Season 1

March 17, 1997

Buffy suspects she has a witch on her hands when the cheerleading squad falls victim to sudden blindness and spontaneous combustion.

March 24, 1997

Buffy's biology teacher is killed by a giant praying mantis that assumes the form of a beautiful substitute teacher.

March 31, 1997

With Buffy preoccupied by her date with Owen, Giles is trapped by a group of vampires seeking to raise a powerful leader.

April 7, 1997

Xander and several other students are possessed by the spirit of a demonic breed of hyenas that wreak havoc at the high school.

April 14, 1997

Buffy discovers Angel's dark secret and hesitates to do anything about it, which could spell danger for someone she loves.

April 28, 1997

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

Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.

May 12, 1997

A series of strange occurrences lead Buffy and her friends to discover that their worst nightmares have literally become reality.

May 19, 1997

When an invisible menace starts attacking students and faculty at Sunnydale High, the Scooby Gang traces the problem back to Cordelia.

June 2, 1997

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.