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 fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
The best episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season 2 is "When She Was Bad", rated 8/10 from 4221 user votes. It was directed by Joss Whedon and written by Joss Whedon. "When She Was Bad" aired on 9/15/1997 and is rated 1.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Some Assembly Required".
Buffy returns from summer vacation sporting an attitude and suffers from recurring nightmares involving the Master. Meanwhile, the Anointed One and his followers plot their revenge.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
Two science club nerds use body parts to create the "perfect girlfriend" for a teenager who has been brought back from the dead.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: David Tyron King
Buffy's mother and friends become trapped inside Sunnydale High School when a vampire named Spike launches an attack against the Slayer on Parent-Teacher night.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: N/A
An Incan Princess mummy is reanimated in Sunnydale where she sucks the life force from others in order to stay alive.
Director: Ellen S. Pressman
Writer: Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt Kiene
Buffy and Cordelia inadvertently attend a frat party hosted by a murderous cult.
Director: David Greenwalt
Writer: David Greenwalt
On Halloween, Buffy and her friends patronize an unusual costume shop where customers turn into whatever costume they are wearing.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Carl Ellsworth
Buffy is lured into a trap by a group of undead wannabes who hope that Spike will make them vampires in exchange for giving him the Slayer.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
Giles' past comes back to haunt him as a demon he and Ethan Rayne summoned in their wild youth seeks them out in Sunnydale.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Dean Batali, Rob DesHotel
Spike brings in three professional bounty hunters to eliminate Buffy while she ponders on what her profession might be if her fate wasn't already sealed.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Howard Gordon, Marti Noxon
Buffy joins forces with another Slayer in hopes of saving Angel from the clutches of Spike and Drusilla.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Marti Noxon
Buffy's mom introduces her new boyfriend, who charms everyone except Buffy. When she confronts his dark side, she is left questioning her actions.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt
Buffy and her friends are given eggs to take care of for a health class assignment, but aren't prepared for what hatches.
Director: David Greenwalt
Writer: Marti Noxon
To give Buffy a surprise on her 17th birthday, Drusilla and Spike bring together the body parts of a dismembered demon who cannot be killed.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Marti Noxon
Buffy and her friends battle the Judge and face unexpected danger from Angel, who has lost his soul after experiencing a moment of true happiness.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
Buffy and her friends discover secrets about themselves as they battle a werewolf, its hunter, and their own emotions.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Dean Batali, Rob DesHotel
As Valentine's Day approaches, Xander tries to improve his love life through witchcraft and finds himself with too much of a good thing.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Marti Noxon
Angel steps up his torment of Buffy and her friends as Jenny searches for a way to restore his soul.
Director: Michael Gershman
Writer: David Tyron King
While hospitalized with a severe case of the flu, Buffy investigates the young patients' fear that Death is stalking the children's ward.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: Dean Batali, Rob DesHotel
Sunnydale High School is haunted by the ghosts of a former student and teacher who reenact their tragic romance through the bodies of the school's current inhabitants.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Marti Noxon
Members of the Sunnydale swim team are killed by a gill monster of unknown origins.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Elin Hampton, David Fury
Angel plots to revive an ancient demon bent on sweeping everything on earth into hell itself.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon