List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American television series created by Joss Whedon that premiered on March 10, 1997. It concluded on May 20, 2003, after seven seasons with 144 episodes in total, plus an unaired pilot episode.

The first five seasons aired on The WB, and in 2001, it transferred to UPN for its final two seasons.^[1] In the United Kingdom, the entire series aired on Sky1 and BBC Two, and on TV3 in Ireland. The story line is continued in comic book form in Season 8, Season 9, Season 10, Season 11, and concluded with Season 12.

All seven seasons of the series are available on individual DVD box sets for Regions 1, 2 and 4. Two complete series collections (The Chosen Collection and The Complete DVD Collection) have been released separately for these regions.

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
1	12	March 10, 1997 (1997-03-10)	June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02)	The WB
2	22	September 15, 1997 (1997-09-15)	May 19, 1998 (1998-05-19)
3	22	September 29, 1998 (1998-09-29)	September 21, 1999 (1999-09-21)
4	22	October 5, 1999 (1999-10-05)	May 23, 2000 (2000-05-23)
5	22	September 26, 2000 (2000-09-26)	May 22, 2001 (2001-05-22)
6	22	October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)	UPN
7	22	September 24, 2002 (2002-09-24)	May 20, 2003 (2003-05-20)	UPN

Episodes

Season 1 (1997)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Welcome to the Hellmouth"	Charles Martin Smith	Joss Whedon	March 10, 1997 (1997-03-10)	4V01	4.59^[2]
2	2	"The Harvest"	John T. Kretchmer	Joss Whedon	March 10, 1997 (1997-03-10)	4V02	4.59^[2]
3	3	"Witch"	Stephen Cragg	Dana Reston	March 17, 1997 (1997-03-17)	4V03	4.63^[3]
4	4	"Teacher's Pet"	Bruce Seth Green	David Greenwalt	March 24, 1997 (1997-03-24)	4V04	2.98^[4]
5	5	"Never Kill a Boy on the First Date"	David Semel	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	March 31, 1997 (1997-03-31)	4V05	4.09^[5]
6	6	"The Pack"	Bruce Seth Green	Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer	April 7, 1997 (1997-04-07)	4V06	3.42^[6]
7	7	"Angel"	Scott Brazil	David Greenwalt	April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14)	4V07	3.39^[7]
8	8	"I, Robot... You, Jane"	Stephen Posey	Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden	April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)	4V08	2.47^[8]
9	9	"The Puppet Show"	Ellen S. Pressman	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	May 5, 1997 (1997-05-05)	4V09	2.56^[9]
10	10	"Nightmares"	Bruce Seth Green	Story by : Joss Whedon Teleplay by : David Greenwalt	May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12)	4V10	3.47^[10]
11	11	"Out of Mind, Out of Sight"	Reza Badiyi	Story by : Joss Whedon Teleplay by : Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden	May 19, 1997 (1997-05-19)	4V11	3.36^[11]
12	12	"Prophecy Girl"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02)	4V12	3.97^[12]

