Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The television series, created by Joss Whedon and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, and Anthony Head, follows Buffy Summers, a teenage girl chosen by fate to battle against vampires, demons, and other supernatural foes. The show's concept is based on the 1992 film written by Whedon, although the film
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Buffy Summers is a teenage girl chosen by fate as the one girl in all the world born into every generation to be a slayer.
- Buffy battles against vampires, demons, and other supernatural foes.
- The television series was created by Joss Whedon and features a cast including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, and Anthony Head.
- The show's concept is based on the 1992 film written by Whedon, though the film and the television series are separate and distinct productions.
Season overview
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The television series, created by Joss Whedon and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, and Anthony Head, follows Buffy Summers, a teenage girl chosen by fate to battle against vampires, demons, and other supernatural foes. The show's concept is based on the 1992 film written by Whedon, although the film and series are separate and distinct productions. Whedon served as executive producer and showrunner of the series under his production company Mutant Enemy Productions. The comedy-action and sci-fi and fantasy series chronicles the adventures of Buffy as she faces ongoing supernatural challenges in her role as the chosen slayer, continuing the multi-season narrative arc established throughout the run of the program.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Buffy vs. Dracula
Sep 26, 2000 · 43 min
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
Oct 3, 2000 · 43 min
As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.
The Replacement
Oct 10, 2000 · 43 min
When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.
Out of My Mind
Oct 17, 2000 · 43 min
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
Oct 24, 2000 · 43 min
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
Nov 7, 2000 · 43 min
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
Fool for Love
Nov 14, 2000 · 43 min
After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.
Shadow
Nov 21, 2000 · 43 min
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
Nov 28, 2000 · 43 min
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
Dec 19, 2000 · 43 min
After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.
Triangle
Jan 9, 2001 · 43 min
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
Jan 23, 2001 · 43 min
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
Feb 6, 2001 · 43 min
When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.
Crush
Feb 13, 2001 · 43 min
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
Feb 20, 2001 · 43 min
Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.
The Body
Feb 27, 2001 · 43 min
Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.
Forever
Apr 17, 2001 · 43 min
With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.
Intervention
Apr 24, 2001 · 43 min
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 frie
Tough Love
May 1, 2001 · 43 min
When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.
Spiral
May 8, 2001 · 43 min
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
May 15, 2001 · 43 min
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
May 22, 2001 · 43 min
As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.