Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · TV Series · TV-14 · ★ 8.1 · 82% critics
A young woman is chosen as the one Slayer of her generation, gifted with the strength and skill to battle vampires, demons, and other dark forces. As evil gathers and grows, she faces constant supernatural threats while trying to hold her life together and protect the world from being overrun.
Based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Also known as BtVS
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103 hours to watch · 144 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 1997–2003
- Release date
- 1997-03-10
- Network
- UPN, The WB
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 (1,990 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a mix of supernatural battles, sharp humor, romance, and coming-of-age drama that grows darker over time; Not for you if you dislike 90s TV vibes or monster-of-the-week stories like Angel or The Vampire Diaries.
Pros: witty humor and heart; addictive supernatural drama; strong character growth | Cons: uneven early season; occasional campy episodes; can get intense
Themes
- monster
- anti hero
- magic
- vampire
- chosen one
- supernatural
- high school
- female protagonist
- apocalypse
- fighting supernatural
Awards & recognition
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form · 2003
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form · 2004 · nominated
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 2002 · nominated
Cast & crew
Sarah Michelle Gellar
as Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon
as Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan
as Willow Rosenberg
Emma Caulfield
as Anya
- CC
Charisma Carpenter
as Cordelia Chase
Anthony Stewart Head
as Rupert Giles
Michelle Trachtenberg
as Dawn Summers
Seth Green
as Oz
- KS
Kristine Sutherland
as Joyce Summers
- ED
Eliza Dushku
as Faith
Directed by David Fury, Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon +29 more
Created by Joss Whedon
Episodes7 seasons · 144 episodes
Season 112 episodes
- S1E1Welcome to the Hellmouth (1)42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E2The Harvest (2)43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E3Witch43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E4Teacher's Pet43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E5Never Kill a Boy on the First Date43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E6The Pack43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E7Angel43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E8I, Robot... You, Jane43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E9The Puppet Show43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E10Nightmares43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E11Out of Mind, Out of Sight43mDisney+Hulu
- S1E12Prophecy Girl44mDisney+Hulu
Season 222 episodes
- S2E1When She Was Bad43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E2Some Assembly Required42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E3School Hard43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E4Inca Mummy Girl43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E5Reptile Boy42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E6Halloween42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E7Lie to Me43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E8The Dark Age43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E9What's My Line? (1)42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E10What's My Line? (2)41mDisney+Hulu
- S2E11Ted43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E12Bad Eggs43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E13Surprise (1)43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E14Innocence (2)42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E15Phases42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E16Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E17Passion42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E18Killed by Death41mDisney+Hulu
- S2E19I Only Have Eyes for You43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E20Go Fish41mDisney+Hulu
- S2E21Becoming (1)43mDisney+Hulu
- S2E22Becoming (2)42mDisney+Hulu
Season 322 episodes
- S3E1Anne43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E2Dead Man's Party43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E3Faith, Hope & Trick43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E4Beauty and the Beasts43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E5Homecoming43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E6Band Candy43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E7Revelations43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E8Lovers Walk43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E9The Wish43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E10Amends44mHulu
- S3E11Gingerbread43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E12Helpless43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E13The Zeppo43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E14Bad Girls43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E15Consequences43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E16Doppelgangland43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E17Enemies43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E18Choices42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E19The Prom43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E20Graduation Day (1)43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E21Graduation Day (2)43mDisney+Hulu
- S3E22Earshot43mDisney+Hulu
Season 422 episodes
- S4E1The Freshman45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E2Living Conditions43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E3The Harsh Light of Day44mDisney+Hulu
- S4E4Fear, Itself43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E5Beer Bad44mDisney+Hulu
- S4E6Wild at Heart44mDisney+Hulu
- S4E7The Initiative45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E8Pangs45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E9Something Blue45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E10Hush45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E11Doomed45mDisney+Hulu
- S4E12A New Man43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E13The I in Team43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E14Goodbye Iowa43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E15This Year's Girl (1)43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E16Who Are You? (2)43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E17Superstar43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E18Where the Wild Things Are43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E19New Moon Rising43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E20The Yoko Factor (1)43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E21Primeval (2)43mDisney+Hulu
- S4E22Restless43mDisney+Hulu
Season 522 episodes
- S5E1Buffy vs. Dracula43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E2Real Me43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E3The Replacement43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E4Out of My Mind43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E5No Place Like Home43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E6Family43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E7Fool for Love43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E8Shadow43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E9Listening to Fear43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E10Into the Woods43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E11Triangle43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E12Checkpoint43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E13Blood Ties43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E14Crush43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E15I Was Made to Love You43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E16The Body43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E17Forever43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E18Intervention43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E19Tough Love43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E20Spiral43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E21The Weight of the World43mDisney+Hulu
- S5E22The Gift43mDisney+Hulu
Season 622 episodes
- S6E1Bargaining (1)43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E2Bargaining (2)43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E3After Life43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E4Flooded43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E5Life Serial43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E6All the Way43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E7Once More, with Feeling50mDisney+Hulu
- S6E8Tabula Rasa43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E9Smashed43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E10Wrecked43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E11Gone43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E12Doublemeat Palace43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E13Dead Things43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E14Older and Far Away43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E15As You Were43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E16Hell's Bells43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E17Normal Again43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E18Entropy43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E19Seeing Red43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E20Villains43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E21Two to Go43mDisney+Hulu
- S6E22Grave43mDisney+Hulu
Season 722 episodes
- S7E1Lessons43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E2Beneath You43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E3Same Time, Same Place43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E4Help43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E5Selfless43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E6Him43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E7Conversations with Dead People43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E8Sleeper43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E9Never Leave Me43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E10Bring on the Night43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E11Showtime43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E12Potential43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E13The Killer in Me43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E14First Date43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E15Get It Done43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E16Storyteller43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E17Lies My Parents Told Me43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E18Dirty Girls43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E19Empty Places43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E20Touched43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E21End of Days43mDisney+Hulu
- S7E22Chosen43mDisney+Hulu