Sep 26, 2000 · 43m
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.


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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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Sep 26, 2000 · 43m
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.
Oct 3, 2000 · 43m
As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.
Oct 10, 2000 · 43m
When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.
Oct 17, 2000 · 43m
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 24, 2000 · 43m
Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.
Nov 7, 2000 · 43m
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 14, 2000 · 43m
After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.
Nov 21, 2000 · 43m
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 28, 2000 · 43m
As Joyce's sickness makes her begin doing odd things, a demon emerges from a meteorite and begins killing the mentally ill.
Dec 19, 2000 · 43m
After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.
Jan 9, 2001 · 43m
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 23, 2001 · 43m
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.
Feb 6, 2001 · 43m
When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.
Feb 13, 2001 · 43m
Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.
Feb 20, 2001 · 43m
Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.
Feb 27, 2001 · 43m
Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.
Apr 17, 2001 · 43m
With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.
Apr 24, 2001 · 43m
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.
May 1, 2001 · 43m
When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.
May 8, 2001 · 43m
Realizing they may never be able to vanquish Glory, Buffy and the gang decide to flee Sunnydale in Spike's R.V. to protect Dawn.
May 15, 2001 · 43m
When Buffy lapses into a catatonic state, Willow uses magic to find out why; a tug-of-war erupts between Glory and Ben over Dawn's ultimate fate.
May 22, 2001 · 43m
As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5 premiered on September 26, 2000.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5 has 22 episodes.
The season opens with Season 5 Episode 1, "Buffy vs. Dracula". It aired on September 26, 2000.
Go to Season 5 Episode 1