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For newcomers and rewatchers

The rewatch guide

All 254 episodes are a big commitment. For each season, here are the episodes you need for the story and the highlights you really shouldn’t miss. If you’re watching Buffy and Angel together, use the combined watch order.

Buffy

Season 1

Short and still a little rough, but this is where everything is set up: Sunnydale, the Hellmouth, Giles, Willow, Xander and Angel.

4 essential episodes · 2 highlights

Essential for the story

Buffy 1x01Welcome to the HellmouthBuffy 1x02The HarvestBuffy 1x07AngelBuffy 1x12Prophecy Girl

★ Highlights – great on their own

Buffy 1x03The WitchBuffy 1x10Nightmares
Buffy

Season 2

The season where the show comes into its own: Spike and Drusilla arrive, Angel loses his soul, Jenny Calendar dies, and the finale hurts.

10 essential episodes · 2 highlights

Essential for the story

Buffy 2x01When She Was BadBuffy 2x03School HardBuffy 2x07Lie To MeBuffy 2x09What's My Line, Part 1Buffy 2x10What's My Line, Part 2Buffy 2x13Surprise (Part 1)Buffy 2x14Innocence (Part 2)Buffy 2x17PassionBuffy 2x21Becoming, Part 1Buffy 2x22Becoming, Part 2

★ Highlights – great on their own

Buffy 2x16Bewitched, Bothered, and BewilderedBuffy 2x19I Only Have Eyes for You
Buffy

Season 3

For many the best season: Faith, the Mayor as the show’s friendliest villain, and a graduation nobody forgets.

9 essential episodes · 3 highlights

Essential for the story

Buffy 3x01AnneBuffy 3x03Faith, Hope and TrickBuffy 3x09The WishBuffy 3x10AmendsBuffy 3x14Bad GirlsBuffy 3x15ConsequencesBuffy 3x17EnemiesBuffy 3x21Graduation Day, Part OneBuffy 3x22Graduation Day, Part Two

★ Highlights – great on their own

Buffy 3x13The ZeppoBuffy 3x16DoppelganglandBuffy 3x12Helpless
Buffy

Season 4

College instead of high school, the Initiative instead of the Hellmouth. The season searches for its footing but has two of the best episodes ever in “Hush” and “Restless”.

6 essential episodes · 3 highlights

Essential for the story

Buffy 4x01FreshmanBuffy 4x07The InitiativeBuffy 4x15This Year's GirlBuffy 4x16Who Are YouBuffy 4x21PrimevalBuffy 4x22Restless

★ Highlights – great on their own

Buffy 4x10HushBuffy 4x09Something BlueBuffy 4x03The Harsh Light of Day
Buffy

Season 5

Suddenly Buffy has a sister, a god is after her and her mother falls ill. “The Body” is one of the most powerful episodes in television history.

8 essential episodes · 2 highlights

Essential for the story

Buffy 5x01 Buffy vs. DraculaBuffy 5x02Real MeBuffy 5x05No Place Like HomeBuffy 5x07Fool For LoveBuffy 5x16The BodyBuffy 5x18InterventionBuffy 5x21The Weight of the WorldBuffy 5x22The Gift

★ Highlights – great on their own

Buffy 5x06FamilyBuffy 5x11Triangle
Buffy

Season 6

The darkest season: Buffy is pulled out of heaven and Willow falls to magic. In between, the musical “Once More, with Feeling”.

10 essential episodes · 2 highlights

Essential for the story

Buffy 6x01Bargaining, Part 1Buffy 6x02Bargaining, Part 2Buffy 6x03After LifeBuffy 6x07Once More, With FeelingBuffy 6x10WreckedBuffy 6x17Normal AgainBuffy 6x19Seeing RedBuffy 6x20VillainsBuffy 6x21Two To GoBuffy 6x22Grave

★ Highlights – great on their own

Buffy 6x08Tabula RasaBuffy 6x16Hell's Bells
Buffy

Season 7

Back to the beginning: a new Sunnydale High, the First and an army of Potentials. The finale changes the Slayer’s world forever.

6 essential episodes · 2 highlights

Essential for the story

Buffy 7x01LessonsBuffy 7x07Conversations With Dead PeopleBuffy 7x15Get It DoneBuffy 7x17Lies My Parents Told MeBuffy 7x21End of DaysBuffy 7x22Chosen

★ Highlights – great on their own

Buffy 7x05SelflessBuffy 7x12Potential
Angel

Season 1

Angel moves to Los Angeles to help the helpless. At first almost a case-of-the-week detective show, the larger story grows from the midpoint on.

8 essential episodes · 1 highlights

Essential for the story

Angel 1x01City of ...Angel 1x03In the darkAngel 1x08I will remember youAngel 1x09HeroAngel 1x10Parting GiftsAngel 1x18Five by fiveAngel 1x19SanctuaryAngel 1x22To Shanshu in L.A.

★ Highlights – great on their own

Angel 1x13She
Angel

Season 2

Darla returns, and Angel loses himself in his war on Wolfram & Hart. The season ends in Lorne’s home world, Pylea.

10 essential episodes · 1 highlights

Essential for the story

Angel 2x01JudgmentAngel 2x07DarlaAngel 2x09The TrialAngel 2x10ReunionAngel 2x15RepriseAngel 2x16EpiphanyAngel 2x19BelongingAngel 2x20Over the rainbowAngel 2x21Through the looking glassAngel 2x22There’s no Place like Plrtz Glrb

★ Highlights – great on their own

Angel 2x13Happy Anniversary
Angel

Season 3

A child who should not exist: Angel’s son Connor. Plus Holtz, a hunter from the past, and Wesley’s deep fall.

8 essential episodes · 1 highlights

Essential for the story

Angel 3x01HeartthrobAngel 3x07OffspringAngel 3x09LullabyAngel 3x15LoyaltyAngel 3x16Sleep TightAngel 3x17ForgivingAngel 3x21BenedictionAngel 3x22Tomorrow

★ Highlights – great on their own

Angel 3x11Birthday
Angel

Season 4

One continuous story: the Beast, Angelus’ return, Faith lending a hand, and finally Jasmine.

9 essential episodes · 1 highlights

Essential for the story

Angel 4x01Deep DownAngel 4x10AwakeningAngel 4x11SoullessAngel 4x13SalvageAngel 4x14ReleaseAngel 4x15OrpheusAngel 4x17Inside OutAngel 4x21Peace OutAngel 4x22Home

★ Highlights – great on their own

Angel 4x06Spin The Bottle
Angel

Season 5

Angel now runs Wolfram & Hart and Spike is back as a ghost. The season brings the puppet episode “Smile Time”, Fred’s death and one of the boldest series endings.

7 essential episodes · 2 highlights

Essential for the story

Angel 5x01Conviction (1)Angel 5x08DestinyAngel 5x15A Hole in the WorldAngel 5x16ShellsAngel 5x20The Girl In QuestionAngel 5x21Power PlayAngel 5x22Not Fade Away

★ Highlights – great on their own

Angel 5x14SmiletimeAngel 5x12You´re Welcome