58 "Living Conditions"
The gang unites to encourage Buffy's oppressive roommate to move out; Buffy finds herself attracted to a handsome upperclassman.

59 "The Harsh Light of Day"
While Buffy is distracted by her feelings for an enigmatic young man, she must stop Spike when he returns to find a fabled relic.

60 "Fear, Itself"
Willow, Oz and Xander convince Buffy to join them at a fraternity Halloween party; Giles tries to catch the holiday spirit.

61 "Beer Bad"
While tending bar, Xander becomes alarmed when an intoxicated Buffy and her new drinking buddies are reduced to a primordial state.

62 "Wild at Heart"
Buffy tries to comfort Willow when Oz answers the call of the wild and is drawn to another woman, who turns out to be a fellow werewolf.

63 "The Initiative"
Spike is kidnapped by a commando squad and held in an underground laboratory; Riley, the teacher's assistant, confides in Willow about his crush on Buffy.

64 "Pangs"
Unbeknownst to Buffy, Angel lurks in the shadows while her perfect Thanksgiving feast is disrupted by an army of Chumash Indians, the original inhabitants of Sunnydale, in the form of vengeance spirits recreating the wrongs that were done to their people.

65 "Something Blue"
Buffy is only one of many who must bear the repercussions of a spell gone awry when Willow, pining over the disappearance of Oz, tries to imbue herself with the power to have her will done. The fallout includes Buffy falling in love with Spike and planning to marry him, Giles going blind and Xander becoming even more of a demon magnet.

66 "Hush"
Buffy fights a visitor alongside an incredulous Riley, and a silence descends on Sunnydale when the residents lose the power of speech.

67 "Doomed"
While Buffy and Riley grapple to come to terms with what they now know about each other, the reopening of the Sunnydale Hellmouth sends Buffy and the gang back to high school to prevent impending apocalypse. Meanwhile, Spike has lost all will to live without the ability to kill, but he grows heartened by the approaching end of the world.

68 "A New Man"
Buffy and Riley explore the extent of each other's powers as they become more romantically entwined. Feeling left out these days, Giles turns to his old buddy Ethan Rayne for camaraderie, but Giles must rely on an unlikely source when he is transformed into a demon and mistakenly hunted down by an unknowing Buffy.

69 "The I in Team"
Buffy's friends question her heightened involvement with Riley and the Initiative, while Professor Walsh gives Buffy a hazardous assignment.

70 "Goodbye Iowa"
A delusional Riley spars with Buffy when he finds out that his mentor, Professor Walsh, has been killed, while Buffy learns firsthand about the Initiative's secret weapon.

71 "This Year's Girl" Part 1 of 2
Rogue slayer Faith awakens from her coma and makes a beeline for Buffy's mother's house, hungry for revenge against her rival.

72 "Who Are You" Part 2 of 2
Buffy battles to escape the clutches of the Watcher's Council special operations team who plan to send her to England, while Faith continues to wreak havoc in the lives of Buffy's family and friends. Meanwhile, it's Willow and Tara who figure out Buffy's whereabouts, but not before Faith has done some serious damage to Buffy's relationship with Riley

73 "Superstar"
Buffy must put aside the turmoil she feels about Riley and Faith's night of passion to investigate why a former nerd is being feted as a superhero.

74 "Where the Wild Things Are"
When Buffy and Riley rouse a supernatural force, they are held hostage by ghost-children who have returned to exact revenge for past abuses

75 "New Moon Rising"
Oz returns to Sunnydale and is captured by the Initiative during a full moon; a conflicted Willow tells Buffy about her new relationship with Tara.

76 "The Yoko Factor"
During a surprise visit to Sunnydale, Angel skirmishes with Riley; Spike conspires with Adam to bring Buffy to her knees.

77 "Primeval"
Adam's plan to craft a master race of human-demon hybrids unfolds while Buffy is at odds with Giles and the others; Adam captures Riley.

78 "Restless"
A primordial animal spirit haunts the dreams of Buffy, Giles, Willow and Xander, making them each face their innermost fears.

79 "Buffy Vs. Dracula"

Still searching for a normal life, Buffy is shaken by the awesome power and more than a little star-struck when she and her friends come face to face with the greatest vampire of all time, Dracula. While Buffy is powerless under Draculas thrall, Xander becomes the dark ones emissary and leads his friends into peril. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Buffy, Giles is seriously contemplating returning to England as he feels she no longer needs his help.

80 "Real Me"

Buffy's slaying is hampered by sibling rivalry when she's forced to take Dawn with her and Giles to the magic shop, where they find the owner dead from multiple puncture wounds. The evidence points to a new vampire gang. When they learn the leader of the pack is Spike's ex-girlfriend Harmony, nobody takes them seriously until Dawn mistakenly invites Harmony into the house.

81 "The Replacement"

Xander is frantic when he wakes up from a demon attack and finds a Xander double taking over his job, apartment and girlfriend, not to mention his place in the Scooby Gang.

