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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 (175,237 votes)
Seasons
7
Streaming (US)
Hulu
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1997)

7.57 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 8.7 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 6,293 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 5,431 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 5,377 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 5,163 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 4,921 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 5,089 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 5,263 votesEp 8: 6.6 · 4,894 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 4,918 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 4,874 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 4,688 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 5,223 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Welcome to the Hellmouth7.96,293
2The Harvest7.75,431
3Witch7.55,377
4Teacher's Pet6.75,163
5Never Kill a Boy on the First Date7.24,921
6The Pack7.25,089
7Angel8.35,263
8I, Robot... You, Jane6.64,894
9The Puppet Show7.54,918
10Nightmares8.04,874
11Out of Mind, Out of Sight7.54,688
12Prophecy Girl8.75,223

Season 2 (1997)

8.03 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 9.5 53 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 4,779 votesEp 2: 6.8 · 4,445 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 5,036 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 4,490 votesEp 5: 6.9 · 4,409 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 5,349 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 4,614 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 4,238 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 4,350 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 4,413 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 4,498 votesEp 12: 6.6 · 4,297 votesEp 13: 8.5 · 4,614 votesEp 14: 9.2 · 5,257 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 4,202 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 4,982 votesEp 17: 9.3 · 5,631 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 4,256 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 4,730 votesEp 20: 6.7 · 4,282 votesEp 21: 9.0 · 4,906 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 5,836 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1When She Was Bad8.04,779
2Some Assembly Required6.84,445
3School Hard8.65,036
4Inca Mummy Girl7.04,490
5Reptile Boy6.94,409
6Halloween8.85,349
7Lie to Me8.24,614
8The Dark Age7.64,238
9What's My Line?: Part 18.14,350
10What's My Line?: Part 28.44,413
11Ted7.44,498
12Bad Eggs6.64,297
13Surprise8.54,614
14Innocence9.25,257
15Phases7.94,202
16Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered8.64,982
17Passion9.35,631
18Killed by Death7.34,256
19I Only Have Eyes for You8.34,730
20Go Fish6.74,282
21Becoming: Part 19.04,906
22Becoming: Part 29.55,836

Season 3 (1998)

8.32 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 9.1 56 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 4,550 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 4,114 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 4,288 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 4,068 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 4,076 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 4,742 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 4,081 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 4,909 votesEp 9: 9.1 · 5,303 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 4,366 votesEp 11: 7.2 · 4,065 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 4,201 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 4,953 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 4,149 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 3,934 votesEp 16: 9.2 · 5,219 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 4,111 votesEp 18: 8.7 · 4,344 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 3,862 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 4,353 votesEp 21: 8.9 · 4,383 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 4,655 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Anne7.84,550
2Dead Man's Party7.34,114
3Faith, Hope & Trick8.14,288
4Beauty and the Beasts7.44,068
5Homecoming8.04,076
6Band Candy8.64,742
7Revelations8.04,081
8Lovers Walk8.84,909
9The Wish9.15,303
10Amends8.24,366
11Gingerbread7.24,065
12Helpless8.34,201
13The Zeppo8.64,953
14Bad Girls8.24,149
15Consequences8.13,934
16Doppelgangland9.25,219
17Enemies8.64,111
18Earshot8.74,344
19Choices8.13,862
20The Prom8.74,353
21Graduation Day: Part 18.94,383
22Graduation Day: Part 29.14,655

Season 4 (1999)

7.88 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 8.6 55 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 4,031 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 3,985 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 3,815 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 4,222 votesEp 5: 6.3 · 4,380 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 3,864 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 3,369 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 4,018 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 4,702 votesEp 10: 9.7 · 9,933 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 3,668 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 3,859 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 3,405 votesEp 14: 7.0 · 3,481 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 3,918 votesEp 16: 8.9 · 4,293 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 4,144 votesEp 18: 6.3 · 3,969 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 3,724 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 3,640 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 3,740 votesEp 22: 8.6 · 5,079 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Freshman7.64,031
2Living Conditions7.43,985
3The Harsh Light of Day7.93,815
4Fear Itself8.44,222
5Beer Bad6.34,380
6Wild at Heart7.83,864
7The Initiative7.93,369
8Pangs7.94,018
9Something Blue8.94,702
10Hush9.79,933
11Doomed7.53,668
12A New Man8.23,859
13The I in Team7.43,405
14Goodbye Iowa7.03,481
15This Year's Girl8.33,918
16Who Are You?8.94,293
17Superstar7.24,144
18Where the Wild Things Are6.33,969
19New Moon Rising8.13,724
20The Yoko Factor7.93,640
21Primeval8.23,740
22Restless8.65,079

