The WORST episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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

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: 11/13/2024Network: UPNStatus: Ended
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Where the Wild Things Are
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6.80
976 votes

#1 - Where the Wild Things Are

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/2000

Buffy and Riley are spending all their time in bed (and they're not sleeping). Their round-the-clock exploration of each other awakens the spirits of children who were sexually repressed by their foster mother back when Lowell House was a home for orphaned and runaway kids. Willow, Giles and Tara divert the angry children while Xander and Anya go to try and stop Buffy and Riley.

Directors: David Solomon
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I Robot, You Jane
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6.94
1241 votes

#2 - I Robot, You Jane

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/28/1997

Feeling lonely, Willow turns to a chatroom and meets a charming boy online. She ignores Buffy's concerns about Internet freaks as the rest of the gang discover a new type of demon.

Directors: Stephen Posey
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Superstar
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6.97
1044 votes

#3 - Superstar

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/4/2000

Buffy, Willow, Xander and Anya are out hunting vampires and kill one of a pair. They track the other to a nest and decide to call in the big guns and visit... Jonathan.

Directors: David Grossman
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Bad Eggs
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7.04
1132 votes

#4 - Bad Eggs

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/1998

The students are given eggs to look after to teach them about parenthood but they aren't what they seem. Soon the eggs hatch and the creatures inside take over their owners and lead them to the school basement to dig up the mother creature.

Directors: David Greenwalt
Writer: Marti Noxon
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Go Fish
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7.07
1110 votes

#5 - Go Fish

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/1998

When several members of the Sunnydale High swim team are mysteriously skinned alive, Buffy and the gang take it upon themselves to protect the remaining members which results in Xander revealing a side of himself rarely seen.

Directors: David Semel
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Beer Bad
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7.14
1165 votes

#6 - Beer Bad

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1999

Still trying to come to terms with Parker's womanising, Buffy starts to hang out at the college bar where she and a group of upperclass students really regress when they start drinking a 'special' beer.

Directors: David Solomon
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Teacher's Pet
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7.14
1516 votes

#7 - Teacher's Pet

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/24/1997

While Xander and most of the male population of Sunnydale High fall for the beautiful substitute science teacher Miss French, Buffy is not so sure about her intentions.

Directors: Bruce Seth Green
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Killed by Death
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7.15
1096 votes

#8 - Killed by Death

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/3/1998

When Buffy is admitted to hospital with a raging fever she meets a young boy, Ryan, who has the same flu virus and claims that the sick children in the hospital are being persecuted by a monster that may be death himself.

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The Pack
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7.17
1367 votes

#9 - The Pack

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/1997

While enduring the annual field trip to the Zoo, Xander and several other students enter the quarantined Hyena pen and become possessed with the spirit of the wild animal.

Directors: Bruce Seth Green
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Doublemeat Palace
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7.18
895 votes

#10 - Doublemeat Palace

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/29/2002

The Slayer takes a job at a burger joint, and suspects that something demonic might be going on. Anya gets a visit from an old demon friend who questions her relationship with Xander.

Directors: Nick Marck
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As You Were
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7.20
900 votes

#11 - As You Were

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/26/2002

Buffy is jolted by the reappearance of Riley, who needs her to help him — and his new wife — track a demon egg nest. It turns out that Spike is guarding the eggs.

Directors: Douglas Petrie
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Inca Mummy Girl
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7.21
1178 votes

#12 - Inca Mummy Girl

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1997

While on a visit to the local museum one of the students accidentally breaks an ancient seal buried with an Inca Mummy. Without the seal to hold her, the mummy rises and must consume the life force of the living in order to stay alive. When she consumes the identity of Ampada, an exchange student, Buffy have to stop her from seducing Xander into her death list.

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Reptile Boy
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7.21
1151 votes

#13 - Reptile Boy

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1997

Becoming fed up with Giles' rules and guidelines, Buffy makes an unusual friendship with Cordelia when she accompanies her to a fraternity party where they are both drugged and used in the ritual feeding of a demon.

Directors: David Greenwalt
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Restless
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7.22
1067 votes

#14 - Restless

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/2000

Buffy, Xander, Giles and Willow sit down to watch videos after defeating Adam. They enter a bizarre dream world where they are pursued by a primitive force that they released via their enjoining spell.

Directors: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
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Some Assembly Required
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7.24
1245 votes

#15 - Some Assembly Required

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1997

When the graves of several teenage girls are desecrated, the gang realise that body parts are being stolen to build the perfect woman - and that the only part missing is a beautiful head.

Directors: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Ty King
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Wrecked
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7.26
949 votes

#16 - Wrecked

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2001

Buffy's tryst with Spike leaves the Slayer shaken. Willow nearly gets Dawn killed after going to see a warlock for a dose of magic, and thus decides to go told turkey on the magic.

Directors: David Solomon
Writer: Marti Noxon
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Empty Places
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7.35
904 votes

#17 - 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
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Dead Man's Party
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7.35
1188 votes

#18 - Dead Man's Party

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1998

When Buffy returns home she finds that the life she left behind may not be as easy to slip back into as she has to battle not only the rising dead, but also the distrust of her mother and the silent resentment of her friends.

Writer: Marti Noxon
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Listening to Fear
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7.37
897 votes

#19 - 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.

Directors: David Solomon
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Ted
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7.37
1053 votes

#20 - Ted

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1997

Buffy has parental issues when Joyce comes home with a boyfriend, the computer expert and master chef Ted; whose charming personality impresses everyone. Everyone except Buffy that is, who is not at all willing to give her mother up to someone else.

Directors: Bruce Seth Green
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The Killer in Me
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7.38
860 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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Life Serial
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7.39
840 votes

#22 - Life Serial

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2001

The Slayer struggles to readjust to life in Sunnydale by attending classes with Willow and working with Xander, while the Geek Trio test her abilities with a secret campaign of harassment. Also, Buffy gets drunk with Spike.

Directors: Nick Marck
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The Puppet Show
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7.40
1240 votes

#23 - The Puppet Show

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/5/1997

The new principal forces Giles to run Sunnydale High's annual talent show and Buffy, Willow and Xander have to perform against their will. Things get worse as the talent show proves to be a deadly place when one of the participants is found with her heart removed and the clues all point to one boy and his ventriloquist puppet.

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Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
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7.40
1429 votes

#24 - Never Kill a Boy on the First Date

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/31/1997

Buffy sets her sights on the mysterious and brooding Owen, opting to go on a date rather than help Giles prevent a prophecy about an unstoppable vampire rising to help the Master.

Directors: David Semel
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Out of Mind, Out of Sight
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7.42
1162 votes

#25 - Out of Mind, Out of Sight

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/19/1997

As Cordelia campaigns for the May Queen Crown, she finds herself the target of an evil invisible force.

Directors: Reza Badiyi
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