BtVS SEASON EPISODE GUIDE 1
Episodes
::disclaimer:: ::1-1 welcome to the hellmouth:: ::1-2 the harvest:: ::1-3 witch:: ::1-4 teacher's pet::
::1-5 never kill a boy on the first date:: ::1-6 the pack:: ::1-7 angel:: ::1-8 i, robot...you jane::
::1-9 the puppet show:: ::1-10 nightmares:: ::1-11 out of mind, out of sight:: ::1-12 prophecy girl::
Welcome to the Hellmouth- 3-10-97
Vampire kill(s):1
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
It's a new day at a new school. . .and hopefully a new life for 16-year-old Buffy Summers.But when a boy winds up dead in a locker of an apparent vampire bite, and the school librarian, Rupert Giles explains that her new address, Sunnydale, is actually a center for mystical convergence at the mouth of hell, it isn't long before she realizes that she can't escape her fate as the Slayer. Meanwhile, a vampire named Luke is hatching a plan to release the Master( the vampire-in-chief) from his cell beneath the earth's surface in time for the Harvest--a feeding frenzy that will put an end to us pesky humans and give the world back to the undead. In search for sacrificial lambs for the Master, vampires converge on the local club, the Bronze, and lure some of the kids back to the cemetery. After and awkward "Sorry-I-almost-killed-you, my bad" moment with Cordelia, Buffy forgets about trying to have a normal high school life and rushes to save Willow, Xander, and Jesse from the fang squad. Unfortunately for her, Luke gets the upper hand.
back to topThe Harvest- 3-10-97
Vampire kill(s):5
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: John Kretchmer
Part two of the series premiere picks up with Buffy narrowly escaping from the clutches of Luke, and while Willow and Xander are safe-and now know her secret-Jesse is left behind. Buffy and Xander return to the crypt the next day to rescue him, but it's too late-he's a vampire. That night, the vamps regroup for a late supper at the Bronze. With Luke serving as the Master's vessel, each drop of blood he gulps brings him one step closer to freedom, and Cordelia is targeted as the main course. Just as she is about to be drained, Buffy appears on the scene and begins kicking butt. Willow douses Darla the vampire with holy water to save Giles, and now the Master's uprising is thwarted. For now.
back to topWitch- 3-17-97
Vampire kill(s):0
Written by: Dana Reston
Directed by: Steven Cragg
Much to Giles's dismay, Buffy decides to take a crack at a normal life and goes out for the cheerleading squad. At the try outs, Buffy meets Amy Madison, who's mother was a star cheerleader in her day, and Amy is overly anxious to relive her mother's glory days. When the girls on the squad begin to experience various forms of discomfort such as spontaneous human combustion, blindness, and the complete loss of a mouth, Buffy and the gang decide to get to the bottom of it. With all signs pointing to witchcraft and a second -alternate rah-rah Amy, she casts a vengeance spell which makes first-alternate Buffy act drunk and puts Amy on the team. When a visit to Amy's home reveals that the opportunistic cheerleader is not who she seems, the witch responsible for the scheme is immortalized as the perfect cheerleader.
back to topTeacher's Pet- 3-25-97
Vampire kill(s):2
Written by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: Bruce Seth Green
It seems one student's loss is another one's gain when Dr. Gregory, the only teacher who didn't think Buffy was a felon, turns up dead. On the bright side, the hottie substitute who replaced him, Natile French, as invited Xander over for what appears to be a night of romance. When Buffy uncharacteristically hits the books to see what she can learn about the mysterious circumstances surrounding her favorite teacher's grisly death, she discovers Gregory was killed in a manner similar toe how preying mantis males are killed by their mates- decapitated after doing the deed. Suddenly French's Exorcist-style rotating noggin and grasshopper sandwiches make perfect sense, so Buffy rushes to save Xander before his fantasy and worst nightmare come true in one night, courtesy of the hot-to-trot giant She-Mantis.
back to topNever Kill a Boy on The Fits Date- 3-31-97
Vampire kill(s):2
Written by: Rob DesHotel & Dean Batali
Directed by: David Semel
Reading about the Anointed One from Prophecy, the Master hatches a new plan to break out of his cell. Above ground, while Giles critiques Buffy's slaying form as she dusts another vampire, they discover a ring left behind in the ashes, Some fact checking by Giles determines that the ring is a symbol of the Order of Aurelius-a nasty sect of vampire destined to bring the Anointed One to the Master. Buffy's mind, however, is on Owen Thurman, a sensitive cutie who reads Emily Dickenson and can brood for 40 minutes straight. Balancing a social life with he calling proves too much of a burden, however, when Owen is almost killed after following Buffy on an impromptu hunt at the morgue to slay the Anointed One. Feeling lousy about breaking-off the relationship before it had a chance to get started, Buffy will feel worse when she learns that the real Anointed one is still alive.
back to topThe Pack- 4-7-97
Vampire kill(s):0
Written by: Rob DesHostel & Dean Batali
Directed by: David Semel
A field trip to the zoo takes a turn for the weird when Xander and a group of bullies sneak into an off-limits hyena house. After a meaningful glance with a hyena leaves the trespassers possessed by its spirit, they emerge as vicious creeps. Giles dismisses Xander's attitude change as a teenager phase, so Buffy and Willow elect to steer clear of him until it passes. Sensing that life in a school of hyenas will be a short one, no one is as freaked-out by Xander and the bullies than the school mascot. Shortly after the porker becomes bacon, however, it becomes obvious that there's more to nasty Xander than shifting hormones. Buffy locks him up while Giles traces the strange behavior back to the zoo, where they hatch a plan with the zoo keeper to lead the pack to the hyena house for an exorcism. When the zoo keeper reveals his actual plan to transfer the spirit into himself, Buffy helps him get closer to the hyena than he expected.