Season 5 (2000)

8.05 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 9.5 57 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 3,911 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 3,297 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,540 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 3,307 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 3,259 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 3,526 votesEp 7: 9.1 · 4,516 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 3,046 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 3,144 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 3,329 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 3,268 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 3,408 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 3,294 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 3,508 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 3,227 votesEp 16: 9.7 · 9,270 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 3,469 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 3,510 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 3,122 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 3,182 votesEp 21: 7.9 · 3,104 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 5,688 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Buffy vs. Dracula7.63,911
2Real Me7.43,297
3The Replacement8.03,540
4Out of My Mind7.53,307
5No Place Like Home8.13,259
6Family8.13,526
7Fool for Love9.14,516
8Shadow7.33,046
9Listening to Fear7.03,144
10Into the Woods7.33,329
11Triangle7.53,268
12Checkpoint8.33,408
13Blood Ties8.23,294
14Crush8.43,508
15I Was Made to Love You7.43,227
16The Body9.79,270
17Forever8.03,469
18Intervention8.63,510
19Tough Love8.13,122
20Spiral8.23,182
21The Weight of the World7.93,104
22The Gift9.55,688

Season 6 (2001)

7.95 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.9 52 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 3,318 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 3,210 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,961 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 2,821 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 2,988 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 2,927 votesEp 7: 9.7 · 12,283 votesEp 8: 9.1 · 4,573 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 3,215 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 3,035 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 2,885 votesEp 12: 6.7 · 3,165 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 2,884 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 2,828 votesEp 15: 6.7 · 3,054 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 3,153 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 3,767 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 2,829 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 3,434 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 3,418 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 3,270 votesEp 22: 8.9 · 3,710 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Bargaining: Part 18.13,318
2Bargaining: Part 28.23,210
3After Life7.82,961
4Flooded7.22,821
5Life Serial7.72,988
6All the Way7.12,927
7Once More, with Feeling9.712,283
8Tabula Rasa9.14,573
9Smashed7.83,215
10Wrecked7.63,035
11Gone7.62,885
12Doublemeat Palace6.73,165
13Dead Things7.42,884
14Older and Far Away7.52,828
15As You Were6.73,054
16Hell's Bells7.53,153
17Normal Again8.43,767
18Entropy7.82,829
19Seeing Red8.53,434
20Villains8.83,418
21Two to Go8.73,270
22Grave8.93,710

Season 7 (2002)

7.98 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 9.3 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 2,885 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 3,011 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 2,853 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 2,869 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 3,473 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 3,101 votesEp 7: 8.9 · 3,995 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 2,707 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 2,619 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 2,639 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 2,788 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 2,628 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 2,747 votesEp 14: 7.4 · 2,615 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 2,589 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 3,185 votesEp 17: 8.7 · 3,518 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 2,828 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 2,712 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 3,125 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 3,098 votesEp 22: 9.3 · 5,290 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lessons7.62,885
2Beneath You7.73,011
3Same Time, Same Place7.92,853
4Help7.82,869
5Selfless8.63,473
6Him7.13,101
7Conversations with Dead People8.93,995
8Sleeper7.72,707
9Never Leave Me7.82,619
10Bring on the Night7.72,639
11Showtime8.02,788
12Potential7.62,628
13The Killer in Me7.22,747
14First Date7.42,615
15Get It Done7.52,589
16Storyteller8.23,185
17Lies My Parents Told Me8.73,518
18Dirty Girls8.62,828
19Empty Places7.52,712
20Touched8.33,125
21End of Days8.53,098
22Chosen9.35,290
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