Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Season 5

After an unsettling encounter with the Dracula, Buffy asks Giles to once again be her Watcher. Luckily he agrees, for Buffy is about to face mortal problems far more threatening than the undead.

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

7.3

S5E1 - 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.

Sept. 26, 2000, midnight

7.3

S5E2 - Real Me

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

Oct. 3, 2000, midnight

8.0

S5E3 - The Replacement

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

Oct. 10, 2000, midnight

6.8

S5E4 - 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.

Oct. 17, 2000, midnight

7.9

S5E5 - 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.

Oct. 24, 2000, midnight

7.1

S5E6 - 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.

Nov. 7, 2000, midnight

8.3

S5E7 - 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.

Nov. 14, 2000, midnight

7.2

S5E8 - 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.

Nov. 21, 2000, midnight

7.2

S5E9 - 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.

Nov. 28, 2000, midnight

7.4

S5E10 - Into the Woods

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

Dec. 19, 2000, midnight

7.3

S5E11 - 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.

Jan. 9, 2001, midnight

8.0

S5E12 - 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.

Jan. 23, 2001, midnight

8.0

S5E13 - Blood Ties

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

Feb. 6, 2001, midnight

8.2

S5E14 - Crush

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

Feb. 13, 2001, midnight

7.8

S5E15 - I Was Made to Love You

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

Feb. 20, 2001, midnight

8.6

S5E16 - The Body

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

Feb. 27, 2001, midnight

8.0

S5E17 - Forever

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

April 17, 2001, midnight

8.3

S5E18 - 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.

April 24, 2001, midnight