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WELCOME TO THE HELLMOUTH: *****

WRITER: JOSS WHEDON

DIRECTOR: CHARLES MARTIN SMITH

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 3/10/97

EPISODE: 1-1

IT'S A NEW DAY AT A NEW SCHOOL...AND HOPEFULLY A NEW LIFE FOR 16-YEAR-OLD BUFFY SUMMERS. BUT WHEN A BOY APPARENT VAMPIRE BITE, AND THE SCHOOL LIBRIRIAN, RUPERT GILES, EXPLAINS THAT HER NEW ADDRESS, SUNNYDALE, IS ACTUALLY A CENTER FOR MYSTICAL CONVERGENCE AT THE MOUTH OF HELL, IT ISN'T LONG BEFORE SHE REALIZES THAT SHE CAN'T ESCAPE HER FATE AS THE SLAYER. MEANWHILE, A VAMPIRE NAMED LUKE IS HATCHING A PLAN TO RELEASE THE MASTER (THE VAMPIRE-IN-CHIEF) FROM HIS CELL BENEATH THE EARTH'S SURFACE IN TIME FOR THE HARVEST- A FEEDING FRENZY THAT WILL PUT AN END TO US PESKY HUMANS AND GIVE THE WORLD BACK TO THE UNDEAD. IN SEARCH OF SACRIFICIAL LAMBS FOR THE MASTER, VAMPIRES CONVERGE ON THE LOCAL CLUB, THE BRONZE, AND LURE SOME OF THE KIDS BACK TO THE CEMETARY. AFTER AN AWKWARD "SORRY-i-ALMOST-KILLED-YOU-MY BAD" MOMENT WITH CORDELIA, BUFFY FORGETS ABOUT TRYING TO HAVE A NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL LIFE AND RUSHES TO SAVE HER NEW FRIENDS WILLOW, XANDER, AND JESSE FROM THE FANG SQUAD. UNFORTUNATELY FOR HER, LUKE GETS THE UPPER HAND.

THE HARVEST: *****

WRITER: JOSS WHEDON

DIRECTOR: JOHN KRETCHMER

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 3/10/97

EPISODE: 1-2

PART TWO OF THE SERIES PREMIERE PICKS UP WITH BUFFY NARROWLY ESCAPING FROM THE CLUTCHES OF LUKE, AND WHILE WILLOW AND XANDER ARE SAFE-AND NOW KNOW HER SECRET- JESSE IS LEFT BEHIND. BUFFY AND XANDER RETURN TO THE CRYPT THE NEXT DAY TO RESCUE HIM, BUT IT'S TOO LATE- HE'S A VAMPIRE. THAT NIGHT, THE VAMPS REGROUP FOR A LATE SUPPER AT THE BRONZE. WITH LUKE SERVING AS THE MASTER'S VESSEL, EACH DROP OF BLODD HE GULPS BRINGS THE MASTER ONE STEP CLOSER TO FREEDOM, AND CORDELIA IS TARGETED AS THE MAIN COURSE. JUST AS SHE IS ABOUT TO BE DRIANED, BUFFY APPEARS ON THE SCENE AND BEGINS KICKING BUTT. WILLOW DOUSES DARLA THE VAMPIRE WITH HOLY WATER TO SAVE GILES, AND THE MASTER'S UPRISING IS THWARTED. FOR NOW.

