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The Best Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 6

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Every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 6!

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  • Once More, with Feeling
    9.7/10(11,654)
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    #1 - Once More, with Feeling

    Season 6 Episode 7

    Aired 11/6/2001

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

    Director: Joss Whedon

    Writer: Joss Whedon

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  • Tabula Rasa
    9.1/10(4,267)
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    #2 - Tabula Rasa

    Season 6 Episode 8

    Aired 11/13/2001

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

    Director: David Grossman

    Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner

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  • Grave
    8.9/10(3,470)
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    #3 - Grave

    Season 6 Episode 22

    Aired 5/21/2002

    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.

    Director: James A. Contner

    Writer: David Fury

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  • Villains
    8.8/10(3,212)
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    #4 - Villains

    Season 6 Episode 20

    Aired 5/14/2002

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

    Director: David Solomon

    Writer: Marti Noxon

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  • Two to Go
    8.7/10(3,065)
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    #5 - Two to Go

    Season 6 Episode 21

    Aired 5/21/2002

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

    Director: Bill L. Norton

    Writer: Douglas Petrie

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  • Seeing Red
    8.5/10(3,199)
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    #6 - Seeing Red

    Season 6 Episode 19

    Aired 5/7/2002

    Willow and Tara delight in their renewed relationship. The Trio arm themselves with an artifact of great power and face off again with the Slayer. Spike's obsession with Buffy drives him further than ever.

    Director: Michael Gershman

    Writer: Steven S. DeKnight

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  • Normal Again
    8.4/10(3,515)
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    #7 - Normal Again

    Season 6 Episode 17

    Aired 3/12/2002

    After being stung by a demon, Buffy finds herself shifting back and forth between the Sunnydale she knows and a psych ward where she is told the last six years have been an elaborate hallucination. Struggling to make sense of either reality, she must decide which to believe.

    Director: Rick Rosenthal

    Writer: Diego Gutierrez

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  • Bargaining (2)
    8.2/10(2,971)
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    #8 - Bargaining (2)

    Season 6 Episode 2

    Aired 10/2/2001

    As the Hellions continue to ravage Sunnydale, a feral Buffy claws her way out of her own grave and must come to the aid of her friends.

    Director: David Grossman

    Writer: David Fury

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  • Bargaining (1)
    8.1/10(3,081)
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    #9 - Bargaining (1)

    Season 6 Episode 1

    Aired 10/2/2001

    The gang hope to bring Buffy back from the dead. Meanwhile, motorcycle-riding demons discover the Buffybot has been posing as the Slayer.

    Director: David Grossman

    Writer: Marti Noxon

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  • Smashed
    7.9/10(2,977)
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    #10 - Smashed

    Season 6 Episode 9

    Aired 11/20/2001

    Willow turns Amy the Rat into her old self; Jonathan, Warren and Andrew steal a diamond; and Spike discovers something unexpected about Buffy.

    Director: Turi Meyer

    Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg

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  • After Life
    7.8/10(2,721)
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    #11 - After Life

    Season 6 Episode 3

    Aired 10/9/2001

    Buffy and her friends battle a demon that may have hitched a ride with Buffy as she crossed into the world from another dimension.

    Director: David Solomon

    Writer: Jane Espenson

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  • Life Serial
    7.8/10(2,753)
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    #12 - Life Serial

    Season 6 Episode 5

    Aired 10/23/2001

    Buffy tries to figure out how to support herself and Dawn. Her job search is complicated by Andrew, Jonathan and Warren, who are testing her to find the Slayer's weaknesses.

    Director: Nick Marck

    Writer: David Fury, Jane Espenson

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  • Entropy
    7.8/10(2,620)
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    #13 - Entropy

    Season 6 Episode 18

    Aired 4/30/2002

    Anya returns to Sunnydale, bent on vengeance on Xander for leaving her at the altar. She has reclaimed her vengeance demon abilities, but order to use them, she must get one of his frustratingly-forgiving friends to wish him harm.

    Director: James A. Contner

    Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg

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  • Gone
    7.7/10(2,661)
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    #14 - Gone

    Season 6 Episode 11

    Aired 1/8/2002

    The Three Geeks mistakenly turn Buffy invisible. The Slayer takes some advantage from going unseen. Willow has to do the detective without using magic, while Xander finds Spike doing some weird physical training.

    Director: David Fury

    Writer: David Fury

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  • Wrecked
    7.6/10(2,814)
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    #15 - Wrecked

    Season 6 Episode 10

    Aired 11/27/2001

    Amy introduces Willow to a warlock whose powerful black magic proves addictive; Buffy and Spike deal with the aftermath of their night of passion.

    Director: David Solomon

    Writer: Marti Noxon

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  • Older and Far Away
    7.6/10(2,600)
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    #16 - Older and Far Away

    Season 6 Episode 14

    Aired 2/12/2002

    After Dawn talks to a guidance counselor about her feeling lonely, she accidentally puts a spell on Buffy and her friends, trapping them inside the Summer's house with a sword-wielding demon.

    Director: Michael Gershman

    Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg

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  • Hell's Bells
    7.5/10(2,917)
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    #17 - Hell's Bells

    Season 6 Episode 16

    Aired 3/5/2002

    Anya and Xander's wedding is thrown into turmoil when a man claiming to be Xander's future self turns up at the ceremony.

    Director: David Solomon

    Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner

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  • Dead Things
    7.4/10(2,659)
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    #18 - Dead Things

    Season 6 Episode 13

    Aired 2/5/2002

    After Jonathan, Andrew, and Warren accidentally kill Warren's ex-girlfriend Katrina, they set Buffy up to make her believe it was she who killed the girl.

    Director: James A. Contner

    Writer: Steven S. DeKnight

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  • Flooded
    7.2/10(2,591)
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    #19 - Flooded

    Season 6 Episode 4

    Aired 10/16/2001

    While trying to get a loan, Buffy runs afoul of three deadbeat sorcerers who are using the otherworldly powers of a demon to rob a bank.

    Director: Douglas Petrie

    Writer: Jane Espenson, Douglas Petrie

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  • All the Way
    7.1/10(2,699)
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    #20 - All the Way

    Season 6 Episode 6

    Aired 10/30/2001

    On Halloween, Dawn and her friend go out to make mischief and impress their crushes, but stumble into real danger. Xander announces his engagement to Anya, and Tara worries about Willow's reliance on magic.

    Director: David Solomon

    Writer: Steven S. DeKnight

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  • Doublemeat Palace
    6.7/10(2,930)
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    #21 - Doublemeat Palace

    Season 6 Episode 12

    Aired 1/29/2002

    When Buffy gets a job at the Doublemeat Palace, a local fast-food restaurant, she begins to believe that disappearing co-workers and the secret ingredient to the restaurant's hamburger may be connected.

    Director: Nick Marck

    Writer: Jane Espenson

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  • As You Were
    6.7/10(2,827)
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    #22 - As You Were

    Season 6 Episode 15

    Aired 2/26/2002

    Buffy's old boyfriend, Riley Finn, shows up unexpectedly as he tracks a demon about to hatch eggs that could wipe out Sunnydale.

    Director: Douglas Petrie

    Writer: Douglas Petrie

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Once More, with Feeling" is the best rated episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season 6. It scored 9.7/10 based on 11654 votes. Directed by Joss Whedon and written by Joss Whedon, it aired on 11/6/2001. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Tabula Rasa".