Season 4 Epsiode Guide:

The Freshman

Well its college, Willow and Oz seem to feel right at home in the University enviroment, while Buffy is lost and confused about it, Giles has his own thing going as well, and with Xander traveling around the world or whatever, theres no one for Buffy to talk to. However she does make a friend who mysterously dissappears in the middle of the night, while everyone thinks Buffy's making to much of a kid that just couldn't handle the pressure, she stumbles onto a nest of vamps living in an abandoned frat house on campus.
Written by: Joss Wheadon
Directed by: Joss Wheadon

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Living Conditions

Buffy and her new room mate Kathy have been having werid dreams about scarifices, but when Buffy gets convinced that Kathy is a deamon and she should kill her, the gang fear she's finally lost it and might hurt herself or Kathy, they tie her up at Giles' apartment. When she knocks Xander and Oz out cold and returns to her dorm to discover Kathy really is a deamon and has been sucking up Buffy's soul, she takes care of Kathy and Willow moves in with her.
Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: David Grossman

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Harsh Light of Day

Spike is back and in search of an anicent ring that will allow a vamp to be immortal to the fullest with no weaknesses. Just what Buffy needs right now when she's just trying to live a normal life and crush on a guy that is human for a change. Now she has to stop Spike if she can get over the fact he's dating Harmony.
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: James A. Contner

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Fear Itself

You think after all their past experiences the gang would just ignore Halloween this year, but no, they go to a frat house party at the college. Unfornatly the gang has company a tiny imph deamon has started reeking havoic of their fears so its up to Giles and Anya to save them.
Written by: David Fury
Directed by: Tucker Gates

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Beer Bad

Buffy, upperclassmen and beer just don't miss, as Buffy is feeling depressed after the Parker incident she turns to her new friends upperclassmen that spend all their time at the bar Xander works at. But the more they drink the stupider they get really, the barkeeper has been inserting a chemical into the beer causing the group to revert to cavemen. Luckily the effects are temporary and Buffy and her friends eventually return to normal.
Written by: Tracey Forbes
Directed by: David Solomon

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Wild at Heart

Buffy helps Willow deal with the fact that Oz is attracted to Verkua the lead singer of a local band. It is discovered that Oz is actually attracted to Verkua because of his animal instinct discovering her to be another werewolf, and the two of them attacked Dr. Maggie Walsh during their werewolf fits. Things take a turn for the worse when Willow discovers Oz and Verkua asleep toghter in the cage, Willow gets very upset and cast a spell to harm Oz and Verkua when Verkua in werewolf form attack s her Oz and Buffy save her.
Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: David Grossman

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The Initiative

Spike wakes up in a strange place thats very white, theres other vamps and deamons there and the one next to him tells him not to eat the blood its drugged and they would do expierments on him. He escapes and goes to find Buffy to kill her convinced it was her doing, but finds Willow instead and discovers that he can't bite anyone. Meanwhile Riley discovers that he really likes Buffy and Buffy takes Willow to a party in an attempt to cheer her up.
Written by: Douglas Petrie
Directed by: James A. Contner

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Pangs

Its Thanksgiving and Buffy's determined to have the perfect holiday, but after an earthquake reveals the remains of a mission buried in 1812 of a Chumash tribe, the spirits of the Chumash have attacked the slayers fest and destroyed her holiday. Xander also gets infected by dieases and almost dies, Angel is in Sunnydale trying to help Buffy.
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Michael Lange

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Something Blue

Willow is so upset that no one has time to listen to her in her time of need, since shes still dealing with Oz leaving. She cast a spell to have her word be her will, but it backfires. Shes ends up making deamons attack Anya and Xander, Spike and Buffy almost get married and Giles forgets how to read. Hey she even turned Amy back (okay only for a second) DeHofman offers her a job as a vengence deamon but she says no.
Written by: Tracey Forbes
Directed by: Nick Marck

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Hush

a hour of silence, Sunnydale is errily quiet, due to the fact theres a group of deamons running around that has somehow stolen everyones voice. "Better not shout, Better not cry, the gentle old men are stopping by, peeking in windows, knocking on doors, they need to take 7 and they might take yours, can't call to mom, can't even shout, your gonna die screaming and you won't be heard." Thats right the gentlemen are here to take the hearts from seven victims, Buffy and Riley finally figure out that to destroy the box they carry would release the screams and they go explodey.
Written by: Joss Wheadon
Directed by: Joss Wheadon

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Doomed

Its back to highschool again, after the threat of the Hellmouth being reopened Buffy gets wigged out. On top of this she and Riley are trying to deal with the fact that their secrets have been revealed. Giles sends Spike to live with Xander after much agruing from them both, and Spikr tries to stake himself, however Willow and Xander stop him. At the school Spike discovers that he can beat up deamons, and has found a new reason to live.
Written by: Marti Noxon, David Fury, Jane Espenson
Directed by: James A. Contner

