Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7

Air Date

September 24, 2002

Episodes

22 episodes

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Season 7

Overview

As Buffy accompanies Dawn on her first day at the new Sunnydale High, Giles continues Willow's magic education in England. But while Buffy is surprised to be offered a guidance counselor job, Willow is shocked to experience a horrific future vision of the Hellmouth.

Episodes

Lessons

1. Lessons

7.4
September 24, 2002
43 min

Sunnydale High is re-opened, with a new designed campus and a new principal, Robin Wood. It is Dawn's first day at school there and Buffy accompanies her to class, only to discover evil spirits lurking in the basement.

Beneath You

2. Beneath You

7.7
October 1, 2002
43 min

The gang meet a young woman who is being chased by a giant worm.

Same Time, Same Place

3. Same Time, Same Place

7.6
October 8, 2002
43 min

Willow returns to Sunnydale, but fears her friends have abandoned her when she finds herself completely unable to perceive them. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang don’t see Willow either, but fear she is involved when a body turns up without its skin.

Help

4. Help

7.5
October 15, 2002
43 min

Buffy begins a new job as school counsellor at Sunnydale High. On her first day she encounters a troubled young girl who is convinced she is about to die.

Selfless

5. Selfless

7.8
October 22, 2002
43 min

Anya's violent and deadly act of vengeance leaves everyone stunned. Buffy must put aside her feelings and take action before more people die.

Him

6. Him

7.5
November 5, 2002
43 min

Xander and Spike search for the source of a spell that has bewitched the girls into competing for the affections of the high school quarterback.

Conversations with Dead People

7. Conversations with Dead People

8.3
November 12, 2002
43 min

Buffy talks through her troubles with an old high school classmate who has recently become a vampire. Cassie, the late student Buffy tried to help, appears to Willow with a posthumous message from Tara. Dawn experiences a terrifying haunting. And Andrew and Jonathan return to Sunnydale High on a mission.

Sleeper

8. Sleeper

7.5
November 19, 2002
43 min

Buffy and her friends fear Spike may be to blame when a number of people around town mysteriously disappear.

Never Leave Me

9. Never Leave Me

7.8
November 26, 2002
43 min

Buffy and the gang capture and interrogate Spike and Andrew.

Bring on the Night

10. Bring on the Night

7.7
December 17, 2002
43 min

Giles returns to Sunnydale with three potential slayers, whom Buffy must protect from The First. Meanwhile, a ferocious Uber-vampire is released from the Hellmouth and Buffy must kill it before it kills one of the potentials.

Showtime

11. Showtime

7.8
January 7, 2003
43 min

Buffy has to keep the ever increasing number of potential Slayers from panicking while Giles and Anya seek answers from the Beljoxa's Eye.

Potential

12. Potential

7.5
January 21, 2003
43 min

Buffy takes the Potentials to a demon bar and then to Spike's crypt, in order to teach them the art of slaying. When Willow casts a spell to seek out the next Potential, the spell leads them to believe that Dawn may be a future slayer.

The Killer in Me

13. The Killer in Me

6.9
February 4, 2003
43 min

Kennedy, a potential Slayer, takes Willow on a date, which is interrupted when Willow finds herself transformed into Warren. The other Potentials go on a retreat with Giles, who the gang realize may have been replaced by the First. Spike's chip is having agonizing malfunctions, and he and Buffy return to the Initiative to search for a fix.

First Date

14. First Date

7.6
February 11, 2003
43 min

Buffy accepts a dinner invitation from Principal Wood, and tries to figure out his true intentions. Xander goes out with a girl from the hardware store. The First tries to convince Andrew to murder the potential Slayers. Giles returns from China with a new Potential, but struggles with the language barrier.

Get It Done

15. Get It Done

7.3
February 18, 2003
43 min

Buffy introduces Principal Wood to the rest of the team. He brings an artifact that transports Buffy to see the origin of the Slayer, but the others must face a powerful demon to bring her back.

Storyteller

16. Storyteller

7.2
February 25, 2003
43 min

Andrew creates a documentary called "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyres", a record of the current situation in Sunnydale to show to future generations. He manages to capture many important moments, and to annoy almost everyone in the house. But Buffy needs to tear him away from his filmmaking because the Seal of Danzalthar is active and Andrew may hold the key to closing it before it destroys the town.

Lies My Parents Told Me

17. Lies My Parents Told Me

8.5
March 25, 2003
43 min

Robin Wood seeks revenge on Spike for killing his mother nearly 30 years ago, whilst everyone else tries to find out how The First has control over him.

Dirty Girls

18. Dirty Girls

8.5
April 15, 2003
43 min

Faith returns to Sunnydale just as a new villain, Caleb, arrives and sends Buffy a message in the form of a badly beaten Potential. Buffy leads the rest of the girls to Caleb and The First's lair, with devastating consequences.

Empty Places

19. Empty Places

7.0
April 29, 2003
43 min

After their horrifying loss at the vineyard, the gang turn against Buffy and begin to follow Faith instead. Meanwhile, Spike and Andrew travel to an old church to question a priest about Caleb.

Touched

20. Touched

7.7
May 6, 2003
43 min

After being ousted from the group, Buffy tries to figure out how to move forward. Faith and the Potentials plan to interrogate a Bringer for information on Caleb and the First. Many people turn to each other for comfort in the face of the impending apocalypse.

End of Days

21. End of Days

8.1
May 13, 2003
43 min

Buffy has a powerful new weapon, but the gang cannot find any information about the origins of the mysterious scythe. Eventually the Slayer goes herself in search of knowledge, and finds a new ally, an old friend, and great danger.

Chosen

22. Chosen

8.4
May 20, 2003
43 min

Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all.