Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 2)
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 2 | |||
 Region 1 Season 2 DVD cover | |||
| Country of origin | United States | ||
| No. of episodes | 22 | ||
| Broadcast | |||
| Original channel | The WB | ||
| Original run | September 15, 1997 – May 19, 1998 | ||
| Home video release | |||
| DVD release | |||
| Region 1 | June 11, 2002 | ||
| Region 2 | May 21, 2001 | ||
| Season chronology | |||
| ← Previous Season 1 | Next → Season 3 | ||
| List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes | |||
The second season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered on September 15, 1997 on The WB Television Network and concluded its 22-episode season on May 19, 1998. The first 13 episodes aired on Mondays at 9:00 pm ET, beginning with episode 14 the series moved to Tuesdays at 8:00 pm ET, a timeslot the series would occupy for the rest of its run.
The emotional stakes are raised in season two. New vampires Spike and Drusilla come to town along with the new slayer, Kendra Young, who was activated as a result of Buffy's brief death in the season one finale. Xander becomes involved with Cordelia, while Willow becomes involved with witchcraft and Daniel "Oz" Osbourne becomes a werewolf after being bitten by a young cousin who just happens to be a werewolf. Buffy and the vampire Angel develop a relationship over the course of the season, but Angel's dark past as the evil and sadistic Angelus threatens to destroy Buffy and the world.
Contents |
Plot
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers
- Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris
- Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg
- Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase
- David Boreanaz as Angel (Does not appear in "Inca Mummy Girl")
- Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles
Recurring cast
- Juliet Landau as Drusilla (12 episodes)
- James Marsters as Spike (12 episodes)
- Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers (12 episodes)
- Robia LaMorte as Jenny Calendar (11 episodes)
- Seth Green as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne (10 episodes)
- Armin Shimerman as Principal Snyder (9 episodes)
- Danny Strong as Jonathan Levinson (7 episodes)
- Bianca Lawson as Kendra (4 episodes)
- Larry Bagby as Larry Blaisdell (2 episodes)
- Andrew J. Ferchland as The Anointed One (2 episodes)
- Saverio Guerra as Willy the Snitch (2 episodes)
- Jason Hall as Devon MacLeish (2 episodes)
- Max Perlich as Whistler (2 episodes)
- Robin Sachs as Ethan Rayne (2 episodes)
- Eric Saiet as Dalton (2 episodes)
- Vincent Schiavelli as Uncle Enios (2 episodes)
- Brian Thompson as The Judge (2 episodes)
- Elizabeth Anne Allen as Amy Madison (1 episode)
- Julie Benz as Darla (1 episode)
- Dean Butler as Hank Summers (1 episode)
- Julia Lee as Chanterelle (1 episode)
- Mark Metcalf as The Master (1 episode)
- Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall (1 episode)
Crew
Episodes
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "When She Was Bad" | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | September 15, 1997 | 5V01 |
| Buffy suffers a vision in which the Master, undead, kills her once again. The Anointed One plans to resurrect the slain Master in a ritual using his exhumed skeleton, with kidnapped Scooby Gang members as blood sacrifices. Buffy rescues her friends, then deals with her residual fear and anger by obliterating the Master entirely. | ||||||
| 14 | 2 | "Some Assembly Required" | Bruce Seth Green | Ty King | September 22, 1997 | 5V02 |
| Bodies of girls killed in traffic accidents are being dug from their graves. The culprits are two science students, Chris and Eric, using pieces of the girls to create a bride for Chris' monstrous brother, Daryl. The only thing the young monsters need now is Cordy's head—can the Scooby Gang members arrive in time to save her? | ||||||
| 15 | 3 | "School Hard" | John T. Kretchmer | Story by: Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt Teleplay by: David Greenwalt | September 29, 1997 | 5V03 |
| The Night of St. Vigeous is fast approaching, when the power of all vampires will be at its peak. Spike and Drusilla blast into town and learn that Sunnydale has its very own Slayer. Impatient to add a third notch to his tally of Slayer-kills, Spike attacks Buffy at Sunnydale High on Parent Teacher Night—with disastrous results. | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | "Inca Mummy Girl" | Ellen S. Pressman | Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer | October 6, 1997 | 5V04 |
