Season # 1
- "Welcome To The H-mouth" (Two
Hour Pilot) parts 1 and 2 - Teenage vampire slayer Buffy Summers moves to a new
town to make a fresh start, but finds her powers are sorely needed. As Buffy tries to
settle into her new surroundings, she is called upon to stop the Master Vampire from
destroying the earth.
(part 1) - Written by Joss Whedon - Directed by Charles Martin Smith
(part 2, aka "The Harvest") - Written by Joss Whedon -
Directed by John Kretchmer
- "The Witch" - An unpopular
student's obsession with becoming a cheerleader is questioned when members of the squad
start having unexplainable accidents.
Written by Dana Reston - Directed by Stephen Cragg
- "Teacher's Pet" - A substitute
teachers infatuation with Xander is flattering to the lovesick teen, but alarming to
Buffy.
Written by David Greenwalt - Directed by Bruce Seth Green
- "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date"
- Buffy has her first slayer/teenager dilemma when she must decide between stopping the
forces of evil and going out with a handsome, poetry-loving classmate.
Written by Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali - Directed by David Semel
- "The Pack" - A school trip to the
zoo inexplicably turns Sunnydales cool crowd into a bunch of savages.
Written by Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkmeyer - Directed by Bruce Seth
Green
- "Angel" - Buffy is attracted to a
mysterious stranger whose ancient history has Giles worried.
Written by David Greenwalt - Directed by Scott Brazil
- "I, Robot -- You, Jane" - As a
computer teacher tries to lure book-lover Giles into the world of technology, Willow
begins a dangerous on-line romance.
Written by Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden - Directed by Stephen
Posey
- "The Puppet Show" - Giles is the
reluctant coordinator of a school talent show featuring a ventriloquist whose dummy seems
to have a mind of its own.
Written by Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel - Directed by Ellen
Pressman
- "Nightmares" - A young boy's
accident leaves him comatose, and his unsettled spirit wreaks havoc on Sunnydale.
Story by Joss Whedon - Teleplay by David Greenwalt - Directed by
Bruce Seth Green
- "Invisible Girl" (a.k.a.
"Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight") - An ignored student takes her revenge on those who
tormented her.
Story by Joss Whedon - Teleplay by Ashley Gable & Thomas A.
Swyden - Directed by Reza Badiyi
- "Prophecy Girl" Season Finial -
Giles books predict that Buffy is about to face the Master in a battle to the death
-- hers.
Written & Directed by Joss Whedon