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Season 3

The third season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" presents a thrilling and transformative chapter in the series. Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) enters her senior year of high school, facing new challenges as she balances her Slayer duties with academic and personal struggles. The season delves into the complexities of Buffy's relationships, including her passionate romance with Angel (David Boreanaz) and her evolving friendship with the charismatic vampire, Spike (James Marsters). It introduces powerful new adversaries like the relentless Mayor Richard Wilkins (Harry Groener) and explores themes of identity, choice, and the price of growing up. Season 3 offers a captivating mix of action, emotion, and character growth that continues to captivate fans.

anne

Season 3 Episode 1

anne

buffy -- living on her own in a big city -- assists a girl whose boyfriend has mysteriously vanished. back in sunnydale, buffy's friends do their best to battle the forces of evil without her.
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dead man's party

Season 3 Episode 2

dead man's party

a nigerian mask reanimates the dead, forcing buffy to battle a horde of zombies.
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faith, hope & trick

Season 3 Episode 3

faith, hope & trick

a charismatic slayer visits sunnydale and wins over many of buffy's friends. meanwhile, two powerful vampires plot an attack.
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beauty and the beasts

Season 3 Episode 4

beauty and the beasts

oz becomes the prime suspect when a series of animal-like attacks occur in sunnydale.
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homecoming

Season 3 Episode 5

homecoming

as buffy and cordelia vie for homecoming queen, a group of killers gather to participate in slayerfest '98.
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band candy

Season 3 Episode 6

band candy

adults throughout sunnydale behave like immature teenagers after they eat cursed candy.
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revelations

Season 3 Episode 7

revelations

with some help from faith's new watcher, buffy seeks to destroy a weapon-like glove before it falls into the hands of a demon.
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lovers walk

Season 3 Episode 8

lovers walk

spike returns to sunnydale and kidnaps willow in hopes of creating a magic spell that will make drusilla love him again.
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the wish

Season 3 Episode 9

the wish

cordelia's wish for a buffy-free sunnydale comes true, plunging her into a world where vampires have control of the town.
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amends

Season 3 Episode 10

amends

as the christmas holiday approaches, angel is tormented by evil apparitions who want him to eliminate buffy.
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ginderbread

Season 3 Episode 11

ginderbread

after discovering the corpses of two young children bearing a symbol linked to the occult, joyce spearheads a campaign to rid sunnydale of witches.
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helpless

Season 3 Episode 12

helpless

as her birthday approaches, buffy loses her slayer powers and must do battle with a vampire who is not only extremely powerful but also quite mad.
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the zeppo

Season 3 Episode 13

the zeppo

xander experiences an adventure of his own when he encounters a group of reanimated corpses out to construct a bomb. meanwhile, buffy and her friends battle the forces of evil when the hellmouth reopens.
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bad girls

Season 3 Episode 14

bad girls

faith convinces buffy to live on the wild side, with fatal consequences.
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consequences

Season 3 Episode 15

consequences

a homicide detective closes in on buffy and faith as he investigates the deputy mayor's death.
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doppelgangland

Season 3 Episode 16

doppelgangland

while casting a magic spell, anya and willow accidentally summon willow's evil double from an alternate universe.
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enemies

Season 3 Episode 17

enemies

as faith attempts to seduce angel and steal his soul, the mayor summons a dark-magic demon to finish the job.
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earshot

Season 3 Episode 18

earshot

a mouthless demon infects buffy with the ability to hear everyone's thoughts, but what starts out as a useful power soon turns into a curse.
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choices

Season 3 Episode 19

choices

the mayor takes willow prisoner after buffy and her friends steal away a box containing demonic energy needed for ascension day.
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the prom

Season 3 Episode 20

the prom

after angel breaks off their relationship, buffy single-handedly battles three fearsome hell hounds so that her classmates can enjoy their senior prom.
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graduation day: part 1

Season 3 Episode 21

graduation day: part 1

in an effort to distract buffy from the ascension, the mayor instructs faith to poison angel.
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graduation day: part 2

Season 3 Episode 22

graduation day: part 2

on ascension day, buffy and her friends prepare for the ultimate battle as they face off against the mayor and a horde of vampires.
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