Season Five Episode Guide
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501 - Buffy vs Dracula
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 Buffy
is shaken by an awesome power when she and the Scoobies come face to
face with the greatest vampire of all time, Dracula. While Buffy is powerless
under Dracula's spell, Xander is the one who becomes his minion, leading
his best buds into danger and grubbing a few bugs along the way. |
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502 - The Real Me
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 Buffy
is forced to take Dawn to the magic shop, where they find the owner dead.
The evidence points to a new vampire gang. When they learn the leader
of the pack is Spike's ex-girlfriend Harmony, nobody takes them seriously
until Dawn mistakenly invites Harmony inside and she is kidnapped. |
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503 -The Replacement
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 A
demon attempts to divide Buffy into two, but gets Xander instead. Lame
Xander thinks Suave Xander is a demon, and is hurt when he sees that
the "demon" lives his life better than he does. Meanwhile,
Anya is confronted with her own mortality, and Riley realizes that Buffy
doesn't return his love. |
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504 - Out of My Mind
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 Buffy has to stand by her man this week when the physical aftereffects
of Riley's time with the Initiative take their toll. He may look like
a nice, down-home boy, but we all know Riley's been the government's
underground demon hunting group's lab rat since his freshman year. |
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505 - No Place Like Home
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 Buffy
discovers more about her strange, secretive sibling. Seems Dawn is "The
Key" to either great good or great evil, and certain forces out
there wouldn't mind getting their paws on the kid in order to use her
for their own naughtiness including Glory, a saucy minion from hell,
sent to destroy Dawn. |
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506 - Family
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 It's
Tara's birthday and the family unit pays a surprise visit to Sunnydale.
Things go well until brother Donny reveals a shocking Tara secret. She's
put a spell on them that stops them from seeing the "demon" in
her. But the same spell creates trouble and the gang ends up fighting
invisible demons. |
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507 - Fool For Love
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 When
Buffy wants to learn more about Slayers of the past and their final battles
she heads to the expert. Spike has killed two Slayers and Buffy wants
to know how. We witness his first meeting with Drusilla and how Angel
and Darla ended up joining them to become the gruesome foursome. |
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508 - Shadow
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 Glory
conjures up a nasty, evil beast that can help her sniff out The Key.
After the snake creature gets a whiff of the kid, Buffy and Giles hop
in the Beemer and it's a high speed chase. Meanwhile, Joyce has been
diagnosed with a brain tumor and the family stands by her side as they
prepare for her surgery. |
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509 - Listening To Fear
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 As
the entire Summers' family prepares for Joyce's brain surgery, a strange
being becomes fixated her. It is also apparent that folks who aren't
working at full brain capacity can see Dawn's true self. Joyce confides
that she doesn't believe Dawn belongs to her but realizes she is precious
to the world. |
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510 - Into The Woods
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 Buffy
tries to take a small break after her mom's dramatic but successful operation.
But Spike exposes Riley's freakish nighttime fetish. They both realize
the relationship meant more to him. Riley gives Buffy an ultimatum. Tell
him to stay or he'll rejoin the GI fellas in a super covert operation
far, far away. |
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511 - Triangle
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 While
Buffy recovers from losing Riley, Willow accidentally conjures a massive
troll that forces her and Anya to deal with their less-than-perfect relationship
and confront their feelings towards Xander. |
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512 - Checkpoint
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 The Watcher's Council return to Sunnydale, demanding the Slayer pass
an exhaustive review of her slaying skills. To make matters worse, they
plan to withhold crucial information about that creature Glory as well
as deport Giles back to Jolly Ol' England if Buffy does not play along. |
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513 - Blood Ties
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 The
gang gears up to celebrate the Slayer's big Two-Oh and find they must
once again break up the celebration, this time in order to find Dawn.
She's not taking the whole Key news very well. So, after some bedroom
tantrum time Dawn takes off into the night in an attempt to find answers. |
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514 - Crush
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 Spike's
tortured relationship with Buffy had moved into the love/hate category.
Buffy confronts Spike and he finally confesses his love for her. Buff
denies him as only a scorned Slayer can. The rejection sends Spike straight
into the bony arms of Drusilla, who just happened to be visiting Sunnydale. |
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515 - I Was Made To Love You
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 When
a young woman who was manufactured to be the perfect girlfriend tries
to destroy Sunnydale, it's up to Buffy to put a stop to her carnage.
When Buffy finally catches up to her, she finds herself comforting the
creation over the loss of love in both their lives. |
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516 - The Body
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 After
months of fighting a brain tumor, Joyce dies unexpectedly. Reeling from
the shock of discovering her mother's lifeless body, Buffy manages to
pull herself together enough to deliver the news to an already emotionally
fragile Dawn whose denial makes fighting the boundless forces of evil
look like child's play. |
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517 - Forever
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 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. |
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518 - Intervention
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 Buffy
travels on a solemn quest guided by the first slayer with the hopes of
help regain her focus towards slaying. Back in Sunnydale, 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. |
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519 - Tough Love
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 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. |
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520 - Spiral
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 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. |
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521 - The Weight Of The World
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 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. |
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522 - The Gift
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 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. |