7.6/102,626 votes#1 - Lessons
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2002
Sunnydale High is re-opened, with a new designed campus and a new principal, Robin Wood. It is Dawn's first day at school there and Buffy accompanies her to class, only to discover evil spirits lurking in the basement.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Joss Whedon
7.8/102,735 votes#2 - Beneath You
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2002
The gang meet a young woman who is being chased by a giant worm.
Director: Nick Marck
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.9/102,584 votes#3 - Same Time, Same Place
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2002
Willow returns to Sunnydale, but fears her friends have abandoned her when she finds herself completely unable to perceive them. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang don’t see Willow either, but fear she is involved when a body turns up without its skin.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.8/102,613 votes#4 - Help
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2002
Buffy begins a new job as school counsellor at Sunnydale High. On her first day she encounters a troubled young girl who is convinced she is about to die.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
8.7/103,201 votes#5 - Selfless
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2002
Anya's violent and deadly act of vengeance leaves everyone stunned. Buffy must put aside her feelings and take action before more people die.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Drew Goddard
7.1/102,844 votes#6 - Him
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2002
Xander and Spike search for the source of a spell that has bewitched the girls into competing for the affections of the high school quarterback.
Director: Michael Gershman
Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg
8.9/103,677 votes#7 - Conversations with Dead People
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2002
Buffy talks through her troubles with an old high school classmate who has recently become a vampire. Cassie, the late student Buffy tried to help, appears to Willow with a posthumous message from Tara. Dawn experiences a terrifying haunting. And Andrew and Jonathan return to Sunnydale High on a mission.
Director: Nick Marck
Writer: Drew Goddard, Jane Espenson, Marti Noxon
7.7/102,473 votes#8 - Sleeper
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2002
Buffy and her friends fear Spike may be to blame when a number of people around town mysteriously disappear.
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: David Fury, Jane Espenson
7.8/102,384 votes#9 - Never Leave Me
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2002
Buffy and the gang capture and interrogate Spike and Andrew.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Drew Goddard
7.7/102,396 votes#10 - Bring on the Night
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2002
Giles returns to Sunnydale with three potential slayers, whom Buffy must protect from The First. Meanwhile, a ferocious Uber-vampire is released from the Hellmouth and Buffy must kill it before it kills one of the potentials.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Douglas Petrie, Marti Noxon
8.0/102,543 votes#11 - Showtime
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/2003
Buffy has to keep the ever increasing number of potential Slayers from panicking while Giles and Anya seek answers from the Beljoxa's Eye.
Director: Michael Grossman
Writer: David Fury
7.6/102,384 votes#12 - Potential
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2003
Buffy takes the Potentials to a demon bar and then to Spike's crypt, in order to teach them the art of slaying. When Willow casts a spell to seek out the next Potential, the spell leads them to believe that Dawn may be a future slayer.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
7.2/102,499 votes#13 - The Killer in Me
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2003
Kennedy, a potential Slayer, takes Willow on a date, which is interrupted when Willow finds herself transformed into Warren. The other Potentials go on a retreat with Giles, who the gang realize may have been replaced by the First. Spike's chip is having agonizing malfunctions, and he and Buffy return to the Initiative to search for a fix.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg
7.4/102,370 votes#14 - First Date
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2003
Buffy accepts a dinner invitation from Principal Wood, and tries to figure out his true intentions. Xander goes out with a girl from the hardware store. The First tries to convince Andrew to murder the potential Slayers. Giles returns from China with a new Potential, but struggles with the language barrier.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.5/102,348 votes#15 - Get It Done
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2003
Buffy introduces Principal Wood to the rest of the team. He brings an artifact that transports Buffy to see the origin of the Slayer, but the others must face a powerful demon to bring her back.
Director: Douglas Petrie
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.2/102,914 votes#16 - Storyteller
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2003
Andrew creates a documentary called "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyres", a record of the current situation in Sunnydale to show to future generations. He manages to capture many important moments, and to annoy almost everyone in the house. But Buffy needs to tear him away from his filmmaking because the Seal of Danzalthar is active and Andrew may hold the key to closing it before it destroys the town.
Director: Marita Grabiak
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.7/103,245 votes#17 - Lies My Parents Told Me
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/2003
Robin Wood seeks revenge on Spike for killing his mother nearly 30 years ago, whilst everyone else tries to find out how The First has control over him.
Director: David Fury
Writer: Drew Goddard, David Fury
8.6/102,594 votes#18 - Dirty Girls
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/2003
Faith returns to Sunnydale just as a new villain, Caleb, arrives and sends Buffy a message in the form of a badly beaten Potential. Buffy leads the rest of the girls to Caleb and The First's lair, with devastating consequences.
Director: Michael Gershman
Writer: Drew Goddard
7.6/102,461 votes#19 - Empty Places
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2003
After their horrifying loss at the vineyard, the gang turn against Buffy and begin to follow Faith instead. Meanwhile, Spike and Andrew travel to an old church to question a priest about Caleb.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg
8.4/102,880 votes#20 - Touched
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/2003
After being ousted from the group, Buffy tries to figure out how to move forward. Faith and the Potentials plan to interrogate a Bringer for information on Caleb and the First. Many people turn to each other for comfort in the face of the impending apocalypse.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
8.5/102,865 votes#21 - End of Days
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2003
Buffy has a powerful new weapon, but the gang cannot find any information about the origins of the mysterious scythe. Eventually the Slayer goes herself in search of knowledge, and finds a new ally, an old friend, and great danger.
Director: Marita Grabiak
Writer: Douglas Petrie, Jane Espenson
9.3/104,932 votes#22 - Chosen
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2003
After killing Caleb, Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all. Willow invokes a magic spell that alters the ancient Slayer spell and gives Buffy the allies she needs to fight the Uber-Vamp army. An epic battle ensues and several good friends are lost. At the end, Buffy faces a completely new problem -- one she's glad to have.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
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Season 7 Ratings Summary
"Lessons" is the best rated episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season 7. It scored 7.6/10 based on 2626 votes. Directed by David Solomon and written by Joss Whedon, it aired on 9/24/2002. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Beneath You".