Episode 1
When She Was Bad
1997-09-15 • 43 min
Buffy returns from summer vacation sporting an attitude and suffers from recurring nightmares involving the Master. Meanwhile, the Anointed One and his followers plot their revenge.
TV season
1997-09-15
New vampires Spike and Drusilla come to town along with the new slayer, Kendra Young, who was activated as a result of Buffy's brief death in the season one finale. Xander becomes involved with Cordelia, while Willow becomes involved with witchcraft and Daniel "Oz" Osbourne becomes a werewolf after being bitten by a young cousin who just happens to be a werewolf. Buffy and the vampire Angel develop a relationship over the course of the season, but Angel's dark past as the evil and sadistic Angelus threatens to destroy Buffy and the world.
Episode 1
1997-09-15 • 43 min
Buffy returns from summer vacation sporting an attitude and suffers from recurring nightmares involving the Master. Meanwhile, the Anointed One and his followers plot their revenge.
Episode 2
1997-09-22 • 42 min
Two science club nerds use body parts to create the "perfect girlfriend" for a teenager who has been brought back from the dead.
Episode 3
1997-09-29 • 43 min
Buffy's mother and friends become trapped inside Sunnydale High School when a vampire named Spike launches an attack against the Slayer on Parent-Teacher night.
Episode 4
1997-10-06 • 43 min
An Incan Princess mummy is reanimated in Sunnydale where she sucks the life force from others in order to stay alive.
Episode 5
1997-10-13 • 42 min
Buffy and Cordelia inadvertently attend a frat party hosted by a murderous cult.
Episode 6
1997-10-27 • 42 min
On Halloween, Buffy and her friends patronize an unusual costume shop where customers turn into whatever costume they are wearing.
Episode 7
1997-11-03 • 43 min
Buffy is lured into a trap by a group of undead wannabes who hope that Spike will make them vampires in exchange for giving him the Slayer.
Episode 8
1997-11-10 • 43 min
Giles' past comes back to haunt him as a demon he and Ethan Rayne summoned in their wild youth seeks them out in Sunnydale.
Episode 9
1997-11-17 • 42 min
Spike brings in three professional bounty hunters to eliminate Buffy while she ponders on what her profession might be if her fate wasn't already sealed.
Episode 10
1997-11-24 • 41 min
Buffy joins forces with another Slayer in hopes of saving Angel from the clutches of Spike and Drusilla.
Episode 11
1997-12-08 • 43 min
Buffy's mom introduces her new boyfriend, who charms everyone except Buffy. When she confronts his dark side, she is left questioning her actions.
Episode 12
1998-01-12 • 43 min
Buffy and her friends are given eggs to take care of for a health class assignment, but aren't prepared for what hatches.
Episode 13
1998-01-19 • 43 min
To give Buffy a surprise on her 17th birthday, Drusilla and Spike bring together the body parts of a dismembered demon who cannot be killed.
Episode 14
1998-01-20 • 42 min
Buffy and her friends battle the Judge and face unexpected danger from Angel, who has lost his soul after experiencing a moment of true happiness.
Episode 15
1998-01-27 • 42 min
Buffy and her friends discover secrets about themselves as they battle a werewolf, its hunter, and their own emotions.
Episode 16
1998-02-10 • 43 min
As Valentine's Day approaches, Xander tries to improve his love life through witchcraft and finds himself with too much of a good thing.
Episode 17
1998-02-24 • 42 min
Angel steps up his torment of Buffy and her friends as Jenny searches for a way to restore his soul.
Episode 18
1998-03-03 • 41 min
While hospitalized with a severe case of the flu, Buffy investigates the young patients' fear that Death is stalking the children's ward.
Episode 19
1998-04-28 • 43 min
Sunnydale High School is haunted by the ghosts of a former student and teacher who reenact their tragic romance through the bodies of the school's current inhabitants.
Episode 20
1998-05-05 • 41 min
Members of the Sunnydale swim team are killed by a gill monster of unknown origins.
Episode 21
1998-05-12 • 43 min
Angel plots to revive an ancient demon bent on sweeping everything on earth into hell itself.
Episode 22
1998-05-19 • 42 min
Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.