Season 2 (1997–98)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
13	1	"When She Was Bad"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	September 15, 1997 (1997-09-15)	5V01	4.37^[13]
14	2	"Some Assembly Required"	Bruce Seth Green	Ty King	September 22, 1997 (1997-09-22)	5V02	4.42^[14]
15	3	"School Hard"	John T. Kretchmer	Story by : Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt Teleplay by : David Greenwalt	September 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)	5V03	4.86^[15]
16	4	"Inca Mummy Girl"	Ellen S. Pressman	Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer	October 6, 1997 (1997-10-06)	5V04	4.70^[16]
17	5	"Reptile Boy"	David Greenwalt	David Greenwalt	October 13, 1997 (1997-10-13)	5V05	4.77^[17]
18	6	"Halloween"	Bruce Seth Green	Carl Ellsworth	October 27, 1997 (1997-10-27)	5V06	5.88^[18]
19	7	"Lie to Me"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	November 3, 1997 (1997-11-03)	5V07	4.98^[19]
20	8	"The Dark Age"	Bruce Seth Green	Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel	November 10, 1997 (1997-11-10)	5V08	5.59^[20]
21	9	"What's My Line? (Part 1)"	David Solomon	Howard Gordon & Marti Noxon	November 17, 1997 (1997-11-17)	5V09	5.04^[21]
22	10	"What's My Line? (Part 2)"	David Semel	Marti Noxon	November 24, 1997 (1997-11-24)	5V10	5.41^[22]
23	11	"Ted"	Bruce Seth Green	David Greenwalt & Joss Whedon	December 8, 1997 (1997-12-08)	5V11	6.09^[23]
24	12	"Bad Eggs"	David Greenwalt	Marti Noxon	January 12, 1998 (1998-01-12)	5V12	6.48^[24]
25	13	"Surprise"	Michael Lange	Marti Noxon	January 19, 1998 (1998-01-19)	5V13	7.59^[25]
26	14	"Innocence"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	January 20, 1998 (1998-01-20)	5V14	7.94^[25]
27	15	"Phases"	Bruce Seth Green	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	January 27, 1998 (1998-01-27)	5V15	7.31^[26]
28	16	"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"	James A. Contner	Marti Noxon	February 10, 1998 (1998-02-10)	5V16	6.77^[27]
29	17	"Passion"	Michael Gershman	Ty King	February 24, 1998 (1998-02-24)	5V17	6.14^[28]
30	18	"Killed by Death"	Deran Sarafian	Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali	March 3, 1998 (1998-03-03)	5V18	6.08^[29]
31	19	"I Only Have Eyes for You"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Marti Noxon	April 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)	5V19	5.06^[30]
32	20	"Go Fish"	David Semel	David Fury & Elin Hampton	May 5, 1998 (1998-05-05)	5V20	5.13^[31]
33	21	"Becoming (Part 1)"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	May 12, 1998 (1998-05-12)	5V21	5.30^[32]
34	22	"Becoming (Part 2)"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	May 19, 1998 (1998-05-19)	5V22	6.37^[33]

Season 3 (1998–99)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
35	1	"Anne"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	September 29, 1998 (1998-09-29)	3ABB01	7.06^[34]
36	2	"Dead Man's Party"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Marti Noxon	October 6, 1998 (1998-10-06)	3ABB02	6.20^[35]
37	3	"Faith, Hope & Trick"	James A. Contner	David Greenwalt	October 13, 1998 (1998-10-13)	3ABB03	5.46^[36]
38	4	"Beauty and the Beasts"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Marti Noxon	October 20, 1998 (1998-10-20)	3ABB04	6.20^[37]
39	5	"Homecoming"	David Greenwalt	David Greenwalt	November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03)	3ABB05	6.53^[38]
40	6	"Band Candy"	Michael Lange	Jane Espenson	November 10, 1998 (1998-11-10)	3ABB06	6.35^[39]
41	7	"Revelations"	James A. Contner	Douglas Petrie	November 17, 1998 (1998-11-17)	3ABB07	6.46^[40]
42	8	"Lovers Walk"	David Semel	Dan Vebber	November 24, 1998 (1998-11-24)	3ABB08	6.00^[41]
43	9	"The Wish"	David Greenwalt	Marti Noxon	December 8, 1998 (1998-12-08)	3ABB09	6.32^[42]
44	10	"Amends"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	December 15, 1998 (1998-12-15)	3ABB10	6.85^[43]
45	11	"Gingerbread"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Story by : Thania St. John & Jane Espenson Teleplay by : Jane Espenson	January 12, 1999 (1999-01-12)	3ABB11	6.42^[44]
46	12	"Helpless"	James A. Contner	David Fury	January 19, 1999 (1999-01-19)	3ABB12	7.00^[45]
47	13	"The Zeppo"	James Whitmore, Jr.	Dan Vebber	January 26, 1999 (1999-01-26)	3ABB13	5.93^[46]
48	14	"Bad Girls"	Michael Lange	Douglas Petrie	February 9, 1999 (1999-02-09)	3ABB14	6.09^[47]
49	15	"Consequences"	Michael Gershman	Marti Noxon	February 16, 1999 (1999-02-16)	3ABB15	5.93^[48]
50	16	"Doppelgangland"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	February 23, 1999 (1999-02-23)	3ABB16	6.50^[49]
51	17	"Enemies"	David Grossman	Douglas Petrie	March 16, 1999 (1999-03-16)	3ABB17	5.94^[50]
52	18	"Earshot"	Regis Kimble	Jane Espenson	September 21, 1999 (1999-09-21)	3ABB18	5.08^[51]
53	19	"Choices"	James A. Contner	David Fury	May 4, 1999 (1999-05-04)	3ABB19	5.04^[52]
54	20	"The Prom"	David Solomon	Marti Noxon	May 11, 1999 (1999-05-11)	3ABB20	5.22^[53]
55	21	"Graduation Day (Part 1)"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	May 18, 1999 (1999-05-18)	3ABB21	5.13^[54]
56	22	"Graduation Day (Part 2)"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	May 24, 1999 (1999-05-24) (Canada) July 13, 1999 (1999-07-13) (United States)	3ABB22	6.53^[55]

