The Best Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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