MOVING ON - Trying to adjust to the rigors of college life at the
University of California, Sunnydale proves to be harder than Buffy
imagined. She moves into a dorm, must contend with a less-than-stable
roommate and the complexities of dating college men. On campus, Willow is
overly enthused about college life and her ongoing romance with Oz, and
Xander unexpectedly returns from his self-discovery adventure. Elsewhere,
Giles seems to be enjoying his life away from being a librarian and
a Watcher.
Original Air Date: October 5, 1999
[87/4.4/7 (4.1/7:4.7/7)]
ATTACK OF THE KILLER ROOMMATE - Dorm life proves to be quite an adjustment
for Buffy when her roommate (guest star Dagney Kerr) drives her crazy
with her idiosyncrasies even invading Buffy's dreams and the gang must
come together to find away to get her to move out. Away from the dorm,
Buffy meets Parker Finch (guest star Adam Kaufman), a handsome older
classman who is the first guy Buffy has been attracted to since her
break-up with Angel.
Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan,
Seth Green and Anthony Stewart Head also star.
David Grossman directed the episode written by Marti Noxon.
Original Air Date: October 12, 1999
[88/3.8/6 (3.6/6:4.0/6)]
JAMES MARSTERS RETURNS AS SPIKE - The underworld version of Sid Vicious,
Spike (new series regular James Marsters), returns to Sunnydale in
search of the vampire version of the Holy Grail, a mythical relic that
supposedly engenders the wearer with unimaginable powers, and it's
up to Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) to stop him. Meanwhile, Buffy is
distracted by dating issues as she deals with her feelings for a new boy
(guest star Adam Kaufman) who happens to not be a blood-sucking vampire,
but is equally as difficult to understand. Xander (Nicholas Brendon)
has romance issues of his own when his prom date from last spring, Anya
(guest star Emma Caulfield), can't get the X-man out of her mind.
Alyson Hannigan, Seth Green and Anthony Stewart Head also star.
James A. Contner directed the episode written by Jane Espenson.
Original Air Date: October 19, 1999
[93/3.4/5 (3.3/5:3.5/5)]
HOUSE OF HORRORS - Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) reluctantly agrees
to join Willow (Alyson Hannigan), Oz (Seth Green) and Xander (Nicholas
Brendon) at a Halloween party where they stumble into a real-life house
of horrors masquerading as an innocuous fraternity. Meanwhile, Giles
(Anthony Stewart Head) is called upon to help out the college crowd when
all he wants is to get into the spirit of the holiday.
Tucker Gates directed the episode written by David Fury.
Original Air Date: October 26, 1999
[89/4.1/6 (3.9/6:4.2/6)]
ANOTHER ALE FOR MY FRIEND - When Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is
befriended by a group of upperclassmen who convince her to drown her
sorrows with them, bartender Xander (Nicholas Brendon) becomes suspicious
when Buffy and her new friends return to their primordial roots. Back
at The Bronze, Willow (Alyson Hannigan) is aware of Oz's (Seth Green)
attention being turned to a new performer, the sexual and charismatic
Veruca (guest star Paige Moss).
David Solomon directed the episode written by Tracey Forbes.
Original Air Date: November 2, 1999
[96/3.5/5 (3.4/5:3.7/6)]
HONEY, IT'S A FULL MOON - Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) does her best to
console Willow (Alyson Hannigan) when Oz is undeniably drawn to another
woman, Veruca (guest star Paige Moss). Even after it is discovered
that his attraction stems from the fact that she is also a werewolf,
his powerful primitive instincts may be too innate to ignore.
Nicholas Brendon, Anthony Stewart Head and James Marsters also star.
David Grossman directed the episode written by Marti Noxon.
Original Air Date: November 9, 1999
[91/4.1/6 (4.0/6:4.2/6)]
THE TRUTH IS DOWN THERE - Unbeknownst to Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and
the gang, Spike (James Marsters) is captured by a commando squad for The
Initiative, a mysterious underground laboratory beneath the streets of U.C.
Sunnydale. Meanwhile, Buffy's Psych T.A., Riley (guest star Marc Blucas), has a
major slayer crush and turns to Willow (Alyson Hannigan) for advice on ways to
woo.
Nicholas Brendon and Anthony Stewart Head also star.
Douglas Petrie wrote the episode directed by James A. Contner.
