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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 :
Buffy must stop a heartbroken young woman (guest star Shonda Farr) who was manufactured to be the perfect girlfriend from destroying the city and then finds herself comforting the creation over the loss of love in both of their lives.

Episode 16 
The Body:
Buffy and her friends are overwhelmed with grief and their lives are changed forever when they must deal with the loss of Joyce (Buffy's Mother), someone close to all of them.

Episode 17 
Forever:
A grieving and confused Buffy falls into the loving arms of Angel who comes back to Sunnydale after he gets word about the death of her mother. Meanwhile, a distraught Dawn takes it upon herself to perform a magic spell to bring her mom back to life.

Episode 18 
Intervention:
Buffy travels to a sacred location on a solemn quest guided by the first slayer with the hopes of uncovering why she has become emotionally paralyzed and to help regain her focus towards slaying. Back in Sunnydale, unable to have the real thing, Spike builds a Buffy robot, who is a picture-perfect replica and so devoted to the rogue that it leaves the Scooby gang reeling and Glory's minions convinced he is the Key.

Episode 19 
Tough Love:
Buffy must step up as the authority figure for Dawn now that their mom is gone, all the while fearful that Glory is closer to discovering the Key when a member of the Scooby gang is her latest victim.

Episode 20 
Spiral:
Buffy explodes into action and takes the gang on the road once Glory discovers that Dawn is the Key. While on the run, things happen fast as Giles and Spike are wounded, Dawn learns she has the power to destroy the universe, and Willow stays close to an incoherent Tara.

Episode 21 
The Weight of the World:
Buffy slips into catatonia after Glory kidnaps Dawn and prepares to bring about the end of the world, so Willow uses her wicca talents to reach Buffy deep inside her innermost secrets and subconscious fears.

Episode 22 
The Gift:
Another imminent apocalypse is at hand in Sunnydale. Buffy must square off against a true God when Glory prepares to use Dawn to break down the walls between the dimensions and unleash all Hell on Earth. Buffy, Xander, Willow, Giles, Anya, Tara and Spike go to battle with the knowledge that they may not all survive.

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Here Endeth the Fith Series and 100th Episode

                                     Written and Directed by Joss Whedon