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The Best Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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The Best Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to...

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  1. Background image for Becoming (2)
    9.1/10(20 votes)

    #1 - Becoming (2)

    S2:E22

    Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.

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    Director:Joss Whedon
  2. Background image for Doppelgangland
    8.9/10(19 votes)

    #2 - Doppelgangland

    S3:E16

    While casting a magic spell, Anya and Willow accidentally summon Willow's evil double from an alternate universe.

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    Director:Joss Whedon
  3. Background image for The Body
    8.9/10(24 votes)

    #3 - The Body

    S5:E16

    Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.

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    Director:Joss Whedon
  4. Background image for Once More, with Feeling
    8.9/10(42 votes)

    #4 - Once More, with Feeling

    S6:E7

    In this musical extravaganza, Sunnydale residents find themselves bursting into song, and flame, when a demon attempts to make Dawn his bride.

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    Director:Joss Whedon
  5. Background image for The Gift
    8.8/10(19 votes)

    #5 - The Gift

    S5:E22

    As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.

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    Director:Joss Whedon
  6. Background image for Passion
    8.7/10(23 votes)

    #6 - Passion

    S2:E17

    Angel steps up his torment of Buffy and her friends as Jenny searches for a way to restore his soul.

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  8. Background image for Graduation Day (2)
    8.7/10(20 votes)

    #7 - Graduation Day (2)

    S3:E21

    On Ascension Day, Buffy and her friends prepare for the ultimate battle as they face off againstthe mayor and a horde of vampires.

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    Director:Joss Whedon
  9. Background image for Hush
    8.7/10(27 votes)

    #8 - Hush

    S4:E10

    When everyone in Sunnydale loses their voice, the Scooby Gang must silently solve the mystery of the monsters who stole their ability to speak.

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    Director:Joss Whedon
  10. Background image for Grave
    8.6/10(17 votes)

    #9 - Grave

    S6:E22

    Giles arrives to face Willow, armed with powerful borrowed magic. Willow, overwhelmed by power and grief, plans a ritual to put the world out of its misery.

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  11. Background image for Tabula Rasa
    8.5/10(19 votes)

    #10 - Tabula Rasa

    S6:E8

    While trying to find a way to make Buffy forget about her afterlife experience, Willow inadvertently casts a spell that erases everyone's memories.

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  12. Background image for Two to Go
    8.5/10(17 votes)

    #11 - Two to Go

    S6:E21

    Fueled by black magic, Willow targets Andrew and Jonathan, leading to a battle between Buffy and Willow; Spike fights an unstoppable foe.

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  13. Background image for Dirty Girls
    8.5/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Dirty Girls

    S7:E18

    Faith returns to Sunnydale just as a new villain, Caleb, arrives and sends Buffy a message in the form of a badly beaten Potential. Buffy leads the rest of the girls to Caleb and The First's lair, with devastating consequences.

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  14. Background image for Lovers Walk
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Lovers Walk

    S3:E8

    Spike returns to Sunnydale and kidnaps Willow in hopes of creating a magic spell that will make Drusilla love him again.

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    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Dan Vebber
  15. Background image for The Wish
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #14 - The Wish

    S3:E9

    Cordelia's wish for a Buffy-free Sunnydale comes true, plunging her into a world where vampires have control of the town.

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    8.4/10(18 votes)

    #15 - Villains

    S6:E20

    A vengeful Willow uses her enormous power to track down Warren, despite Buffy's strong feelings about targeting humans.

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    Director:David Solomon
  17. Background image for Lies My Parents Told Me
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Lies My Parents Told Me

    S7:E17

    Robin Wood seeks revenge on Spike for killing his mother nearly 30 years ago, whilst everyone else tries to find out how The First has control over him.

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  18. Background image for Chosen
    8.4/10(21 votes)

    #17 - Chosen

    S7:E22

    Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all.

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    Director:Joss Whedon
  19. Background image for Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    #18 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

    S2:E16

    As Valentine's Day approaches, Xander tries to improve his love life through witchcraft and finds himself with too much of a good thing.

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    8.3/10(22 votes)

    #19 - The Zeppo

    S3:E13

    Feeling useless due to his lack of supernatural powers, Xander becomes obsessed with becoming cool and falls in with a dangerous crowd. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang race to prepare for the Hellmouth to reopen.

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    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #20 - The Prom

    S3:E19

    After Angel breaks off their relationship, Buffy single-handedly battles three fearsome hell hounds so that her classmates can enjoy their senior prom.

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    Director:David Solomon
  22. Background image for Something Blue
    8.3/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Something Blue

    S4:E9

    One of Willow's spells causes her statements to become reality, with consequences both entertaining and life-threatening.

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    Director:Nick Marck
  23. Background image for Fool for Love
    8.3/10(19 votes)

    #22 - Fool for Love

    S5:E7

    After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.

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    Director:Nick Marck
  24. Background image for Intervention
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #23 - Intervention

    S5:E18

    A weary Buffy seeks to regain focus by embarking on a quest with the First Slayer; Spike cavorts with his very own "Buffybot" and Glory instructs her minions to spy on Buffy's friends in the hopes of ascertaining the Key's true identity.

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    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #24 - Halloween

    S2:E6

    On Halloween, Buffy and her friends patronize an unusual costume shop where customers turn into whatever costume they are wearing.

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  26. Background image for Becoming (1)
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #25 - Becoming (1)

    S2:E21

    Angel plots to revive an ancient demon bent on sweeping everything on earth into hell itself.

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    Director:Joss Whedon

Best Episodes Summary

"Becoming (2)" is the best rated episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". It scored 9.1/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Joss Whedon and written by Joss Whedon, it aired on 5/19/1998. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Doppelgangland".