WITCH: *****

WRITER: DANA RESTON

DIRECTED BY: STEPHEN CRAGG

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 3/17/97

EPISODE: 1-3

MUCH TO GILES'S DISMAY, BUFFY DECIDES TO TAKE A CRACK AT A NORMAL LIFE AND GOES OUT FOR THE CHEERLEADING SQUAD. AT THE TRYOUT, BUFFY MEETS AMY MADISON, WHOSE MOTHER WAS A STAR CHEERLEADER IN HER DAY, AND AMY IS OVERLY ANXIOUS TO RELIVE HER MOTHER'S GLORY DAYS. WHEN THE GIRLS ON THE SQUAD BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE VARIOUS FORMS OF DSCOMFORT SUCH AS SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION, BLINDNESS, AND THE COMPLETE LOSS OF MOUTH, BUFFY AND THE GANG DECIDE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. WITH ALL SIGNS POINTING TO WITCHCRAFT AND SECOND-ALTERNATE RAH-RAH AMY, SHE CASTS A VENGEANCE SPELL WHICH MAKES FIRST-ALTERNATE BUFFY ACT DRUNK AND PUTS AMY ON THE TEAM. WHEN A VISIT TO AMY'S HOME REVEALS THAT THE OPPORTUNISTIC CHEERLEADERS IS NOT WHO SE SEEMS, THE WITCH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SCHEME IS IMMORTALIZED AS THE PERFECT CHEERLEADER.

TEACHERS PET: ****

WRITER: (X-FILES) DAVID GREENWALT

DIRECTOR: BRUCE SETH GREEN (NO RELATION TO SETH GREEN)

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 3/25/97

EPISODE: 1-4

IT SEEMS ONE STUDENT'S LOSS IS ANOTHER ONE'S GAIN WHEN DR. GREGORY, THE ONLY TEACHER WH DIDN'T THINK BUFFY WAS A FELON, TURNS UP DEAD. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, THE HOTTIE SUBSITUTE WHO REPLACED HIM, NATALIE FRENCH, HAS INVITED XANDER OVER FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE A NIGHT OF ROMANCE. WHEN BUFFY UNCHARACTERISTICALLY HITS THE BOOKS TO SEE WHAT SHE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HER FAVORITE TEACHER'S GRISLY DEATH, SHE DISOVERS GREGORY WAS KILLED IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO HOW PRAYING MANTIS MALES ARE KILLED BY THEIR MATES-DECAPITATED AFTER DOING THE DEED. SUDDENLY FRENCH'S EXORCIST-STYLE ROTATING NOGGIN AND GRASSHOPER SANDWHICHES MAKE PERFECT SENSE, SO BUFFY RUSHES TO SAVE XANDER BEFORE BOTH HIS FANTASY AND WORST NIGHTMARE COME TRUE IN ONE NIGHT, COURTESY OF THE HOT-TO-TROT GIANT SHE-MANTIS.

NEVER KILL A BOY ON THE FIRST DATE: *****

WRITERS: ROB DESHOTEL AND DEAN BATALI

DIRECTED BY: DAVID SEMEL

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 3/31/97

EPISODE: 1-5

READING ABOUT THE ANOINTED ONE FROM PROPHECY, THE MASTER HATCHES A NEW PLAN TO BREAK OUT OF HIS CELL. ABOVE GROUND, WHILE GILES CRITIQUES BUFFY'S SLAYING FORM AS THE DUSTS ANTHER VAMPIRE, THEY DISCOVER A RING LEFT BEHIND IN ITS ASHES. SOME FACT CHECKING BY GILES DETERMINES THAT THE RING IS A SYMBOL OF THE ORDER OF AURELIUS-A NASTY SECT OF VAMPIRES DETERMINED TO BRING THE ANOINTED ONE TO THE MASTER. BUFFY'S MIND, HOWEVER, IS ON OWEN THURMAN, A SENSITIVE CUTIE WHO READS EMILY DICKINSON. AND CAN BROOD FOR 40 MINUTES STRAIGHT. BALANCING A SOCIAL LIFE WITH HER CALLING PROVES TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN, HOWEVER, WHEN OWEN IS ALMOST KILLED AFTER FOLLOWING BUFFY ON AN IMPROMPTU HUNT AT THE MORGUE TO SLAY THE ANOINTED ONE. FEELING LOUSY ABOUT BREAKING-OFF THE RELATIONSHIP BEFORE IT HAD A CHANCE TO GET STARTED, BUFFY WILL FEEL WORSE WHEN SHE LEARNS THAT THE REAL ANOINTED ONE IS STILL ALIVE

