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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 (176,070 votes)
Seasons
7
Streaming (US)
Hulu
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 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 · 6,353 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 5,478 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 5,416 votesEp 4: 6.7 · 5,196 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 4,955 votesEp 6: 7.2 · 5,128 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 5,301 votesEp 8: 6.6 · 4,928 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 4,956 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 4,913 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 4,717 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 5,260 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Welcome to the Hellmouth7.96,353
2The Harvest7.75,478
3Witch7.55,416
4Teacher's Pet6.75,196
5Never Kill a Boy on the First Date7.24,955
6The Pack7.25,128
7Angel8.35,301
8I, Robot... You, Jane6.64,928
9The Puppet Show7.54,956
10Nightmares8.04,913
11Out of Mind, Out of Sight7.54,717
12Prophecy Girl8.75,260

Season 2 (1997)

8.03 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 9.5 53 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 4,819 votesEp 2: 6.8 · 4,481 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 5,080 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 4,528 votesEp 5: 6.9 · 4,442 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 5,390 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 4,646 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 4,266 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 4,380 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 4,445 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 4,531 votesEp 12: 6.6 · 4,332 votesEp 13: 8.5 · 4,649 votesEp 14: 9.1 · 5,300 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 4,231 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 5,016 votesEp 17: 9.3 · 5,673 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 4,287 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 4,766 votesEp 20: 6.7 · 4,313 votesEp 21: 9.0 · 4,947 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 5,874 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1When She Was Bad8.04,819
2Some Assembly Required6.84,481
3School Hard8.65,080
4Inca Mummy Girl7.04,528
5Reptile Boy6.94,442
6Halloween8.85,390
7Lie to Me8.24,646
8The Dark Age7.64,266
9What's My Line?: Part 18.14,380
10What's My Line?: Part 28.44,445
11Ted7.44,531
12Bad Eggs6.64,332
13Surprise8.54,649
14Innocence9.15,300
15Phases7.94,231
16Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered8.65,016
17Passion9.35,673
18Killed by Death7.34,287
19I Only Have Eyes for You8.34,766
20Go Fish6.74,313
21Becoming: Part 19.04,947
22Becoming: Part 29.55,874

Season 3 (1998)

8.32 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 9.1 56 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 4,586 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 4,146 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 4,325 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 4,101 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 4,114 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 4,774 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 4,113 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 4,946 votesEp 9: 9.1 · 5,342 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 4,404 votesEp 11: 7.2 · 4,095 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 4,238 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 4,987 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 4,178 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 3,966 votesEp 16: 9.2 · 5,255 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 4,141 votesEp 18: 8.7 · 4,377 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 3,893 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 4,387 votesEp 21: 8.9 · 4,416 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 4,688 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Anne7.84,586
2Dead Man's Party7.34,146
3Faith, Hope & Trick8.14,325
4Beauty and the Beasts7.44,101
5Homecoming8.04,114
6Band Candy8.64,774
7Revelations8.04,113
8Lovers Walk8.84,946
9The Wish9.15,342
10Amends8.24,404
11Gingerbread7.24,095
12Helpless8.34,238
13The Zeppo8.64,987
14Bad Girls8.24,178
15Consequences8.13,966
16Doppelgangland9.25,255
17Enemies8.64,141
18Earshot8.74,377
19Choices8.13,893
20The Prom8.74,387
21Graduation Day: Part 18.94,416
22Graduation Day: Part 29.14,688

Season 4 (1999)

7.88 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 8.6 55 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 4,057 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 4,011 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 3,840 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 4,246 votesEp 5: 6.3 · 4,408 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 3,890 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 3,395 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 4,044 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 4,735 votesEp 10: 9.7 · 9,983 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 3,693 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 3,890 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 3,431 votesEp 14: 7.0 · 3,506 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 3,946 votesEp 16: 8.9 · 4,326 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 4,176 votesEp 18: 6.3 · 4,002 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 3,750 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 3,669 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 3,770 votesEp 22: 8.6 · 5,109 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Freshman7.64,057
2Living Conditions7.44,011
3The Harsh Light of Day7.93,840
4Fear Itself8.44,246
5Beer Bad6.34,408
6Wild at Heart7.83,890
7The Initiative7.93,395
8Pangs7.94,044
9Something Blue8.94,735
10Hush9.79,983
11Doomed7.53,693
12A New Man8.23,890
13The I in Team7.33,431
14Goodbye Iowa7.03,506
15This Year's Girl8.33,946
16Who Are You?8.94,326
17Superstar7.24,176
18Where the Wild Things Are6.34,002
19New Moon Rising8.13,750
20The Yoko Factor7.93,669
21Primeval8.23,770
22Restless8.65,109

