Regular Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy), Nicholas Brendon (Xander), Alyson Hannigan (Willow), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles).

 

Recurring Guest Stars: David Boreanaz (Angel), Mark Metcalf (The Master), Robia LaMorte (Jenny Calendar), Armin Shimmerman (Principal Snyder), Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers).

1.1: Welcome to the Hellmouth (Original Airdate: 10th March 1997)

Writer: Joss Whedon

Director: Charles Martin Smith

 

Sophomore Buffy Summers transfers to Sunnydale High to make a fresh start but can't escape her destiny as a Slayer because Sunnydale just happens to be at the mouth of Hell.

Writer: Joss Whedon

Director: John T Kretchmer

 

Buffy swings into action in a fight to the death with the Master, a powerful vampire intent on making a meal of her newfound friends and re-opening the mouth of Hell.

Writer: Dana Reston

Director: Stephen Cragg

 

School spirit gets ugly when cheerleader tryouts take a supernatural turn, and Buffy gets bewitched as she tries to make the squad.

Writer: David Greenwalt

Director: Bruce Seth Green

 

Buffy gets bugged by the substitute Biology teacher who's seducing and devouring the boys at Sunnydale High.

Writers: Rob Des Hotel, Dean Batali

Director: David Semel

 

Buffy starts dating a classmate, but is interrupted by a vampire plot to lead her to Hell.

Writers: Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

Director: Bruce Seth Green

 

Buffy and Willow discover that all men are animals when Xander and the other boys from school are possessed by bloodthirsty demonic hyenas.

Writer: David Greenwalt

Director: Scott Brazil

 

Buffy finds herself irresistibly drawn to the mysterious Angel, but must pull herself away when she uncovers his terrible secret and ungodly past.

Writers: Ashley Gable, Thomas A Swyden

Director: Stephen Posey

 

Reading can be fun - unless there's a demon trapped in the book. Willow falls under a very literate spell that hides out on the internet and puts Buffy's life on the line.

Writers: Dean Batali, Rob des Hotel

Director: Ellen S Pressman

 

Someone or something is killing the school's talent show contestants for their organs. And all eyes are on a spooky ventriloquist dummy named Sid.

Writers: David Greenwalt (teleplay), Joss Whedon (story)

Director: Bruce Seth Green

 

When everyone's nightmares become reality, Buffy has to draw on her mental strength to put the terrible dreams to bed.

Writers: Ashley Gable, Thomas A Swyden (Teleplay), Joss Whedon (Story)

 

Ignore her at your own risk - Cordelia campaigns for the May Queen Crown, but the supernatural force of an unpopular girl conspires against her with dangerous consequences for Buffy and her friends.

Writer: Joss Whedon

Director: Joss Whedon

 

Buffy's future looks bleak when Giles discovers an ancient book that foretells her death and the end of the world. But she's determined to survive and party at the spring fling.