| After the seal of protection lying in her sarcophagus is broken, a mummified Incan girl in a museum exhibit is revivified when she sucks the life-force from a touring student. An unsuspecting Xander falls head over heels for the Latin beauty, Ampata, and must save Willow when his mistake threatens to cost her her life. | ||||||
| 17 | 5 | "Reptile Boy" | David Greenwalt | David Greenwalt | October 13, 1997 | 5V05 |
| Upset again at Angel, Buffy lies to Giles and goes to a frat party with Cordelia, where their dates drug them and chain them in the basement. The house brothers worship a snake demon and sacrifice girls to it annually in exchange for wealth and power. Giles, Angel, and Willow compare notes and meet up with Xander just in time to help Buffy break up the cabal. | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | "Halloween" | Bruce Seth Green | Carl Ellsworth | October 27, 1997 | 5V06 |
| Costume shop owner Ethan Rayne casts a spell that transforms kids into their costume personae. Angel and Cordelia try to help as Willow becomes a ghost, Xander a soldier, and Buffy a brainless, helpless 18th-century noblewoman. Spike joins the fun and tries to take advantage of the Slayer's predicament, but Giles breaks Ethan's spell at a critical moment. | ||||||
| 19 | 7 | "Lie to Me" | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | November 3, 1997 | 5V07 |
| Out patrolling, Buffy spies Angel with a demonstrative Drusilla, then catches him in a lie later. Billy "Ford" Fordham, Buffy's long-time LA school chum, transfers to Sunnydale High, but nobody suspects he is negotiating a deal with Spike—and offering the Slayer as trade goods. Angel discreetly enlists Willow's help. | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | "The Dark Age" | Bruce Seth Green | Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel | November 10, 1997 | 5V08 |
| Haunted by his dark past when he was known as Ripper, Giles confronts his old crony Ethan Rayne in an attempt to save Jenny from the lethal consequences of possession by the demon Eyghon. With Giles and the Slayer slated as its next victims, demon-ridden Angel forces Eyghon to possess him instead. | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | "What's My Line (Part 1)" | David Solomon | Howard Gordon & Marti Noxon | November 17, 1997 | 5V09 |
| To get help killing Buffy while he intensifies his search for Dru's cure, Spike calls upon the Order of Taraka. Buffy is attacked by a series of assassins, including her heir "Kendra, the Vampire Slayer", who was called when Buffy died at the end of Season 1 and initially mistakes Buffy for a vampire. Kendra, having seen "vampire" Buffy kissing vampire Angel, has already taken Angel out of the picture. | ||||||
| 22 | 10 | "What's My Line (Part 2)" | David Semel | Marti Noxon | November 24, 1997 | 5V10 |
| While Career Week drags on at Sunnydale High, Buffy and Kendra form an uneasy alliance to stop Spike from sacrificing Angel, whose blood, ritually spilled when the moon is full, is Drusilla's only cure. The Slayers bring Spike's plan, to host a massive killing spree for Dru's "coming out party," down around his ears. | ||||||
| 23 | 11 | "Ted" | Bruce Seth Green | David Greenwalt & Joss Whedon | December 8, 1997 | 5V11 |
| Buffy returns home one evening to find her mother kissing a stranger in the kitchen. Joyce's date, Ted, turns abusive with Buffy, who accidentally kills him in self-defense. Believing herself guilty of manslaughter, the Slayer is heartily relieved to learn that Ted is a serial killer android targeting Joyce as his next wife/victim. | ||||||
| 24 | 12 | "Bad Eggs" | David Greenwalt | Marti Noxon | January 12, 1998 | 5V12 |
| For Health class, students unknowingly adopt "eggs" of a Bezoar demon growing under the school. Its arachnoid "babies" are able to directly control a person's central nervous system. Dealing with a pair of outlaw vampire brothers in addition to slaying the enormous Bezoar before its progeny take over Sunnydale, Buffy gets ultra-grounded for her trouble. | ||||||
| 25 | 13 | "Surprise" (Part 1) | Michael Lange | Marti Noxon | January 19, 1998 | 5V13 |
