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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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Beer Bad" is the worst rated episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". It scored 6.3/10 based on 3999 votes. Directed by David Solomon and written by Tracey Forbes, it aired on 11/2/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Where the Wild Things Are".

  • Beer Bad
    6.3/103,999 votes
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    #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

  • Where the Wild Things Are
    6.3/103,653 votes
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    #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

  • I, Robot... You, Jane
    6.5/104,385 votes
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    #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

  • Bad Eggs
    6.6/103,883 votes
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    #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

  • Teacher's Pet
    6.7/104,611 votes
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    #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

  • Go Fish
    6.7/103,885 votes
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    #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

  • Doublemeat Palace
    6.7/102,881 votes
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    #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

  • As You Were
    6.7/102,776 votes
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    #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

  • Some Assembly Required
    6.8/103,986 votes
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    #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

  • Inca Mummy Girl
    7.0/104,037 votes
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    #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

  • Reptile Boy
    7.0/103,957 votes
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    #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

  • Goodbye Iowa
    7.0/103,178 votes
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    #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

  • Listening to Fear
    7.0/102,866 votes
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    #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

  • All the Way
    7.1/102,645 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Him
    7.1/102,844 votes
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    #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

  • Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
    7.2/104,396 votes
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    #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

  • The Pack
    7.2/104,560 votes
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    #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

  • Gingerbread
    7.2/103,688 votes
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    #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

  • Superstar
    7.2/103,811 votes
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    #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

  • Flooded
    7.2/102,537 votes
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    #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

  • The Killer in Me
    7.2/102,499 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • Killed by Death
    7.3/103,857 votes
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    #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

  • Dead Man's Party
    7.3/103,738 votes
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    #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

  • Shadow
    7.3/102,783 votes
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    #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

  • Into the Woods
    7.3/103,040 votes
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    #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