THE PACK: ****

WRITERS: ROB DESHOTEL AND DEAN BATALI

DIRECTED BY: DAVID SEMEL

ORIGINAL AIR DATE:4/7/97

EPISODE: 1-6

A FIELD TRIP TO THE ZOO TAKES A TURN FOR THE WEIRD WHEN XANDER AND A GROUP OF BULLIES SNEAK INTO AN OFF-LIMITS HYENA HOUSE. AFTER A MEANINGFUL GLANCE WITH A HYENA LEAVES THE TRESPASSERS POSSESSED BY ITS SPIRIT, THEY EMERGE AS VICIOUS CREEPS. GILES DISMISSES XANDER'S ATTITUDE CHANGE AS A TEENAGER PHASE, SO BUFFY AND WILLOW ELECT TO STEER CLEAR OF HIM UNTIL IT PASSES. SENSING THAT LIFE IN A SCHOOL OF HYENAS WILL BE A SHORT ONE, NO ONE IS AS FREAKED-OUT BY XANDER AND THE BULLIES THAN THE SCHOOL MASCOT. SHORTLY AFTER THE PORKER BECOMES BACON, HOWEVER IT BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT THERE'S MORE TO THE NASTY XANDER THAN SHIFTING HORMONES. BUFFY LOCKS HIM UP WHILE GILES TRACES THE STRANGE BEHAVIOR BACK TO THE ZOO, WHERE THEY HATCH A PLAN WITH THE ZOOKEEPER TO LEAD THE PACK TO THE HYENA HOUSE FOR AN EXORCISM. WHEN THE ZOOKEEPER REVEALS HIS ACTUAL PLAN TO TRANSFER THE SPIRIT INTO HIMSELF, BUFFY HELPS HIM GET CLOSER TO THE HYENA THAN HE ANTICIPATED.

ANGEL: *****

WRITER: DAVID GREENWALT

DIRECTOR: SCOT BRAZIL

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 4/14/97

EPISODE: 1-7

AS PART OF A NEW PLAN TO FREE THE MASTER, THE ANOINTED ONE CALLS ON THE THREE-A TRIO OF ESPECIALLY NASTY VAMPIRES BEND ON RUBBING-OUT OUR FAVORITE SLAYER. ANGEL SUFFERS SOME CUTS WHEN HE STEPS IN TO HELP DEFEND BUFFY AGAINST THE ATTTACKERS, SO BUFFY TAKES HIM BACK TO HER HOUSE TO DRESS THE WONDS AND HIDE OUT, AND HE WINDS UP INNOCENTLY SPENDING THE NIGHT ON BUFFY'S BEDROOM FLOOR. THE BUFFY AND ANGEL ROMANCE BLOSSOMS, BUT HE DROPS HIS GUARD AS THEY SHARE THEIR FIRST SMOOCH AND ACCIDENTTLY VAMPS OUT, REVEALING, HIS BLOODSUCKER TIES. CONSIDERABLY WIGGED, BUFFY TELLS HIM TO GET LOST, BUT WHEN THE MASTER'S LACKEY DARLA POSES AS A FRIEND OF BUFFY'S AND SINKS HER TEETH INTO MOM SUMMERS, FRAMING ANGEL, THE PLOT THICKENS. BUFFY HAS KILLING ANGEL ON HER MIND, BUT FINDS OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ATTACK ON HER MOM AS WELL AS ANGEL'S BLOODTHIRSTY PAST AND THE STORY OF HIS RESTORED SOUL JUST IN TIME.

