1. "Bargaining"
2hr Season Premiere. Buffy is dead and buried, Giles in back in England, and Willow & Tara are Dawn's guardians. The Buffy robot is on slaying duty when a gang of demon bikers heavily injure it. Willow uses her increasing powers to try and revive "Buffy" but it takes time. Buffy emerges hours later, confused and heads to the scene of her death.
First Aired: October 2nd 2001

2. "After Life"
Buffy has been resurrected from the grave and although she's a bit shaken from her return trip from a hell dimension, everything would appear to be falling back into place. Or is it? Did the gang bring back a tortured and evil Buffy from the grave? Or, did something else come with her.
First Aired: October 9th 2001

3. "Flooded"
With Joyce gone, Buffy finds herself trying to contend with burst pipes and home-improvement loans. She seeks out the advice of a just-returned Giles who expresses his concern over Willow's attitude toward bringing Buffy back. A trio of twentysomething would-be sorcerers cause mischief.
First Aired: October 16th 2001

4. "Life Serial"
As Buffy tries to 'normalise' her new life as a parent and return to college and attempt numerous jobs, she again comes up against the Troika, a group of would-be sorcerors, who test the Slayer by casting spells on her which make her experience time distortions, magically appearing demons and a strange "Groundhog Day" time loop.
First Aired: October 23rd 2001

5. "All the Way"
Dawn lies to Buffy and spends Halloween partying with her friends. She develops a crush on a boy who is revealed to be a vampire, Dawn stakes him and is devastated. After Willow and Tara have a fight about Willow's abuse of magic, Willow casts a spell on Tara to make her forget the fight.
First Aired: October 30th 2001

6. "Once More, With Feeling"
A mysterious force causes everyone in Sunnydale to reveal all of their innermost thoughts and feelings in song. Buffy tells the gang the truth about where she was when she was dead. Tara sings a love song to Willow professing all her love, Giles decides to return to England for good.
First Aired: November 6th 2001

7. "Tabula Rasa"
After the gang finds out about Buffy's true afterlife, Willow does a spell to make her forget that she was actually in heaven. Unfortunately the spell goes awry and the gang all wake up with amnesia, forgetting everything about their lives including the existence of vampires and the Slayer.
First Aired: November 13th 2001

8. "Smashed"
After breaking up with Tara, Willow sucessfully de-rats Amy and the two witches begin hanging out and having fun with magic. Meanwhile, Spike notices that his chip doesn't kick in when he hits Buffy but it only works with her, leading him to believe that she is not entirely human anymore.
First Aired: November 20th 2001

9. "Wrecked"
As Buffy continues to fight her continued attraction to Spike, Willow and Amy's relationship leads them to a very dangerous place. Will Buffy and her friends be able to stop Willow's descent into magical addiction?
First Aired: November 27th 2001

10. "Gone"
Buffy's meeting with social worker doesn't go well and in a fit of rage afterwards, Buffy cuts off her hair. Meanwhile, the Geek Trio have built an invisibility ray and accidentally hit Buffy with it, who takes advantage by paying Spike a visit. Willow is really trying to stay away from magic.
First Aired: January 8th 2002

11. "Doublemeat Palace"
Buffy gets a job in a fast food resturant, and when co-workers start ending up in pieces, the mystery behind the meat comes into question. Willow works on staying clear of magic, but Amy gives her an unwanted gift and Willow is forced to make a big decision. Buffy tries to ignore the temptation that is Spike. A vengeance demon friend of Anya's visits.
First Aired: January 29th 2002

12. "Dead Things"
The Troika's latest escapade to make Warren's ex-girlfriend Katrina their willing slave goes horribly wrong when she is accidentally killed. The trio use magical and demonic forces to make Buffy think that she has killed Katrina - and it works. With finding out the truth about her resurrection and believing she killed an innocent girl, Buffy's world begins to fall apart
First Aired: February 5th 2002

13. "Older and Far Away"
Old and new friends gather at the Summers home for Buffy's 21st birthday party and it goes off without a hitch - mostly. Feeling neglected by Buffy and the Scoobys, Dawn's wish to keep people from leaving her is answered by a demon friend who binds the attendees of the party to the house - with the demon inside also, of course
First Aired: February 12th 2002

14. "As You Were"
While in pursuit of a demon, Riley calls upon Buffy to help him track the demon's nest. Riley has also returned with his wife Sam, who works for the same commando team he does. Riley's new found happiness makes Buffy question her relationship with Spike, leading to the two breaking up.
First Aired: February 26th 2002

15. "Hell's Bells"
The date of the wedding is set and Xander and Anya are preparing for the hoards of "guests" to arrive. While Xander's screwed up human family go head to head with Anya's mostly non-human friends, a special guest comes to Xander to warn him that his life with Anya may not turn out to be the married bliss he has hoped for.
First Aired: March 5th 2002

16. "Normal Again"
After being poisoned, Buffy comes to believe that she is confined to a mental hospital and that Dawn and her life as a Slayer never really existed, her mother is alive and her parents are still together. Deciding that she prefers this 'normal' life a whole lot more, Buffy attempts to kill the things that tether her to her 'fantasy' life: the Scoobies.
First Aired: March 12th 2002

17. "Entropy"
Having accepted becoming a vengeance demon again, Anya attempts to curse Xander for the pain he caused her. The Trio have been following the Scoobies everywhere they go with hidden cameras which are discovered, and what some characters see on video proves to be devastating. Buffy confesses to Dawn about her relationship.
First Aired: April 30th 2002

18. "Seeing Red"
The Troika move into the next stage of their biggest plan ever but Buffy and the gang crash the party resulting in a battle. The Trio's plans start to unravel as Jonathan and Andrew are arrested but, escaping the police, Warren proves he is evil enough on his own and more than a challenge for Buffy and the Scoobies. One of the Scooby gang dies.
First Aired: May 7th 2002

19. "Villains"
Willow is consumed with rage for the scooby gang death and seeks revenge against Warren, drawing the dark power from the books into her causing her hair and eyes to turn black. Warren seeks out Rack for help but the witch proves unstoppable and gruesomely kills him. One down...
First Aired: May 14th 2002

20. "Two to Go (1/2)"
After exacting revenge on Warren, Willow vows to go after Jonathan and Andrew, forcing Buffy into the unlikely role of nerd-villain protector. Spike undergoes a fierce challenge given by an African demon in order to become what he once was. Willow finds Rack and draws his energy into her, but an old friend appears to challenge her power.
First Aired: May 21st 2002

21. "Grave (2/2)"
Buffy and a now magically gifted Giles face off against Willow for a few rounds that destroys the magic shop, leaves Giles heavily injured whilst Buffy and Dawn trapped in hole. Its up to Xander to confront her on an emotional level before her plans for self destruction kill them all. Spike finds himself winning what he wants back.
First Aired: May 21st 2002