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

 

Recurring Guest Stars: Robia LaMorte (Jenny Calendar), Armin Shimmerman (Principal Snyder), Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers), Seth Green (Oz), Juliet Landau (Drusilla), James Marsters (Spike).

2.1: When She Was Bad (Original Airdate 15th September 1997)

Writer: Joss Whedon

Director: Joss Whedon

 

Summer's over and Buffy's on a bummer, which makes Xander and Willow worried and had Buffy further distancing herself from Angel. When Cordelia and Ms Calendar are kidnapped, Buffy is convinced that the fight to save them and the world rests on her weary shoulders.

Writer: Ty King

Director: Bruce Seth Green

 

Cordelia's about to lose her head - literally! When the parts of dead girls' bodies go missing from their graves, Buffy and her posse discover that they're being used to create the perfect woman. The only part missing is the head.

Writer: David Greenwalt

Director: John Kretchmer

 

While Angel's old friends Spike and Drusilla visit for the night of Saint Vigeous, Buffy tries to protect her fellow students, the Principal and her mother from uninvited guests who have crashed Parent-Teacher night. The hardest part will be protecting her secret.

Writer: Matt Kiene

Director: Joe Reinkmeyer

 

A Peruvian exchange student stirs up Buffy's and Giles' suspicions when a student goes missing on a field trip to the Natural History Museum. But Xander is the one who's really in jeopardy when he falls for the ravenous beauty.

Writer: David Greenwalt

Director: David Greenwalt

 

The only thing more scary than Buffy and Cordelia becoming party pals is what happens to them at a fraternity bash, where they're offered as a human sacrifice to a horrible half-man half-snake creature.

Writer: Carl Ellsworth

Director: Bruce Seth Green

 

There are lots of tricks but not many treats when Buffy's costume causes her to lose her powers and the kids she, Willow and Xander are trick-or-treating with, turn into their costume characters. Could Giles have something to do with all this?

Writer: Joss Whedon

Director: Joss Whedon

 

Young love can be a pain in the neck, as Buffy finds out when her fifth grade flame unexpectedly returns to the deliver her to Spike in exchange for the immortal life of a vampire. In the meantime, current flame Angel admits his past relationship with Drusilla.

Writers: Dean Batali, Rob des Hotel

Director: Bruce Seth Green

 

The future doesn't look bright for Giles or Ms Calendar. Giles' quiet existence is jeopardized when a murder victim is linked to his past, and Buffy and Angel look for a way to save Ms Calendar from a demon that has taken possession of her soul.

Writers: Howard Gordon, Marti Noxon

Director: David Solomon

 

There's a lot going on for Buffy and Angel and that doesn't include finally going out on their first date. As Angel and Spike hunt each other down, Buffy encounters her new ally, Kendra.

Writer: Marti Noxon

Director: David Semel

 

Buffy reluctantly joins forces with new vampire slayer Kendra to save Angel, while Xander and Cordelia have a close encounter of their own kind at Buffy's house.

Writers: David Greenwalt, Joss Whedon

Director: Bruce Seth Green

 

Everyone adores Buffy's Mom's new boyfriend - everyone except Buffy, who suspects there's more to him than meets the eye. As Giles tries to repair his relationship with Ms Calendar, Xander and Cordelia continue to hide theirs.

Writer: Marti Noxon

Director: David Greenwalt

 

School really stinks when an assignment that introduces Buffy and the Gang to parenting takes a rotten turn, and things get worse when two wild west vampires come to town hunting for Buffy. While Buffy and Angel continue to rendezvous, Xander and Cordelia keep their liaison secret.

Writer: Marti Noxon

Director: Michael Lange

 

The fate of the world is at stake when Spike and Drusilla gather the dismembered body parts of the Judge to use as the ultimate weapon against Buffy. Meanwhile Angel's ability to feel human emotion is jeopardised when an intimate moment with Buffy threatens to destroy his soul.

Writer: Joss Whedon

Director: Joss Whedon

 

After Buffy and Angel's intimate moment transforms him back into Angelus, Buffy realises that she must destroy him. Giles' relationship with Jenny Calendar takes on a new twist, and Willow's hopes are dashed when she discovers Xander and Cordelia's secret romance.

Writers: Dean Batali, Rob des Hotel

Director: Bruce Seth Green

 

When a werewolf descends on Sunnydale, it is up to Buffy and the Gang to protect the mostly-human being from an evil poacher. But Willow is completely unaware of the danger she is about to face after she turns her romantic interests from Xander to Oz.

Writer: Marti Noxon

Director: James A Contner

 

When Cordelia succombs to peer pressure and breaks up with Xander on Valentine's Day, he convinces a witch to put a spell on her. But the spell backfires and soon all the women in Sunnydale begin to see Xander in a whole new light.

Writer: Ty King

Director: Michael Gershmann

 

Angelus's obsession with tormenting Buffy takes a dangerous turn when he starts edging closer to her heart and home, forcing Buffy to have a serious talk with her Mom. And Jenny begins doing everything in her power to right her wrongs, especially with Giles.

Writers: Dean Batali, Rob des Hotel

Director: Deran Sarafian

 

Sick with a raging fever, Buffy is admitted to the hospital where she encounters a young child who brings with him nightmares of her past and present. Xander attempts to protect her from Angelus's fury while she's in her weakened state, which causes Cordelia to become jealous.

Writer: Marti Noxon

Director: James Whitmore Jr

 

Buffy enlists her friends to help a tortured spirit haunting the halls of Sunnydale High find peace. In the meantime, an anguished Giles tries to find out if the spirit is really Jenny trying to impart a final message to him from the beyond.

Writer: Elin Hampton

Director: David Semel

 

Something's fishy when a monster starts preying on members of the High School swin team. While Buffy takes it upon herself to become the protector of the star players, Xander goes undercover to discover the truth about the missing teammates.

Writer: Joss Whedon

Director: Joss Whedon

 

A web of conspiracy, suspense and heartbreak surrounds Buffy as she determines the time has come to destroy Angelus. Her decision is complicated when Willow uncovers the secret that may restore him, but Angelus would rather unearth an evil demon than return to Buffy.

Writer: Joss Whedon

Director: Joss Whedon

 

The suspense continues as Hell prepares to swallow the world and Buffy is left alone to stop it. With Giles in the hands of the enemy and Angelus primed for destruction, Buffy is forced into some treacherous alliances and faced with some major life-changing decisions.