8.1/103,027 votes#1 - 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
8.2/102,914 votes#2 - 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
7.8/102,670 votes#3 - 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
7.2/102,535 votes#4 - 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: Douglas Petrie, Jane Espenson
7.8/102,696 votes#5 - 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
7.1/102,643 votes#6 - 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
9.7/1011,495 votes#7 - 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
9.1/104,199 votes#8 - 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
7.9/102,915 votes#9 - 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
7.6/102,757 votes#10 - 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
7.7/102,611 votes#11 - 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
6.7/102,880 votes#12 - 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
7.4/102,610 votes#13 - 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
7.6/102,549 votes#14 - 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
6.7/102,774 votes#15 - 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
7.5/102,867 votes#16 - 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
8.4/103,456 votes#17 - 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
7.8/102,568 votes#18 - 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
8.5/103,147 votes#19 - 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
8.8/103,156 votes#20 - 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
8.7/103,014 votes#21 - 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
8.9/103,410 votes#22 - 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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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Bargaining (1)" is the best rated episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season 6. It scored 8.1/10 based on 3027 votes. Directed by David Grossman and written by Marti Noxon, it aired on 10/2/2001. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Bargaining (2)".