Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Season 5)

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.

Buffy vs. Dracula (Episode 1) 7.6
Writer: Marti Noxon
Air date: 2000-09-26
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The one-and-only Dracula makes his way to Sunnydale and immediately has everyone enchanted. Even Buffy might not be able to resist his charms.
Real Me (Episode 2) 7.3
Writer: David Fury
Air date: 2000-10-03
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.
The Replacement (Episode 3) 8.0
Writer: Jane Espenson
Air date: 2000-10-10
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.
Out of My Mind (Episode 4) 7.1
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
Air date: 2000-10-17
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: While Riley's health begins to deteriorate, Spike and Harmony force a surgeon to remove the behavior modification chip embedded in Spike's brain.
No Place Like Home (Episode 5) 7.9
Writer: Douglas Petrie
Air date: 2000-10-24
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.
Family (Episode 6) 7.5
Writer: Joss Whedon
Air date: 2000-11-07
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: When relatives arrive in Sunnydale, to celebrate her birthday, Tara uses a magic spell on her friends to keep them from learning her "secret." Meanwhile, Glory unleashes a hoard of demons to hunt down Buffy.
Fool for Love (Episode 7) 8.3
Writer: Douglas Petrie
Air date: 2000-11-14
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.
Shadow (Episode 8) 7.2
Writer: David Fury
Air date: 2000-11-21
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.
Listening to Fear (Episode 9) 7.2
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
Air date: 2000-11-28
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: As Joyce's sickness makes her begin doing odd things, a demon emerges from a meteorite and begins killing the mentally ill.
Into the Woods (Episode 10) 7.4
Writer: Marti Noxon
Air date: 2000-12-19
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.
Triangle (Episode 11) 7.3
Writer: Jane Espenson
Air date: 2001-01-09
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: While Giles is in England meeting with the Watcher Council, a bickering Anya and Willow mind the magic store and inadvertently conjure up a fearsome troll.
Checkpoint (Episode 12) 8.0
Writer: Douglas Petrie
Air date: 2001-01-23
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The Watcher Council travels to Sunnydale to review Buffy's skills as a Slayer; meanwhile, Glory puts her search for the Key into high gear.
Blood Ties (Episode 13) 8.0
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
Air date: 2001-02-06
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.
Crush (Episode 14) 8.2
Writer: David Fury
Air date: 2001-02-13
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.
I Was Made to Love You (Episode 15) 7.8
Writer: Jane Espenson
Air date: 2001-02-20
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.
The Body (Episode 16) 8.9
Writer: Joss Whedon
Air date: 2001-02-27
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.
Forever (Episode 17) 8.0
Writer: Marti Noxon
Air date: 2001-04-17
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.
Intervention (Episode 18) 8.3
Writer: Jane Espenson
Air date: 2001-04-24
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A weary Buffy seeks to regain focus by embarking on a quest with the First Slayer; Spike cavorts with his very own "Buffybot" and Glory instructs her minions to spy on Buffy's friends in the hopes of ascertaining the Key's true identity.
Tough Love (Episode 19) 7.6
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
Air date: 2001-05-01
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.
Spiral (Episode 20) 7.9
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
Air date: 2001-05-08
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Realizing they may never be able to vanquish Glory, Buffy and the gang decide to flee Sunnydale in Spike's R.V. to protect Dawn.
The Weight of the World (Episode 21) 7.8
Writer: Douglas Petrie
Air date: 2001-05-15
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: When Buffy lapses into a catatonic state, Willow uses magic to find out why; a tug-of-war erupts between Glory and Ben over Dawn's ultimate fate.
The Gift (Episode 22) 8.8
Writer: Joss Whedon
Air date: 2001-05-22
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.