Completely improbably, this little WB offering about a blonde teenaged girl fighting vampires and saving the world turned out to be one of the best and most original shows on television. Just as improbably, the show's precipitous drop in quality in the last three seasons made us want to jam stakes in our eyes as well as our hearts. It was the best of shows, it was the worst of shows, but after seven seasons, Sarah Michelle Gellar had had enough, and so had we.

Joss Whedon created the series, based on his movie of the same name.

Season One (on The WB)

1. 1 Welcome to the Hellmouth (1) 3/10/1997
2. 2 The Harvest (2) 3/10/1997
3. 3 The Witch 3/17/1997
4. 4 Teacher's Pet 3/24/1997
5. 5 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date 3/31/1997
6. 6 The Pack 4/7/1997
7. 7 Angel 4/14/1997
8. 8 I Robot, You Jane 4/28/1997
9. 9 The Puppet Show 5/5/1997
10. 10 Nightmares 5/12/1997
11. 11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight 5/19/1997
12. 12 Prophecy Girl 6/2/1997

Season Two

1. 13 When She Was Bad 9/15/1997
2. 14 Some Assembly Required 9/22/1997
3. 15 School Hard 9/29/1997
4. 16 Inca Mummy Girl 10/6/1997
5. 17 Reptile Boy 10/13/1997
6. 18 Halloween 10/27/1997
7. 19 Lie to Me 11/3/1997
8. 20 The Dark Age 11/10/1997
9. 21 What's My Line? (1) 11/17/1997
10. 22 What's My Line? (2) 11/24/1997
11. 23 Ted 12/8/1997
12. 24 Bad Eggs 1/12/1998
13. 25 Surprise (1) 1/19/1998
14. 26 Innocence (2) 1/20/1998
15. 27 Phases 1/27/1998
16. 28 Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered 2/10/1998
17. 29 Passion 2/24/1998
18. 30 Killed by Death 3/3/1998
19. 31 I Only Have Eyes For You 4/28/1998
20. 32 Go Fish 5/5/1998
21. 33 Becoming, Part 1 (1) 5/12/1998
22. 34 Becoming, Part 2 (2) 5/19/1998

Season Three

1. 35 Anne 9/29/1998 3ABB01 Reviews 8.37
2. 36 Dead Man's Party 10/6/1998 3ABB02b Reviews 7.87
3. 37 Faith, Hope and Trick 10/13/1998 3ABB03 Reviews 8.69
4. 38 Beauty and the Beasts 10/20/1998 3ABB04 Reviews 8.30
5. 39 Homecoming 11/3/1998 3ABB05 Reviews 8.69
6. 40 Band Candy 11/10/1998 3ABB06 Reviews 8.92
7. 41 Revelations 11/17/1998 3ABB07 Reviews 8.73
8. 42 Lover's Walk 11/24/1998 3ABB08 Reviews 9.18
9. 43 The Wish 12/8/1998 3ABB09 Reviews 9.42
10. 44 Amends 12/15/1998 3ABB10 Reviews 9.04
11. 45 Gingerbread 1/12/1999 3ABB11 Reviews 8.39
12. 46 Helpless 1/19/1999 3ABB12 Reviews 8.71
13. 47 The Zeppo 1/26/1999 3ABB13 Reviews 8.78
14. 48 Bad Girls 2/9/1999 3ABB14 Reviews 9.01
15. 49 Consequences 2/16/1999 3ABB15 Reviews 8.96
16. 50 Doppelgangland 2/23/1999 3ABB16 Reviews 9.48
17. 51 Enemies 3/16/1999 3ABB17 Reviews 9.25
18. 52 Earshot 9/21/1999 3ABB18 Reviews 9.28
19. 53 Choices 5/4/1999 3ABB19 Reviews 8.84
20. 54 The Prom 5/11/1999 3ABB20 Reviews 9.11
21. 55 Graduation Day (1) 5/18/1999 3ABB21 Reviews 9.42
22. 56 Graduation Day (2) 7/13/1999 3ABB22 Reviews 9.50

Season Four
57 The Freshman 10/5/1999 4ABB01 Reviews 8.17
58 Living Conditions 10/12/1999 4ABB02 Reviews 8.21
59 The Harsh Light of Day 10/19/1999 4ABB03 Reviews 8.45
60 Fear, Itself 10/26/1999 4ABB04 Reviews 8.90
61 Beer Bad 11/2/1999 4ABB05 Reviews 7.35
62 Wild At Heart 11/9/1999 4ABB06 Reviews 8.66
63 The Initiative 11/16/1999 4ABB07 Reviews 8.48
64 Pangs 11/23/1999 4ABB08 Reviews 8.65
65 Something Blue 11/30/1999 4ABB09 Reviews 9.12
66 Hush 12/14/1999 4ABB10 Reviews 9.72
67 Doomed 1/18/2000 4ABB11 Reviews 8.12
68 A New Man 1/25/2000 4ABB12 Reviews 8.46
69 The I In Team 2/8/2000 4ABB13 Reviews 8.21
70 Goodbye Iowa 2/15/2000 4ABB14 Reviews 8.21
71 This Year's Girl (1) 2/22/2000 4ABB15 Reviews 9.20
72 Who Are You? (2) 2/29/2000 4ABB16 Reviews 9.26
73 Superstar 4/4/2000 4ABB17 Reviews 8.09
74 Where the Wild Things Are 4/25/2000 4ABB18 Reviews 7.19
75 New Moon Rising 5/2/2000 4ABB19 Reviews 8.68
76 The Yoko Factor (1) 5/9/2000 4ABB20 Reviews 8.68
77 Primeval (2) 5/16/2000 4ABB21 Reviews 8.79
78 Restless 5/23/2000 4ABB22 Reviews 9.11

