| Season 5 episode guide |
| Buffy vs Dracula 9/10 Buffy comes face to face with the dark prince himself. Xander goes under the throwl of Dracula and leads Buffy to him. Real Me 8/10 We start to discover more about Dawn after she is kidnapped by harmony and her minions. The replacement 10/10 Xander is split into two - a goofy side and a swarve side after being shot by a mysterious creature who was after the slayer Out of my mind 7/10 Riley is near to dying due to the Intitiave and it is up to Buffy to help him. Also spike goes on a mission to move the chip from his head No place like home 10/10 Buffy finds a new evil in the form of a demon named Glory. Buffy also discovers who Dawn really is. Family 7/10 Tara's family comes to town for her birthday and we find out Tara is hiding a secret Fool for love (crossover) 10/10 When Buffy gets staked she decides to go to Spike so he can tell her how he killed two slayers. There we go for a history lesson into Spikes past Shadow 7/10 Glory sends a snake like creature in search of the key. Buffy must stop the creature before it lets glory know who it is. Also we discover joyce has a shadow. Listening to fear 7/10 The scoobies prepare for Joyces brain surgery. There is an exterrestrial force that is preying on weak ill minds - which means Joyce is in danger Into the Woods Buffy finds Riley getting biten by a vampire on his own terms. Riley and Buffy decide they are better of apart and Riley plans to leaving with the government. But a talk with Xander makes Buffy realise she loves Riley and she must catch in before he leaves for good. Triangle 8/10 While Buffy recovers from losing Riley, emotions are charged between Willow and Anya when they are left in charge of the magic shop and Willow accidentally conjures an enormous troll that will force them to deal with their less than perfect friendship and their feelings towards Xander. |
| Checkpoint 9/10 The Watchers council put Buffy through grueling slayer tests before they tell her the true about glory Blood Ties 10/10 Dawn finds out she is the key and runs away only to bump into glory Crush 7/10 Spikes obsession with Buffy comes to a climax when he captures her. Also Dru in comes to town wanting Spike back I was made to love you 9/10 Buffy must stop a robot girl who wants to find her creator who she was made to love. The body 10/10 The Scoobies must face the worst lose of their lives when they find out Joyce has died. Forever (crossover) 9/10 Angel comes to sunnydale to comfort Buffy. While Dawn tries to ressurect her mother with the help of Spike Intervention 7/10 Giles brings Buffy on a quest where she meets the first slayer who tells her *death is your gift*. Buffy is mad when she finds out spike has made a robot of her. Tough love 8/10 Glory brain sucks a member of the scoobie gang and Willow goes for revenge. Spiral 10/10 The gang go on the run from glory but when Giles is hurt the call for Ben who then turns into Glory herself. The weight of the world 8/10 - Buffy slips into catatonia after Glory kidnaps Dawn and prepares to bring about the end of the world, so Willow uses her wicca talents to reach Buffy deep inside her innermost secrets and subconscious fears. The gift 10/10 Buffy and the gang go to Glory and battle. But Doc manages to get to Dawn and the dimentions start to merge, Buffy will not let Dawn die so she makes the ultimate sacrifice - herself. Season overall rating 10/10 |
| Dawn, listen to me. Listen. I love you. I will *always* love you. But this is the work that I have to do. Tell Giles ... tell Giles I figured it out. And, and I'm okay. And give my love to my friends. You have to take care of them now. You have to take care of each other. You have to be strong. Dawn, the hardest thing in this world ... is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me. |