Season 1 Epsiode Guide

Welcome to the Hellmouth

All Buffy Summers ever wanted was to be a normal girl, but unfortunately destiny has another plan for her. After getting in trouble at her old school in LA Buffy and her mother, Joyce, move to Sunnydale Ca. She thinks her luck has changed and she'll finally be able to start fresh, but it turns out Sunnydale was built on the mouth of Hell. It turns out that the school's librarian is Buffy's new Watcher Rupert Giles, after a boy is killed and found dead in a locker, Buffy realizes she is never going to escape her fate as The Chosen One. She meets a guy named Angel who warns her that The Harvest is coming now she and Giles must figure out how to stop it.
Written by: Joss Wheadon
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith

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The Harvest

Buffy is determined to save her new friends Xander and Willow, especially after being too late to save Jesse. It turns out that the Harvest is a feast for the vampires, where the vessel (Luke) was sent to feast on the blood of the living to help resurrect the Master. But, Just as Luke is about to feed off of the first victim Cordelia, Buffy, Willow, Xander and Giles rush in and save the day.
Written by: Joss Wheadon
Directed by: John Kretchmer

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The Witch

Buffy decides to join the cheerleading squad, however things start to turn weird when a girl spontaneously bursts into flames doing her routine, then one by one the girls on the cheerleading squad are targeted. They figured out that it is the work of a witch named Amy Madison, who is actually trapped in her mother's body, while her mom is trapped in hers. Amy's mom cast a spell on Buffy that is slowly killing her, Giles did a counter spell and saved both Amy and Buffy, and they cast Mrs. Madison into the old cheerleading trophy in the front entrance of the school.
Written by: Dana Reston
Directed by: Stephen Cragg

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Teacher's Pet

After the science teacher Dr. Gregory is mysteriously murdered, a new teacher Ms. French takes his place, all the boys at the class seem to develop an instant crush on the new sub. However the substitute turns out to be a giant prying mantis, which attacks Xander and a follow classmate, attempting to mate with them, luckily Buffy and Willow figure it out and ran to the rescue.
Written by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: Bruce Seth Green

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Never Kill a Boy on the First Date

While Buffy is crushing over a major hottie that asked her out. Giles discovers that a ring found in a vamps ashes turns out to be the symbol of the Order of Aurelius, and that an anointed one will arise soon. This puts a downer on Buffy's date mode when Giles wants her to patrol instead of having a social life. However Buffy has to break the cosmic connection after Owen is nearly killed while she tried to stop the anointed ones arising.
Written by:Rob DesHotel & Dean
Directed by: David Semel

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The Pack

When the students of Sunnydale High School take a field trip to the zoo, Xander and some bullies wander into an off limits attraction in the hyena pit. It is here that they somehow accidentally conjure the animal spirits into themselves. After the school mascot and principal turn up mysteriously eaten its up to Buffy, Giles and Willow to figure out how the reverse the transformation, and save Xander.
Written by: Rob DesHotel & Dean
Directed by: David Semel

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Angel

The mysterious stranger known as Angel is injured during battle Buffy brings him back to her place to bandage him up. Buffy soon discovers after their first kill that he is a vampire, this gives Buffy the wiggins and she tells him to go. Angel pass lover and sire is upset with Angel's sudden love interest and frames him by biting Joyce and leaving Angel to take the fall. Buffy goes after Angel but, right before killing him Willow, Xander and Giles show up telling her what really happen and Buffy dusts Darla.
Written by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: Scott Brazil

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I, Robot... You Jane

Willow and some of the boys in the computer club are helping Jenny Calander scan all of the older volumes of text in the library, into the school's computer system. After one book is scanned a demon named Moloch is released and has his eyes on Willow, making the member of computer club into his slaves. When Willow starts receiving e-mails from a guy only known as Malcolm, her friends are concerned for her safety and begin to investigate the mystery boy. Unfortunately the truth of Willows dream guy is discovered and Buffy fights him while Giles and Jenny attempt to force the demon back to his book.
Written by: Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden
Directed by: Stephen Posey

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Puppet Show

It's time for the Sunnydale Annual Talent Show, where Giles gets roped into being the director so of course he makes the gang participate. But things turn bad when the students start turning up dead with body parts missing, and the main suspect Sid the dummy. Even through it turned out that Sid is a demon hunter and thought Buffy was the demon so he tried to kill her. When the gang finds out that one of the victims had cancer that the murder would go after Giles for his brain they have to work fast to figure out whom the murder is and save the watcher.
Written by: Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel
Directed by: Ellen S. Pressman

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Nightmares

In Sunnydale everyone has nightmare's including the Slayer, of course living on the Hellmouth there's bound to the occasional nightmare. However, thanks to a little boy in a coma the scarys that happen in your sleep are starting to manifests themselves in reality. One big problem what's a Slayer's worst nightmare?? That's right becoming a vampire, so Buffy and the gang need to find a way to wake this kid up before she gets hungry.
Written by: Joss Wheadon
Teleplay by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: Bruce Seth Green

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Out of Mind, Out of Sight

It's Homecoming at Sunnydale High School, and someone or something has started attacking the popular kids at the school. It turns out a girl named Marcy Rhodes, who was ignored by almost everyone, turned invisible and seeking revenge. Her biggest target the school's biggest snob Cordelia Chase, who turns to Buffy and the slayerettes for help. After the girl captures Buffy and Coredlia, Buffy beats her up just as the FBI waltz in and takes Marcy away for "rehabilitation"
Written by:Joss Wheadon
Teleplay by: Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden
Directed by: Reza Badiyi

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Prophecy Girl

What's the one thing that can ruin a girl's prom night? How about learning of an ancient prophecy that says you're destined to die that night? That's what happens to Buffy, during a battle between her and the Master buffy is drown but luckily Angel and Xander were with her, so Xander gave her mouth to mouth and brought her back. Buffy's return spoils the Master's plan because she knocks him through the glass window over the school's library, and he lands on a huge tree thingy and is dusted.
Written by: Joss Wheadon
Directed by: Joss Wheadon

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