Shadow
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - S5 - E8
Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5 - 22 Episode s
5x1 - Buffy vs. Dracula
September 26, 2000
The one-and-only Dracula makes his way to Sunnydale and immediately has everyone enchanted. Even Buffy might not be able to resist his charms.
5x2 - Real Me
October 3, 2000
As Harmony and her vampire gang plot Buffy's demise, Dawn adjusts to life with a Slayer.
5x3 - The Replacement
October 10, 2000
When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.
5x4 - Out of My Mind
October 17, 2000
While Riley's health begins to deteriorate, Spike and Harmony force a surgeon to remove the behavior modification chip embedded in Spike's brain.
5x5 - No Place Like Home
October 24, 2000
Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.
5x6 - Family
November 7, 2000
When relatives arrive in Sunnydale, to celebrate her birthday, Tara uses a magic spell on her friends to keep them from learning her "secret." Meanwhile, Glory unleashes a hoard of demons to hunt down Buffy.
5x7 - Fool for Love
November 14, 2000
After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.
5x8 - Shadow
November 21, 2000
Glory transforms a snake into a terrifying monster in her quest to find the Key; Joyce is hospitalized after being diagnosed with an illness.
5x9 - Listening to Fear
November 28, 2000
As Joyce's sickness makes her begin doing odd things, a demon emerges from a meteorite and begins killing the mentally ill.
5x10 - Into the Woods
December 19, 2000
After Buffy catches Riley in the clutches of a vampire-junkie, Riley makes an important decision regarding their relationship.
5x11 - Triangle
January 9, 2001
While Giles is in England meeting with the Watcher Council, a bickering Anya and Willow mind the magic store and inadvertently conjure up a fearsome troll.
5x12 - Checkpoint
January 23, 2001
The Watcher Council travels to Sunnydale to review Buffy's skills as a Slayer; meanwhile, Glory puts her search for the Key into high gear.
5x13 - Blood Ties
February 6, 2001
When Dawn learns her true identity, she runs away - only to encounter Glory.
5x14 - Crush
February 13, 2001
Buffy learns that Spike has a crush on her - a situation made all the more dangerous by Drusilla's return to Sunnydale.
5x15 - I Was Made to Love You
February 20, 2001
Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.
5x16 - The Body
February 27, 2001
Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the aftermath of Joyce's death.
5x17 - Forever
April 17, 2001
With some help from Spike, Dawn attempts to bring Joyce back from the dead.
5x18 - Intervention
April 24, 2001
A weary Buffy seeks to regain focus by embarking on a quest with the First Slayer; Spike cavorts with his very own "Buffybot" and Glory instructs her minions to spy on Buffy's friends in the hopes of ascertaining the Key's true identity.
5x19 - Tough Love
May 1, 2001
When Tara falls victim to Glory's incredible power, Willow embraces dark magic and launches a counterattack.
5x20 - Spiral
May 8, 2001
Realizing they may never be able to vanquish Glory, Buffy and the gang decide to flee Sunnydale in Spike's R.V. to protect Dawn.
5x21 - The Weight of the World
May 15, 2001
When Buffy lapses into a catatonic state, Willow uses magic to find out why; a tug-of-war erupts between Glory and Ben over Dawn's ultimate fate.
5x22 - The Gift
May 22, 2001
As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends prepare for battle.