Season 3 Epsiode Guide:

Anne

Buffy's ran away from Sunnydale and all her problems, but unfortunatly the powers that be just won't allow her any down time. Buffy meets a young couple that are living on the streets, when they go missing Buffy uncovers a group of deamons, that are attacking troubled teens after saving these kids Buffy realizes she can't run from her problems and returns to Sunnydale.
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by:Joss Whedon

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Dead Man's Party

The gang is so excited that Buffys back they vote to throw a party in her honor, Unfortunatly Buffy is feeling more than left out upon returning to Sunnydale. Everyone seems to be involved in their own thing even though they say their glad to have Buffy back. To make matters worst Synder is Expelling Buffy from all the senior fun. During Buffy's welcome back party a werid mask with a mind of its own crashes the festivies...
Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: James Whitmore Jr.

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Faith, Hope Trick

Theres a new slayer in town, Faith just arrived in Sunnydale her watchers been killed by a vampire named Kakistos. Unfortunatly Kakistos is looking for the slayer, he didn't epcept to meet two, Buffy and Faith quickly bond and Buffy helps defeat Kakisto.
Written by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: James A. Contner

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Beauty and the Beast

After finding a body savagely mauled in the woods everyones on alert major, because they fear it could have been Oz. However Buffy is more worried that it was Angel who she has been screctly hiding in the mansion, after his return from Hell. After a counselor at school is found dead in the same manner, both Oz and Angel are off the hook. It turns out to be their friend Pete is having some issues that lead to his death.
Written by: James Whitmore Jr.
Directed by: Marti Noxon

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Homecoming

Slayer fest 99 is here, while Buffy and Coredila are in an ulitmate winner take all battle for Homecoming queen, Mr. Trick is gathering a great deal of bad guys just aching to kill the slayers. Trick winds up getting Buffy and Coredila in his trap not the two slayers like he planned. After serious butt kicking Buffy and Cordeila make it to homecoming, in time to find out that they both lost the race for queen.
Written by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: David Greenwalt

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Band Candy

Synder is making the whold school sell candy for the band, but theres something wrong with the candy, its making the grownups act like they did when they were teenagers. It turns out to be one of Mr. Tricks wonderous plans of leaving Sunnydale helpless, thank goddess it is only a temporary effect.
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Michael Lange

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Revealations

Faith has a new watcher named Ms. Post who is very critical of Giles ways as a Watcher. Meanwhile the gang has discovered that what's been bothering Buffy is the fact shes been hiding Angel, a potential murder.
Written by: Douglas Petrie
Directed by: James A. Contner

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Lover's Walk

Spikes back after a breakup with Drucilla, and hes determined to get her back. He kidnaps Willow and Xander in order to have Willow make a love spell for him. Angel and Buffy see Spike lurking around and discover that he has Willow and Xander. Meanwhile Oz and Cordy go looking for Willow and Xander, only to save them and find them making out.
Written by: Dan Vebber
Directed by: David Semel

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The Wish

Upset by the breakup with Xander, Cordy has resorted to placing the blame on Buffy for ever coming to Sunnydale. She makes a wish to a new girl at school who turns out to be a vengence deamon named Anyanka, who sends Cordy into a demension without Buffy Summers. A deminsion where Willow and Xander are still toghter and Vampires to top it off, Giles and Oz are part of an orgainization called Whitehats, and Cordy dies within hours of arriving in this world, so Giles figures it out and makes Anyanka return things to what they're supposed to be.
Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: David Greenwalt

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Amends

Its Christmas time in Sunnydale and not everyones geting what they want. While Willow and Oz were successful in making up, Xander and Cordeila have called it quits. Angel is haunted by his past victims, and its up to Buffy to figure out who is causing him these memories.
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Joss Whedon

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Gingerbread

The great Sunnydale Witch hunt is on, after Joyce goes patrolling with Buffy they find two little kids dead on the playground. They have markings from witches on their hands. Joyce has started MOO (mothers oposed to the ocult) and has every parent in Sunnydale in on it. Micheal, Willow, and Amy are under attack and Buffy tries to help after discovering that the two kids are over 100 years old. Unfortunatly Buffy, Amy, and Willow are tried to stakes and almost burnt, but were saved by Coredila and Giles.
Written by: Thania St. John & Jane Esperson
Directed by: James Whitmore Jr.

