
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a comedy-action series that chronicles the adventures of Buffy Summers, a teenage girl who is gifted with the strength and skill to hunt vampires.
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- 1997-2003
- 7 seasons
- The WB Television Network
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- TV-14
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a comedy-action series that chronicles the adventures of Buffy Summers, a teenage girl who is gifted with the strength and skill to hunt vampires.
Season 6 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2001 - 2002
Episode 1
Bargaining: Part 1
Tue, Oct 2, 2001 43 mins
Buffy is dead, and the Scooby Gang must do the best they can without her. But concern about the way she died leads Willow to believe that she may have been pulled into a hell dimension. Unable to bear the thought of their friend enduring eternal torment, Willow, Xander, Anya, and Tara decide to perform a resurrection spell that will bring Buffy back from the dead.

Episode 2
Bargaining: Part 2
Tue, Oct 2, 2001 60 mins
As a gang demon bikers attack, the Scooby Gang is chased away from Buffy's grave thinking that the resurrection was a failure. They do not realize that the Slayer is alive... right where they left her. Buffy is awake but disoriented and afraid as she must claw her way out of her own grave. Buffy may be alive again, but the trauma she suffers is far from over.

Episode 3
After Life
Tue, Oct 9, 2001 42 mins
Buffy and her friends battle a demon that may have hitched a ride with Buffy as she crossed into the world from another dimension.

Episode 4
Flooded
Tue, Oct 16, 2001 42 mins
While trying to get a loan, Buffy runs afoul of three deadbeat sorcerers who are using the otherworldly powers of a demon to rob a bank.

Episode 5
Life Serial
Tue, Oct 23, 2001 60 mins
Buffy decides that in order to take care of herself and Dawn she must get back to college and find herself a job. This all becomes much more difficult when the nerd Trio decide to present the Slayer with a series of challenges to determine the extent of her abilities.

Episode 6
All the Way
Tue, Oct 30, 2001 60 mins
Dawn sneaks out and spends Halloween night with a friend and two guys. When they are invited into the home of an eccentric old man, however, things take a turn for the weird. Meanwhile, Tara expresses concern that Willow is using too much magic and an argument ensues.

Episode 7
Once More, with Feeling
Tue, Nov 6, 2001 50 mins
Sunnydale is alive with the sound of music as a mysterious force causes everyone in town to burst into full musical numbers, revealing their innermost secrets as they do. But some townsfolk are dancing so much that they simply burst into flames, and it becomes clear that maybe living in a musical isn't so great after all.

Episode 8
Tabula Rasa
Tue, Nov 13, 2001 42 mins
While trying to find a way to make Buffy forget about her afterlife experience, Willow inadvertently casts a spell that erases everyone's memories.

Episode 9
Smashed
Tue, Nov 20, 2001 60 mins
After breaking up with Tara, Willow successfully de-rats Amy and the two witches begin hanging out and having fun with magic, drawing Willow further into her growing addiction. Meanwhile, Spike notices that his chip doesn't work when he hits Buffy, leading him to believe that she may not be entirely human anymore.

Episode 10
Wrecked
Tue, Nov 27, 2001 60 mins
Amy introduces Willow to a warlock whose powerful black magic proves addictive; Buffy and Spike deal with the aftermath of their night of passion.

Episode 11
Gone
Tue, Jan 8, 2002 60 mins
The Geek Trio have built an invisibility ray and accidentally hit Buffy with it. But since everything in Buffy's life is a mess right now, she decides she likes the invisible life. But Xander and Anya discover the invisibility comes with a toll. Meanwhile, Willow tries to live life without magic.

Episode 12
Doublemeat Palace
Tue, Jan 29, 2002 60 mins
Starved for cash, Buffy gets a job in a fast food restaurant where the weird manager and high turnover of employees has her more than a little suspicious. When co-workers start ending up in pieces, the mystery behind the "secret ingredient" comes into question. Meanwhile, Willow continues to struggle with magic, and one of Anya's oldest friends stops by for a visit.

Episode 13
Dead Things
Tue, Feb 5, 2002 60 mins
Buffy goes to Tara, concerned about the fact that Spike can harm her without triggering his chip. She also gets mixed up with the Trio's latest scheme, creating a new device which will make women their mindless slaves, which goes horribly wrong when Warren's ex-girlfriend Katrina is accidentally killed. The Trio set Buffy up to make her think that she has killed Katrina - and it works. Between finding out the truth about her resurrection and believing that she has killed an innocent girl, Buffy's world begins to fall apart, and she ends up revealing to Tara that she and Spike are having sex.

