When Dawn Summers (Michelle Trachtenberg) first popped up at the end of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Season 5, Episode 1, it ...

In “Prophecy Girl,” the show’s season 1 final episode ... During the season 5 finale episode, “The Gift,” Buffy and her friends plot to destroy Glory’s plans, but the only possible ...

Buffy nearly stakes Cordelia by accident. Jesse is hitting on Darla, the vampire girl from earlier in the episode. The Master rises from the blood pool. Luke, his faithful servant, reveals the ...

They flirt and nearly kiss before a vampire attacks them. Buffy emerges and stakes the vampire. The Master's bones were consecrated and buried in the graveyard. Buffy's father Hank tells Joyce ...

Season 6 took this honor with no competition. The season arrived after the official death of Buffy Summers in the Season 5 finale when she ... and some episodes were so terrifying that no one ...

With that in mind, here are all 12 episodes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer's debut season ranked worst to best. Major spoilers follow. Like many great shows, Buffy struggled to find its voice ...