 | BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 1
| SEASON 1 ESSENTIALS
Air dates: March 10, 1997 - June 2, 1997
| Number of Episodes: 12
| Writer(s): Joss Whedon, Dana Reston, David Greenwalt, Rob Des Hotel, Dean Batali, Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer, Ashley Gable, Thomas A. Swyden
| Director(s): Joss Whedon, Charles Martin Smith, John T. Kretchmer, Stephen Cragg, Bruce Seth Green, David Semel, Scott Brazil, Stephen Posey, Ellen S. Pressman, Reza Badiyi
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| BUFFY SEASON 1 SYNOPSIS
| The first season exemplifies the "high school as hell" concept. Buffy Summers has just moved to Sunnydale after burning down her old school's gym and hopes to escape her Slayer duties. Her plans are complicated by Rupert Giles, her new Watcher, who reminds her of the inescapable presence of evil. Sunnydale High is built atop a Hellmouth, a portal to demon dimensions that attracts supernatural phenomena to the area. Buffy meets two schoolmates, Xander Harris and Willow Rosenberg, who help her fight evil through the series, but they must first prevent The Master, an ancient and especially threatening vampire, from opening the Hellmouth and taking over Sunnydale.
The first season begins several months after the events of the movie, with Buffy Summers arriving in Sunnydale with her mother, Joyce. After moving with the hopes of leaving her born slayer duties behind, Buffy inevitably comes into contact with her Watcher, the librarian Rupert Giles, and the two friends who will make up the "core" of the group.
The first season included mostly exploring the problems faced by the student population as a result of the centrality of the Hellmouth that it has. Such issues explored include: ignored students turning invisible; witches; demon teachers; and the never-ending supply of vampires.
With the high emphasis on teenage angst and metaphorical nature of the episodes, Buffy's inevitable love interest came in the form of Angel, who frequently turns up with cryptic warnings for Buffy. However, the relationship becomes complicated when the truth about Angel's past is uncovered. Angel is a vampire with a soul that was restored by gypsies many years prior to the series beginning.
The plot centers around The Master's attempts to reach the surface. He is an ancient and very powerful vampire who was trapped by an earthquake caused by his attempt to open the Hellmouth decades ago. Buffy and her comrades manage to stop each supernatural threat, typically employing a combination of detective work, frequent physical combat, and extensive research of both ancient mystical texts and computer-accessible records. Ultimately, The Master recruits a prophesied Anointed One who brought Buffy to her death in The Master's underground prison. He used her blood to escape to the roof of Sunnydale High, but she is quickly revived by Xander, who had tracked her with the help of an unfed Angel. She manages to throw the Master onto a shard of wood, and the Hellmouth is closed.
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| BUFFY SEASON 1 EPISODES
| Episode 1.1 - March 10, 1997 - Welcome to the Hellmouth
| Episode 1.7 - April 14, 1997 - Angel
| Episode 1.2 - March 10, 1997 - The Harvest
| Episode 1.8 - April 28, 1997 - I, Robot... You, Jane
| Episode 1.3 - March 17, 1997 - Witch
| Episode 1.9 - May 5, 1997 - The Puppet Show
| Episode 1.4 - March 24, 1997 - Teacher's Pet
| Episode 1.10 - May 12, 1997 - Nightmares
| Episode 1.5 - March 31, 1997 - Never Kill a Boy on the First
| Episode 1.11 - May 19, 1997 - Out of Mind, Out of Sight
| Episode 1.6 - April 7, 1997 - The Pack
| Episode 1.12 - June 2, 1997 - Prophecy Girl
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| NEW BUFFY CHARACTERS IN SEASON 1
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| Name: Harmony | | Occupation: Student | | Motivations: Popularity | | Plot connections: Friend of Cordelia's | |
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| Name: Darla | | Occupation: Vampire | | Motivations: Help the Master rise again | Plot connections: One of the Master's minions. Angel's sire.
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| Name: Amy Madison | | Occupation: Student | | Motivations: | | Plot connections: Cheerleader tryouts | |
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| Name: Jenny Calendar | | Occupation:Teacher/Techno Pagan | | Motivations: | | Plot connections: | |
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| Name: Principal Snyder | | Occupation: Principal | | Motivations: maintaining order | | Plot connections: replaces Principal Flutie | | | |
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| THE BIG BAD OF SEASON 1
|  | Name:
| The Master
| Species:
| Vampire
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| Hypnosis
| Physical characteristics:
| Ancient Vampire
| Motivation:
| To Rise Again
| Fate:
| Is Staked on a broken table over the Hellmouth when Buffy throws him off the roof. (His bones were left in the library at the end of Season 1)
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| Collin - The Anointed One
| Species:
| Vampire
| Powers:
| Unknown
| Physical characteristics:
| Looks like 8 year old child
| Motivation:
| Destined to lead the slayer into hell.
"And the Slayer will not know him and he will lead her into hell!"
| Fate:
| Unknown, at the end of Season 1.