Episode 14
Older and Far Away
Tue, Feb 12, 2002 60 mins
Everyone gathers at the Summers home for Buffy's twenty-first birthday party and it goes well... at first. Feeling neglected by Buffy and the gang, Dawn's wish to keep people from leaving her is answered by Halfrek, who binds the attendees of the party to the house. When Tara tries a spell to free them, she only makes the situation worse by accidentally releasing a demon trapped inside a sword.

Episode 15
As You Were
Tue, Feb 26, 2002 60 mins
Riley returns to Sunnydale while pursuing a demon and seeks Buffy's help in killing it. He also comes with a surprise... he is married. His wife, fellow demon hunter Sam, befriends the entire Scooby Gang and gets along quite well with all of them, but Buffy's own "relationship" with Spike comes into question when her ex's perfect romance shows her just what she doesn't have.

Episode 16
Hell's Bells
Tue, Mar 5, 2002 60 mins
The day of the wedding has finally come and Xander and Anya are preparing for the hoards of guests. While Xander's screwed up human family go head to head with Anya's demon friends, an unexpected guest approaches Xander to warn him that his life with Anya may not turn out to be the married bliss he has hoped for.

Episode 17
Normal Again
Tue, Mar 12, 2002 60 mins
After being poisoned by a demon, Buffy comes to believe that she is confined to a mental hospital, her mother is alive, her parents are still together, and that her life as a Slayer has all been an hallucination for the past six years. Deciding that she prefers this "normal" life with her parents, Buffy attempts to destroy the things that tether her to the "fantasy" life of the Slayer: her friends.

Episode 18
Entropy
Tue, Apr 30, 2002 42 mins
Having become a vengeance demon again, Anya attempts to curse Xander for the pain he caused her... but she can't do it herself. Instead, she enlists the help of some old friends but it doesn't go the way she expected. Meanwhile, Buffy spends some quality time with Dawn, Willow and Tara meet for a coffee date, and the gang discover that the Trio have been watching their every move with hidden cameras.

Episode 19
Seeing Red
Tue, May 7, 2002 42 mins
Willow and Tara are together and spend most of the episode in bed, Tara blurts out that Buffy and Spike are involved. Buffy finds out where the trio's lair is located but gets there after they have cleared out. She discovers that they left her a trap. The trio have found something that gives them the power of invincibility. Dawn is angry and upset over Spike having sex with Anya. She stops by Spike's place to talk to him and tell him that if he wanted to hurt Buffy--he succeeded. Buffy tries to talk to Xander but it doesn't go well as he's still mad at her. After getting hurt on patrol, Buffy comes home to take a bath. After his conversation with Dawn, Spike is convinced that Buffy loves him so he drops by.. He attempts to explain what happened, and apologize for his actions. Spike hopes they can get back together, thinking that she loves him. Buffy isn't interested, and he ends up trying to rape her. She finally kicks him out of the house. After Xander runs into Warren at a bar, he goes to tell Buffy about discovering Warren's power boost/. At the house he finds her on the bathroom floor and figures out what happened between Buffy and Spike. She tells him to just leave it alone and they quarrel. Willow and Tara show up with information about the trio's plans to rob a bank that evening. Buffy stops them but Warren gets away. Andrew and Jonathan are arrested. The next day, Xander comes over and makes up with Buffy. Warren shows up with a gun at Buffy's house. He fires two shots: one hits Buffy and the other kills Tara. Willow, in grief, returns to the dark magic.

Episode 20
Villains
Tue, May 14, 2002 41 mins
A vengeful Willow uses her enormous power to track down Warren, despite Buffy's strong feelings about targeting humans.

Episode 21
Two to Go
Tue, May 21, 2002 41 mins
After killing Warren, Dark Willow tries to track-down Andrew and Jonathan to kill them, which prompts Buffy to rescue them from their jail cell and hide them at the Magic Shop thus putting herself in the unlikely role of nerd/villain protector since Buffy is the only one who believes it's wrong to kill humans regardless of how evil or murderous they are. Meanwhile in Africa, Spike battles against the first of several foes to earn the right to have his request granted.

Episode 22
Grave
Tue, May 21, 2002 42 mins
The Scoobies continue to try and stop Dark Willow, who is now intent on destroying the world. After Dark Willow neutralizes Buffy, though, Xander is the only one left who can save the day. Meanwhile, in Africa, Spike completes the demon trials and gets his reward.
