Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
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Cast & Crew
Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon Alexander "Xander" Harris
Alyson Hannigan Willow Rosenberg
James Marsters Spike
Emma Caulfield Anya Emerson
Anthony Stewart Head Rupert Giles
Michelle Trachtenberg Dawn Summers
David Boreanaz Angel
Joss Whedon Executive Producer
Marti Noxon Executive Producer
David Fury Executive Producer
⨁Full Cast & CrewUpcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Thursday, September 12
Same Time, Same Place
Season 7 • Episode 3
Willow's homecoming is more problematic than anyone anticipated.
Thursday, September 12
Help
Season 7 • Episode 4
Buffy counsels a student who says she knows the day and time of her own death.
Thursday, September 12
Selfless
Season 7 • Episode 5
Buffy and the gang confront Anya after she grants an unusually gruesome wish.
Thursday, September 12
Seeing Red
Season 6 • Episode 19
The friends have mixed reactions when they find out about Buffy's secret relationship with Spike.
Thursday, September 12
Villains
Season 6 • Episode 20
The friends cope with the untimely death of one of their own.
Friday, September 13
Him
Season 7 • Episode 6
Buffy, Anya and Willow inexplicably fall for Dawn's high-school crush.
Friday, September 13
Conversations With Dead People
Season 7 • Episode 7
Gang receives a wave of ominous visitations; dead mother visits Dawn; Buffy chats with vampire.
Friday, September 13
Sleeper
Season 7 • Episode 8
Gang believes Spike is responsible for a rash of brutal attacks.
Saturday, September 14
Never Leave Me
Season 7 • Episode 9
Buffy gives Spike the third degree; the gang grills Andrew about evil forces.
Saturday, September 14
Bring on the Night
Season 7 • Episode 10
The gang searches for a way to annihilate the Ubervamp; Giles arrives in Sunnydale.
Sunday, September 15
Showtime
Season 7 • Episode 11
Buffy trains slayers, while searching for ways to pulverize the Ubervamp and save Spike.
Monday, September 16
Potential
Season 7 • Episode 12
Buffy and Spike train potential slayers for the inevitable return of The First.
Monday, September 16
Two to Go
Season 6 • Episode 21
Willow returns to the use of dark magic to avenge Tara's death.
Monday, September 16
Grave
Season 6 • Episode 22
Giles is powerless to stop Willow as she sets out to destroy the world.
Tuesday, September 17
The Killer in Me
Season 7 • Episode 13
Willow transforms into Warren after kissing Kennedy; the gang makes a discovery.
Tuesday, September 17
First Date
Season 7 • Episode 14
Buffy's dinner date with Principal Wood ends in a mission to save Xander from his disastrous date.
Tuesday, September 17
Get It Done
Season 7 • Episode 15
The gang renews its efforts to rout the forces of evil after the household suffers a grievous loss.
Tuesday, September 17
Lessons
Season 7 • Episode 1
When Sunnydale High reopens, Buffy discovers that the school still hides the secrets of years past.
Tuesday, September 17
Beneath You
Season 7 • Episode 2
Buffy tracks a subterranean monster following her first day as guidance counselor.
Wednesday, September 18
Storyteller
Season 7 • Episode 16
Andrew uses a video camera to document a day in the life of Buffy and her friends.
Wednesday, September 18
Lies My Parents Told Me
Season 7 • Episode 17
Giles returns with a device he hopes will deactivate the trigger in Spike's subconscious.
Wednesday, September 18
Dirty Girls
Season 7 • Episode 18
Faith enters the fray against an evil cleric who stuns the gang.
Wednesday, September 18
Same Time, Same Place
Season 7 • Episode 3
Willow's homecoming is more problematic than anyone anticipated.
Wednesday, September 18
Help
Season 7 • Episode 4
Buffy counsels a student who says she knows the day and time of her own death.
Thursday, September 19
Empty Places
Season 7 • Episode 19
Caleb launches a surprise attack; Faith takes the gang out to blow off some steam.
Thursday, September 19
Touched
Season 7 • Episode 20
Faith and the potentials discover an element of the First's plan and launch an attack.
Thursday, September 19
End of Days
Season 7 • Episode 21
Buffy rejoins the fray wielding a mystical new weapon; Angel fights at the slayer's side.
Thursday, September 19
Selfless
Season 7 • Episode 5
Buffy and the gang confront Anya after she grants an unusually gruesome wish.
Thursday, September 19
Him
Season 7 • Episode 6
Buffy, Anya and Willow inexplicably fall for Dawn's high-school crush.
Friday, September 20
Chosen
Season 7 • Episode 22
Buffy crafts a plan to destroy the First, leading her friends into the Hellmouth.
Friday, September 20
Welcome to the Hellmouth
Season 1 • Episode 1
Buffy moves to Sunnydale, Calif., meets her new watcher, Giles, and makes new friends.
