Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Season 4

Buffy begins college feeling completely overwhelmed...but once the monsters show up, it's just like old times. Then she starts dating Riley, a handsome commando battling the same monsters. He's part of a secret organization called The Initiative, and Buffy is all too happy to join the team. But she soon suspects The Initiative may be more dangerous than the monsters they are supposed to be battling...

Released March 10, 1997 Episode 43 min 14+

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

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Production Companies: Mutant Enemy Productions, Kuzui Enterprises, 20th Century Fox Television, Sandollar Television

Network: UPN

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb 168

8.3

/171542/

/10023/

/1893/

/141/

/21/

Joss Whedon
Director

Sarah Michelle Gellar
Buffy Summers

Alyson Hannigan
Willow Rosenberg

Nicholas Brendon
Xander Harris

Anthony Stewart Head
Rupert Giles

Michelle Trachtenberg
Dawn Summers

Emma Caulfield
Anya

James Marsters
Spike

Marc Blucas
Riley Finn

7.6

S4E1 - The Freshman

Buffy feels like a fish out of water in her first year at college, but the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student puts her back in her element.

Oct. 5, 1999, midnight

7.5

S4E2 - Living Conditions

Buffy finds herself at odds with her new roommate and is troubled by a series of disturbing dreams involving a soul-sucking demon.

Oct. 12, 1999, midnight

7.8

S4E3 - The Harsh Light of Day

As Buffy gets to know a charming student named Parker, Spike searches obsessively for a possibly-mythical treasure.

Oct. 19, 1999, midnight

8.1

S4E4 - Fear, Itself

On Halloween, Buffy and her friends find themselves trapped inside a haunted frat house complete with real bats, zombies, and a terrifying demon.

Oct. 26, 1999, midnight

6.6

S4E5 - Beer Bad

Xander finds employment as a bartender at a pub where some of Buffy's friends turn into terrifying Cro-Magnon creatures.

Nov. 2, 1999, midnight

7.8

S4E6 - Wild at Heart

When Oz falls hard for a sexy singer who also happens to be a werewolf, he must choose between Willow and his own animal instincts.

Nov. 9, 1999, midnight

8.0

S4E7 - The Initiative

Spike finds himself targeted by a group of commandos after he escapes from a military lab underneath the Sunnydale campus.

Nov. 16, 1999, midnight

7.9

S4E8 - Pangs

On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.

Nov. 23, 1999, midnight

8.3

S4E9 - Something Blue

One of Willow's spells causes her statements to become reality, with consequences both entertaining and life-threatening.

Nov. 30, 1999, midnight

8.5

S4E10 - Hush

When everyone in Sunnydale loses their voice, the Scooby Gang must silently solve the mystery of the monsters who stole their ability to speak.

Dec. 14, 1999, midnight

7.4

S4E11 - Doomed

While attempting to redefine her relationship with Riley, Buffy must also stop demons that are determined to reopen the Hellmouth.

Jan. 18, 2000, midnight

7.3

S4E12 - A New Man

Ethan Rayne returns to town and transforms Giles into a demon. Spike is the only one who can help.

Jan. 25, 2000, midnight

6.7

S4E13 - The I in Team

Buffy teams with Riley after she is allowed access to the Initiative; Spike is targeted by commandos.

Feb. 8, 2000, midnight

6.4

S4E14 - Goodbye Iowa

Tension erupts between Buffy and an ailing Riley as they pursue Professor Maggie Walsh's killer.

Feb. 15, 2000, midnight

7.4

S4E15 - This Year's Girl (1)

Faith awakens from her coma and seeks revenge against Buffy.

Feb. 22, 2000, midnight

7.8

S4E16 - Who Are You? (2)

Having switched bodies with Buffy, Faith enjoys freedom. Meanwhile, Buffy finds herself at the mercy of the Watcher's Council.

Feb. 29, 2000, midnight

6.2

S4E17 - Superstar

Buffy senses that something is amiss when Jonathan becomes a hero to everyone in Sunnydale.

April 4, 2000, midnight

6.1

S4E18 - Where the Wild Things Are

Buffy and Riley's passionate lovemaking energizes supernatural elements inside a frat house.

April 25, 2000, midnight

7.3

S4E19 - New Moon Rising

Oz's return to Sunnydale leads to his incarceration by the Initiative and complicates the relationship between Willow and Tara.

May 2, 2000, midnight

7.3

S4E20 - The Yoko Factor (1)

After joining forces with Adam, Spike drives a wedge between Buffy and her friends. Meanwhile, Angel's return to Sunnydale leads to a violent confrontation with Riley.

May 9, 2000, midnight