
SERIES 5
Episode 1
Buffy vs Dracula:
Buffy goes up against the most famous vampire in history, has she met her
match as Dracula uses his thrall over Buffy and Xander, or will she once again
prevail.
Episode 2
Real Me:
Sibling rivalry effects Buffy's slaying, Harmony does a little too much of the
thinking thing, and Dawn gets kidnapped.
Episode 3
The Replacement:
double trouble for Xander as his alter ego takes over his life and creates havoc.
Episode 4
Out of My Mind:
Riley was used as a lab rat in the initiative and it finally catches up with him but he's
little less than ready to except it. Spike takes full advantage of the situation.
Episode 5
No Place Like Home:
An unseen evil comes to Sunnydale that helps Buffy discover more about her newly arrived
little sister Dawn and the girls are distressed and confused when their mom, Joyce, suddenly becomes ill without
any clear explanation, medical or supernatural.
Episode 6
Family:
Willow feels betrayed when Tara's family makes a surprise visit to Sunnydale for her birthday threatening to reveal a shocking secret that could endanger all of their lives.
Meanwhile, Buffy and Giles secretly try to learn more about the new evil that is hunting her and her family.
Episode 7
Fool For Love:
In an effort to learn about slayers' final battles, Buffy forces Spike to recount how he was able to kill two slayers. His flashbacks reveal his first meeting with his one true love,
Drusilla, and how lovers Angel and Darla (guest star Julie Benz) joined them.
Episode 8
Shadow:
In order to protect her sister Dawn, Buffy must face a horrible beast that has been
conjured by the powerful demon Glory to help seek out "The Key".
Episode 9
Listening to Fear:
As Buffy and Dawn help their mother prepare for brain surgery, a creepy extra-terrestrial demon becomes
fixated on an increasingly disoriented Joyce and infiltrates the Summers' home.
Episode 10
Into the Woods:
Spike disrupts Buffy's one moment of peace after her mom's successful operation.
He tells her of Riley's late nights
spent in the arms of a vampire, sending an upset and bewildered Buffy into a tailspin and putting their relationship in turmoil.
Episode 11
Triangle:
While Buffy recovers from losing Riley, emotions are charged between Willow and Anya when they are left in charge of the magic shop
and Willow accidentally conjures an enormous troll (guest star Abraham Benrubi, "ER") that will force them to deal with their less
than perfect friendship and their feelings towards Xander.
Episode 12
Checkpoint:
The Watcher's Council arrives in Sunnydale demanding Buffy pass an exhaustive review of her slaying skills or they will
withhold critical information about Glory and have Giles deported back to England.
Episode 13
Blood Ties:
As Buffy and friends celebrate her 20th birthday, Dawn is traumatized to learn she is the Key and runs
away but Buffy and the Scooby gang must find her before Glory does.
Episode 14
Crush:
Buffy confronts Spike about his suspected crush and is appalled by his admission of love, and her brutal rejection
sends him back into the clutches of Drusilla who has returned to Sunnydale intent on returning Spike to his killer ways.
Episode 15
I Was Made to Love You :
Episode 16
The Body:
Episode 17
Forever:
Episode 18
Intervention:
Episode 19
Tough Love:
Episode 20
Spiral:
Episode 21
The Weight of the World:
Episode 22
The Gift:
Here Endeth the Fith Series and 100th Episode
Written and Directed by Joss Whedon