I ROBOT, YOU JANE: ***

WRITERS: ASHLEY CABLE AND THOMAS A. SWYDEN

DIRECTED BY: STEPHEN POSEY

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 4/26/97

EPISODE: 1-8

GILES' DISDIAN FOR COMPUTERS IS JUSTIFIED WHEN MOLOCK, A SWEETTALKING, NECK-SNAPPING, NAZILOVEING DEMON FROM 1418, FINDS NEW LIFE ON THE INTERNET. THE SCHOOL'S TOP COMPUTER GEEKS UNWITTINGLY BECOME MOLOCH'S SERVANST, WHILE WILLOW BEGINS AN ONLINE ROMANCE WITH A POETIC NETIZEN NAMED MALCOLM. CONCERNED THAT WILLO'WS EMIAL AFFAIR MAY LEAD TO HER BEING MURDERED BY AN ONLINE CIRCUS FREAK, THE REST OF THE GANG INVESTIGATES HIM AND DISCOVERS THAT MOLOCH AND WILLOW'S BEAU ARE THE SAME GUY. WITH THE HELP OF TECHNOPAGAN/COMPUTER TEACHER JENNY CALENDAR, GILES IS ABLE TO FORCE MOLOCH OFF THE NET, BUT NOT BEFORE HE IS TRANSFERRED INTO A MECHANICAL TORSO. IT'S THEN UP TO BUFFY TO KEEP ROBO-MOLOCH FROM DOING ANY MORE DAMAGE.

THE PUPPET SHOW: *****

WRITERS: DEAN BATALI AND ROB DES HOTEL

DIRECTED BY: ELLEN S. PRESSMAN

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 5/5/97

EPISODE: 1-9

WHEN A BALLET DANCER IN THE SCHOOL TALENT SHOW IS MURDERED, THE MOST LOGICAL SUSPECT IS THE VENTRILOQUIST, BECAUSE...WELL, THOSE GUYS AND THEIR DUMMIES ARE JUST PLAIN CREEPY. BUT WHEN MORGAN THE VENTRILOQUIST IS FOUND DEAD AND MISSING ONE BRAIN, SUSPICION TURNS TOWARD THE ACTUAL DUMMY, SID. AS HARD AS IT TO BELIEVE THAT SID CAN BE THE CULPRIT, WHEN HE SHOWS UP AT BUFFY'S WINDOW AND LATER ADMITS TO TRYING TO KILL HER, IT LOOKS LIKE AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE. THE TURTH, HOWEVER, IS THAT SID WAS ONLY TRYING TO WHACK BUFFY BECAUSE THERE'S A DEMON ON THE LOOSE AND HE THOUGHT SHE WAS IT. IF SID (WHO ALSO KNEW A SLAYER BACK IN THE 30'S) KILLS THE DEMON-AT -LARGE, HIS SOUL WILL BE FREED FROM THE DUMMY SHELL. IT TURNS OUT THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEMON IS HARVESTING ORGANS, SO WHEN BUFFY FINDS OUT THAT MORGAN'S WAYWARD GRAY MATTER HAPPPENS TO BE CANCEROUS, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE KILLER IS STILL IN SEARCH OF A BRAIN, AND IT'S GOT ITS EYE ON GILES.

NIGHTMARES: *****

TELEPLAY: DAVID GREENWALT

STORY BY: JOSS WHEDON

DIRECTED BY: BRUCE SETH GREEN

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 5/12/97

EPISODE: 1-10

BUFFY SPROUTS FANGS, GILES FORGETS HOW TO READ, CORDELIA HAS A BAD HAIR DAY, WILLOW IS SINGING ON STAGE, XANDER IS BEING CHASED BY A DEMONIC CLOWN (LIKE THERE'S ANY OTHER KIND) EVERYONE'S GREATES FEARS ARE COMING TO LIFE. THE LIVING NIGHTMARES ARE TRCED TO BILLY, A COMATOSE KIDDIE LEAGUE SECOND BASEMEN WHO WAS NEARLY BEATEN TO DEATH AFTER A GAME. WHILE THE TYKE'S PHYSICAL FORM REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL, HIS ASTRAL SELF IS ROAMING THE HALLS OF SUNNYDALE HIGH ISSUING WARNINGS. AS EVERYONE'S LIVING NIGHTMARES CONTINUE TO GROW MORE SEVERE AND THE EMBODIMENT OF BILLY'S FEAR- THE UGLY MAN-BEGINS ATTACKING STUDENTS , BUFFY CONVINCES THE KID THAT HE HAST TO FACE HIS FEAR TO HAVE A CHANCE AT BEATING IT. WHEN THE REAL-LIFE SOURCE OF BILLY'S TERROR SHOWS UP, BUFFY DOLES OUT A BEATING OF HER OWN.

OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND: *****

TELEPLAY BY: ASLEY GABLE AND THOMAS A. SWYDEN

STORY BY: JOSS WHEDON

DIRECTED BY: REZA BADIYI

ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 5/19/97

EPISODE: 1-11

LOOK FOR: SETH GREEN

IF AN INVISIBLE TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST AND NOBDY'S AROUND TO HEAR, DOES ANYONE EVEN CARE? THAT'S THE PROBLEM MARCY ROSS WAS FACING BEFORE SHE WENT FROM BEING ONE OF THE MILLIONS OF UNNOTICED HIGH SCHOOOL STUDENTS TO ONE OF THE FEW TRULY INVISIBLE GIRLS. SHE BEGINS TO GET THE ATTENTION SHE'S BEEN MISSING, HOWEVER, WHEN ON THE EVE OF THE PROM, INVISIBLE MARCY STARTS A VILENT PATTERN. FIRST SHE SMACKS AROUND CORDELIA'S PROM DATE. THE NEXT VICTIM IS ONE OF CORDY'S SNOBBY FRIENDS AND THEN HER FAVORITE TEACHER NEARLY DIES OF ASPHYXIATION. WHILE THIS IS GOING ON, TWO MEN IN BLACK SUITS START APPEARING AROUND THE SCHOOL AND ANGEL WARNS GILES TAHT THE MASTER IS GETTING RESTLESS AGAIN. CORDELIA WINDS UP MINUTES FROM HAVING HER FACED SLASHED BY THE INVISIBLE GIRL WHEN BUFFY IS ABLE TO SAVE HER AND EXPOSE HER ATTACKER, BUT THE FEDS HAVE OTHER PLANS FOR MARCY.

PROPHECY GIRL: *****

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: JOSS WHEDON

IT'S SHADES OF THE 1947 HARVEST WHEN VAMPIRE ACTIVITY IN SUNNYDALE REACHES AN ALL-TIME HIGH AND AN EARTHQUAKE RIPS THROUGH THE TOWN. BUFFY, HOWEVER, HAS BIGGER PROBLEMS-LIKE FINDING A DATE FOR THE PROM-BUT APOCALYPTIC-TYPE TROUBLE LIES AHEAD THAT HAS GILES SICK WITH WORRY. A PROPHECY SAYS BUFFY IS ABOUT TO FACE THE MASTER IN A BATTLE TO THE DEATH-AND BUFFY IS DESTINED TO LOSE. SUDDENLY FREAKED AND SCARED BY THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY OF DYING AT 16 SHE QUITS. RATHER THAN RISK SENDING BUFFY TO HER DEATH, GILES DECIDES TO TAKE HIS CHANCES AND FACE THE MASTER HIMSELF WHEN BUFFY RECONSIDERS. ARMED WITH ONLY A CROSSBOW AND A PROM DRESS, THE ANOINTED ONE LEADS HER TO THE MASTER, AND TRUE TO THE PROPHECY, HE IS TOO STORNG AND LEAVES BUFFY...DEAD. DDOWN BUT NOT OUT, XANDER AND ANGEL ARRIVE JUST IN TIME TO RESUSCITATE HER, AND THE SLAYER PICKS UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF, STRONGER THAN EVER AND INTENT ON KILLING THE MASTER.