Season Guide
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5
Episodes
1
Aired 2000-09-26.Buffy finds herself pitted against the legendary Prince of Darkness, Count Dracula.
2
Aired 2000-10-03.As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.
3
Aired 2000-10-10.When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.
4
Aired 2000-10-17.While Riley's health begins to deteriorate, Spike and Harmony force a surgeon to remove the behavior modification chip embedded in Spike's brain.
5
Aired 2000-10-24.Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.
6
Aired 2000-11-07.When relatives arrive in Sunnydale, to celebrate her birthday, Tara uses a magic spell on her friends to keep them from learning her "secret." Meanwhile, Glory unleashes a hoard…
7
Aired 2000-11-14.After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.
8
Aired 2000-11-21.Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.
9
Aired 2000-11-28.Buffy and her friends investigate when a meteorite transports a deadly creature to earth.
10
Aired 2000-12-19.After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.
11
Aired 2001-01-09.While Giles is in England meeting with the Watcher Council, a bickering Anya and Willow mind the magic store and inadvertently conjure up a fearsome troll.
12
Aired 2001-01-23.The Watcher Council travels to Sunnydale to review Buffy's skills as a Slayer; meanwhile, Glory puts her search for the Key into high gear.
13
Aired 2001-02-06.When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.
14
Aired 2001-02-13.Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.
15
Aired 2001-02-20.Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.
16
Aired 2001-02-27.Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the aftermath of Joyce's death.
17
Aired 2001-04-17.With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.
18
Aired 2001-04-24.A weary Buffy seeks to regain her focus by embarking on a quest with the Primitive; Spike cavorts with his very own "Buffybot"; and Glory instructs her minions to…
19
Aired 2001-05-01.When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.
20
Aired 2001-05-08.Buffy and her friends flee Sunnydale when Glory closes in on Dawn.
21
Aired 2001-05-15.When Buffy lapses into a catatonic state, Willow uses magic to find out why; a tug-of-war erupts between Glory and Ben over Dawn's ultimate fate.
22
Aired 2001-05-22.As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends prepare for battle.