1. "Lessons"
In the season premiere, Buffy takes Dawn to her first day at the newly restored Sunnydale High only to discover that the school still hides the deep, menacing secrets of years past. Willow is in England where she's recovering with the help of Giles.
First Aired: September 24th 2002

2. "Beneath You"
After her first day as Buffy the Guidance Counselor, she and the Scooby gang get right back into action investigating a subterranean monster that is wreaking havoc in Sunnydale. Meanwhile, Willow has mixed emotions as she leaves England to return to Sunnydale.
First Aired: October 1st 2002

3. "Same Time, Same Place"
Willow's Sunnydale homecoming is more difficult than she or anyone else expected, causing the gang some concern that she hasn't fully recovered from her evil ways. Meanwhile, Dawn officially joins the Scooby Gang as they hunt down a demon with baffling powers.
First Aired: October 8th 2002

4. "Help"
Buffy's role as a guidance counselor is tested when she tries to help a student who claims she is able to foretell her own, imminent death. Meanwhile, Anya struggles with being a vengeance demon.
First Aired: October 15th 2002

5. "Selfless"
When Anya grants a gruesome Vengeance wish, Buffy, Xander and the gang are forced to confront her choice to become a demon again. Meanwhile, in an attempt to return to some semblance of a normal life, Willow moves back in with Buffy and re-enrolls in college.
First Aired: October 22nd 2002

6. "Him"
Dawn develops a major crush on a hunky jock (Thad Luckinbill), which turns into a comic free-for-all when Buffy, then Anya and even Willow fall for the same guy.
First Aired: November 5th 2002

7. "Conversations with Dead People"
Joyce visits Dawn from the beyond, Buffy has a revealing chat with a vampire and Willow receives a ghostly visitor who may well be in contact with Tara, all of which portend an imminent, unpleasant future as 'From Beneath You...It Devours' stretches forth its hand.
First Aired: November 12th 2002

8. "Sleeper"
Fearful that Spike's chip is no longer working and he may be killing again, the gang's investigation into his mysterious behavior climaxes in a formidable confrontation between him and Buffy.
First Aired: November 19th 2002

9. "Never Leave Me"
After giving Spike a brutal third degree about his recent malevolent deeds, Buffy and the gang then kidnap and grill Andrew in a desperate effort to learn more about the growing evil forces that surround them all.
First Aired: November 26th 2002

10. "Bring On The Night"
Buffy and the Scoobie gang struggle mightily to find a way to destroy the Ubervamp and are relieved when they are joined in the battle by three young female slayers-in-training.
First Aired: December 17th 2002

11. "Showtime"
Determined to protect her Slayer apprentices and rescue Spike, Buffy racks her brain for a plan of action to combat the Ubervamp while Giles and Anya hope that a visionary creature called Beljoxa's Eye can offer a final solution to the First threat.
First Aired: January 7th 2003

12. "Potential"
Buffy enlists Spike's aid in graphic, intensive training of the Potential Slayers in anticipation of the expected cataclysmic return of The First. Meanwhile, Willow performs a spell that reveals that another unexpected Potential Slayer is living in Sunnydale.
First Aired: January 21st 2003

13. "The Killer in Me"
After sharing a lingering kiss with would-be Slayer Kennedy, Willow bafflingly transforms into Warren! Meanwhile, The Scoobie Gang is shattered when they discover clues that lead them to believe that Giles may be The First.
First Aired: February 4th 2003

14. "First Date"
Buffy and Principal Wood's dinner date becomes a harrowing operation to save Xander from a catastrophic date with a beautiful but enigmatic woman. Meanwhile, Giles and Spike continue to hone the training of the Slayer wannabes.
First Aired: February 11th 2003

15. "Get It Done"
The Summers home, densely packed with Slayer wannabes, suffers a surprising, grievous loss which ratchets up the gang's attempt to rout the growing forces of evil.
First Aired: February 18th 2003

16. "Storyteller"
Andrew irritates the Scoobies by filming their activities for a documentary on Buffy as Sunnydale High is rocked by a sudden outbreak of student violence; Xander and Anya reconsider their relationship.
First Aired: February 25th 2003

17. "Lies My Parents Told Me"
As Spike struggles with haunting memories of his past, Giles returns with a device that he hopes will find and deactivate the trigger in Spike's subconscious that The First is using to make him "vamp" out.
First Aired: March 25th 2003

18. "Dirty Girls"
Faith (Eliza Dushku) re-joins forces with the growing Scooby gang just as 'The First' empowers a dangerous new threat - the malevolent cleric Caleb (Nathan Fillion).
First Aired: April 15th 2003

19. "Empty Places"
Faith decides to take the young women out for the night to blow off some steam, which leads to a startling development. Spike & Andrew come across a potential weapon against the first.
First Aired: April 29th 2003

20. "Touched"
After capturing one of 'The First's' evil Bringers, Faith and the Potentials discover an element of his plan for annihilation and launch a preemptive attack as Buffy takes on Caleb in a treacherous brawl.
First Aired: May 6th 2003

21. "End of Days"
Gaining control over a mystical super-weapon, Buffy reasserts her leadership and rejoins the battle against 'The First' - however many of the potentials are dead after the explosion in the sewers. Xander and Dawn leave Sunnydale just as Angel returns to help.
First Aired: May 13th 2003

22. "Chosen"
Series Finale. The final battle begins as Buffy, Spike, Anya, Willow and the continuously growing amount of Potentials take on the First's Turok-Han army as Sunnydale is finally engulfed into the Hellmouth.
First Aired: May 20th 2003