The BEST episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7

Every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7!

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.

Last Updated: 2/26/2024Network: UPNStatus: Ended
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Chosen
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8.83
951 votes

#1 - Chosen

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2003

Buffy comes up with a plan: The gang makes an attack on the First's army, aided by Willow, who performs a powerful spell to imbue all of the Potentials with Slayer powers. Meanwhile, wearing the amulet that Angel brought, Spike becomes the decisive factor in the victory, and Sunnydale is eradicated. Buffy and the gang look back on what's left of Sunnydale, deciding what to do next...

Directors: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
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Selfless
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8.07
923 votes

#2 - Selfless

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2002

After Anya grants a particularly gruesome wish, Buffy feels that she must kill Anya. Xander tries to stop her, but the problem is solved when Anya requests to take it back and leave the vengeance demon fold.

Directors: David Solomon
Writer: Drew Goddard
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End of Days
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8.04
875 votes

#3 - End of Days

Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2003

Faith and some of the Potentials are injured by a bomb. Buffy retrieves a mystic scythe and uses it against Caleb; Angel turns up to give her a hand.

Directors: Marita Grabiak
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Lies My Parents Told Me
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8.04
891 votes

#4 - Lies My Parents Told Me

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/2003

When the Scoobies fail to nullify the First's hold on Spike, Principal Wood and Giles team up to kill him. Meanwhile, Spike relives the day he became a vampire.

Directors: David Fury
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Touched
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7.96
912 votes

#5 - Touched

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/2003

A depressed Buffy gets comfort from Spike. Meanwhile, the Scoobies capture and interrogate Bringer, and Faith leads an attack on the Bringers' arsenal.

Directors: David Solomon
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Storyteller
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7.95
865 votes

#6 - Storyteller

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2003

Andrew films the Scoobies for a documentary on Buffy, while Sunnydale High is rocked by a sudden outbreak of student violence. Xander and Anya reconsider their relationship.

Directors: Marita Grabiak
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Conversations with Dead People
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7.91
933 votes

#7 - Conversations with Dead People

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2002

Buffy chats with a former classmate and current vampire, Dawn is visited by Joyce, and Willow is visited by an imposter pretending to have a message from Tara. Meanwhile, Jonathan and Andrew return from Mexico.

Directors: Nick Marck
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Showtime
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7.88
872 votes

#8 - Showtime

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/2003

Buffy stages a showdown with the Ubervamp with the Slayers-in-training as her audience, then rescues Spike. Giles and Anya seek advice from Beljoxa's Eye.

Directors: Michael Grossman
Writer: David Fury
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Dirty Girls
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7.86
865 votes

#9 - Dirty Girls

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/2003

Faith returns to Sunnydale just in time to meet the First's evil agent, Caleb. Buffy leads the troops into a battle with Caleb, which ends with two dead Potentials and a seriously wounded Xander.

Directors: Michael Gershman
Writer: Drew Goddard
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Bring on the Night
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7.82
819 votes

#10 - Bring on the Night

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2002

Giles arrives with three apprentice Slayers, the Scoobies research the origins of the First to find a way to rescue Spike, and Buffy fights the Ubervamp.

Directors: David Grossman
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Same Time, Same Place
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7.79
875 votes

#11 - Same Time, Same Place

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2002

Buffy, Xander and Dawn are unable to find Willow, who has inadvertently made herself invisible to her friends, and vice versa. Willow's return to Sunnydale is marred further by a demon, Gnarl, who relishes the skin of his victims.

Directors: James A. Contner
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Sleeper
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7.78
840 votes

#12 - Sleeper

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2002

As Dawn and Willow recover from their chaotic night at the Summers house, Buffy probes a series of grisly murders that may be the work of Spike.

Directors: Alan J. Levi
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Potential
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7.77
876 votes

#13 - Potential

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2003

Buffy and Spike establish a boot camp to prepare the potential slayers for combat with the First, while a spell from Willow reveals another potential living in Sunnydale.

Directors: James A. Contner
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Beneath You
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7.77
923 votes

#14 - Beneath You

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2002

The gang deals with a giant underground worm, the result of a wish Anya granted. Buffy finds out that Spike has a soul. In England, Willow prepares to return home.

Directors: Nick Marck
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Never Leave Me
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7.75
822 votes

#15 - Never Leave Me

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2002

Spike is held captive in the Summers home while the Scoobies ponder their options in the aftermath of his murder spree; a squeamish Andrew tries to master killing but ends up another Summers house captive.

Directors: David Solomon
Writer: Drew Goddard
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Help
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7.68
885 votes

#16 - Help

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2002

Novice counsellor Buffy begins trying to help the students at Sunnydale High, including Cassie Newton, a girl who predicts her own death. Unfortunately, a Slayer is no match for fate.

Directors: Rick Rosenthal
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Get It Done
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7.61
862 votes

#17 - Get It Done

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2003

The Scoobies are rocked by a suicide within their ranks. After lambasting everyone, Buffy jumps through a portal on a quest for knowledge.

Directors: Douglas Petrie
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Him
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7.56
900 votes

#18 - Him

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2002

Dawn and Buffy (and then Willow and Anya) fall for the school quarterback, whose jacket is enchanted. Meanwhile, Xander and Spike become reluctant roommates.

Directors: Michael Gershman
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Lessons
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7.50
963 votes

#19 - Lessons

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2002

Buffy and Dawn fight off vengeful spirits in the newly rebuilt Sunnydale High. Meanwhile, Spike struggles with his sanity, and Giles rehabilitates Willow in England.

Writer: Joss Whedon
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First Date
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7.48
824 votes

#20 - First Date

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2003

Buffy accepts a dinner invitation from Principal Wood, who reveals that he's a former Slayer's son; Anya is jealous when Xander has a date (who, as usual, turns out to be a demon).

Directors: David Grossman
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The Killer in Me
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7.38
838 votes

#21 - The Killer in Me

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2003

Courtesy of a bitter Amy, Willow turns into Warren after kissing Kennedy; Buffy contacts the government to get help with Spike's misfiring chip.

Directors: David Solomon
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Empty Places
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7.36
883 votes

#22 - Empty Places

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2003

Buffy takes another beating from Caleb, the tries to lead the troops back to the wine cellar. Instead, she gets kicked out of her house as the gang decides Faith would make a better leader.

Directors: James A. Contner
Watch Now:Apple TV