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A New Man

Giles has became depressed by the fact that he's a middle aged man, whose only friends aren't even in there twenties, his slayer doesn't need him and noone is paying attention to him. While off in a bar drinking he rans into Ethan Rayne, who puts a spell on Giles turning him into Fryal deamon. In his new form he rans into Spike the only person who can understand him, and Spike takes him to Raynes house, when they get there, Buffy attempts to kill the deamon (she doesn't know its Giles) and stops right before because she can tell by his eyes that its him, they make Ethan change him back and then Riley has him taken to a secret underground jail.
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Michael Gershman

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The I in Team

Riley and Buffy's relationship advance to the next level, which corcerns her friends. Meanwhile Maggie sends Buffy on a mission that is actually a trap trying to kill the slayer.
Written by: David Fury
Directed by: James A. Contner

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Goodbye Iowa

Riley has issues while dealing with the fact that Dr. Walsh has been killed. He also gets defensive when Buffy and the gang investiagte the murder and discover what was in 314, a monster made from human and deamon parts
Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: David Solomon

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This Years Girl

As if a slayers life isn't busy enough without a rogue slayer waking up and hungry for revenge. Faith has woken up and is pegged on advenging the mayors death and all that jazz. So she goes after Buffy, Buffy's boyfriend, her friends and finally her mom, just before they have a final showdown with cops and all that Faith uses a present from the mayor that allows her to switch bodies with Buffy. The council takes Buffy leaving Faith alive and well in Sunnydale.
Written by:Douglas Petrie
Directed by:Michael Gershman

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Who are You?

After Tara meets Buffy she informs Willow that Buffy isn't Buffy, so they head over to Giles' only to find Buffy(in Faiths Body) already there and trying to figure up a way to cure her. Meanwhile Faith (in Buffys Body) is having a visit with Riley. They finally meet a church where a group of vamps working for Adam have taken people hostage, they kill the vamps then fight and finally switch back bodies. Faith gets away through in the back of a truck headed to L.A. (continues to Angel)
Written by: Joss Wheadon
Directed by: Joss Wheadon

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Superstar

Jonathon has cast a powerful spell on Sunnydale making himself the center of everyones interest, he's famous, popular, loved, oh and a vampire hunter. Thats right he's even moved in on the slayers terrioty, actually Buffy and the gang turn to him for orders and assisance, hey he even gives orders to the initiative. But when a girl is attacked by a demon bearing the same mark as Jonathons tatoo Buffy puts two and two toghter and figures out whats happening.
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: David Grossman

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Where the Wild Things Are

Its relationship problems all around, Buffy and Riley's passion have fueled some angry ghost of kids that were abused and sexually repressed kids to show their face at a party in the Lowell house on campus. Meanwhile Xander and Anyas relationship has turned to the worst when Anya thinks they're on the verge of breaking up. The destrot Anya bonds with Spike over missing their evil vengenceny ways.
Written by: Tracey Forbes
Directed by: David Solomon

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New Moon Rising

Oz is back in Sunnydale and he's a changed man, literally he can control his wolfnesse and has come back to Willow, the only problem is Willow is a changed women, who is now in love with Tara. Upon finding this out Oz can't control himself and attacks Tara and ends up caught by the initative. On their rescue mission, Riley leaves the initative for good, and they save Oz.
Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: James A. Contner

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The Yoko Factor

Spike makes a deal with Adam, he'll deliver the slayer when and where he wants her, in exchange of the bloody chip being removed from his brain. So Spike puts Adams plan into action by slowing breaking the scooby gang up one by one, only they figure out and come up with a brillant plan to attack Adam.
Written by: Douglas Petrie
Directed by: David Grossman

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Primeval

Buffy, Giles, Willow and Xander use an ancient spell to create the ultimate fighter, by merging Xander's military stuff, Willow's magic, Giles' knowleadge and Buffy's strength. After breaking into the initiative, they discover Adam has the whole thing planed and their just pawns in his game, well until the ultra-slayer gets a hold of him and rips his energy source out.
Written by: David Fury
Directed by: James A Contner

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Restless

Well now that the gang has killed the big bad and prevented the end of the world again, they suddle down at Buffy's house to have an all night film fest. Unfortunatly living in the Hellmouth a girl just can't get the night off, as they each fall victim of their dreams, the essence of the first slayer has invadered their slumber, killing them one by one. Its up to Buffy to stop this past slayer and save her friends as well as "Be home before Dawn!"
Written by:Joss Wheadon
Directed by: Joss Wheadon

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