Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Season 2)

When She Was Bad (Episode 1) 7.7

Writer: Joss Whedon

Air date: 1997-09-15

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: Buffy returns from summer vacation sporting an attitude and suffers from recurring nightmares involving the Master. Meanwhile, the Anointed One and his followers plot their revenge.

Some Assembly Required (Episode 2) 6.9

Writer: David Tyron King

Air date: 1997-09-22

Runtime: 42 min

Overview: Two science club nerds use body parts to create the "perfect girlfriend" for a teenager who has been brought back from the dead.

School Hard (Episode 3) 8.1

Air date: 1997-09-29

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: Buffy's mother and friends become trapped inside Sunnydale High School when a vampire named Spike launches an attack against the Slayer on Parent-Teacher night.

Inca Mummy Girl (Episode 4) 7.3

Writer: Matt Kiene

Air date: 1997-10-06

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: An Incan Princess mummy is reanimated in Sunnydale where she sucks the life force from others in order to stay alive.

Reptile Boy (Episode 5) 6.8

Writer: David Greenwalt

Air date: 1997-10-13

Runtime: 42 min

Overview: Buffy and Cordelia inadvertently attend a frat party hosted by a murderous cult.

Halloween (Episode 6) 8.2

Writer: Carl Ellsworth

Air date: 1997-10-27

Runtime: 42 min

Overview: On Halloween, Buffy and her friends patronize an unusual costume shop where customers turn into whatever costume they are wearing.

Lie to Me (Episode 7) 7.9

Writer: Joss Whedon

Air date: 1997-11-03

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: Buffy is lured into a trap by a group of undead wannabes who hope that Spike will make them vampires in exchange for giving him the Slayer.

The Dark Age (Episode 8) 7.3

Writer: Dean Batali

Air date: 1997-11-10

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: Giles' past comes back to haunt him as a demon he and Ethan Rayne summoned in their wild youth seeks them out in Sunnydale.

What's My Line? (1) (Episode 9) 7.7

Writer: Howard Gordon

Air date: 1997-11-17

Runtime: 42 min

Overview: Spike brings in three professional bounty hunters to eliminate Buffy while she ponders on what her profession might be if her fate wasn't already sealed.

What's My Line? (2) (Episode 10) 7.8

Writer: Marti Noxon

Air date: 1997-11-24

Runtime: 41 min

Overview: Buffy joins forces with another Slayer in hopes of saving Angel from the clutches of Spike and Drusilla.

Ted (Episode 11) 7.3

Writer: David Greenwalt

Air date: 1997-12-08

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: Buffy's mom introduces her new boyfriend, who charms everyone except Buffy. When she confronts his dark side, she is left questioning her actions.

Bad Eggs (Episode 12) 6.7

Writer: Marti Noxon

Air date: 1998-01-12

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: Buffy and her friends are given eggs to take care of for a health class assignment, but aren't prepared for what hatches.

Surprise (1) (Episode 13) 8.0

Writer: Marti Noxon

Air date: 1998-01-19

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: To give Buffy a surprise on her 17th birthday, Drusilla and Spike bring together the body parts of a dismembered demon who cannot be killed.

Innocence (2) (Episode 14) 8.1

Writer: Joss Whedon

Air date: 1998-01-20

Runtime: 42 min

Overview: Buffy and her friends battle the Judge and face unexpected danger from Angel, who has lost his soul after experiencing a moment of true happiness.

Phases (Episode 15) 7.6

Writer: Dean Batali

Air date: 1998-01-27

Runtime: 42 min

Overview: Buffy and her friends discover secrets about themselves as they battle a werewolf, its hunter, and their own emotions.

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Episode 16) 8.3

Writer: Marti Noxon

Air date: 1998-02-10

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: As Valentine's Day approaches, Xander tries to improve his love life through witchcraft and finds himself with too much of a good thing.

Passion (Episode 17) 8.7

Writer: David Tyron King

Air date: 1998-02-24

Runtime: 42 min

Overview: Angel steps up his torment of Buffy and her friends as Jenny searches for a way to restore his soul.

Killed by Death (Episode 18) 7.2

Writer: Dean Batali

Air date: 1998-03-03

Runtime: 41 min

Overview: While hospitalized with a severe case of the flu, Buffy investigates the young patients' fear that Death is stalking the children's ward.

I Only Have Eyes for You (Episode 19) 7.8

Writer: Marti Noxon

Air date: 1998-04-28

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: Sunnydale High School is haunted by the ghosts of a former student and teacher who reenact their tragic romance through the bodies of the school's current inhabitants.

Go Fish (Episode 20) 6.9

Writer: David Fury

Air date: 1998-05-05

Runtime: 41 min

Overview: Members of the Sunnydale swim team are killed by a gill monster of unknown origins.

Becoming (1) (Episode 21) 8.2

Writer: Joss Whedon

Air date: 1998-05-12

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: Angel plots to revive an ancient demon bent on sweeping everything on earth into hell itself.

Becoming (2) (Episode 22) 9.1

Writer: Joss Whedon

Air date: 1998-05-19

Runtime: 42 min

Overview: Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.