Season 3
22 episodes · 1998
Buffy returns from the big city to find her friends have been battling the forces of evil without her. As she struggles to regain her mother's and her friends' trust, a new slayer named Faith arrives in town, quickly winning over all of Buffy's friends. But Faith's arrival is just the beginning of new forces Buffy must face. For a few nights later she encounters Angel, who has somehow returned, feral and violent from the hellish demon dimension where Buffy had sent him. But the real demon Buffy must ultimately face is already on this side of the portal, preparing a special graduation day surprise for Sunnydale High.
1Anne
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.
2Dead Man's Party
A Nigerian mask reanimates the dead, forcing Buffy to battle a horde of zombies.
3Faith, Hope & Trick
A charismatic Slayer visits Sunnydale and wins over many of Buffy's friends. Meanwhile, two powerful vampires plot an attack.
4Beauty and the Beasts
Oz becomes the prime suspect when a series of animal-like attacks occur in Sunnydale.
5Homecoming
As Buffy and Cordelia vie for Homecoming Queen, a group of killers gather to participate in SlayerFest '98.
6Band Candy
Mr Trick enlists Giles' old buddy Ethan Rayne to manufacture and distribute boxes of candy which turn the adult population into uninhibited, irresponsible teenagers to keep them out of the way while the mysterious Mayor Wilkins pays a tribute to a demon.
7Revelations
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.
8Lovers Walk
Spike returns to Sunnydale and kidnaps Willow in hopes of creating a magic spell that will make Drusilla love him again.
9The Wish
Cordelia's wish for a Buffy-free Sunnydale comes true, plunging her into a world where vampires have control of the town.
10Amends
As the Christmas holiday approaches, Angel is tormented by evil apparitions who want him to eliminate Buffy.
11Gingerbread
After discovering the corpses of two young children bearing a symbol linked to the occult, Joyce spearheads a campaign to rid Sunnydale of witches.
12Helpless
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.
13The Zeppo
Feeling useless due to his lack of supernatural powers, Xander becomes obsessed with becoming cool and falls in with a dangerous crowd. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang race to prepare for the Hellmouth to reopen.
14Bad Girls
Faith convinces Buffy to live on the wild side, with fatal consequences.
15Consequences
A homicide detective closes in on Buffy and Faith as he investigates the deputy mayor's death.
16Doppelgangland
While casting a magic spell, Anya and Willow accidentally summon Willow's evil double from an alternate universe.
17Enemies
As Faith attempts to seduce Angel and steal his soul, the Mayor summons a dark-magic demon to finish the job.
18Choices
The Mayor takes Willow prisoner after Buffy and her friends steal away a box containing demonic energy needed for Ascension Day.
19The Prom
After Angel breaks off their relationship, Buffy single-handedly battles three fearsome hell hounds so that her classmates can enjoy their senior prom.
20Graduation Day (1)
In an effort to distract Buffy from the Ascension, the mayor instructs Faith to poison Angel.
21Graduation Day (2)
On Ascension Day, Buffy and her friends prepare for the ultimate battle as they face off againstthe mayor and a horde of vampires.
22Earshot
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.