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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Action · Adventure · Drama

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.

IMDb rating
8.3 (174,483 votes)
Seasons
7
Streaming (US)
Hulu
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (1997)

7.56 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 8.7 45 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.9 · 6,261 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 5,409 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 5,352 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 5,140 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 4,895 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 5,056 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 5,247 votesEp 8: 6.5 · 4,862 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 4,893 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 4,855 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 4,665 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 5,213 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Welcome to the Hellmouth7.96,261
2The Harvest7.75,409
3Witch7.55,352
4Teacher's Pet6.75,140
5Never Kill a Boy on the First Date7.24,895
6The Pack7.25,056
7Angel8.35,247
8I, Robot... You, Jane6.54,862
9The Puppet Show7.54,893
10Nightmares8.04,855
11Out of Mind, Out of Sight7.54,665
12Prophecy Girl8.75,213

Season 2 (1997)

8.03 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 9.5 53 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.0 · 4,759 votesEp 2: 6.8 · 4,429 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 5,037 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 4,471 votesEp 5: 6.9 · 4,388 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 5,347 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 4,607 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 4,235 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 4,354 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 4,416 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 4,478 votesEp 12: 6.6 · 4,277 votesEp 13: 8.5 · 4,612 votesEp 14: 9.2 · 5,252 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 4,187 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 4,979 votesEp 17: 9.3 · 5,641 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 4,236 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 4,724 votesEp 20: 6.7 · 4,259 votesEp 21: 9.0 · 4,907 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 5,841 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1When She Was Bad8.04,759
2Some Assembly Required6.84,429
3School Hard8.65,037
4Inca Mummy Girl7.04,471
5Reptile Boy6.94,388
6Halloween8.85,347
7Lie to Me8.24,607
8The Dark Age7.64,235
9What's My Line?: Part 18.14,354
10What's My Line?: Part 28.44,416
11Ted7.44,478
12Bad Eggs6.64,277
13Surprise8.54,612
14Innocence9.25,252
15Phases7.94,187
16Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered8.64,979
17Passion9.35,641
18Killed by Death7.34,236
19I Only Have Eyes for You8.34,724
20Go Fish6.74,259
21Becoming: Part 19.04,907
22Becoming: Part 29.55,841

Season 3 (1998)

8.32 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 9.1 56 min avg

  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.8 · 4,539 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 4,105 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 4,282 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 4,059 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 4,072 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 4,735 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 4,084 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 4,921 votesEp 9: 9.1 · 5,307 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 4,367 votesEp 11: 7.2 · 4,058 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 4,204 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 4,963 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 4,155 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 3,941 votesEp 16: 9.2 · 5,232 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 4,125 votesEp 18: 8.7 · 4,357 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 3,870 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 4,366 votesEp 21: 8.9 · 4,408 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 4,674 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Anne7.84,539
2Dead Man's Party7.34,105
3Faith, Hope & Trick8.14,282
4Beauty and the Beasts7.44,059
5Homecoming8.04,072
6Band Candy8.64,735
7Revelations8.04,084
8Lovers Walk8.84,921
9The Wish9.15,307
10Amends8.24,367
11Gingerbread7.24,058
12Helpless8.34,204
13The Zeppo8.64,963
14Bad Girls8.24,155
15Consequences8.13,941
16Doppelgangland9.25,232
17Enemies8.64,125
18Earshot8.74,357
19Choices8.13,870
20The Prom8.74,366
21Graduation Day: Part 18.94,408
22Graduation Day: Part 29.14,674

Season 4 (1999)

7.88 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 8.6 55 min avg

  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
  • Mid-peak
Ep 1: 7.6 · 4,038 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 3,996 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 3,824 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 4,230 votesEp 5: 6.3 · 4,377 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 3,873 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 3,379 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 4,030 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 4,715 votesEp 10: 9.7 · 9,951 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 3,674 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 3,867 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 3,417 votesEp 14: 7.0 · 3,492 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 3,937 votesEp 16: 8.9 · 4,315 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 4,152 votesEp 18: 6.3 · 3,977 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 3,737 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 3,658 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 3,759 votesEp 22: 8.6 · 5,098 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Freshman7.64,038
2Living Conditions7.43,996
3The Harsh Light of Day7.93,824
4Fear Itself8.44,230
5Beer Bad6.34,377
6Wild at Heart7.83,873
7The Initiative7.93,379
8Pangs7.94,030
9Something Blue8.94,715
10Hush9.79,951
11Doomed7.53,674
12A New Man8.23,867
13The I in Team7.43,417
14Goodbye Iowa7.03,492
15This Year's Girl8.33,937
16Who Are You?8.94,315
17Superstar7.24,152
18Where the Wild Things Are6.33,977
19New Moon Rising8.13,737
20The Yoko Factor7.93,658
21Primeval8.23,759
22Restless8.65,098