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Helpless

Its Buffy's 18th birthday and the council has decided to give her a little present, a test, a shot. Giles gives Buffy a shot that takes her powers away from her temporarily, then she discovers a vampire has captured her mother, Buffy goes to fight without her Buffy and Giles helps her, Luckily Buffy passes the test and saves her mom, but Giles is fired as her watcher due to his feelings for the slayer.
Written by: David Fury
Directed by: James A. Contner

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The Zeppo

As usual the gang is faced with an apocalyic cult that wants to bring an end to the world, but Xander is starting to feel left out with his being all normalness. In his search to find himself helps kill a gang of zombie deamons that world on their way to the school, and winds up with Faith.
Written by: Dan Vebber
Directed by: James Whitmore Jr.

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Bad Girls

Buffy is feeling kinda left out by the no after highschool life for Buffy, so she lets Faith talk her into a night on the town, slaying, dancing, getting arrested for breaking and entering, stealing that sort of thing, oh yeah and kncking 2 cops unconcious and killing a man, well actually Faith kills a man and desposes of the body.
Written by: Douglas Petrie.
Directed by: Michael Lange

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Consequences

Buffy is having nightmares of the horroric thing she and Faith have done, after talking to Faith Buffy realizes, she has no remorse for her act. When Buffy goes to Giles, she discovers Faith was already there, told Giles that Buffy killed a man.
Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: Michael Gershman

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Dopplegangland

A vampire Willow and a regular Willow both wondering around Sunnydale, after helping Anya perform a spell, they accidentally and unknowingly bring Vamp Willow to their reality. Vampire Willow causes much havic and tries to kill human Willow, After Buffy stops Vamp Will they send her back to her demension where she is dusted as soon as she arrives.
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Joss Whedon

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Enemies

Faith is cleared by the council and allowed to resume her slayer duties, but is really working as a double agent for the mayor. After Faith gets the mayor some acient books on ascension, Faith and the mayor devise a plan to steal Angel's soul and have him join their team.
Written by: David Petrie
Directed by: David Grossman

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Earshot

Buffy is infected by a deamon and can now hear everything everyone is thinking. At first she thinks it kinda cool, until she can't make it stop, it starts driving her insane. One thought imparticular sticks with her "tommorrow at noon you'll all be dead" She must find who thought it and stop them.
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Regis Kimble

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Choices

As the gang all ponder where their lives are headed, Faith is helping the mayor in the final to his ascension. When the gang learn of an anicent box, and decide to go after it, mission is almost successful except for the fact that the mayor snags Willow. After making a deal with the mayor, Buffy trades the box for Willow.
Written by: David Fury
Directed by: James A. Contner

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The Prom

It's prom and everyones excited, they all have dates, and life is good. Until Angel breaks up with Buffy, and her prom dreams are shattered, but she is determined to make sure everyone else "has the perfect high school moment" so when the gang discovers a plot by Tucker to send mad hellhounds to kill everyone at the dance, Buffy is determined to stop him.
Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: David Solomon

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Graduation Day Pt 1

The big day has arrived not only for the scobby gang but for the mayor as

well. Unbeknownst to the mayor Anya Emerson, who is over a 1000 years old, has witnessed an ascension and told the gang exactly what happens, giving the gang a heads up as to how to deal with the mayor. Angel is shot with a posionous arrow thats only cure is the blood of a slayer, causing Buffy to go after Faith. During the battle just as Buffy stabs Faith with a knife to the stomach Faith jumps off the building landing in the bed of a passing truck.
Written by: Joss Wheadon
Directed by: Joss Wheadon

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Graduation Day Pt 2

Since Faith is out of the picture Buffy allows Angel to feed off of her for his cure, ending up with Buffy being taken to the emergry room for lost of blood. (same one Faith has been admitted to after slipping into a coma) The slayers have a shared dream where Faith tells Buffy to take her knife and anything else she needs, when she wakes up she leaves the hostipal and quickly starts developing a plan to take the mayor out. Spreading the word they get every senior to help them battle the mayor, in the end they win but have to blow up the school to do it. But hey at least they got their dipolmas.
Written by: Joss Wheadon
Directed by: Joss Wheadon

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