Season 4 (1999–2000)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
57	1	"The Freshman"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	October 5, 1999 (1999-10-05)	4ABB01	6.79^[56]
58	2	"Living Conditions"	David Grossman	Marti Noxon	October 12, 1999 (1999-10-12)	4ABB02	5.64^[57]
59	3	"The Harsh Light of Day"	James A. Contner	Jane Espenson	October 19, 1999 (1999-10-19)	4ABB03	5.09^[58]
60	4	"Fear, Itself"	Tucker Gates	David Fury	October 26, 1999 (1999-10-26)	4ABB04	5.98^[59]
61	5	"Beer Bad"	David Solomon	Tracey Forbes	November 2, 1999 (1999-11-02)	4ABB05	5.11^[60]
62	6	"Wild at Heart"	David Grossman	Marti Noxon	November 9, 1999 (1999-11-09)	4ABB06	6.51^[61]
63	7	"The Initiative"	James A. Contner	Douglas Petrie	November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16)	4ABB07	5.65^[62]
64	8	"Pangs"	Michael Lange	Jane Espenson	November 23, 1999 (1999-11-23)	4ABB08	5.90^[63]
65	9	"Something Blue"	Nick Marck	Tracey Forbes	November 30, 1999 (1999-11-30)	4ABB09	5.42^[64]
66	10	"Hush"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	December 14, 1999 (1999-12-14)	4ABB10	5.97^[65]
67	11	"Doomed"	James A. Contner	Marti Noxon & David Fury & Jane Espenson	January 18, 2000 (2000-01-18)	4ABB11	5.35^[66]
68	12	"A New Man"	Michael Gershman	Jane Espenson	January 25, 2000 (2000-01-25)	4ABB12	6.02^[67]
69	13	"The I in Team"	James A. Contner	David Fury	February 8, 2000 (2000-02-08)	4ABB13	4.83^[68]
70	14	"Goodbye Iowa"	David Solomon	Marti Noxon	February 15, 2000 (2000-02-15)	4ABB14	4.85^[69]
71	15	"This Year's Girl"	Michael Gershman	Douglas Petrie	February 22, 2000 (2000-02-22)	4ABB15	5.75^[70]
72	16	"Who Are You?"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	February 29, 2000 (2000-02-29)	4ABB16	4.90^[71]
73	17	"Superstar"	David Grossman	Jane Espenson	April 4, 2000 (2000-04-04)	4ABB17	4.11^[72]
74	18	"Where the Wild Things Are"	David Solomon	Tracey Forbes	April 25, 2000 (2000-04-25)	4ABB18	3.85^[73]
75	19	"New Moon Rising"	James A. Contner	Marti Noxon	May 2, 2000 (2000-05-02)	4ABB19	4.02^[74]
76	20	"The Yoko Factor"	David Grossman	Douglas Petrie	May 9, 2000 (2000-05-09)	4ABB20	4.55^[75]
77	21	"Primeval"	James A. Contner	David Fury	May 16, 2000 (2000-05-16)	4ABB21	4.85^[76]
78	22	"Restless"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	May 23, 2000 (2000-05-23)	4ABB22	4.50^[77]

