TV season
2002-09-24
As Buffy accompanies Dawn on her first day at the new Sunnydale High, Giles continues Willow's magic education in England. But while Buffy is surprised to be offered a guidance counselor job, Willow is shocked to experience a horrific future vision of the Hellmouth.
Episode 1
2002-09-24 • 43 min
Sunnydale High is re-opened, with a new designed campus and a new principal, Robin Wood. It is Dawn's first day at school there and Buffy accompanies her to class, only to discover evil spirits lurking in the basement.
Episode 2
2002-10-01 • 43 min
The gang meet a young woman who is being chased by a giant worm.
Episode 3
2002-10-08 • 43 min
Willow returns to Sunnydale, but fears her friends have abandoned her when she finds herself completely unable to find them.
Episode 4
2002-10-15 • 43 min
Buffy begins a new job as school counsellor at Sunnydale High. On her first day she encounters a troubled young girl who is convinced she is about to die.
Episode 5
2002-10-22 • 43 min
Anya's violent and deadly act of vengeance leaves everyone stunned. Buffy must put aside her feelings and take action before more people die.
Episode 6
2002-11-05 • 43 min
Xander and Spike search for the source of a spell that has bewitched the girls into competing for the affections of the high school quarterback.
Episode 7
2002-11-12 • 43 min
Buffy talks through her troubles with an old high school classmate who has recently become a vampire. Cassie, the late student Buffy tried to help, appears to Willow with a posthumous message from Tara. Dawn experiences a terrifying haunting. And Andrew and Jonathan return to Sunnydale High on a mission.
Episode 8
2002-11-19 • 43 min
Buffy and her friends fear Spike may be to blame when a number of people around town mysteriously disappear.
Episode 9
2002-11-26 • 43 min
Buffy and the gang capture and interrogate Spike and Andrew.
Episode 10
2002-12-17 • 43 min
Giles returns to Sunnydale with three potential slayers, whom Buffy must protect from a ferocious Uber-vampire from the Hellmouth.
Episode 11
2003-01-07 • 43 min
Buffy has to keep the ever increasing number of potential Slayers from panicking while Giles and Anya seek answers from the Beljoxa's Eye.
Episode 12
2003-01-21 • 43 min
Willow casts a spell to seek out the next Potential, leading her to believe that Dawn may be a future slayer.
Episode 13
2003-02-04 • 43 min
Kennedy, a potential Slayer, takes Willow on a date, which is interrupted when Willow finds herself transformed into Warren. Spike's chip is having agonizing malfunctions, and he and Buffy return to the Initiative to search for a fix.
Episode 14
2003-02-11 • 43 min
Buffy accepts a dinner invitation from Principal Wood, and tries to figure out his true intentions.
Episode 15
2003-02-18 • 43 min
Buffy introduces Principal Wood to the rest of the team. He brings an artifact that transports Buffy to see the origin of the Slayer, but the others must face a powerful demon to bring her back.
Episode 16
2003-02-25 • 43 min
Andrew creates a documentary called "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyres", a record of the current situation in Sunnydale to show to future generations. But Buffy needs to tear him away from his filmmaking, because the Seal of Danzalthar is active and Andrew may hold the key to closing it before it destroys the town.
Episode 17
2003-03-25 • 43 min
Robin Wood seeks revenge on Spike for killing his mother nearly 30 years ago, whilst everyone else tries to find out how The First has control over him.
Episode 18
2003-04-15 • 43 min
Faith returns to Sunnydale just as a new villain, Caleb, arrives and sends Buffy a message in the form of a badly beaten Potential.
Episode 19
2003-04-29 • 43 min
After their horrifying loss at the vineyard, the gang turn against Buffy. Meanwhile, Spike and Andrew travel to an old church to question a priest about Caleb.
Episode 20
2003-05-06 • 43 min
After being ousted from the group, Buffy tries to figure out how to move forward. Faith and the Potentials plan to interrogate a Bringer for information on Caleb and the First.
Episode 21
2003-05-13 • 43 min
Buffy has a powerful new weapon, but the gang cannot find any information about the origins of the mysterious scythe. The Slayer goes by herself in search of knowledge, and finds a new ally, an old friend, and great danger.
Episode 22
2003-05-20 • 43 min
Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all.