Season 5 (2000)

8.05 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 9.5 57 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 3,936 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 3,322 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,564 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 3,327 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 3,281 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 3,549 votesEp 7: 9.1 · 4,542 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 3,066 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 3,166 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 3,351 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 3,289 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 3,431 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 3,315 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 3,533 votesEp 15: 7.4 · 3,249 votesEp 16: 9.7 · 9,326 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 3,490 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 3,534 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 3,145 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 3,203 votesEp 21: 7.9 · 3,127 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 5,725 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Buffy vs. Dracula7.63,936
2Real Me7.43,322
3The Replacement8.03,564
4Out of My Mind7.53,327
5No Place Like Home8.13,281
6Family8.13,549
7Fool for Love9.14,542
8Shadow7.33,066
9Listening to Fear7.03,166
10Into the Woods7.33,351
11Triangle7.53,289
12Checkpoint8.33,431
13Blood Ties8.23,315
14Crush8.43,533
15I Was Made to Love You7.43,249
16The Body9.79,326
17Forever8.03,490
18Intervention8.63,534
19Tough Love8.13,145
20Spiral8.23,203
21The Weight of the World7.93,127
22The Gift9.55,725

Season 6 (2001)

7.95 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.9 52 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 3,338 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 3,231 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,982 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 2,840 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 3,010 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 2,949 votesEp 7: 9.7 · 12,336 votesEp 8: 9.1 · 4,605 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 3,237 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 3,056 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 2,906 votesEp 12: 6.7 · 3,186 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 2,910 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 2,852 votesEp 15: 6.7 · 3,079 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 3,173 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 3,790 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 2,847 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 3,456 votesEp 20: 8.8 · 3,441 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 3,292 votesEp 22: 8.9 · 3,735 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Bargaining: Part 18.13,338
2Bargaining: Part 28.23,231
3After Life7.82,982
4Flooded7.22,840
5Life Serial7.73,010
6All the Way7.12,949
7Once More, with Feeling9.712,336
8Tabula Rasa9.14,605
9Smashed7.83,237
10Wrecked7.63,056
11Gone7.72,906
12Doublemeat Palace6.73,186
13Dead Things7.42,910
14Older and Far Away7.52,852
15As You Were6.73,079
16Hell's Bells7.53,173
17Normal Again8.43,790
18Entropy7.82,847
19Seeing Red8.53,456
20Villains8.83,441
21Two to Go8.73,292
22Grave8.93,735

Season 7 (2002)

7.98 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 9.3 42 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 2,902 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 3,025 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 2,865 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 2,883 votesEp 5: 8.6 · 3,488 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 3,113 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 4,008 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 2,718 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 2,630 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 2,650 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 2,800 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 2,641 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 2,759 votesEp 14: 7.4 · 2,629 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 2,600 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 3,198 votesEp 17: 8.7 · 3,533 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 2,844 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 2,727 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 3,145 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 3,116 votesEp 22: 9.3 · 5,313 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Lessons7.62,902
2Beneath You7.73,025
3Same Time, Same Place7.92,865
4Help7.82,883
5Selfless8.63,488
6Him7.13,113
7Conversations with Dead People8.84,008
8Sleeper7.72,718
9Never Leave Me7.82,630
10Bring on the Night7.72,650
11Showtime8.02,800
12Potential7.62,641
13The Killer in Me7.22,759
14First Date7.42,629
15Get It Done7.52,600
16Storyteller8.23,198
17Lies My Parents Told Me8.73,533
18Dirty Girls8.62,844
19Empty Places7.52,727
20Touched8.33,145
21End of Days8.53,116
22Chosen9.35,313

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