Original Air Date: November 16, 1999
[97/3.5/5 (3.4/5:3.6/5)]
A DRAMATIC "BUFFY"/"ANGEL" TWO-HOUR EVENT -
Unbeknownst to Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Angel (special guest star
David Boreanaz, "Angel") lurks in the shadows of Sunnydale trying to
protect her and keep her safe, while her perfect Thanksgiving feast is
disrupted by an army of Chumash Indians, the original inhabitants of
Sunnydale, whose spirits have come alive to recreate the wrongs that
were done to their people.
Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, James Marsters and Anthony Stewart
Head also star.
Michael Lange directed the episode written by Jane Espenson.
Original Air Date: November 23, 1999
[80/4.2/7 (4.1/7:4.3/7)]
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW... - Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is only
one of many who must bear the repercussions of a spell gone awry when
Willow (Alyson Hannigan), pining over the disappearance of Oz (Seth
Green), tries to imbue herself with the power to have her will done. The
fallout includes Buffy falling in love with Spike (James Marsters) and
planning to marry him, Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) going blind and Xander
(Nicholas Brendon) becoming even more of a demon magnet.
Nick Marck directed the episode written by Tracey Forbes.
Original Air Date: November 30, 1999
[94/3.7/6 (3.7/6:3.7/6)]
4ABB10 "Hush"
SILENT NIGHT - A silence falls over Sunnydale when otherwordly beings come
to town and steal the power of speech from all the residents. Meanwhile,
Riley (Marc Blucas) gets is his first clue to Buffy's (Sarah Michelle
Gellar) slayerside when they have a fight with the outside visitor,
and Willow (Alyson Hannigan) attends a wicca group that's not all she
had hoped.
Nicholas Brendon, James Marsters and Anthony Stewart Head also star.
Joss Whedon wrote and directed the episode.
Original Air Date: December 14, 1999
[93/4.1/7 (3.8/6:4.4/7)]
WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE - While Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Riley
(Marc Blucas) grapple to come to terms with what they now know about each
other, the reopening of the Sunnydale Hellmouth sends Buffy and the gang
back to high school to prevent impending apocalypse. Meanwhile, Spike
(James Marsters) has lost all will to live without the ability to kill,
but he grows heartened by the approaching end of the world.
Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan and Anthony Stewart Head also star.
James A. Contner directed the episode written by Marti Noxon & David
Fury & Jane Espenson.
Original Air Date: January 18, 2000
[90/3.5/5 (3.4/5:3.6/5)]
ANOTHER BUFFY BIRTHDAY DEBACLE - Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and
Riley (Marc Blucas) explore the extent of each other's powers as they
become more romantically entwined. Feeling left out these days, Giles
(Anthony Stewart Head) turns to his old buddy Ethan Rayne (guest star
Robin Sachs) for camaraderie, but Giles must rely on an unlikely source
when he is transformed into a demon and mistakenly hunted down by an
unknowing Buffy.
Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan and James Marsters also star.
Michael Gershman directed the episode written by Jane Espenson.
Original Air Date: January 25, 2000
[84/3.9/6 (3.8/6:3.9/6)]
FRIEND OR FOE - Buffy's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) friends become hurt
and concerned when her involvement with Riley (Marc Blucas) and the
Initiative becomes more intense. Meanwhile, Professor Walsh (guest star
Lindsay Crouse) sends the slayer on a mission that brings her close to
revealing a dangerous secret.
Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, James Marsters and Anthony Stewart
Head also star.
James A. Contner directed the episode written by David Fury.
Original Air Date: February 8, 2000
MOTHER MAY I - Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Riley's (Marc Blucas)
relationship is put to the test when she investigates Professor Walsh's (guest
star Lindsay Crouse) death and comes up against the Initiative's secret
weapon. While Buffy is trying to find a way to save Sunnydale from rogue
warrior demon on the loose, Riley becomes paranoid and delusional and
challenges Buffy when he discovers that his mentor has been killed.
Elsewhere in town, Spike (James Marsters) has become the outcast among
demons since he has taken up with the Scooby-Doo Gang.
Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan and Anthony Stewart Head also star.
David Solomon directed the episode written by Marti Noxon.
