Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
Writer: Joss Whedon
Air date: 1997-03-10
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: When teen vampire slayer Buffy tries to start a new life at Sunnydale High, she discovers that the school sits atop a demonic dimensional portal.
Writer: Joss Whedon
Air date: 1997-03-10
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Buffy and her friends encounter a powerful vampire bent on opening a portal to a dimension inhabited by demons.
Writer: Dana Reston
Air date: 1997-03-17
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Buffy suspects she has a witch on her hands when the cheerleading squad falls victim to sudden blindness and spontaneous combustion.
Writer: David Greenwalt
Air date: 1997-03-24
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Buffy's biology teacher is killed by a giant praying mantis that assumes the form of a beautiful substitute teacher.
Writer: Dean Batali
Air date: 1997-03-31
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: With Buffy preoccupied by her date with Owen, Giles is trapped by a group of vampires seeking to raise a powerful leader.
Writer: Matt Kiene
Air date: 1997-04-07
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Xander and several other students are possessed by the spirit of a demonic breed of hyenas that wreak havoc at the high school.
Writer: David Greenwalt
Air date: 1997-04-14
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Buffy discovers Angel's dark secret and hesitates to do anything about it, which could spell danger for someone she loves.
Writer: Ashley Gable
Air date: 1997-04-28
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Willow's new Internet chat buddy turns out to be a powerful demon electronically unleashed from a centuries-old, newly digitized book.
Writer: Dean Batali
Air date: 1997-05-05
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.
Writer: David Greenwalt
Air date: 1997-05-12
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A series of strange occurrences lead Buffy and her friends to discover that their worst nightmares have literally become reality.
Writer: Ashley Gable
Air date: 1997-05-19
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: When an invisible menace starts attacking students and faculty at Sunnydale High, the Scooby Gang traces the problem back to Cordelia.
Writer: Joss Whedon
Air date: 1997-06-02
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Buffy's life may hang in the balance as Giles uncovers an ancient book that foretells not only her death, but also the end of the world.
