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#79 "Buffy vs. Dracula" Still searching for a normal life, Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is shaken by the awesome power - and more than a little star-struck - when she and her friends come face to face with the greatest vampire of all time, Dracula (guest star Rudolf Martin, "Bedazzled"). While Buffy is powerless under Dracula's thrall, Xander (Nicholas Brendon) becomes the dark one's emissary and leads his friends into peril. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Buffy, Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) is seriously contemplating returning to England as he feels she no longer needs his help.
#80 "Real Me" While Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) heat up the training, Buffy and Dawn's (Michelle Trachtenberg) sibling rivalry gets them into trouble when a new gang of vampires target the slayer.
#81 "The Replacement" When a crafty demon out Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) hunting accidentally catches Xander (Nicholas Brendon) in his sights, a mysterious Xander double (guest star Kelly Donovan) is born. Two Xanders aren't better than one as the evil double quickly takes over Xander's identity, fooling everyone including Buffy, and starts living Xander's life with a flourish.
#82 "Out of My Mind" Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is in a race against time when the physical aftereffects of Riley's (Marc Blucas) being used as a lab rat by The Initiative threatens his very life. When Riley stubbornly refuses help and goes into hiding, Buffy reluctantly turns to Spike (James Marsters) for help, but he takes advantage of her situation for his own plot to rid his life of the slayer once and for all.
#83 "No Place Like Home" An unseen evil comes to Sunnydale that that helps Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) discover more about her little sister Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) and the girls are distressed and confused when their mom (Kristine Sutherland) suddenly becomes ill without any clear explanation, medical or supernatural.
#84 "Famliy" Willow (Alyson Hannigan) feels betrayed when Tara's (Amber Benson) family makes a surprise visit to Sunnydale for her birthday threatening to reveal a shocking secret that could endanger all of their lives. Meanwhile, Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) secretly try to learn more about the new evil that is hunting her and her family.
#85 "Fool For Love" In an effort to learn about slayers' final battles, Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) forces Spike (James Marsters) to recount how he was able to kill two slayers. His flashbacks reveal his first meeting with his one true love, Drusilla (guest star Juliet Landau), and how lovers Angel (guest star David Boreanaz) and Darla (guest star Julie Benz) joined them.
#86 "Shadow" In order to protect her sister Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg), Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) must face a horrible beast that has been conjured by the powerful demon Glory (guest star Clare Kramer) to help seek out "The Key."
#87 "Listening to Fear" Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) help their mother (Kristine Sutherland) prepare for brain surgery, a creepy extra-terrestrial demon becomes fixated on an increasingly disoriented Joyce and infiltrates the Summers' home.
#88 "Into the Woods" Spike (James Marsters) disrupts Buffy's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) one moment of peace after her mom's (Kristine Sutherland) successful operation to expose Riley's (Marc Blucas) late nights spent in the arms of a vampire, sending an upset and bewildered Buffy into a tailspin and putting their relationship in turmoil.
#89 "Triangle" While Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) recovers from losing Riley, emotions are charged between Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and Anya (Emma Caulfield) when they are left in charge of the magic shop and Willow accidentally conjures an enormous troll (guest star Abraham Benrubi, "ER") that will force them to deal with their less than perfect friendship and their feelings towards Xander (Nicholas Brendon).
#90 "Checkpoint" The Watcher's Council arrives in Sunnydale demanding Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) pass an exhaustive review of her slaying skills or they will withhold critical information about Glory (guest star Clare Kramer) and have Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) deported back to England.
#91 "Blood Ties" As Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and friends celebrate her 20th birthday, Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) is traumatized to learn she is the Key and runs away but Buffy and the Scooby gang must find her before Glory (guest star Clare Kramer) does.
#92 "Crush" Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) confronts Spike (James Marsters) about his suspected crush and is appalled by his admission of love, but her brutal rejection sends him back into the clutches of Drusilla (guest star Juliet Landau) who has returned to Sunnydale intent on returning Spike to his killer ways.
#93 "I Was Made to Love You" Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) must stop a heartbroken young woman (guest star Shonda Farr) who was manufactured to be the perfect girlfriend from destroying the city and then finds herself comforting the creation over the loss of love in both of their lives.
#94 "The Body" Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and her friends are overwhelmed with grief and their lives are changed forever when they must deal with the loss of someone close to all of them.
#95 "Forever" A grieving and confused Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) falls into the loving arms of Angel (guest star David Boreanaz) who comes back to Sunnydale after he gets word about the death of her mother. Meanwhile, a distraught Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) takes it upon herself to perform a magic spell to bring her mom back to life.
#96 "Intervention" Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) travels to a sacred location on a solemn quest guided by the first slayer with the hopes of uncovering why she has become emotionally paralyzed and to help regain her focus towards slaying. Back in Sunnydale, unable to have the real thing, Spike (James Marsters) builds a Buffy robot, who is a picture-perfect replica and so devoted to the rogue that it leaves the Scooby gang reeling and Glory's (guest star Clare Kramer) minions convinced he is the Key.
#97 "Tough Love" Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) must lay down the law for a motherless Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg), while shielding her from harm; a member of the Scooby Gang falls victim to Glory's (guest star Clare Kramer) ire.
#98 "" Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) explodes into action and takes the gang on the road once Glory (guest star Clare Kramer) discovers that Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) is the Key with Glory on their tail blazing a path of destruction. While on the run, things happen fast as Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) and Spike (James Marsters) are wounded, Dawn learns she has the power to destroy the universe, and Willow (Alyson Hannigan) stays close to an incoherent Tara (Amber Benson).
#99 "The Weight of the World" Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) slips into catatonia after Glory (guest star Clare Kramer) kidnaps Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) and prepares to bring about the end of the world, so Willow (Alyson Hannigan) uses her wicca talents to reach Buffy deep inside her innermost secrets and subconscious fears.
#100 "The Gift" Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and the others face down death in an apocalyptic battle against Glory (guest star Clare Kramer), who is on the verge of using Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) to unleash hell on Earth.
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