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| 35 | Anne | Chantarelle | Ken | ||
| This episode introduces the idea of a demon dimension where one Earth day equals 100 years there. | |||||
| 36 | Dead Man's Party | zombies | |||
| Giles "persuades" Principal Snyder to allow Buffy back to school. | |||||
| 37 | Faith, Hope & Trick | Faith | Mr Trick Kakistos |
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| This is the first appearance of Faith (a new slayer called (activated) by the death of Kendra) and a vampire called Mr Trick. Buffy tells her friends that Willow's spell had worked on Angelus; he had turned back to Angel before she sent him to hell. Unknown to anyone, Angel is expelled from hell and returns in a feral state back to Earth. The Watchers' Council is introduced. | |||||
| 38 | Beauty And The Beasts | Scott Faith |
Pete | ||
| Buffy pulls Angel out of his feral state; he had been in hell for hundreds of years relative to Earth time. | |||||
| 39 | Homecoming | Mr Trick Lyle Gorch Kulak Mayor Wilkins |
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| This is the first appearance of the Mayor Wilkins. Willow and Xander kiss. | |||||
| 40 | Band Candy | Ethan Rayne Mr Trick Larconis Mayor Wilkins |
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| 41 | Revelations | Faith | Gwendoline Post Lagos |
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| Gwendoline Post is Faith's watcher but turns out to be evil. | |||||
| 42 | Lover's Walk | Spike Mr Trick Mayor Wilkins |
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| Oz and Cordelia catch Willow and Xander kissing. | |||||
| 43 | The Wish | Harmony Oz Larry |
Anyanka (Anya) vampire Xander and Willow The Master |
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| Cordelia is granted a wish by vengence demon, Anyanka, that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale. This creates a world where Xander and Willow are vampires (who kill Cordelia) and The Master lives. Giles defeats Anyanka leaving her as a mortal female, Anya. | |||||
| 44 | Amends | Jenny Calendar Willy |
The Harbingers The First |
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| In this episode it is revealed that Angel was brought back from hell to threaten Buffy's existance. | |||||
| 45 | Gingerbread | Amy | Sunnydale's parents | ||
| Amy turns herself into a rat to escape death. | |||||
| 46 | Helpless | Quentin Travers | Zachary Kralik | ||
| The Watchers' Council relieve Rupert Giles of his watcher duties. | |||||
| 47 | The Zeppo | Willy Faith Oz |
Sisterhood of Jhe Jack O'Toole |
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| Xander has sex with Faith. | |||||
| 48 | Bad Girls | Faith Wesley Wyndam-Pryce |
Mayor Wilkins Mr Trick The Eliminati Balthazar |
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| This is the first appearance of Faith's new Watcher, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce. Faith kills a human and covers it up. The Mayor becomes invincible. | |||||
| 49 | Consequences | Faith | Mayor Wilkins Mr Trick |
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| Faith kills Mr Trick to save Buffy's life and then allies herself to the Mayor. | |||||
| 50 | Doppelgängland | Anya Wesley Wyndam-Pryce |
vampire Willow | ||
| 51 | Enemies | Mayor Wilkins Faith |
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| Mayor Wilkins is over a hundred years old and will soon undergo the ritual of ascention. | |||||
| 52 | Earshot | Jonathan | the school dinner lady | ||
| Buffy gains telepathic powers and learns that Giles and Joyce had sex when under a spell that made them young. Buffy saves Jonathan from killing himself. | |||||
| 53 | Choices | Wesley Wyndam-Pryce | Mayor Wilkins Faith |
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| 54 | The Prom | Jonathan Anya |
Tucker Wells | ||
| Anya (now human) asks Xander for a date. Joyce advises Angel that Buffy has no future with him. Xander finds out that Cordelia's family is broke. Buffy is awarded Class Protector by Jonathan. | |||||
| 55 | Graduation Day (Part 1) | Jonathan Anya Wesley Wyndam-Pryce Harmony |
Mayor Wilkins Faith |
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| Buffy resigns as Slayer when the Watchers' Council refuse to help Angel. | |||||
| 56 | Graduation Day (Part 2) | Jonathan Anya Wesley Wyndam-Pryce Harmony Larry |
Mayor Wilkins Faith |
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| Buffy cures Angel by feeding him her blood. Principal Snyder is killed by the Mayor. Larry and Harmony are killed. Buffy blows up the Mayor's demonic form. Faith is left in a coma. Angel leaves Sunnydale as does Cordelia. | |||||
