The best episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1
Season 1 only — ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Buffy discovers Angel's horrifying secret.
- 02
Giles discovers an ancient book foretelling Buffy's death at the hands of the Master.
- 03
Buffy Summers, a high school sophomore, faces her destiny as a slayer of the undead.
- 04
Buffy and her friends discover that their worst nightmares have become reality.
- 05
Buffy and her friends encounter a powerful vampire bent on opening a portal to a dimension inhabited by demons.
- 06
As the queen election approaches, an invisible force attacks Cordelia's closest friends.
- 07
Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
While Buffy awaits the arrival of a warrior vampire, she dates a boy who is attracted to her exciting lifestyle.
- 08
Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.
- 09
A witch attempts to eliminate Buffy from a cheerleading competition.
- 10
Buffy's biology teacher is killed by a giant praying mantis that assumes the form of a beautiful substitute teacher.
- 11
Xander and several other students are possessed by the spirit of a demonic breed of hyenas that wreak havoc at the high school.
- 12
Willow unwittingly unleashes a powerful demon that takes refuge on the Internet.
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