Season 5 (2000–01)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
79	1	"Buffy vs. Dracula"	David Solomon	Marti Noxon	September 26, 2000 (2000-09-26)	5ABB01	5.83^[78]
80	2	"Real Me"	David Grossman	David Fury	October 3, 2000 (2000-10-03)	5ABB02	6.17^[79]
81	3	"The Replacement"	James A. Contner	Jane Espenson	October 10, 2000 (2000-10-10)	5ABB03	5.34^[80]
82	4	"Out of My Mind"	David Grossman	Rebecca Rand Kirshner	October 17, 2000 (2000-10-17)	5ABB04	5.10^[81]
83	5	"No Place Like Home"	David Solomon	Douglas Petrie	October 24, 2000 (2000-10-24)	5ABB05	6.41^[82]
84	6	"Family"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	November 7, 2000 (2000-11-07)	5ABB06	6.19^[83]
85	7	"Fool for Love"	Nick Marck	Douglas Petrie	November 14, 2000 (2000-11-14)	5ABB07	5.66^[84]
86	8	"Shadow"	Dan Attias	David Fury	November 21, 2000 (2000-11-21)	5ABB08	4.83^[85]
87	9	"Listening to Fear"	David Solomon	Rebecca Rand Kirshner	November 28, 2000 (2000-11-28)	5ABB09	5.48^[86]
88	10	"Into the Woods"	Marti Noxon	Marti Noxon	December 19, 2000 (2000-12-19)	5ABB10	4.85^[87]
89	11	"Triangle"	Christopher Hibler	Jane Espenson	January 9, 2001 (2001-01-09)	5ABB11	4.85^[88]
90	12	"Checkpoint"	Nick Marck	Douglas Petrie & Jane Espenson	January 23, 2001 (2001-01-23)	5ABB12	5.01^[89]
91	13	"Blood Ties"	Michael Gershman	Steven S. DeKnight	February 6, 2001 (2001-02-06)	5ABB13	4.89^[90]
92	14	"Crush"	Dan Attias	David Fury	February 13, 2001 (2001-02-13)	5ABB14	4.90^[91]
93	15	"I Was Made to Love You"	James A. Contner	Jane Espenson	February 20, 2001 (2001-02-20)	5ABB15	5.11^[92]
94	16	"The Body"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	February 27, 2001 (2001-02-27)	5ABB16	5.97^[93]
95	17	"Forever"	Marti Noxon	Marti Noxon	April 17, 2001 (2001-04-17)	5ABB17	4.29^[94]
96	18	"Intervention"	Michael Gershman	Jane Espenson	April 24, 2001 (2001-04-24)	5ABB18	4.73^[95]
97	19	"Tough Love"	David Grossman	Rebecca Rand Kirshner	May 1, 2001 (2001-05-01)	5ABB19	4.59^[96]
98	20	"Spiral"	James A. Contner	Steven S. DeKnight	May 8, 2001 (2001-05-08)	5ABB20	5.11^[97]
99	21	"The Weight of the World"	David Solomon	Douglas Petrie	May 15, 2001 (2001-05-15)	5ABB21	4.76^[98]
100	22	"The Gift"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	May 22, 2001 (2001-05-22)	5ABB22	5.22^[99]

