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Regular cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers | Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris | Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg | Seth Green as Oz (up to Wild At Heart) | James Marsters as Spike (from The Initiative) | Marc Blucas as Riley Finn (from Doomed) | Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles

Episodes: 1. The Freshman | 2. Living Conditions | 3. The Harsh Light of Day | 4. Fear, Itself | 5. Beer Bad | 6. Wild at Heart | 7. The Initiative | 8. Pangs
9. Something Blue | 10. Hush | 11. Doomed | 12. A New Man | 13. The I in Team | 14. Goodbye Iowa | 15. This Year's Girl | 16. Who Are You? | 17. Superstar
18. Where The Wild Things Are | 19. New Moon Rising | 20. The Yoko Factor | 21. Primevil | 22. Restless

1. The Freshman

Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Joss Whedon
First Aired: 5th October 1999
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Big Bad: Sunday
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Guest Stars: Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers | Marc Blucas as Riley Finn | Dagney Kerr as Kathy Newman | Pedro Balmaceda as Eddie | Katherine Towne as Sunday | Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh
Summary:
Moving on - trying to adjust to rigours of college life proves to be harder than Buffy imagined. She moves into a dorm, must contend with a less-than-stable roommate and the complesities of dating college men.

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2. Living Conditions

Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: David Grossman
First Aired: 12th October 1999
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Big Bad: Kathy Newman
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Guest Stars: Dagney Kerr as Kathy Newman | Adam Kaufman as Parker Abrams | Paige Moss as Veruca
Summary:
Attack of the killer roommate - dorm life proves to be quite an adjustmnent for Buffy when her roommate drives her crazy with her idiosyncrasies.

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3. The Harsh Light of Day

Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: James A. Contner
First Aired: 19th October 1999
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Big Bad: Spike
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Guest Stars: Emma Caulfield as Anya | Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall | Adam Kaufman as Parker Abrams | James Marsters as Spike
Summary:
James Marsters returns as Spike - the underworld version of Sid Vicious. Spike returns to Sunnydale in search of the vampire version of the holy grail, and it's up to Buffy to stop him.

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4. Fear, Itself

Written by: David Fury
Directed by: Tucker Gates
First Aired: 26th October 1999
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Big Bad: Pete
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Guest Stars: Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers | Marc Blucas as Riley Finn | Emma Caulfield as Anya | Adam Kaufman as Parker Abrams | Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh
Summary:
House of horrors - Buffy reluctantly agrees to join Willow, Oz, and Xander at a Halloween party where they stumble into a real-life house of horrors masquerading as an innocuous fraternity.

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5. Beer Bad

Written by: Tracey Forbes
Directed by: David Solomon
First Aired: 2nd November 1999
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Guest Stars: Paige Moss as Veruca | Marc Blucas as Riley Finn | Adam Kaufman as Parker Abrams | Eric Matheny as Colm | Stephen M. Porter as Jack | Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh
Summary:
Another ale for my friend - when Buffy is befriended by a group of upperclassmen who convince her to drown her sorrows with them, bartender Xander becomes suspicious when Buffy and her new friends return to their primordial roots.

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6. Wild at Heart

Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: David Grossman
First Aired: 9th November 1999
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Big Bad: Veruca
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Guest Stars: Paige Moss as Veruca | Marc Blucas as Riley Finn | James Marsters as Spike | Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh
Summary:
Honey, it's a full moon - Buffy does her best to console Willow when Oz is undeniably drawn to another woman, Veruca. Even after it is discovered that his attraction stems from the fact that she is a werewolf, his powerful primal instincts may bee too innate to ignore.

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7. The Initiative

Written by: Doulgas Petrie
Directed by: James A Contner
First Aired: 16th November 1999
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Guest Stars: Marc Blucas as Riley Finn | Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall | Adam Kaufman as Parker Abrams | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh
Summary:
The truth is down there - unbeknownst to Buffy and the gang, Spike is captured by a commando squad for The Initiative, a mysterious underground laboratory beneath the streets of UC Sunnydale.

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8. Pangs

Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Michael Lange
First Aired: 23rd November 1999
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Guest Stars: Marc Blucas as Riley Finn | Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall | Emma Caulfield as Anya | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Tod Thawley as Hus | David Boreanaz as Angel
Summary:
A dramatic Buffy/Angel two-hour event - Angel lurks in the shadows of Sunnydale trying to protect Buffy and keep her safe, while her perfect thanksgiving feast is disrupted by an army of Chumash Indians, the original inhabitants of Sunnydale, whose spirits have come alive to recreate the wrongs that were done to their people.

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9. Something Blue

Written by: Tracey Forbes
Directed by: Nick Marck
First Aired: 23rd November 1999
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Big Bad: Willow
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Guest Stars: Marc Blucas as Riley Finn | Emma Caulfield as Anyanka | Elizabeth Anne Allen as Amy Madison
Summary:
Something old, something new... Buffy has fallen in love with Spike and plans to marry him. Giles is going blind, and Xander has become even more of a demon magnet.

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10. Hush

Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Joss Whedon
First Aired: 14th December 1999
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Big Bad: The Gentlemen
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Guest Stars: Marc Blucas as Riley Finn | Emma Caulfield as Anya | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Phina Oruche as Olivia | Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | Brooke Bloom as Nicole | Jessica Townsend as Cheryl | Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh
Summary:
Silent night - a silence falls over Sunnydale when the otherworldly beings come to town and steal the power of speech from all the residents.

