The Worst Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
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Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is "Beer Bad", rated 6.3/10 from 3952 user votes. It was directed by David Solomon and written by Tracey Forbes. "Beer Bad" aired on 11/2/1999 and is rated 0.0 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Where the Wild Things Are".
6.3/10 3,952 votes#1 - Beer Bad
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1999
Xander finds employment as a bartender at a pub where some of Buffy's friends turn into terrifying Cro-Magnon creatures.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Tracey Forbes
6.3/10 3,615 votes#2 - Where the Wild Things Are
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/2000
Buffy and Riley's passionate lovemaking energizes supernatural elements inside a frat house.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Tracey Forbes
6.5/10 4,327 votes#3 - I, Robot... You, Jane
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/28/1997
Willow's new Internet chat buddy turns out to be a powerful demon electronically unleashed from a centuries-old, newly digitized book.
Director: Stephen L. Posey
Writer: Thomas A. Swyden, Ashley Gable
6.6/10 3,838 votes#4 - Bad Eggs
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/1998
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
6.7/10 4,542 votes#5 - Teacher's Pet
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/24/1997
Buffy's biology teacher is killed by a giant praying mantis that assumes the form of a beautiful substitute teacher.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: David Greenwalt
6.7/10 3,844 votes#6 - Go Fish
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/1998
Members of the Sunnydale swim team are killed by a gill monster of unknown origins.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Elin Hampton, David Fury
6.7/10 2,853 votes#7 - 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
6.7/10 2,745 votes#8 - 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
6.8/10 3,933 votes#9 - Some Assembly Required
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1997
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
7.0/10 3,987 votes#10 - Inca Mummy Girl
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1997
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
7.0/10 3,909 votes#11 - Reptile Boy
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1997
Buffy and Cordelia inadvertently attend a frat party hosted by a murderous cult.
Director: David Greenwalt
Writer: David Greenwalt
7.0/10 3,142 votes#12 - Goodbye Iowa
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2000
Tension erupts between Buffy and an ailing Riley as they pursue Professor Maggie Walsh's killer.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Marti Noxon
7.0/10 2,830 votes#13 - Listening to Fear
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2000
As Joyce's sickness makes her begin doing odd things, a demon emerges from a meteorite and begins killing the mentally ill.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
7.1/10 2,615 votes#14 - All the Way
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2001
Dawn discovers her crush has a deadly secret. Xander announces his engagement to Anya, and Tara worries about Willow's reliance on magic.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
7.1/10 2,811 votes#15 - 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
7.2/10 4,322 votes#16 - Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/31/1997
With Buffy preoccupied by her date with Owen, Giles is trapped by a group of vampires seeking to raise a powerful leader.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Dean Batali, Rob DesHotel
7.2/10 4,494 votes#17 - The Pack
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/1997
Xander and several other students are possessed by the spirit of a demonic breed of hyenas that wreak havoc at the high school.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Joe Reinkemeyer, Matt Kiene
7.2/10 3,645 votes#18 - Gingerbread
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/1999
After discovering the corpses of two young children bearing a symbol linked to the occult, Joyce spearheads a campaign to rid Sunnydale of witches.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: N/A
7.2/10 3,772 votes#19 - Superstar
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 4/4/2000
Buffy senses that something is amiss when Jonathan becomes a hero to everyone in Sunnydale.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.2/10 2,505 votes#20 - 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
7.2/10 2,476 votes#21 - The Killer in Me
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2003
After Willow and Kennedy share their first kiss, Willow is transformed into Warren, the man she killed last year. When she sets out to find help, she bumps into an old friend. Meanwhile, Buffy searches for answers when Spike's chip causes him great pain, and the gang suspect that Giles may really be The First Evil.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg
7.3/10 3,816 votes#22 - Killed by Death
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/3/1998
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
7.3/10 3,693 votes#23 - Dead Man's Party
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1998
A Nigerian mask reanimates the dead, forcing Buffy to battle a horde of zombies.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Marti Noxon
7.3/10 2,746 votes#24 - Shadow
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2000
Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: David Fury
7.3/10 3,001 votes#25 - Into the Woods
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2000
After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.
Director: Marti Noxon
Writer: Marti Noxon