Season Three Episode Guide
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301 - Anne
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 Buffy
finds herself in a city far from home where she is forced to once again
face her destiny to battle a demonic force threatening
kids living on the streets. Back in Sunnydale, Willow, Xander, Cordelia
and Oz try to keep the vampire population, while Giles searches for leads
on Buffy's location. |
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302 - Dead Man's Party
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 Buffy
finds life back in Sunnydale less than welcoming with Xander and Willow
involved in their own romantic twosomes and Principal Snyder sticking
to his guns about expelling her from school. Despite the awkward reunion,
the gang must try to come together to face a new undead threat. |
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303 - Faith, Hope, and Trick
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 Just
as Buffy tries to return to her normal life of going to school and saving
the world, she is faced with the arrival of an ancient villain. Another
new Sunnydale arrival, Faith, helps Buffy in her battle against the unspeakable
demons and ingratiates herself into every aspect of Buffy's life. |
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304 - Beauty and the Beasts
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 When a Sunnydale High student is found savagely mauled in the woods,
Willow fears that Oz in werewolf mode might somehow be responsible. Meanwhile,
Buffy secretly discovers that Angel has returned after 100 years of hellish
torture, and she suspects that he is the murderous culprit. |
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305 - Homecoming
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 With
Cordelia flaunting her sure win in the race for Homecoming Queen, Buffy
tries to enlist the entire gang to help her beat her, but some of their
allegiances may be elsewhere. Meanwhile, Mr. Trick assembles a host of
killers in Sunnydale for a thrilling hunt to the death to bring down
the two slayers. |
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306 - Band Candy
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 Buffy
is forced to grow up even faster when Mr. Trick executes a plot to render
the town defenseless by causing Sunnydale's adults to behave as irresponsible
adolescents. Meanwhile, Buffy struggles to keep Angel's return a secret
while her mom and Giles conspire to schedule her 24 hours a day. |
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307 - Revelations
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 Tempers
run hot when the gang learns of Angel's return, but they all must band
together to fight a demon who has arrived in Sunnydale in search of a
highly powerful weapon. Meanwhile, Faith meets her new watcher, a brisk
Englishwoman who is disdainful of Giles' haphazard operations. |
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308 - Lover's Walk
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 Spike
returns to Sunnydale a pathetic shell of his former self who has been
left in the dust by Drusilla and is back to punish every one who is to
blame. Meanwhile, Willow prepares a de-lusting spell to keep her and
Xander's hormones in check during a double bowling date with Cordelia
and Oz. |
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309 - The Wish
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 Cordelia
decides that all of her troubles started when Buffy moved to Sunnydale
and wishes that it had never happened. Not knowing that a demon would
grant her wish, Cordelia is transported into an altered reality in which
The Master is alive and ruling, with Willow and Xander as his undead
minions. |
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310 - Amends
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 As
Buffy and her friends make plans for a quiet Christmas vacation, Angel
is haunted by visions of his violent past, including the ghost of Jenny
Calendar. Meanwhile, Willow goes to great lengths to try to convince
Oz that he is the one for her; and Xander painfully adjusts to his life
without Cordelia. |
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311 - Gingerbread
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 Picking
the worst possible night for a surprise "mother-daughter bonding" visit
with Buffy, Joyce is haunted by the discovery of two murdered children.
She rallies the entire adult population of Sunnydale behind a Salem-like
witch hunt, leading the murderous mob directly to Willow and Buffy. |
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312 - Helpless
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 For her upcoming 18th birthday, Buffy hopes to celebrate with a traditional
trip to the ice show. But, preparations are being made for a rite of
passage that drains the slayer of her powers and then entraps her with
a powerful vampire foe that she must defeat in a defenceless state in
order to pass the test |
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313 - The Zeppo
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 Xander's lack of slaying superpowers has him feeling painfully expendable,
but his quest to prove he's cool leads him rolling with a dangerous crowd.
Meanwhile, Buffy, Giles and the rest of the crew engage in a furious
battle with an all-female apocalypse cult that intends to reopen the
Hellmouth. |
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314 - Bad Girls
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 A
taste of the wild life leaves Buffy wanting more, and she follows Faith
into her irresponsible world of reckless slaying abandon. Meanwhile,
Giles fights to maintain his sanity in the face of the new watcher, while
Willow, Xander and Oz ponder their options for life after high school. |
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315 - Consquences
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 Buffy
is haunted by the consequences of her and Faith's reckless behavior as
she battles with Faith's apparent lack of remorse. Wesley instructs Buffy
and Faith to get to the bottom of the recent murder, while the Mayor
and Trick are thrilled by the possibility of imprisoning a slayer for
the murder. |
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316 -Dopplegangland
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 Buffy
and the real Willow must save the day when Willow's blood-sucking doppelganger
is brought forth into this world and wreaks havoc on Sunnydale. Meanwhile,
Buffy goes into full training mode so she can ace out Faith, while Faith's
unholy new alliance is already paying handsome dividends. |
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317 - Enemies
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 Faith
and the Mayor's secret alliance becomes an all-powerful triumvirate of
evil against Buffy when they conspire to rob Angel of his soul. Meanwhile,
Giles has unofficially resumed his role as Watcher, as Wesley is distracted
from his sacred duties by Cordelia's amorous attention. |
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318 - Earshot
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 A
pair of demons unexpectedly leave Buffy with the ability to hear other
people's thoughts. When she unearths a potential mass murder plan at
the school, Giles, Willow and the rest of the gang spring into action,
while Angel endeavors to keep Buffy from spiralling into telepathy-induced
madness. |
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319 - Choices
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 Buffy
decides to launch an offensive and shut down the Mayor's plans for Ascension.
Meanwhile, Willow tries to choose among a bevy of college acceptances,
Xander prepares to hit the road and Buffy and Angel refuse to face the
insurmountable obstacles to a successful life together. |
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320 - The Prom
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 Buffy
is determined on keeping a villain intent on crashing the Prom from ruining
her friends' perfect high school moment. Meanwhile, an encounter between
Xander and Cordelia may have reopened something, but he is saddled with
a demonic Prom date, while Cordy only has eyes for the watcher Wesley |
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321 - Graduation Day Part One
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 As
the gang readies for their long-awaited graduation day, the Mayor makes
preparations for his Ascension. With the fate of the world in true peril,
Buffy is distracted from her purpose when Angel is hit with a lethal
poison, and it's slayer against slayer when Buffy faces Faith. |
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322 - Graduation Day Part Two
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 As
the hours tick away to the fateful graduation, the impending doom of
the Mayor's ascension into pure demon hangs heavy with Buffy. With Angel
near death, Buffy must risk her own life and defy the orders of the Watchers
Council in order lead a campaign to save the world. |