Air date: 1997-09-15

Runtime: 43 min

Buffy returns from summer vacation sporting an attitude and suffers from recurring nightmares involving the Master. Meanwhile, the Anointed One and his followers plot their revenge.

Air date: 1997-09-22

Runtime: 42 min

Two science club nerds use body parts to create the "perfect girlfriend" for a teenager who has been brought back from the dead.

Air date: 1997-09-29

Runtime: 43 min

Buffy's mother and friends become trapped inside Sunnydale High School when a vampire named Spike launches an attack against the Slayer on Parent-Teacher night.

Air date: 1997-10-06

Runtime: 43 min

An Incan Princess mummy is reanimated in Sunnydale where she sucks the life force from others in order to stay alive.

Air date: 1997-10-13

Runtime: 42 min

Buffy and Cordelia inadvertently attend a frat party hosted by a murderous cult.

Air date: 1997-10-27

Runtime: 42 min

On Halloween, Buffy and her friends patronize an unusual costume shop where customers turn into whatever costume they are wearing.

Air date: 1997-11-03

Runtime: 43 min

Buffy is lured into a trap by a group of undead wannabes who hope that Spike will make them vampires in exchange for giving him the Slayer.

Air date: 1997-11-10

Runtime: 43 min

Giles' past comes back to haunt him as a demon he and Ethan Rayne summoned in their wild youth seeks them out in Sunnydale.

Air date: 1997-11-17

Runtime: 42 min

Spike brings in three professional bounty hunters to eliminate Buffy while she ponders on what her profession might be if her fate wasn't already sealed.

Air date: 1997-11-24

Runtime: 41 min

Buffy joins forces with another Slayer in hopes of saving Angel from the clutches of Spike and Drusilla.

Air date: 1997-12-08

Runtime: 43 min

Buffy's mom introduces her new boyfriend, who charms everyone except Buffy. When she confronts his dark side, she is left questioning her actions.

Air date: 1998-01-12

Runtime: 43 min

Buffy and her friends are given eggs to take care of for a health class assignment, but aren't prepared for what hatches.

Air date: 1998-01-19

Runtime: 43 min

To give Buffy a surprise on her 17th birthday, Drusilla and Spike bring together the body parts of a dismembered demon who cannot be killed.

Air date: 1998-01-20

Runtime: 42 min

Buffy and her friends battle the Judge and face unexpected danger from Angel, who has lost his soul after experiencing a moment of true happiness.

Air date: 1998-01-27

Runtime: 42 min

Buffy and her friends discover secrets about themselves as they battle a werewolf, its hunter, and their own emotions.

Air date: 1998-02-10

Runtime: 43 min

As Valentine's Day approaches, Xander tries to improve his love life through witchcraft and finds himself with too much of a good thing.

Air date: 1998-02-24

Runtime: 42 min

Angel steps up his torment of Buffy and her friends as Jenny searches for a way to restore his soul.

Air date: 1998-03-03

Runtime: 41 min

While hospitalized with a severe case of the flu, Buffy investigates the young patients' fear that Death is stalking the children's ward.

Air date: 1998-04-28

Runtime: 43 min

Sunnydale High School is haunted by the ghosts of a former student and teacher who reenact their tragic romance through the bodies of the school's current inhabitants.

Air date: 1998-05-05

Runtime: 41 min

Members of the Sunnydale swim team are killed by a gill monster of unknown origins.

Air date: 1998-05-12

Runtime: 43 min

Angel plots to revive an ancient demon bent on sweeping everything on earth into hell itself.

Air date: 1998-05-19

Runtime: 42 min

Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.