Friday, September 20
The Harvest
Season 1 • Episode 2
Buffy faces the Master's powers as her team confronts a battle with unearthly creatures.
Friday, September 20
Conversations With Dead People
Season 7 • Episode 7
Gang receives a wave of ominous visitations; dead mother visits Dawn; Buffy chats with vampire.
Friday, September 20
Sleeper
Season 7 • Episode 8
Gang believes Spike is responsible for a rash of brutal attacks.
Saturday, September 21
The Witch
Season 1 • Episode 3
When cheerleaders start spontaneously combusting, Buffy suspects a witch is in their midst.
Saturday, September 21
Teacher's Pet
Season 1 • Episode 4
Xander falls for a substitute teacher; Angel warns Buffy of a claw-handed vampire.
Saturday, September 21
Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
Season 1 • Episode 5
Buffy falls in love and neglects her fight against the dark forces enveloping Sunnydale.
Sunday, September 22
The Pack
Season 1 • Episode 6
Buffy, Giles and Willow must figure out what's wrong with Xander.
Monday, September 23
Angel
Season 1 • Episode 7
Buffy learns Angel's horrible secret; the Master summons more warrior vampires to annihilate Buffy.
Monday, September 23
Never Leave Me
Season 7 • Episode 9
Buffy gives Spike the third degree; the gang grills Andrew about evil forces.
Monday, September 23
Bring on the Night
Season 7 • Episode 10
The gang searches for a way to annihilate the Ubervamp; Giles arrives in Sunnydale.
Tuesday, September 24
I Robot, You Jane
Season 1 • Episode 8
Buffy and Giles face a demon spirit that has been trapped since the Dark Ages.
Tuesday, September 24
The Puppet Show
Season 1 • Episode 9
Buffy looks for a knife-wielding human-organ thief while participating in the school talent show.
Tuesday, September 24
Nightmares
Season 1 • Episode 10
Residents of Sunnydale see reality merge with their nightmares.
Tuesday, September 24
Showtime
Season 7 • Episode 11
Buffy trains slayers, while searching for ways to pulverize the Ubervamp and save Spike.
Tuesday, September 24
Potential
Season 7 • Episode 12
Buffy and Spike train potential slayers for the inevitable return of The First.
Wednesday, September 25
Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Season 1 • Episode 11
A spirit targets Cordelia; Angel warns Giles that Buffy may be in grave danger.
Wednesday, September 25
Prophecy Girl
Season 1 • Episode 12
Buffy wants to give up slaying, but demons emerge from below.
Wednesday, September 25
When She Was Bad
Season 2 • Episode 1
Cordelia and Ms. Calendar are kidnapped; Buffy turns Angel away.
Wednesday, September 25
The Killer in Me
Season 7 • Episode 13
Willow transforms into Warren after kissing Kennedy; the gang makes a discovery.
Wednesday, September 25
First Date
Season 7 • Episode 14
Buffy's dinner date with Principal Wood ends in a mission to save Xander from his disastrous date.
Thursday, September 26
Some Assembly Required
Season 2 • Episode 2
The gang tries to find out who would use missing body parts to create the perfect woman.
Thursday, September 26
School Hard
Season 2 • Episode 3
Buffy shields her mom when vampires crash parent-teacher night.
Thursday, September 26
Inca Mummy Girl
Season 2 • Episode 4
Xander's love interest is a mummy (Ara Celi) who must kill to stay alive.
Thursday, September 26
Get It Done
Season 7 • Episode 15
The gang renews its efforts to rout the forces of evil after the household suffers a grievous loss.
Thursday, September 26
Storyteller
Season 7 • Episode 16
Andrew uses a video camera to document a day in the life of Buffy and her friends.
Friday, September 27
Reptile Boy
Season 2 • Episode 5
A snake-like creature awaits human sacrifices at a fraternity bash.
Friday, September 27
Halloween
Season 2 • Episode 6
Buffy loses her slaying abilities while wearing a Halloween costume.
Friday, September 27
Lie to Me
Season 2 • Episode 7
Buffy's fifth-grade crush arrives in Sunnydale intending to exchange her for the immortal life.
Friday, September 27
Lies My Parents Told Me
Season 7 • Episode 17
Giles returns with a device he hopes will deactivate the trigger in Spike's subconscious.
Friday, September 27
Dirty Girls
Season 7 • Episode 18
Faith enters the fray against an evil cleric who stuns the gang.
Saturday, September 28
The Dark Age
Season 2 • Episode 8
A murder victim may be linked to Giles' past; a demon possesses Miss Calendar.
Saturday, September 28
What's My Line?
Season 2 • Episode 9
Spike and his new recruits want to capture Angel and cure Drusilla.
Saturday, September 28
What's My Line?
Season 2 • Episode 10
Buffy joins forces with a new vampire slayer (Bianca Lawson) to save Angel.