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| 1 | Welcome To The Hellmouth | Darla The Master Luke |
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This is the first episode. The Slayer, Buffy Summers has just arrived in Sunnydale where she meets her watcher, Rupert Giles. Her secret identity is revealed to computer wizzard, Willow Rosemberg and her friend Xander Harris. Buffy's mother, Joyce, has moved to Sunnydale because of her daughter's strange activities in Los Angeles. The Slayer is a being with super powers who fights and kills vampires and demons. A mysterious character, Angel, appears and gives information before disappearing. The school show-off, Cordelia Chase, tries unsuccessfully to show Buffy how to be accepted at school. Vampires can be killed by a wooden stake through the heart, sunlight, decapitation and fire. Darla is the first vampire seen in action. The Master is a very old vampire trapped underground. | |||||
| 2 | The Harvest | Darla The Master Luke |
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| 3 | The Witch | Amy | Amy's Mother | ||
| The first appearance of Amy. | |||||
| 4 | Teacher's Pet | Natalie French | |||
| 5 | Never Kill A Boy On The First Date | Owen | The Master The Annointed One |
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| The first appearance of The Annointed One. | |||||
| 6 | The Pack | Principal Flutie | The Zookeeper | ||
| 7 | Angel | Angel | The Master The Three Darla |
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| Angel is revealed to be a vampire whose soul has been restored by a gypsy curse. Darla made him a vampire over 200 years ago and they were lovers. Angel kills Darla. Only direct sunlight can kill a vampire. | |||||
| 8 | I Robot - You Jane | Jenny Calendar | Moloch | ||
| The first appearance of Jenny Calendar | |||||
| 9 | The Puppet Show | Sid Morgan Principal Snyder |
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| The first appearance of Principal Snyder, the sinister school head. | |||||
| 10 | Nightmares | Billy | The Master The Annointed One The Ugly Man |
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| 11 | Invisible Girl | Harmony | Marcie Ross | ||
| The first appearance of Cordelia's friend, Harmony. Angel meets Giles. | |||||
| 12 | Prophesy Girl | The Master The Annointed One |
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| Buffy dies and is revived by Xander. The Master is killed. Cordelia learns Buffy's secret identity. | |||||