| Buffy turns 17 and the Scoobies plan a surprise party. Meanwhile Drusilla plans her own celebration as Spike collects her presents: the disassembled pieces of The Judge, an ancient demon called to cleanse the world of humanity. Stymied at every turn, Buffy and Angel go back to his place to regroup, where they confess their deepest feelings and make love for the first time. Afterwards, Angel wakes in the middle of the night calling Buffy's name in anguish... | ||||||
| 26 | 14 | "Innocence" (Part 2) | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | January 20, 1998 | 5V14 |
| Because he finds even "one moment of true happiness" in Buffy's arms, Angel's curse is nullified; he loses his soul and reverts to his former self, the vicious super-evil killer vampire, Angelus who teams up with Spike and Drusilla to have the Judge destroy humanity. Jenny Calendar turns out to be a Gypsy spy. Devastated by these betrayals, Buffy still takes out the reputedly indestructible Judge using her birthday present from Xander—a stolen rocket launcher. | ||||||
| 27 | 15 | "Phases" | Bruce Seth Green | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | January 27, 1998 | 5V15 |
| There's a werewolf at large in Sunnydale and the Scoobies discover that it's Oz. Buffy tries to protect Sunnydale residents from the beast's savagery, and protect the savage beast from a bounty hunter who doesn't care that his target is human 28 days out of 31. Meanwhile, Angelus stirs up more trouble for Buffy. Willow convinces Oz she still wants to see him, despite everything. | ||||||
| 28 | 16 | "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" | James A. Contner | Marti Noxon | February 10, 1998 | 5V16 |
| Valentine's Day has everyone on edge. With secret reluctance, Cordelia dumps Xander to appease her friends. Crushed, Xander coerces Amy to cast a love spell, but it goes awry and every woman in Sunnydale, except Cordy, becomes pathologically attracted to him. A smitten Dru saves Xander from Angelus, but who will save him from the screaming mob? | ||||||
| 29 | 17 | "Passion" | Michael Gershman | Ty King | February 24, 1998 | 5V17 |
| Angelus kicks his terror campaign against Buffy and her friends into high gear, leading them to believe Joyce is his next target. Jenny makes progress rediscovering the gypsy Ritual of Restoration and, with Buffy's terse blessing, gets back together with Giles. Jenny and Giles also work with Buffy and Willow to ritually revoke Angel's invitations into their various homes. Angelus takes his anger out on Jenny with tragic results. | ||||||
| 30 | 18 | "Killed by Death" | Deran Sarafian | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | March 3, 1998 | 5V18 |
| After flu lands Buffy in the hospital, she rescues fevered children from Der Kindestod, a nightmare demon invisible to healthy people. When getting well means losing her ability to fight the demon, Buffy reinfects herself. In saving the other children, she also avenges her young cousin and puts her own hospital phobia to rest. | ||||||
| 31 | 19 | "I Only Have Eyes for You" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Marti Noxon | April 28, 1998 | 5V19 |
| The tortured ghost of a former Sunnydale High student re-enacts a murder-suicide on the night of the school's Sadie Hawkins dance. Bespelled to play the parts, Buffy and Angelus change the tragic outcome just enough for the lovers' spirits to find peace, and for Buffy to learn the meaning of forgiveness. | ||||||
| 32 | 20 | "Go Fish" | David Semel | David Fury & Elin Hampton | May 5, 1998 | 5V20 |
| Xander goes undercover on the Sunnydale swim team after members begin turning up dead. Apparently, the swim-team coach gives fish/steroid cocktails to the swim team to get them to perform, but it turns them into sea monsters. | ||||||
| 33 | 21 | "Becoming (Part 1)" | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | May 12, 1998 | 5V21 |
| Kendra's Watcher sends her back to Sunnydale because a dark power is rising: Angelus, Spike, and Drusilla have found a petrified demon called Acathla and plans to perform a ritual that will allow Acathla to wake up and suck every living thing on the planet into hell. | ||||||
| 34 | 22 | "Becoming (Part 2)" | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | May 19, 1998 | 5V22 |
| With Kendra murdered by Drusilla, Willow in the hospital with head trauma, and Giles kidnapped by Angelus, Buffy must decode Whistler's cryptic clues and accept help from an unexpected source (Spike) to stop Angelus in order to prevent the world from being sucked into Acathla's hell dimension. | ||||||