Season 6 (2001–02)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
101	1	"Bargaining (Part 1)"	David Grossman	Marti Noxon	October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	6ABB01	7.65^[100]
102	2	"Bargaining (Part 2)"	David Grossman	David Fury	October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	6ABB02	7.65^[100]
103	3	"After Life"	David Solomon	Jane Espenson	October 9, 2001 (2001-10-09)	6ABB03	5.58^[101]
104	4	"Flooded"	Douglas Petrie	Jane Espenson & Douglas Petrie	October 16, 2001 (2001-10-16)	6ABB04	6.03^[102]
105	5	"Life Serial"	Nick Marck	David Fury & Jane Espenson	October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)	6ABB05	5.68^[103]
106	6	"All the Way"	David Solomon	Steven S. DeKnight	October 30, 2001 (2001-10-30)	6ABB06	5.23^[104]
107	7	"Once More, with Feeling"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)	6ABB07	5.44^[105]
108	8	"Tabula Rasa"	David Grossman	Rebecca Rand Kirshner	November 13, 2001 (2001-11-13)	6ABB08	5.40^[106]
109	9	"Smashed"	Turi Meyer	Drew Z. Greenberg	November 20, 2001 (2001-11-20)	6ABB09	5.00^[107]
110	10	"Wrecked"	David Solomon	Marti Noxon	November 27, 2001 (2001-11-27)	6ABB10	5.57^[108]
111	11	"Gone"	David Fury	David Fury	January 8, 2002 (2002-01-08)	6ABB11	5.16^[109]
112	12	"Doublemeat Palace"	Nick Marck	Jane Espenson	January 29, 2002 (2002-01-29)	6ABB12	5.57^[110]
113	13	"Dead Things"	James A. Contner	Steven S. DeKnight	February 5, 2002 (2002-02-05)	6ABB13	5.21^[111]
114	14	"Older and Far Away"	Michael Gershman	Drew Z. Greenberg	February 12, 2002 (2002-02-12)	6ABB14	5.01^[112]
115	15	"As You Were"	Douglas Petrie	Douglas Petrie	February 26, 2002 (2002-02-26)	6ABB15	4.70^[113]
116	16	"Hell's Bells"	David Solomon	Rebecca Rand Kirshner	March 5, 2002 (2002-03-05)	6ABB16	5.61^[114]
117	17	"Normal Again"	Rick Rosenthal	Diego Gutierrez	March 12, 2002 (2002-03-12)	6ABB17	5.01^[115]
118	18	"Entropy"	James A. Contner	Drew Z. Greenberg	April 30, 2002 (2002-04-30)	6ABB18	4.53^[116]
119	19	"Seeing Red"	Michael Gershman	Steven S. DeKnight	May 7, 2002 (2002-05-07)	6ABB19	4.06^[117]
120	20	"Villains"	David Solomon	Marti Noxon	May 14, 2002 (2002-05-14)	6ABB20	4.96^[118]
121	21	"Two to Go"	Bill L. Norton	Douglas Petrie	May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)	6ABB21	5.31^[119]
122	22	"Grave"	James A. Contner	David Fury	May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)	6ABB22	5.31^[119]

Season 7 (2002–03)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
123	1	"Lessons"	David Solomon	Joss Whedon	September 24, 2002 (2002-09-24)	7ABB01	4.99^[120]
124	2	"Beneath You"	Nick Marck	Douglas Petrie	October 1, 2002 (2002-10-01)	7ABB02	4.97^[121]
125	3	"Same Time, Same Place"	James A. Contner	Jane Espenson	October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)	7ABB03	4.90^[122]
126	4	"Help"	Rick Rosenthal	Rebecca Rand Kirshner	October 15, 2002 (2002-10-15)	7ABB04	5.04^[123]
127	5	"Selfless"	David Solomon	Drew Goddard	October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)	7ABB05	5.02^[124]
128	6	"Him"	Michael Gershman	Drew Z. Greenberg	November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)	7ABB06	4.65^[125]
129	7	"Conversations with Dead People"	Nick Marck	Jane Espenson & Drew Goddard	November 12, 2002 (2002-11-12)	7ABB07	4.83^[126]
130	8	"Sleeper"	Alan J. Levi	David Fury & Jane Espenson	November 19, 2002 (2002-11-19)	7ABB08	5.03^[127]
131	9	"Never Leave Me"	David Solomon	Drew Goddard	November 26, 2002 (2002-11-26)	7ABB09	4.83^[128]
132	10	"Bring on the Night"	David Grossman	Marti Noxon & Douglas Petrie	December 17, 2002 (2002-12-17)	7ABB10	4.79^[129]
133	11	"Showtime"	Michael Grossman	David Fury	January 7, 2003 (2003-01-07)	7ABB11	4.08^[130]
134	12	"Potential"	James A. Contner	Rebecca Rand Kirshner	January 21, 2003 (2003-01-21)	7ABB12	3.61^[131]
135	13	"The Killer in Me"	David Solomon	Drew Z. Greenberg	February 4, 2003 (2003-02-04)	7ABB13	3.46^[132]
136	14	"First Date"	David Grossman	Jane Espenson	February 11, 2003 (2003-02-11)	7ABB14	4.24^[133]
137	15	"Get It Done"	Douglas Petrie	Douglas Petrie	February 18, 2003 (2003-02-18)	7ABB15	3.43^[134]
138	16	"Storyteller"	Marita Grabiak	Jane Espenson	February 25, 2003 (2003-02-25)	7ABB16	3.63^[135]
139	17	"Lies My Parents Told Me"	David Fury	David Fury & Drew Goddard	March 25, 2003 (2003-03-25)	7ABB17	3.44^[136]
140	18	"Dirty Girls"	Michael Gershman	Drew Goddard	April 15, 2003 (2003-04-15)	7ABB18	3.31^[137]
141	19	"Empty Places"	James A. Contner	Drew Z. Greenberg	April 29, 2003 (2003-04-29)	7ABB19	3.60^[138]
142	20	"Touched"	David Solomon	Rebecca Rand Kirshner	May 6, 2003 (2003-05-06)	7ABB20	4.02^[139]
143	21	"End of Days"	Marita Grabiak	Douglas Petrie & Jane Espenson	May 13, 2003 (2003-05-13)	7ABB21	4.06^[140]
144	22	"Chosen"	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	May 20, 2003 (2003-05-20)	7ABB22	4.87^[141]

