22 episodes · first aired 2002-09-24
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 01 | Lessons 2002-09-24 | Sunnydale High is re-opened, with a new designed campus and a new principal, Robin Wood. It is Dawn's first day at school there and Buffy accompanies her to class, only to discover evil spirits lurking in the basement. | 2002-09-24 | 7.4 |
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Beneath You 2002-10-01 |
The gang meet a young woman who is being chased by a giant worm. |
| 2002-10-01 |
| 7.9 |
 | 03 | Same Time, Same Place 2002-10-08 | Willow returns to Sunnydale, but fears her friends have abandoned her when she finds herself completely unable to find them. | 2002-10-08 | 7.7 |
 | 04 | Help 2002-10-15 | Buffy begins a new job as school counsellor at Sunnydale High. On her first day she encounters a troubled young girl who is convinced she is about to die. | 2002-10-15 | 7.6 |
 | 05 | Selfless 2002-10-22 | Anya's violent and deadly act of vengeance leaves everyone stunned. Buffy must put aside her feelings and take action before more people die. | 2002-10-22 | 7.5 |
 | 06 | Him 2002-11-05 | Xander and Spike search for the source of a spell that has bewitched the girls into competing for the affections of the high school quarterback. | 2002-11-05 | 7.4 |
 | 07 | Conversations with Dead People 2002-11-12 | Buffy talks through her troubles with an old high school classmate who has recently become a vampire. Cassie, the late student Buffy tried to help, appears to Willow with a posthumous message from Tara. Dawn experiences a terrifying haunting. And Andrew and Jonathan return to Sunnydale High on a mission. | 2002-11-12 | 8.3 |
 | 08 | Sleeper 2002-11-19 | Buffy and her friends fear Spike may be to blame when a number of people around town mysteriously disappear. | 2002-11-19 | 7.4 |
 | 09 | Never Leave Me 2002-11-26 | Buffy and the gang capture and interrogate Spike and Andrew. | 2002-11-26 | 7.8 |
 | 10 | Bring on the Night 2002-12-17 | Giles returns to Sunnydale with three potential slayers, whom Buffy must protect from a ferocious Uber-vampire from the Hellmouth. | 2002-12-17 | 7.7 |
 | 11 | Showtime 2003-01-07 | Buffy has to keep the ever increasing number of potential Slayers from panicking while Giles and Anya seek answers from the Beljoxa's Eye. | 2003-01-07 | 7.9 |
 | 12 | Potential 2003-01-21 | Willow casts a spell to seek out the next Potential, leading her to believe that Dawn may be a future slayer. | 2003-01-21 | 7.6 |
 | 13 | The Killer in Me 2003-02-04 | Kennedy, a potential Slayer, takes Willow on a date, which is interrupted when Willow finds herself transformed into Warren. Spike's chip is having agonizing malfunctions, and he and Buffy return to the Initiative to search for a fix. | 2003-02-04 | 6.5 |
 | 14 | First Date 2003-02-11 | Buffy accepts a dinner invitation from Principal Wood, and tries to figure out his true intentions. | 2003-02-11 | 7.6 |
 | 15 | Get It Done 2003-02-18 | Buffy introduces Principal Wood to the rest of the team. He brings an artifact that transports Buffy to see the origin of the Slayer, but the others must face a powerful demon to bring her back. | 2003-02-18 | 7.5 |
 | 16 | Storyteller 2003-02-25 | Andrew creates a documentary called "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyres", a record of the current situation in Sunnydale to show to future generations. But Buffy needs to tear him away from his filmmaking, because the Seal of Danzalthar is active and Andrew may hold the key to closing it before it destroys the town. | 2003-02-25 | 6.9 |
 | 17 | Lies My Parents Told Me 2003-03-25 | Robin Wood seeks revenge on Spike for killing his mother nearly 30 years ago, whilst everyone else tries to find out how The First has control over him. | 2003-03-25 | 8.5 |
 | 18 | Dirty Girls 2003-04-15 | Faith returns to Sunnydale just as a new villain, Caleb, arrives and sends Buffy a message in the form of a badly beaten Potential. | 2003-04-15 | 8.5 |
 | 19 | Empty Places 2003-04-29 | After their horrifying loss at the vineyard, the gang turn against Buffy. Meanwhile, Spike and Andrew travel to an old church to question a priest about Caleb. | 2003-04-29 | 6.9 |
 | 20 | Touched 2003-05-06 | After being ousted from the group, Buffy tries to figure out how to move forward. Faith and the Potentials plan to interrogate a Bringer for information on Caleb and the First. | 2003-05-06 | 7.3 |
 | 21 | End of Days 2003-05-13 | Buffy has a powerful new weapon, but the gang cannot find any information about the origins of the mysterious scythe. The Slayer goes by herself in search of knowledge, and finds a new ally, an old friend, and great danger. | 2003-05-13 | 8.1 |
 | 22 | Chosen 2003-05-20 | Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all. | 2003-05-20 | 8.2 |
