Mar 10, 1997 · 42m
When teen vampire slayer Buffy tries to start a new life at Sunnydale High, she discovers that the school sits atop a demonic dimensional portal.


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Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
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Mar 10, 1997 · 42m
When teen vampire slayer Buffy tries to start a new life at Sunnydale High, she discovers that the school sits atop a demonic dimensional portal.
Mar 10, 1997 · 43m
Buffy and her friends encounter a powerful vampire bent on opening a portal to a dimension inhabited by demons.
Mar 17, 1997 · 43m
Buffy suspects she has a witch on her hands when the cheerleading squad falls victim to sudden blindness and spontaneous combustion.
Mar 24, 1997 · 43m
Buffy's biology teacher is killed by a giant praying mantis that assumes the form of a beautiful substitute teacher.
Mar 31, 1997 · 43m
With Buffy preoccupied by her date with Owen, Giles is trapped by a group of vampires seeking to raise a powerful leader.
Apr 7, 1997 · 43m
Xander and several other students are possessed by the spirit of a demonic breed of hyenas that wreak havoc at the high school.
Apr 14, 1997 · 43m
Buffy discovers Angel's dark secret and hesitates to do anything about it, which could spell danger for someone she loves.
Apr 28, 1997 · 43m
Willow's new Internet chat buddy turns out to be a powerful demon electronically unleashed from a centuries-old, newly digitized book.
May 5, 1997 · 43m
Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.
May 12, 1997 · 43m
A series of strange occurrences lead Buffy and her friends to discover that their worst nightmares have literally become reality.
May 19, 1997 · 43m
When an invisible menace starts attacking students and faculty at Sunnydale High, the Scooby Gang traces the problem back to Cordelia.
Jun 2, 1997 · 44m
Buffy's life may hang in the balance as Giles uncovers an ancient book that foretells not only her death, but also the end of the world.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 premiered on March 10, 1997.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 has 12 episodes.
The season opens with Season 1 Episode 1, "Welcome to the Hellmouth (1)". It aired on March 10, 1997.
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