Season 1

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  7.9/105,991 votes

  Welcome to the Hellmouth (1)

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/1997

  When teen vampire slayer Buffy tries to start a new life at Sunnydale High, she discovers that the school sits atop a demonic dimensional portal.

  Director: Charles Martin Smith

  Writer: Joss Whedon

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  7.7/105,168 votes

  The Harvest (2)

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/1997

  Buffy and her friends encounter a powerful vampire bent on opening a portal to a dimension inhabited by demons.

  Director: John T. Kretchmer

  Writer: Joss Whedon

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  7.5/105,117 votes

  Witch

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/17/1997

  Buffy suspects she has a witch on her hands when the cheerleading squad falls victim to sudden blindness and spontaneous combustion.

  Director: Stephen Cragg

  Writer: Dana Reston

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  6.7/104,903 votes

  Teacher's Pet

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/24/1997

  Buffy's biology teacher is killed by a giant praying mantis that assumes the form of a beautiful substitute teacher.

  Director: Bruce Seth Green

  Writer: David Greenwalt

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  7.2/104,674 votes

  Never Kill a Boy on the First Date

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/31/1997

  With Buffy preoccupied by her date with Owen, Giles is trapped by a group of vampires seeking to raise a powerful leader.

  Director: David Semel

  Writer: Dean Batali, Rob DesHotel

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  7.2/104,842 votes

  The Pack

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/1997

  Xander and several other students are possessed by the spirit of a demonic breed of hyenas that wreak havoc at the high school.

  Director: Bruce Seth Green

  Writer: Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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  8.3/105,028 votes

  Angel

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/14/1997

  Buffy discovers Angel's dark secret and hesitates to do anything about it, which could spell danger for someone she loves.

  Director: Scott Brazil

  Writer: David Greenwalt

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  6.5/104,657 votes

  I, Robot... You, Jane

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/28/1997

  Willow's new Internet chat buddy turns out to be a powerful demon electronically unleashed from a centuries-old, newly digitized book.

  Director: Stephen L. Posey

  Writer: Ashley Gable, Thomas A. Swyden

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  7.5/104,685 votes

  The Puppet Show

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/5/1997

  Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.

  Director: Ellen S. Pressman

  Writer: Dean Batali, Rob DesHotel

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  8.0/104,650 votes

  Nightmares

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/12/1997

  A series of strange occurrences lead Buffy and her friends to discover that their worst nightmares have literally become reality.

  Director: Bruce Seth Green

  Writer: David Greenwalt

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  7.5/104,467 votes

  Out of Mind, Out of Sight

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/19/1997

  When an invisible menace starts attacking students and faculty at Sunnydale High, the Scooby Gang traces the problem back to Cordelia.

  Director: Reza Badiyi

  Writer: Ashley Gable, Thomas A. Swyden

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  8.7/104,994 votes

  Prophecy Girl

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/2/1997

  Buffy's life may hang in the balance as Giles uncovers an ancient book that foretells not only her death, but also the end of the world.

  Director: Joss Whedon

  Writer: Joss Whedon