Original Air Date: February 15, 2000
ELIZA DUSHKU RETURNS AS FAITH IN A TWO-PART EPISODE - Buffy (Sarah
Michelle Gellar) is preoccupied with catching the creature that attacked
Riley (Marc Blucas), but her problems are just beginning when she learns
That Faith (guest star Eliza Dushku) has awakened from her coma and has
gone seeking revenge to the only home in which Faith remembers Buffy
living. Meanwhile, once she is set free, Faith receives a mysterious
gift left behind from the Mayor.
Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, James Marsters
and Anthony Stewart Head also star.
Michael Gershman directed the episode written by Douglas Petrie.
Original Air Date: February 22, 2000
THE CONCLUSION OF A TWO-PART EPISODE WHEN FAITH RETURNS - Buffy (Sarah
Michelle Gellar) battles to escape the clutches of the Watcher's Council
special operations team who plan to send her to England, while Faith
(guest star Eliza Dushku) continues to wreak havoc in the lives of
Buffy's family and friends. Meanwhile, it's Willow (Alyson Hannigan)
and Tara (guest star Amber Benson) who figure out Buffy's whereabouts,
but not before Faith has done some serious damage to Buffy's relationship
with Riley (Marc Blucas).
Nicholas Brendon, James Marsters and Anthony Stewart Head also star.
Joss Whedon wrote and directed the episode.
Original Air Date: February 29, 2000
FANTASY VS. REALITY - Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), still reeling from the
discovery that Riley (Marc Blucas) was intimate with Faith (guest star Eliza
Dushku), must put aside her personal emotions and summon the strength to
uncover why the entire town thinks that former high school nerd, Jonathan
(guest star Danny Strong), is Sunnydale's newest version of a superhero.
Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendon, James Marsters and Anthony Stewart
Head also star.
David Grossman directed the episode written by Jane Espenson.
Original Air Date: April 4, 2000
LOST IN LUST - Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Riley (Marc Blucas)
unleash a powerful supernatural force that awakens during a Lowell House
fraternity party and causes everyone's hormones to kick into overdrive,
threatening the very lives of Buffy and Riley. In order to free them,
the gang must battle the spirits of children from the 1950s who have
come back to avenge past abuses.
Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendon, James Marsters and Anthony Stewart
Head also star.
David Solomon directed the episode written by Tracey Forbes.
Original Air Date: April 25, 2000
OZ COMES HOME TO WILLOW - Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and her friends are
stunned when Oz (guest star Seth Green) returns to Sunnydale claiming he
still loves Willow and has his full moon frolics under control. Meanwhile,
Willow tries to sort out her feelings for Oz and finally tells Buffy
(Sarah Michelle Gellar) about her new relationship with Tara (guest star
Amber Benson). But when the moon sets, a transformed Oz is captured by
The Initiative and an unlikely source breaks his alliance to come to
the rescue.
Marti Noxon wrote the episode directed by James A. Contner.
Original Air Date: May 2, 2000
DAVID BOREANAZ GUEST-STARS IN A SHOWDOWN FOR BUFFY'S HEART - Buffy
(Sarah Michelle Gellar) is even more certain of her love for Riley
(Marc Blucas) when Angel's (guest star David Boreanaz, "Angel") surprise
visit to Sunnydale brings Riley and Angel to blows. Meanwhile, Spike
(James Marsters) joins forces with Adam (guest star George Hertzberg)
and devises a plan to tear the Slayer apart from her gang, leaving her
wide open for her enemies to attack.
David Grossman directed the episode written by Douglas Petrie.
Original Air Date: May 9, 2000
DEMONS ALL 'ROUND - Buffy's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) estrangement from
her friends and Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) threatens to keep the group
from stopping Adam's (guest star George Hertzberg) plan to design a master
race of human/demon hybrids. Elsewhere, Riley (Marc Blucas) is captured by
Adam and learns that before Professor Walsh death, she had implanted Riley
with a chip that could destroy his power and bond him to Adam forever.
Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, James Marsters and Emma Caulfield
also star.
James A. Contner directed the episode written by David Fury.
Original Air Date: May 16, 2000
THE CHEESE STANDS ALONE IN A SEASON FINALE WRITTEN AND
DIRECTED BY JOSS WHEDON - A primal animal force stalks Buffy (Sarah
Michelle Gellar), Willow (Alyson Hannigan), Xander (Nicholas Brendon) and
Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) in their nightmares as they each come face to
face with their worst fears.
James Marsters, Marc Blucas and Emma Caulfield also star.
Original Air Date: May 23, 2000