back to topAngel- 4-14-97
Vampire kill(s):4
Written by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: Scott Brazil
As part of a new plan to free the Master, the Anointed One calls on the Three-a trio of especially nasty vampires bent on rubbing-out the Slayer. Angel suffers some cuts when he steps in to help defend Buffy against the attackers, so Buffy takes him back to her house to dress the wounds and hide out, he winds up innocently spending the night on Buffy's bedroom floor. The Buffy and Angel romance blossoms, but he drops his guard as they share their first smooch and accidently vamps out, revealing his blood sucker ties. considerably wigged, Buffy tells him to get lost, but when the Master's lackey Darla poses a friend of Buffy's and sinks her teeth into Mom Summers, framing Angel, the plot thicken. Buffy has killing ANgel on her mind, but finds out the truth about the attack on her mom as well as Angel's bloodthisty past and the story of his restored soul just in time.
back to topI Robot . . .You Jane- 4-28-97
Vampire kill(s):0
Written by: Ashley Gable & Thomas A.Swyden
Directed by: Stephen Posey
Giles's disdain for computers is justified when Moloch, a sweet-talking, neck-snapping, Nazi-loving demon from 1418, finds a new life on the Internet. The school's top computer geeks unwittingly become Moloch's servants, while Willow begins an online romance with a poetic denizen named Malcom. Concerned that Willow's e-mail affair may lead to her being murdered by an online circus freak, the rest of the gang investigates him and discovers that Moloch and Wilow's beau are the same guy. With the help of technopagan/computer teacher Jenny Calendar, Giles is able to force Moloch off the net, but not before he is transferred into a mechanical torso. It's then up to Buffy to keep robo-Moloch from doing any damage.
back to topThe Harvest- 5-5-97
Vampire kill(s):0
Written by: Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel
Directed by: Ellen S. Pressman
When a ballet dancer in the school talent show is murdered the most logical suspect is the ventriloquist, because well, those guys and their dummies are just plain creepy. But when Morgan the ventriloquist is found dead and missing one brain, suspicion turns toward the actual dummy, Sid. As hard as it is to believe that Sid can be the culprit, when he shows up at Buffy's window and later admits to trying to kill her, it looks like an open and shut case. The truth however, is that Sid was only trying to whack Buffy because theirs a demon on the loose and he thought she was it. If Sid( who also knew a Slayer back in the '30's) Kills the demon-at-large, his soul will be freed from the dummy shell. It turns out that this particular demon is harvesting organs, so when Buffy finds out that Morgan's wayward gray matter happens to be cancerous, its clear that the killer is still in search of a brain, and its got its eye on Giles.
back to topNightmares- 5-12-97
Vampire kill(s):0
Teleplay by: David Greenwalt
Story by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Bruce Seth Green
Buffy spouts fangs, Giles forgets how to read, Cordelia has a bad hair day, Willow singing on stage, Xander is being chased by a demonic clown(like there's any other kind)- everyone's greatest fears are coming to life. The living nightmares are traced to Billy, a comatose kiddie league second baseman who was nearly beaten to death after a game. While the tyke's physical form remains in the hospital, his astral self is roaming the halls of Sunnydale High issuing warnings. As everyone's living nightmares continue to grow more severe and the embodiment of Billy's fear- the Ugly Man- begins attacking students, Buffy convinces the kid that he as to face his fear to have a chance at beating it. When the real-life source of Billy's terror shows up, Buffy doles out a beating of her own.
back to topOut of Mind, Out of Sight- 5-19-97
Vampire kill(s):O
Teleplay by: Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden
Story by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Reza Badiyi
If an invisible tee falls in the forest and nobody's around to hear it, does anyone even care? That's the problem Marcy Ross was facing before she went from being one of millions of unnoticed high school students to one of the few truly invisible girls. She begins to get attention she's been missing, however, when on the eve of prom, invisible Marcy starts a violent pattern. First, she smacks around Cordelia's prom date. The next victim is one of Cody's snobby friends and favorite teacher nearly dies of asphixiation. While this is going on, two men in black suits start appearing around the school and Angel warns Giles that the Master is getting restless again. Cordelia winds up minutes from having her face slashed by the invisible girl when Buffy is able to save her and expose her attacker, but the feds have other plans for Marcy.
back to topProphecy Girl- 6-2-97
Vampire kill(s):3
Written & Directed by: Joss Whedon
It's shades of the 1947 Harvest when vampire activity in Sunnydale reaches an all-time high and an earthquake rips through the town. Buffy, however, has bigger problems- like finding a date for the prom-but apocolpic-type trouble lies ahead that has Giles sick with worry. A prophecy says Buffy is about to face the Master in a battle to the death- and Buffy is destine to loose. Suddenly freaked and scared by the very real possibility of dying at 16, she quits. Rather than risk sending Buffy to her death, Giles decides to take his chances and face the Master himself when Buffy reconsiders. Armed with only a crossbow and a prom dress, the Anointed one leads her to the Master, and true to the prophecy, he is too strong and leaves Buffy. . . dead. Down but not out, Xander and Angel arrive just in time to recessiate her, and the Slayer pick up where she left off, stronger than ever and intent on killing the Master.
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This page houses Season 1 Episode guide for Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Each episode will be labeled by number, in order. Each will also include a original air date, who wrote the episode, who directed each episode, how many vampires were slayed(slewn) and a brief description. This is just for entertainment purposes, and no money was made from this.
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