Season Five
79 Buffy vs. Dracula 9/26/2000 5ABB01 Reviews 8.29
80 Real Me 10/3/2000 5ABB02 Reviews 8.11
81 The Replacement 10/10/2000 5ABB03 Reviews 8.43
82 Out of My Mind 10/17/2000 5ABB04 Reviews 7.90
83 No Place Like Home 10/24/2000 5ABB05 Reviews 8.52
84 Family 11/7/2000 5ABB06 Reviews 8.54
85 Fool For Love 11/14/2000 5ABB07 Reviews 9.29
86 Shadow 11/21/2000 5ABB08 Reviews 8.07
87 Listening to Fear 11/28/2000 5ABB09 Reviews 7.93
88 Into the Woods 12/19/2000 5ABB10 Reviews 8.36
89 Triangle 1/9/2001 5ABB11 Reviews 8.31
90 Checkpoint 1/23/2001 5ABB12 Reviews 8.58
91 Blood Ties 2/6/2001 5ABB13 Reviews 8.67
92 Crush 2/13/2001 5ABB14 Reviews 8.85
93 I Was Made to Love You 2/20/2001 5ABB15 Reviews 8.06
94 The Body 2/27/2001 5ABB16 Reviews 9.63
95 Forever 4/17/2001 5ABB17 Reviews 8.75
96 Intervention 4/24/2001 5ABB18 Reviews 8.93
97 Tough Love 5/1/2001 5ABB19 Reviews 8.80
98 Spiral 5/8/2001 5ABB20 Reviews 8.88
99 The Weight of the World 5/15/2001 5ABB21 Reviews 8.66
100 The Gift 5/22/2001 5ABB22 Reviews 9.67

Season Six (moved to UPN)
101 Bargaining (1) 10/2/2001 6ABB01 Reviews 8.76
102 Bargaining (2) 10/2/2001 6ABB02 Reviews 8.76
103 After Life 10/9/2001 6ABB03 Reviews 8.56
104 Flooded 10/16/2001 6ABB04 Reviews 8.12
105 Life Serial 10/23/2001 6ABB05 Reviews 8.47
106 All The Way 10/30/2001 6ABB06 Reviews 7.84
107 Once More, With Feeling 11/6/2001 6ABB07 Reviews 9.69
108 Tabula Rasa 11/13/2001 6ABB08 Reviews 9.36
109 Smashed 11/20/2001 6ABB09 Reviews 8.59
110 Wrecked 11/27/2001 6ABB10 Reviews 8.26
111 Gone 1/8/2002 6ABB11 Reviews 8.34
112 Doublemeat Palace 1/29/2002 6ABB12 Reviews 7.47
113 Dead Things 2/5/2002 6ABB13 Reviews 8.45
114 Older and Far Away 2/12/2002 6ABB14 Reviews 8.47
115 As You Were 2/26/2002 6ABB15 Reviews 7.93
116 Hell's Bells 3/5/2002 6ABB16 Reviews 8.37
117 Normal Again 3/12/2002 6ABB17 Reviews 8.94
118 Entropy 4/30/2002 6ABB18 Reviews 8.56
119 Seeing Red 5/7/2002 6ABB19 Reviews 9.10
120 Villains 5/14/2002 6ABB20 Reviews 9.27
121 Two to Go (1) 5/21/2002 6ABB21 Reviews 9.26
122 Grave (2) 5/21/2002 6ABB22 Reviews 9.55

Season 7
7-01 / 123 "Lessons" (09.24.02)
7-02 / 124 "Beneath You" (10.01.02)
7-03 / 125 "Same Time, Same Place" (10.08.02)
7-04 / 126 "Help" (10.15.02)
7-05 "/ 127 Selfless" (10.22.02)
7-06 / 128 "Him" (11.05.02)
7-07 / 129 "Conversations with Dead People" (11.12.02)
7-08 / 130 "Sleeper" (11.19.02)
7-09 / 131 "Never Leave Me" (11.26.02)
7-10 / 132"Bring On The Night" (12.17.02)
7-11 / 133 "Showtime" (01.07.03)
7-12 / 134 "Potential" (01.21.03)
7-13 / 135 "The Killer In Me" (02.04.03)
7-14 / 136 "First Date" (02.11.03)
7-15 / 137 "Get It Done" (02.18.03)
7-16 / 138 "Storyteller" (02.25.03)
7-17 / 139 "Lies My Parents Told Me" (03.25.03)
7-18 / 140 "Dirty Girls" (04.15.03)
7-19 / 141 "Empty Places" (04.29.03)
7-20 / 142 "Touched" (05.06.03)
7-21 / 143 "End of Days" (05.13.03)
7-22 / 144 "Chosen" (05.20.03)

Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar)
Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon)
Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan)
Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head)
Spike (James Marsters)
Anya (Emma Caulfield)
Dawn Summers (Michelle Trachtenberg)
Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter)
Angel (David Boreanaz)
Tara Maclay (Amber Benson)
Oz (Seth Green)
Faith (Eliza Dushku)
Joyce Summers (Kristine Sutherland)
Riley Finn (Marc Blucas)