The Best Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2

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

Director: Joss Whedon

Writer: Joss Whedon

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

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

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

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

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

Director: Joss Whedon

Writer: Joss Whedon

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer

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 and Cordelia inadvertently attend a frat party hosted by a murderous cult.

Director: David Greenwalt

Writer: David Greenwalt

Members of the Sunnydale swim team are killed by a gill monster of unknown origins.

Director: David Semel

Writer: David Fury, Elin Hampton

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