Episode 1
Aired Oct 2, 2001
Bargaining
The gang resolves to bring the slayer back from the dead, but they're hindered by a marauding band of demons; a grief-stricken Giles contemplates leaving Sunnydale.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 2, 2001
Bargaining
The gang resolves to bring the slayer back from the dead, but they're hindered by a marauding band of demons; a grief-stricken Giles contemplates leaving Sunnydale.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 9, 2001
After Life
A demon hitchhiker forces Buffy and the gang to deal with the repercussions of her death and resurrection.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 16, 2001
Flooded
Buffy must stave off a trio of would-be supervillians while shouldering grown-up responsibilities, including a flooded basement and mounting debt.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 23, 2001
Life Serial
Jonathan, Warren and Andrew unwittingly test the Slayer's patience, putting her through her paces and probing her weaknesses.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 30, 2001
All the Way
Buffy's friends celebrate Xander and Anya's engagement while Dawn engages in some Halloween mischief.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 6, 2001
Once More, With Feeling
When a demon compels Buffy and her friends to sing their hearts out, they reveal their most guarded secrets to one another.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 13, 2001
Tabula Rasa
When Willow casts a spell to make Buffy forget her sojourn in heaven, it goes hopelessly awry; Spike ducks a demon loan shark.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 20, 2001
Smashed
The chip in Spike's head malfunctions allowing him to prey on people again; Willow reunites with a formerly furry friend, who also practices black magic.
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Episode 10
Aired Nov 27, 2001
Wrecked
While fighting her attraction to Spike, Buffy fails to notice that Willow's addiction to black magic has spiraled out of control.
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Episode 11
Aired Jan 8, 2002
Gone
A social worker threatens to take guardianship of Dawn, while villains make Buffy invisible with a ray gun.
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Episode 12
Aired Jan 29, 2002
Doublemeat Palace
Buffy smells a rat when she takes a job at a fast food joint and discovers something amiss with both the food and her coworkers.
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Episode 13
Aired Feb 5, 2002
Dead Things
The slayer tries to get to the bottom of why she returned from the grave strangely altered; Buffy's geeky archenemies frame her for murder.
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Episode 14
Aired Feb 12, 2002
Older and Far Away
When a mysterious demon grants Dawn's wish, Buffy and her birthday-party guests find themselves trapped in the Summers home.
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Episode 15
Aired Feb 26, 2002
As You Were
Buffy's ex-boyfriend Riley returns to Sunnydale in search of a renegade demon while Xander and Anya prepare for their nuptials.
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Episode 16
Aired Mar 5, 2002
Hell's Bells
Xander gets cold feet on the brink of his wedding to Anya after a bizarre stranger plants seeds of doubt in his mind.
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Episode 17
Aired Mar 12, 2002
Normal Again
After being poisoned, Buffy comes to believe that she is confined to a mental hospital and that her life as a slayer never really existed.
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Episode 18
Aired Apr 30, 2002
Entropy
Anya plots a hideous revenge against Xander for leaving her at the altar; Willow and Tara rekindle their romance, while Buffy tries to terminate her relationship with Spike.
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Episode 19
Aired May 7, 2002
Seeing Red
The friends have mixed reactions that deepen Buffy's remorse when they find out about her secret relationship with Spike.
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Episode 20
Aired May 14, 2002
Villains
Tara's sudden death pushes Willow over the edge. After magically saving Buffy from her own wounds, Willow, consumed by anger and dark magic, hunts down Warren and tortures and kills him.
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Episode 21
Aired May 21, 2002
Two to Go
Vengeance fuels Willow's ill-fated return to the black arts, following the death of her friend; Spike leaves Sunnydale to embark on a mysterious quest.
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Episode 22
Aired May 21, 2002
Grave
Despite his powers, even Giles can't stop Willow's insatiable rage as her vengeance explodes into a campaign to destroy the world.
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