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11. Doomed

Written by: David Fury, Jane Espenson & Marti Noxon
Directed by: James A. Contner
First Aired: 14th December 1999
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Guest Stars: Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Ethan Erickson as Percy West
Summary:
Walk down memory lane - the reopening of the Sunnydale hellmouth sends Buffy and the gang back to high school to prevent impending apocolypse.

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12. A New Man

Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Michael Gershman
First Aired: 25th January 2000
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Big Bad: Ethan Rayne
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Guest Stars: Robin Sachs as Ethan Rayne | Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | Emma Caulfield as Anya | Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh
Summary:
Buffy and Riley explore the extent of each other's powers as they become more romatically intwined., Giles is transformed into a demon and gets mistakenly hunted down by an unknowing Buffy.

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13. The I in Team

Written by: David Fury
Directed by: James A. Contner
First Aired: 8th February 2000
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Guest Stars: Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | George Hertzberg as Adam | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Jack Stehlin as Dr. Angleman | Emma Caulfield as Anya | Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh
Summary:
Friend or foe - Buffy's friends become hurt and concerned when her involvement with Riley and The Initiative becomes more intense.

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14. Goodbye Iowa

Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: David Solomon
First Aired: 15th February 2000
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Guest Stars: Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | George Hertzberg as Adam | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Jack Stehlin as Dr. Angleman | JB Gaynoir as Little Boy | Saverio Guerro as Willy the Snitch | Emma Caulfield as Anya
Summary:
Buffy and Riley's relationship is put to the test when she investigates Professor Walsh's death and comes up against The Initiative's secret weapon.

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15. This Year's Girl

Written by: Douglas Petrie
Directed by: Michael Gershman
First Aired: 22nd February 2000
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Big Bad: Faith
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Guest Stars: Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers | Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Chet Grissom as Detective | Alastair Duncan as Collins | Harry Groener as The Mayor | Eliza Dushku as Faith Lehane
Summary:
Buffy is preoccupied with catching the creature that attacked Riley, but her problems are just beginning when she learns that Faith has awakened from her coma and has gome seeking revenge to the only home in which Faith remembers Buffy living.

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16. Who Are You?

Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Joss Whedon
First Aired: 29th February 2000
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Big Bad: Faith
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Guest Stars: Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers | Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Chet Grissom as Detective | Alastair Duncan as Collins | Harry Groener as The Mayor | Eliza Dushku as Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers
Summary:
Buffy battles to escape the clutches of The Watchers Council special operations team who plan to send her to England, While Faith continues to wreak havoc in the lives of Buffy's family and friends.

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17. Superstar

Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: David Grossman
First Aired: 4th April 2000
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Big Bad: Jonathan
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Guest Stars: Danny Strong as Jonathan Levinson | Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Robert Patrict Benedic as Jape | John Saint Ryan as Colonel Haviland | George Hertzberg as Adam | Emma Caulfield as Anya
Summary:
Buffy uncovers why the whole town thinks that former high school nerd, Jonathan is Sunnydale's newest version of a superhero.

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18. Where The Wild Things Are

Written by: Tracey Forbes
Directed by: David Solomon
First Aired: 25th April 2000
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Guest Stars: Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. Holt | Emma Caulfield as Anya
Summary:
Buffy and Riley unleash a poweful supernatural force that awakens during a fraternity party and causes everyone's hormones to kick into overdrive.

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19. New Moon Rising

Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: James A Contner.
First Aired: 2nd May 2000
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Guest Stars: Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Conor O'Farrell as Colonol McNamara | George Hertzberg as Adam | Emma Caulfield as Anya | Seth Green as Oz
Summary:
Oz returns to Sunnydale. claiming he still loves Willow and has his full moon frolics under control. Willow tells Buffy, iabout her new relationship with Tara.

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20. The Yoko Factor

Written by: Douglas Petrie
Directed by: David Grossman
First Aired: 9th May 2000
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Guest Stars: Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Conor O'Farren as Colonel McNamara | George Hertzberg as Adam | Emma Caulfield as Anya | David Boreanaz as Angel
Summary:
Showdown for Buffy's heart - Buffy is even more certain of her love for Riley, when Angel's surprise visit to Sunnydale brings Riley and Angel to blows.

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21. Primevil

Written by: David Fury
Directed by: James A Contner
First Aired: 16th May 2000
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Guest Stars: Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | Leonard Roberts as Forrest Gates | Bailey Chase as Graham Miller | Jack Stehlin as Dr. Angleman | Conor O'Farren as Colonel McNamara | George Hertzberg as Adam | Emma Caulfield as Anya | Lindsay Crouse as Maggie Walsh
Summary:
Buffy's estrangement from her friends and Giles threatens to keep the group from stopping Adam's plan to design a master race of human/demon hybrids.

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21. Restless

Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Joss Whedon
First Aired: 23rd May 2000
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Guest Stars: Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers | Amber Benson as Tara MaClay | Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall | David Wells as The Cheese Man | Michael Harney as Xander's Father | Geroge Hertzberg as Adam | Emma Caulfield as Anya | Seth Green as Oz
Summary:
A primal animal stalks Buffy , Willow,Xander, and Giles in their nightmares as they each come face to face with their worst fears.

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