82 "Out of My Mind"

Buffy learns that Initiative experiments left Riley with super strength, a high tolerance for pain and an abnormally fast heartbeat that could lead to a heart attack unless he gets help. But only the Initiative can help him, and they no longer exist. Meanwhile, Harmony fears Buffy is still after her and seeks refuge with Spike.

83 "No Place Like Home"
A new enemy with overwhelming power travels through time to land on the Slayer's doorstep, bringing in its wake disturbing revelations about Dawn and the terrifying ability to cause madness. Meanwhile, Giles officially opens his store, the Magic Box.

84 "Family"

Tara's birthday arrives and with it the requisite surprise in the form of her brother Donny. Meanwhile, Glory recruits a demon in a new plan to take down the Slayer, who moves back home to keep an eye on Dawn. And a disgruntled Riley goes out drinking alone on the wrong side of town.

85 "Fool for Love"
Buffy forces Spike to explain how he killed two slayers, and his flashbacks reveal the first time he met Drusilla, as well as their collaboration with fellow bloodsuckers Angelus and Darla.

86 "Shadow"

In order to protect her sister Dawn, Buffy must face a horrible beast that has been conjured by the powerful demon Glory to help seek out "The Key."

87 "Listening to Fear"

As the Scoobies investigate a murderous, meteorite-born creature, Buffy stays with Joyce, whose brain tumor is affecting her personality. Meanwhile, Riley fraternizes with questionable company.

88 "Into the Woods"
Riley's dirty little secret finally hits the fan when a doting Spike reveals to Buffy that her beau's been sneaking out to pay vamps for their blood-sucking services. Reeling from shock, the overwhelmed Slayer avoids discussion of the discovery with her friends, and becomes hell-bent on destroying the den with which Riley was associated---only to find the undead denizens missing from their lair. As Buffy's rage gets the best of her, a supremely miffed Riley pays a visit to Spike.

89 "Triangle"
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.

90 "Checkpoint"

The Watchers Council arrives in Sunnydale demanding Buffy pass an exhaustive review of her slaying skills or they will withhold critical information about Glory and have Giles deported back to England.

91 "Blood Ties"
Dawn's entire world crumbles around her after she learns that she is the Key---and dealing with the truth proves to be even harder than anyone had anticipated when she runs away. Glory discovers that the Knights of Byzantium, her competitors for the Key, are in town.

92 "Crush"
After being scolded by her big sister for having a crush on Spike, Dawn sheds light on the identity of the true object of the neutered vamp's affection - Buffy. With his frustrating Slayer fixation finally out of the closet, Spike swallows his pride and professes his love to her face, only to be rebuffed by the supremely creeped-out Buffster. Angry and humiliated, a sulky Spike returns home to find Drusilla waiting...and she's ready to take him back.

93 "I Was Made to Love You"
The bizarre mannerisms and superhuman strength of April, who's searching Sunnydale for her boyfriend, lead the gang to believe she's really a robot. Meanwhile, Buffy decides to go out on a date with Ben, but the Slayer has no idea how close he is to Glory.

94 "The Body"
After months of fighting and ostensibly overcoming a brain tumor, Joyce dies unexpectedly and in a manner seldom seen on Buffy---peacefully and quietly. Reeling from the shock of discovering her mother's lifeless body on the living-room sofa, Buffy manages to pull herself together enough to deliver the news to an already emotionally fragile Dawn ---whose overwhelming denial makes fighting the boundless forces of evil look like child's play.

95 "Forever"
Buffy finds comfort by confiding in a visiting Angel, but her sister's inability to accept their mother's death isn't as easily alleviated. Denial leads Dawn to a supernatural remedy for grief---a magical recipe for resurrection. Willow and Tara refuse to assist with the dangerous spell, but Spike has no such qualms about helping to bring Joyce back. More Dawn-centered danger brews when Ben lets a crucial Key-related clue slip to Glory.

96 "Intervention"
After Buffy and Giles leave town for some Slayer soul-searching, the Scoobies mistake Spike's custom-made romance with his Buffybot for the real thing. Then, Glory's minions kidnap Spike in the belief that he is the coveted Key. Meanwhile, Buffy has a reunion with the first Slayer out in the desert.

97 "Tough Love"
While Buffy is preoccupied with the pressure of being her obstinate sister's keeper, Glory and her minions set out to grab the person whom they believe to be the Key---Tara. Unfortunately, Tara is more vulnerable than usual, as both she and Willow are stunned from the aftereffects of their first big fight.

98 "Spiral"
When Tara spilled the Key beans (oblivious to the consequences of her actions, thanks to Glory's cruel brain drain), she left her friends with no choice but to act quickly. With the hedonistic hell goddess hot on their heels, Buffy and company flee in an unlikely getaway car---Spike's battered RV. Too bad it's not equipped for jousting, as the Knights of Byzantium have their own plans to deal with Dawn.

99 "The Weight of the World"
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.

100 "The Gift"
Another imminent apocalypse is at hand in Sunnydale. Buffy must square off against a true God when Glory prepares to use Dawn to break down the walls between the dimensions and unleash Hell on Earth. Buffy, Xander, Willow, Giles, Anya, Tara and Spike go to battle with the knowledge that they may not all survive.