Ratings

Buffy the Vampire Slayer : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

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Season		Episode number																						Average
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Average
	1	4.59	4.59	4.63	2.68	4.09	3.42	3.39	2.47	2.56	3.47	3.36	3.97	–										3.60
	2	4.37	4.42	4.86	4.70	4.77	5.88	4.98	5.59	5.04	5.41	6.09	6.48	7.59	7.94	7.31	6.77	6.14	6.08	5.06	5.13	5.30	6.37	5.74
	3	7.06	6.20	5.46	6.20	6.53	6.35	6.46	6.00	6.32	6.85	6.42	7.00	5.93	6.09	5.93	6.50	5.94	5.08	5.04	5.22	5.13	6.53	6.10
	4	6.79	5.64	5.09	5.98	5.11	6.51	5.65	5.90	5.42	5.97	5.35	6.02	4.83	4.85	5.75	4.90	4.11	3.85	4.02	4.55	4.85	4.50	5.26
	5	5.83	6.17	5.34	5.10	6.41	6.19	5.66	4.83	5.48	4.85	4.85	5.01	4.89	4.90	5.11	5.97	4.29	4.73	4.59	5.11	4.76	5.22	5.24
	6	7.65	7.65	5.58	6.03	5.68	5.23	5.44	5.40	5.00	5.57	5.16	5.57	5.21	5.01	4.70	5.61	5.01	4.53	4.06	4.96	5.31	5.31	5.43
	7	4.99	4.97	4.90	5.04	5.02	4.65	4.83	5.03	4.83	4.79	4.08	3.61	3.46	4.24	3.43	3.63	3.44	3.31	3.60	4.02	4.06	4.87	4.31

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[142]

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^ "National Nielsen Viewership (May 5–11)". The Los Angeles Times. May 14, 2003. Retrieved May 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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^ See individual ratings citations in this article.

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Season 2	"When She Was Bad" "Some Assembly Required" "Inca Mummy Girl" "Lie to Me" "The Dark Age" "What's My Line, Parts One and Two" "Bad Eggs" "Surprise" "Innocence" "Phases" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" "Passion" "Killed by Death" "I Only Have Eyes for You" "Go Fish" "Becoming, Parts One and Two"
Season 3	"Anne" "Dead Man's Party" "Faith, Hope & Trick" "Beauty and the Beasts" "Homecoming" "Band Candy" "Revelations" "Lovers Walk" "The Wish" "Amends" "Gingerbread" "Helpless" "The Zeppo" "Bad Girls" "Consequences" "Doppelgangland" "Earshot" "Choices" "Graduation Day, Parts One and Two"
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Season 5	"Buffy vs. Dracula" "Real Me" "The Replacement" "Out of My Mind" "Checkpoint" "The Body" "Tough Love" "Spiral" "The Weight of the World" "The Gift"
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