Season 5 (2000)

8.05 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 9.5 57 min avg

  • Slow burn
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.6 · 3,913 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 3,306 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,552 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 3,318 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 3,272 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 3,534 votesEp 7: 9.1 · 4,536 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 3,054 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 3,150 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 3,338 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 3,281 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 3,414 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 3,306 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 3,525 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 3,237 votesEp 16: 9.7 · 9,146 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 3,483 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 3,534 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 3,137 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 3,198 votesEp 21: 7.9 · 3,120 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 5,720 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Buffy vs. Dracula7.63,913
2Real Me7.43,306
3The Replacement8.03,552
4Out of My Mind7.53,318
5No Place Like Home8.13,272
6Family8.13,534
7Fool for Love9.14,536
8Shadow7.33,054
9Listening to Fear7.03,150
10Into the Woods7.33,338
11Triangle7.53,281
12Checkpoint8.33,414
13Blood Ties8.23,306
14Crush8.43,525
15I Was Made to Love You7.43,237
16The Body9.79,146
17Forever8.03,483
18Intervention8.63,534
19Tough Love8.13,137
20Spiral8.23,198
21The Weight of the World7.93,120
22The Gift9.55,720

Season 6 (2001)

7.96 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.9 52 min avg

  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
  • Mid-peak
Ep 1: 8.1 · 3,325 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 3,221 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,967 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 2,822 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 2,997 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 2,928 votesEp 7: 9.7 · 12,325 votesEp 8: 9.1 · 4,593 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 3,229 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 3,044 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 2,894 votesEp 12: 6.7 · 3,169 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 2,892 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 2,839 votesEp 15: 6.7 · 3,057 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 3,162 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 3,782 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 2,842 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 3,455 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 3,447 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 3,300 votesEp 22: 8.9 · 3,740 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Bargaining: Part 18.13,325
2Bargaining: Part 28.23,221
3After Life7.82,967
4Flooded7.22,822
5Life Serial7.82,997
6All the Way7.12,928
7Once More, with Feeling9.712,325
8Tabula Rasa9.14,593
9Smashed7.93,229
10Wrecked7.63,044
11Gone7.72,894
12Doublemeat Palace6.73,169
13Dead Things7.42,892
14Older and Far Away7.52,839
15As You Were6.73,057
16Hell's Bells7.53,162
17Normal Again8.43,782
18Entropy7.82,842
19Seeing Red8.53,455
20Villains8.83,447
21Two to Go8.73,300
22Grave8.93,740

Season 7 (2002)

7.99 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 9.3 42 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.6 · 2,898 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 3,024 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 2,868 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 2,884 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 3,499 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 3,134 votesEp 7: 8.9 · 4,015 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 2,724 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 2,635 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 2,653 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 2,806 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 2,646 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 2,760 votesEp 14: 7.4 · 2,626 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 2,602 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 3,210 votesEp 17: 8.7 · 3,544 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 2,857 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 2,726 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 3,155 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 3,124 votesEp 22: 9.3 · 5,313 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lessons7.62,898
2Beneath You7.83,024
3Same Time, Same Place7.92,868
4Help7.82,884
5Selfless8.63,499
6Him7.13,134
7Conversations with Dead People8.94,015
8Sleeper7.72,724
9Never Leave Me7.82,635
10Bring on the Night7.72,653
11Showtime8.02,806
12Potential7.62,646
13The Killer in Me7.22,760
14First Date7.42,626
15Get It Done7.52,602
16Storyteller8.23,210
17Lies My Parents Told Me8.73,544
18Dirty Girls8.62,857
19Empty Places7.52,726
20Touched8.33,155
21End of Days8.53,124
22Chosen9.35,313

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