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| DEATHS IN SEASON 1
| ![[Untitled]](http://image.wetpaint.com/image/2/7SgKDqPMOPPLvHR6z770fQ49/GW1H1 "[Untitled]") | WHO DIED?
Jesse | KILLED BY?
The Master/Luke? | HOW DID THEY DIE?
Turned into Vampire in "Welcome to the Hellmouth"
| AFTERMATH
Staked accidentally by Xander |
Dr Gregory |
Natalie French/She-Mantis |
Head removed during mating in
"Teacher's Pet"
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Undiscovered eggs left in Science Lab |
Principal Flutie |
The Hyena Pack (excluding Xander) |
Eaten in "The Pack"
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He is replaced by Principal Snyder.
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Dave |
Student being controlled by Morloch, The Corrupter |
Hung in "I, Robot.......You, Jane" |
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Emily |
Backstage at Talent Contest after dress rehearsal. |
Heart was removed in "The Puppet Show" |
Demon recieved the second item nessesary for maintaining it's human form and had only one more to find a brain of a smart person. |
Morgan |
Backstage |
Brain was removed but rejected because Morgan had brain cancer in "The Puppet Show" |
It is initially thought that the demon received what was required and that he had moved on but the demon had yet to reach his objective. | | 5 Classmates of Willow's including Cordelia's Boyfriend. | School Rec Room | Vampire Attack in "Prophecy Girl" | Willow is traumatised and it pushes Buffy into facing the Master. | | Buffy | the master's lair | by drowning | was revived by Xander. Then killed the master and saved the world. |
| HOOKUPS IN SEASON 1
| THE COUPLE
| HOW DID IT START
| HOW DID IT END
| AFTERMATH
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Buffy/Angel |
After running from The Three, Angel spent the night at Buffy's and they kissed. Ep 107 Angel |
It didn't really go anywhere although by the end of the episode they decide that can't be together. |
Darla attacks Buffy's mother trying to frame Angel. Buffy starts to hunt Angel but it is revealed that Angel has a soul and that Darla was his sire. | Xander/Natalie
| Miss. Natalie substitutes when their biology teacher goes missing. Xander helps her make egg sacks. Ep. 104 Teacher's Pet
| Natalie turns out to be a she-mantis and attempts to mate with Xander because he is a virgin.
| This starts the running gag where Xander becomes attracted to dangerous woman or creatures.
| Buffy/Owen
| Owen turns up in the library to sign out Emily Dickinson. Buffy is smitten with him on first sight. Ep. 105 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date.
| Owen tags along when Buffy saves Giles from vampire. Owen is overjoyed with the new found excitement in his life and wants to do it again but Buffy breaks up with him because he wants to be a daredevil.
| Buffy is upset about her less then normal life but Giles tells her that she is doing a good job.
| Willow/Moloch
| Willow met him online, thinking that he was an 18 year old guy. Ep. 108 I Robot, You Jane
| He turns out to be a demon that Willow has scanned into the computer. He has one of his minions kidnap her and bring her to him. He asks for her love but she says no. He goes to kill her, but Buffy saver her.
| Willow is freaked out by her falling in love with a demon and the group talk about their less then successful love experiences. They come the conclusion that they will be single forever.
| Giles/Jenny
| They reluctantly work together in the library. Their relationship is rocky at first because of their disagreement of whether books or computers are better. Ep. 108 I Robot, You Jane
| Though their relationship is rocky, they become somewhat friends after Giles finds out that she knows about demons and helps him extract Moloch out of the internet. Though Jenny flirts with Giles, things don't go any deeper then that.
| Their friendship seems to strengthen when Jenny finds out that Buffy is the Slayer and she decides to help them when they are attacked by a demon from the Helmouth. Ep. 112 Prophecy Girl
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| BUFFY SEASON 1 TRIVIA | | - Angel
- Prophecy Girl
- Welcome to the Hellmouth
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- Willow has a crush on Xander who has a crush on Buffy.
- Xander and Willow have known each other since elementary school.
- Giles took up the jobs as the school's librarian so as to be Buffy's Watcher.
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| BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER CHARACTER EVOLUTIONS
| | CHARACTER | START OF SEASON
| END OF SEASON
| LIFE CHANGING MOMENT
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Buffy |
Buffy is trying to avoid her destiny as the slayer. |
Buffy is beginning to embrace her destiny |
1. Xander and Willow finding out and embracing Buffy as the Vampire Slayer. 2. In Prophecy Girl, Buffy still try to avoid her fate, but she does decide to face her fears after witnessing Willow's reation to the death of fellow students at the school. |
Angel |
lurks and follows Buffy around giving Buffy criptic information about possible threats |
Part of Buffy's inner circle and in love with the slayer. |
1. Buffy finds out that he is a vampire but she trusts him because he has a soul.
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Xander
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Has a huge crush of Buffy but is too afraid to tell her.
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Asks her out to the dance which she declines.
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1. Gives her gifts and talks to Willow about asking her out. 2. He finally does, but is upset when she says no. 3. Gets points when he saves her when Angel could not.
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| SEASON 1 POLL - What was your favorite episode of Season 1 | |
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