The BEST episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 5
Every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 5!
In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer. Buffy Summers is The Chosen One, the one girl in all the world with the strength and skill to fight the vampires. With the help of her close friends, Willow, Xander, and her Watcher Giles she balances slaying, family, friendships, and relationships.
#1 - The Gift
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/2001
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.
#2 - The Body
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/2001
Buffy and the gang are overcome by grief when tragedy strikes and they are robbed of someone they hold dear.
#3 - Fool for Love
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2000
When Buffy forces Spike to recount how he was able to kill two Slayers, his flashbacks reveal his first meeting with Drusilla.
#4 - No Place Like Home
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2000
Buffy discovers more about her newly arrived little sister, and the girls are distressed when Joyce suddenly becomes ill without any explanation, medical or supernatural.
#5 - Tough Love
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/2001
While Buffy is preoccupied with being her sister's keeper, Glory sets out to grab the person whom she now believes to be the Key — Tara.
#6 - Checkpoint
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/2001
The Council of Watchers possess insight into Glory, but are less than forthcoming with the information, and are also threatening to deport Giles if Buffy doesn't perform well on a test of her Slayer skills.
#7 - Intervention
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/24/2001
The Scoobies mistake Spike's custom-made romance with his Buffybot for the real thing; Glory's minions kidnap Spike in the belief that he is the Key.
#8 - The Replacement
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2000
Confusion reigns when Xander is split into two Xanders, each representing different sides of his personality.
#9 - The Weight of the World
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/2001
Willow psychically enters Buffy's subconscious in an effort to reach the Slayer, who has been rendered catatonic by Glory's abduction of Dawn.
#10 - Blood Ties
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/2001
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.
#11 - Crush
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/2001
Buffy is appalled by Spike's admission of love for her, but Drusilla is waiting in the wings, intent on returning Spike to his killer ways.
#12 - Family
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2000
Tara’s family makes a surprise visit to Sunnydale for her birthday, threatening to reveal a shocking secret that could endanger all of their lives.
#13 - Triangle
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2001
Emotions are charged between Willow and Anya when they are left in charge of the magic shop and Willow accidentally conjures an enormous troll.
#14 - Spiral
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2001
When Glory finds out who the real key is, Buffy and company flee. Meanwhile, the Knights of Byzantium have their own plans to deal with Dawn.
#15 - I Was Made to Love You
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/2001
Buffy must stop a heartbroken young woman — a robot who was manufactured to be the perfect girlfriend — from destroying the city.
#16 - Into the Woods
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2000
Buffy is thunderstruck when Spike informs her of Riley's furtive nights spent in the dark embrace of a vampire.
#17 - Real Me
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2000
Buffy's slaying is hampered by sibling rivalry with Dawn, who gets kidnapped by a vampire gang led by Harmony.
#18 - Buffy vs Dracula
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2000
Buffy is shaken by the awesome power when she comes face to face with the greatest vampire of all time, Dracula. Meanwhile, Xander becomes the dark one’s emissary and leads his friends into peril.
#19 - Forever
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/17/2001
Buffy is comforted by Angel, who comes back to Sunnydale after he hears of Joyce's death. Meanwhile, Dawn decides to perform a spell to bring her mom back to life.
#20 - Out of My Mind
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2000
The physical aftereffects of Riley’s being used as a lab rat by the Initiative threaten his life; Spike takes advantage of the situation.
#21 - Shadow
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2000
In order to protect her sister, Buffy must face a horrible beast that has been conjured by the powerful demon Glory to help seek out "The Key."
#22 - Listening to Fear
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2000
As Buffy and Dawn help their mother prepare for brain surgery, an extra-terrestrial demon fixates on a disoriented Joyce and infiltrates the Summers’ home.