Welcome to the Hellmouth / The Harvest
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First air date: 10/3/97
Written by Joss Whedon
Directed by Charles Martin Smith and John T. Kerchmer
Series premiere: Buffy moves to Sunnydale and with the help of her new friends and watcher; must stop the master from rising. The master plans to release himself from the underground he was prisoned in 100 years ago.
The Witch
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First air date: 17/3/97
Written by Dana Reston
Directed by Stephen Cragg
Buffy tries out for the cheerleading squad and also must stop a witch who has a deadly desire to be on the squad. The witch starts attacking the cheerleaders to prevent competition and Buffy gets a deadly disease.
Teacher's Pet
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First air date: 25/3/97
Written by David Greenwalt
Directed by Bruce Seth Green
Xander has a dangerous crush on a substitute teacher who's not what she appears to be. She happens to be a preying mantis who captures young male virgins to fertilise her eggs.
Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
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First air date: 31/3/97
Written by Rob Des Hotel and Dean Batali
Directed by David Semel
Being the slayer conflicts with normal teenage desires when Buffy wants to date cute-guy Owen. The anointed one rises and Buffy must stop him, save Giles, save Owen and Angel from the clutches of Cordelia, and satisfy Owen when he wants Buffy to be danger girl.
The Pack
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First air date: 7/4/97
Written by Matt Kiene and Joe Reinkemeyer
Directed by Bruce Seth Green
After a school trip to the zoo, Sunnydale`s cool group-and Xander-start to act like savages. It turns out they have been possessed by hyenas, and Buffy, Willow and Giles must do everything they can to stop them eating the school mascot, pig Herbie and the headmaster.
Angel
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First air date: 14/4/97
Written by David Greenwalt
Directed by Scott Brazil
Everyone's got secrets-Buffy and Angel share their first kiss, and she finds out who he really is. His sire, Darla comes into Buffy's house, attacks her mother and tries to frame Angel. Buffy gets the wrong impression, but still can't kill him. Where will the relationship progress?
I Robot-You Jane
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First air date: 28/4/97
Written by Ashley Gable and Tom Swyden
Directed by Stephen Posey
Willow starts cyber-dating Malcolm, a demon unleashed onto the internet by scanning in a book. Jenny Calendar, computer-science teacher and technopagen makes her first appearance and she and Giles work together in banishing the demon.
The Puppet Show
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First air date: 5/5/97
Written by Rob Des Hotel and Rob Des Hotel and Dean Batali
Directed by Ellen Pressman
The gang is forced to participate in the school's talent show where someone (or something) is harvesting human organs.
Nightmares
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First air date: 12/5/97
Written by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt
Directed by Bruce Seth Green
People (including Buffy and co) are haunted by waking nightmares, as fear becomes reality. Willow's nightmare: performing opera, Xanders: going to school in his underwear, Giles: Buffy being a vampire, Buffys: the master being alive and free from his prison.
Out of Mind, Out of Sight / Invisible Girl
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First air date: 19/5/97
Written by Joss Whedon, Ashley Gable and Tom Swyden
Directed by Reza Badiyi
An ignored former member of the cordettes becomes invisible and seeks revenge on perpetually popular Cordelia. Cordelia comes to Buffy for help for the first time and the student is taken away to be rehabilitated.
Prophecy Girl
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First air date: 2/6/97
Written and directed by Joss Whedon
A stunning season finale- A book of infallible prophecies predicts that Buffy will face the master in a battle to the death-hers. Buffy denies her destiny, says she quits slaying, but then takes up the weight of the world on her shoulders and saves the world- again.