Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5

2000 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.9

What Season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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.

22episodes

Sep 26, 2000premiered

May 22, 2001latest episode

15.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Buffy vs. Dracula
Sep 26, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: David Solomon · Writing: Marti Noxon · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Marc Blucas, Amber Benson, Rudolf Martin
5x02 Real Me
Oct 3, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.
Directing: David Grossman · Writing: David Fury · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Marc Blucas, Amber Benson, Faith Abrahams
5x03 The Replacement
Oct 10, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.
Directing: James A. Contner · Writing: Jane Espenson · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Marc Blucas, Kelly Donovan, Michael Bailey Smith
5x04 Out of My Mind
Oct 17, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 6.9
While Riley's health begins to deteriorate, Spike and Harmony force a surgeon to remove the behavior modification chip embedded in Spike's brain.
Directing: David Grossman · Writing: Rebecca Rand Kirshner · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Marc Blucas, Amber Benson, Time Winters
5x05 No Place Like Home
Oct 24, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.
Directing: David Solomon · Writing: Doug Petrie · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Marc Blucas, Clare Kramer, Charlie Weber
5x06 Family
Nov 7, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Joss Whedon · Writing: Joss Whedon · Starring: Marc Blucas, Amber Benson, Amy Adams, Clare Kramer
5x07 Fool for Love
Nov 14, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 8.4
After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.
Directing: Nick Marck · Writing: Doug Petrie · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, David Boreanaz, Marc Blucas, Julie Benz
5x08 Shadow
Nov 21, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 7.3
Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.
Directing: Dan Attias · Writing: David Fury · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Marc Blucas, Amber Benson, Clare Kramer
5x09 Listening to Fear
Nov 28, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
As Joyce's sickness makes her begin doing odd things, a demon emerges from a meteorite and begins killing the mentally ill.
Directing: David Solomon · Writing: Rebecca Rand Kirshner · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Marc Blucas, Amber Benson, Debbie Lee Carrington
5x10 Into the Woods
Dec 19, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 7.5
After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.
Directing: Marti Noxon · Writing: Marti Noxon · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Marc Blucas, Nick Chinlund, Bailey Chase
5x11 Triangle
Jan 9, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Christopher Hibler · Writing: Jane Espenson · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Amber Benson, Abraham Benrubi, Ranjani Brow
5x12 Checkpoint
Jan 23, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
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.
Directing: Nick Marck · Writing: Jane Espenson, Doug Petrie · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Amber Benson, Clare Kramer, Kevin Weisman
5x13 Blood Ties
Feb 6, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.
Directing: Michael Gershman · Writing: Steven S. DeKnight · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Amber Benson, Clare Kramer, Charlie Weber
5x14 Crush
Feb 13, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 8.3
Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.
Directing: Dan Attias · Writing: David Fury · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Amber Benson, Charlie Weber, Mercedes McNab
5x15 I Was Made to Love You
Feb 20, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.
Directing: James A. Contner · Writing: Jane Espenson · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Amber Benson, Adam Busch, Clare Kramer
5x16 The Body
Feb 27, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 8.8
Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the loss of someone close to them.
Directing: Joss Whedon · Writing: Joss Whedon · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Amber Benson, J. Evan Bonifant, Kelli Garner
5x17 Forever
Apr 17, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 8.2
With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.
Directing: Marti Noxon · Writing: Marti Noxon · Starring: David Boreanaz, Amber Benson, Clare Kramer, Joel Grey
5x18 Intervention
Apr 24, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 8.4
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.
Directing: Michael Gershman · Writing: Jane Espenson · Starring: Amber Benson, Adam Busch, Kelly Donovan, Clare Kramer
5x19 Tough Love
May 1, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 7.8
When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.
Directing: David Grossman · Writing: Rebecca Rand Kirshner · Starring: Amber Benson, Clare Kramer, Charlie Weber, Troy Blendell
5x20 Spiral
May 8, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
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.
Directing: James A. Contner · Writing: Steven S. DeKnight · Starring: Amber Benson, Clare Kramer, Wade Williams, Karim Prince
5x21 The Weight of the World
May 15, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
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.
Directing: David Solomon · Writing: Doug Petrie · Starring: Kristine Sutherland, Amber Benson, Clare Kramer, Joel Grey
5x22 The Gift Season Finale
May 22, 2001 · 43 min · ★ 9.0
As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends head into battle.
Directing: Joss Whedon · Writing: Joss Whedon · Starring: Amber Benson, Clare Kramer, Joel Grey, Charlie Weber