5.12 – 'Checkpoint'; the pressure is on when the Watchers' Council arrives demanding that Buffy pass an exhaustive review of her skills, an exam she has to pass if she is to keep the gang together and defeat Glory. find out more...

5.16 - 'The Body'; tragedy strikes Buffy and her friends and their lives change forever when they must come to terms with the death of someone very close to them. find out more...

5.20 – 'Spiral'; Buffy and the gang go on the run, after Glory finally realises that Dawn is ‘The Key', but escaping Sunnydale they have to contend with the Knights of Byzantium. find out more...

6.1 - 'Bargaining' (Part 1); Buffy's dead... that's it she's a goner, mourned and buried... but Willow, Xander, Anya and Tara attempt a resurrection spell... find out more...

6.5 – 'Life Serial'; Buffy's powers are tested by Andrew and co, who seek to expose and exploit her weaknesses. find out more...

6.9 – 'Smashed'; Willow continues to use magic, the geeks continue their criminal exploits and Spike discovers something unexpected and tragic about Buffy. find out more...

6.12 – 'Doublemeat Palace'; when Buffy takes a job at a fast-food restaurant she comes to believe that disappearing co-workers and a secret ingredient in the restaurant's hamburgers may be connected. find out more...

6.16 - 'Hell's Bells'; it's Xander and Anya's wedding day and emotions are running high with Xander's dysfunctional family clashing with Anya's demon friends. The ceremony is disrupted when an old man claiming to be the future Xander shows up. find out more...

7.1 - 'Lessons'; Buffy accompanies Dawn on her first day at the re-built Sunnydale High School and finds more than she bargained for when she encounters evil spirits, left over from her own high school days, menacing the new students from the basement, which is also where Spike happens to be hiding out. find out more...

7.5 - 'Selfless'; Buffy and Anya finally must face off against each other (well, there never was much love lost) after Anya kills most of a campus frat house. Buffy realises the demon in Anya is stronger than the human and she must be killed. find out more...