in danger.
Tuesday, May 20
As You Were
Season 6 • Episode 15
Buffy's ex-boyfriend Riley returns to Sunnydale in search of a renegade demon.
Wednesday, May 21
Hell's Bells
Season 6 • Episode 16
A stranger plants doubts in Xander's mind on the eve of his wedding to Anya.
Wednesday, May 21
Normal Again
Season 6 • Episode 17
Buffy suffers visions of being in a mental hospital after a demon's attack leaves her poisoned.
Wednesday, May 21
Entropy
Season 6 • Episode 18
Anya plots a hideous revenge against Xander for leaving her at the altar.
Thursday, May 22
Seeing Red
Season 6 • Episode 19
The friends have mixed reactions when they find out about Buffy's secret relationship with Spike.
Thursday, May 22
Villains
Season 6 • Episode 20
The friends cope with the untimely death of one of their own.
Thursday, May 22
Two to Go
Season 6 • Episode 21
Willow returns to the use of dark magic to avenge Tara's death.
Friday, May 23
Grave
Season 6 • Episode 22
Giles is powerless to stop Willow as she sets out to destroy the world.
Friday, May 23
Lessons
Season 7 • Episode 1
When Sunnydale High reopens, Buffy discovers that the school still hides the secrets of years past.
Friday, May 23
Beneath You
Season 7 • Episode 2
Buffy tracks a subterranean monster following her first day as guidance counselor.
Saturday, May 24
Same Time, Same Place
Season 7 • Episode 3
Willow's homecoming is more problematic than anyone anticipated.
Saturday, May 24
Help
Season 7 • Episode 4
Buffy counsels a student who says she knows the day and time of her own death.
Saturday, May 24
Selfless
Season 7 • Episode 5
Buffy and the gang confront Anya after she grants an unusually gruesome wish.
Sunday, May 25
Him
Season 7 • Episode 6
Buffy, Anya and Willow inexplicably fall for Dawn's high-school crush.
Monday, May 26
Conversations With Dead People
Season 7 • Episode 7
Gang receives a wave of ominous visitations; dead mother visits Dawn; Buffy chats with vampire.
Tuesday, May 27
Sleeper
Season 7 • Episode 8
Gang believes Spike is responsible for a rash of brutal attacks.
Tuesday, May 27
Never Leave Me
Season 7 • Episode 9
Buffy gives Spike the third degree; the gang grills Andrew about evil forces.
Tuesday, May 27
Bring on the Night
Season 7 • Episode 10
The gang searches for a way to annihilate the Ubervamp; Giles arrives in Sunnydale.
Wednesday, May 28
Showtime
Season 7 • Episode 11
Buffy trains slayers, while searching for ways to pulverize the Ubervamp and save Spike.
Wednesday, May 28
Potential
Season 7 • Episode 12
Buffy and Spike train potential slayers for the inevitable return of The First.
Wednesday, May 28
The Killer in Me
Season 7 • Episode 13
Willow transforms into Warren after kissing Kennedy; the gang makes a discovery.
Thursday, May 29
First Date
Season 7 • Episode 14
Buffy's dinner date with Principal Wood ends in a mission to save Xander from his disastrous date.
Thursday, May 29
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.
Thursday, May 29
Storyteller
Season 7 • Episode 16
Andrew uses a video camera to document a day in the life of Buffy and her friends.
Friday, May 30
Lies My Parents Told Me
Season 7 • Episode 17
Giles returns with a device he hopes will deactivate the trigger in Spike's subconscious.
Friday, May 30
Dirty Girls
Season 7 • Episode 18
Faith enters the fray against an evil cleric who stuns the gang.
Friday, May 30
Empty Places
Season 7 • Episode 19
Caleb launches a surprise attack; Faith takes the gang out to blow off some steam.
Saturday, May 31
Touched
Season 7 • Episode 20
Faith and the potentials discover an element of the First's plan and launch an attack.
Saturday, May 31
End of Days
Season 7 • Episode 21
Buffy rejoins the fray wielding a mystical new weapon; Angel fights at the slayer's side.
Saturday, May 31
Chosen
Season 7 • Episode 22
Buffy crafts a plan to destroy the First, leading her friends into the Hellmouth.
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