
Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Season 5
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About this season
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.
Episodes (22)

1. Buffy vs. Dracula
7.3Aired 26 September 2000 • 43 min
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.

2. Real Me
7.4Aired 3 October 2000 • 43 min
As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.

3. The Replacement
8.0Aired 10 October 2000 • 43 min
When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.

4. Out of My Mind
6.8Aired 17 October 2000 • 43 min
While Riley's health begins to deteriorate, Spike and Harmony force a surgeon to remove the behavior modification chip embedded in Spike's brain.

5. No Place Like Home
8.0Aired 24 October 2000 • 43 min
Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.

6. Family
7.2Aired 7 November 2000 • 43 min
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.

7. Fool for Love
8.4Aired 14 November 2000 • 43 min
After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.

8. Shadow
7.2Aired 21 November 2000 • 43 min
Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.

9. Listening to Fear
7.2Aired 28 November 2000 • 43 min
As Joyce's sickness makes her begin doing odd things, a demon emerges from a meteorite and begins killing the mentally ill.

10. Into the Woods
7.3Aired 19 December 2000 • 43 min
After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.

11. Triangle
7.3Aired 9 January 2001 • 43 min
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.

12. Checkpoint
8.1Aired 23 January 2001 • 43 min
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.

13. Blood Ties
8.1Aired 6 February 2001 • 43 min
When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.

14. Crush
8.3Aired 13 February 2001 • 43 min
Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.

15. I Was Made to Love You
7.8Aired 20 February 2001 • 43 min
Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.

16. The Body
8.6Aired 27 February 2001 • 43 min
Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.

17. Forever
8.1Aired 17 April 2001 • 43 min
With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.

18. Intervention
8.4Aired 24 April 2001 • 43 min
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.

19. Tough Love
7.7Aired 1 May 2001 • 43 min
When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.

20. Spiral
7.9Aired 8 May 2001 • 43 min
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.

21. The Weight of the World
7.8Aired 15 May 2001 • 43 min
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.

22. The Gift
8.9Aired 22 May 2001 • 43 min
As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.