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09/15/97: When She Was Bad
Buffy, having been killed by the Master and revived by Xander, gets
posttraumatic stress and turns against her friends. Her bad mood and
worse judgment almost get everyone killed.
09/22/97: Some Assembly Required
The science-nerd brother of a dead Sunnydale football hero has rebuilt
the former gridiron star from various corpses, and now the Franken-jock
wants a girl with a body
to die for.
09/29/97: School Hard
On threat of expulsion, Buffy organizes a Parent-Teacher Night, an
endeavor only slightly more pleasant than the latest arrivals in
Sunnydale: Spike (James Marsters) and Drusilla (Juliet Landau).
10/06/97: Inca Mummy Girl
Xander’s bad luck with women continues. This time he falls for Ampata
(Ara Celi), a Peruvian exchange student who is actually a
500-year-old Inca princess recently transformed from her mummified
remains. Ampata wants never to show her true age again, and will drain
the breath from anyone to remain young.
10/13/97: Reptile Boy (episode 5V05)
A snake-like creature awaits human sacrifices at a fraternity bash.
10/27/97: Halloween (episode 5V06)
Buffy loses her slaying abilities while wearing a Halloween costume.
11/03/97: Lie To Me
Buffy’s fifth-grade crush Billy "Ford" Fordham (Jason Behr) transfers to
Sunnydale, with hopes of persuading Spike to make
him and his Goth friends real vampires.
11/10/97: The Dark Age
Eyghon, a "sleepwalker" demon (so called because it possesses
the bodies of unconscious people and corpses) stalks Sunnydale, and
it’s all thanks to Giles. The bond between the Watcher and the
enigmatic Ethan Rayne (episode 18) is explained in "The Dark
Age": During their youthful days in London, the two thrill seekers
toyed with the occult, allowing themselves to be possessed by Eyghon
only to cast the demon quickly back into the netherworld. And this is
one devil who won’t let bygones be bygones.
11/17/97: What's My Line Pt.1
Career Week at Sunnydale High usually means getting through those absurd
aptitude tests with such questions as, "Do you like shrubs?"
But this year Buffy must survive something far more sinister: the Order
of Taraka, a lethal group of bounty hunters. Also new on the scene: the
beautiful Kendra (Bianca Lawson), who claims that she, too, is a
Slayer.
11/24/97: What's My Line Pt. 2
Giles learns that the arrival of Kendra was triggered by Buffy’s death
("Just a little!" she protests) during episode 12. Angel needs
rescuing from Spike, who wants to sacrifice Buffy’s love vampire to
cure the ailing Drusilla. And Xander and Cordelia get trapped by a pile
of flesh-eating worms.
12/08/97: Ted (episode 5V11)
Buffy is suspicious of her mom's new boyfriend (John Ritter).
01/12/98: Bad Eggs (episode 5V12)
Two cowboy vampires are gunning for Buffy, whose liaisons with Angel
continue.
01/19/98: Surprise (episode 5V13)
Spike and Drusilla want to use a deadly demon to extinguish Buffy.
01/20/98: Innocence (episode 5V14)
Buffy realizes she must destroy the evil Angel.
01/27/98: Phases (episode 5V15)
Buffy and the gang try to protect a werewolf from an evil poacher (Jack
Conley).
02/10/98: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
A spell gone awry makes Xander irresistible to all women except Cordelia.
02/24/98: Passion (episode 5V17)
Angel upsets Buffy by constantly tormenting her. Jenny Calendar sets out
to restore Angel's soul.
03/03/98: Killed by Death (episode 5V18)
Buffy encounters nightmares in the hospital.
04/28/98: I Only Have Eyes For You
The Sadie Hawkins Day Dance has a special meaning at Sunnydale High: In
1955, on the day when girls do the asking, a boy did the shooting,
killing his teacher (and lover), Miss Newman, before turning the gun on
himself. Today, their spirits haunt the halls, possessing others and
forcing the reenactment of the crime over and over. When Buffy and Angel
get taken — Buffy by the boy, Angel by the teacher — they reenact
the fight, but this time with a happier (or at least more forgiving)
ending. The troubled poltergeists can rest in peace.
05/05/98: Go Fish (episode 5V20)
A monster preys on members of the high-school swim team.
05/12/98: Becoming Pt. 1 (episode 5V21)
Buffy decides it is time to destroy the evil Angel.
05/19/98: Becoming Pt. 2 (episode 5V22)
Buffy faces treacherous alliances as hell prepares to swallow the world.