Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Season 5

All episodes in this season folder.

S5
E1
Buffy vs. Dracula

The one-and-only Dracula makes his way to Sunnydale and immediately has everyone enchanted. Even Buffy might not be able to resist his charms.

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S5
E2
Real Me

As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.

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S5
E3
The Replacement

When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.

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S5
E4
Out of My Mind

While Riley's health begins to deteriorate, Spike and Harmony force a surgeon to remove the behavior modification chip embedded in Spike's brain.

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S5
E5
No Place Like Home

Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.

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S5
E6
Family

When relatives arrive in Sunnydale, to celebrate her birthday, Tara uses a magic spell on her friends to keep them from learning her "secret." Meanwhile, Glory unleashes a hoard of demons to hunt down Buffy.

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S5
E7
Fool for Love

After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.

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S5
E8
Shadow

Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.

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S5
E9
Listening to Fear

As Joyce's sickness makes her begin doing odd things, a demon emerges from a meteorite and begins killing the mentally ill.

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S5
E10
Into the Woods

After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.

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S5
E11
Triangle

While Giles is in England meeting with the Watcher Council, a bickering Anya and Willow mind the magic store and inadvertently conjure up a fearsome troll.

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S5
E12
Checkpoint

The Watcher Council travels to Sunnydale to review Buffy's skills as a Slayer; meanwhile, Glory puts her search for the Key into high gear.

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S5
E13
Blood Ties

When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.

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S5
E14
Crush

Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.

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S5
E15
I Was Made to Love You

Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.

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S5
E16
The Body

Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.

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S5
E17
Forever

With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.

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S5
E18
Intervention

A weary Buffy seeks to regain focus by embarking on a quest with the First Slayer; Spike cavorts with his very own "Buffybot" and Glory instructs her minions to spy on Buffy's friends in the hopes of ascertaining the Key's true identity.

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S5
E19
Tough Love

When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.

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S5
E20
Spiral

Realizing they may never be able to vanquish Glory, Buffy and the gang decide to flee Sunnydale in Spike's R.V. to protect Dawn.

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S5
E21
The Weight of the World

When Buffy lapses into a catatonic state, Willow uses magic to find out why; a tug-of-war erupts between Glory and Ben over Dawn's ultimate fate.

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S5
E22
The Gift

As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.

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