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Written by: Marti Noxon & David Fury
Directed by: David Grossman
First Aired: 2nd October 2001





Summary:
With Buffy gone the remaining scoobies have been patrolling along with Spike and the Buffybot while Willow, Tara, Xander and Anya have been secretly gathering ingredients for a spell to bring Buffy back.  Meanwhile, without his slayer to look after Giles returns to England leaving Anya in charge of the Magic Box.
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Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles, Franc Ross as Razor and Amber Benson as Tara MacLay.
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Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: David Solomon
First Aired: 9th October 2001




Summary:
Buffy isn't as happy to be back from the dead as her friend's expected her to be and the only person she feels she can confide in is Spike, and of course, there are consequences to the spell that was cast.
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Written by: Jane Espenson & Douglas Petrie
Directed by: Douglas Petrie
First Aired: 16th October 2001
Guest Stars: Anthony Stewart Head as Giles, Danny Strong as Jonathan, Adam Busch as Warren, Tom Lenk as Andrew, Todd Stashwick as M'Fashnick Demon and Amber Benson as Tara.





Summary:
As Giles returns to Sunnydale to be reunited with his slayer, Buffy herself is having to learn the how to run a household. Meanwhile an new wannabe evil trio is in town.
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Written by: David Fury & Jane Espenson
Directed by: Nick Marck
First Aired: 23rd October 2001





Summary:
As Buffy tries out a variety of jobs in order to try and find the right career for her (and earn some much needed cash) the trio strike, causing her amusing problems wherever she goes.
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Written by: Steven S DeKnight
Directed by: David Solomon
First Aired: 30th October 2001





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It's Halloween and Dawn goes out partying with boys, meanwhile Tara is concerned that Willow is using too much magic and they argue.








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When the scoobies start singing and dancing for no apparant reason, there's bound to be a demon about.
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Written by: Rebecca Rand Kirshmer
Directed by: David Grossman
First Aired: 13th November 2001




Summary:
Devastated to learn that she tore Buffy out of heaven and not a hell dimension, Willow casts a forgetting spell, when it goes wrong, all the scoobies collapse and wake up with no knowledge of who they are.
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Written by: Drew Z Greenberg
Directed by: Turi Meyer
First Aired: 20th November 2001





Summary:
In the wake of her break up with Tara, Willow finally manages to de-rat Amy and the two witches go clubbing, meanwhile Spike discovers that his chip no longer works on Buffy.
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Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: David Solomon
First Aired: 27th November 2001




Summary:
After their different nights of passion Buffy and Willow return to the Summers' house exhausted.  Trying to perk up Willow's spirits, Amy takes her to see magic drug dealer Rack to whom Willow quickly becomes addicted.
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Written by: David Fury
Directed by: David Fury
First Aired: 8th January 2002





Summary:
While Willow struggles to live without magic, the trio create an invisibility ray which accidentally hist Buffy who grows to rather like her new invisible status.
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Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Nick Marck
First Aired: 29th January 2002





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Buffy gets a job at the local burger bar, but smells something fishy when her co-workers keep disappearing, meanwhile Anya and Xander's wedding is drawing near and one of Anyanka's old vengeance demon friends pays them a visit.
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Written by: Steven S DeKnight
Directed by: James A Contner
First Aired: 5th Febraury 2002





Summary:
When Warren runs into his ex-girlfriend Katrina in a bar he decides to use the trio's new sex slave device on her, but when she meets her untimely death at their hands they decide to set Buffy up for the murder.  Meanwhile a now clean Willow runs into Tara at the Magic Box
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Written by: Drew Z Greenberg
Directed by: Michael Gershman
First Aired: 12th february 2002




Summary:
Feeling neglected by the adults in her world, Dawn inadvertantly makes a wish to vengeance demon Halfrek which prevents the guests at Buffy's birthday party from leaving the Summers' house.
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Written by: Douglas Petrie
Directed by: Douglas Petrie
First Aired: 26th February 2002




Summary:
Despite the circumstances, Buffy is quite pleased when her ex Riley arrives back in Sunnydale in pursuit of a demon, however, he doesn't come alone.
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Written by: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
Directed by: David Solomon
First Aired: 5th March 2002






Summary:
The day of Anya and Xander's wedding has finally arrived and the relatives human and demon alike, arrive and argue in droves, but it's one of Anyanka's past victims posing as a Xander from the future that poses a threat to the happy couple.
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Written by: Diego Gutierrez 
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
First Aired: 12th March 2002






Summary:
When the trio find themselves almost caught out by Buffy they unleash a demon on her that causes her to hallucinate that she is actually in a mental institute and her life for the past six years has all been in her imagination.
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Written by: Drew Z Greenberg
Directed by: James A Contner
First Aired: 30th April 2002





Summary:
Now firmly back ion the vengeance demon fold Anya sets about trying to take revenge on Anya, meanwhile Willow and Tara go on a date and Buffy attempts to spend some quality time with Dawn.
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Written by: Steven S DeKnight
Directed by: Michael Gershman
First Aired: 7th May 2002




Summary:
While Willow and Tara spend celebrate getting back together with a blissful day in bed, Buffy foils the trio's attempts to rob a security van.
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Written by: Marti Noxon
Directed by: David Solomon
First Aired: 14th May 2002





Summary:
Devastated by Tara's death, Willow calls on Osiris to bring Tara back, when this fails she turns to magic and begins to seek revenge on the trio who caused her loss.
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Written by: Douglas Petrie
Directed by: Bill L Norton
First Aired: 21st May 2002





Summary:
After finishing off Warren, Willow goes after the two remaining trio members who Buffy must break out of jail to protect. Meanwhile in Africa Spike undergoes a series of tests to become the man he once was.
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Written by: David Fury
Directed by: James A Contner
First Aired: 21st May 2002




Summary:
Returned from England Giles has been endowed with a great deal of power by an English witches' coven, but Willow is stronger even than that and drains him of all his power, however, the emotion she is filled with leads her feeling that the world is no place to live in and she vows to destroy it and everything in it.
Regular cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers, Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris, Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg, Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn Summers, Emma Caulfield as Anya, James Marsters as Spike and Amber Benson as Tara MacLay (episode 19 only).
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Bargaining
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After Life
Guest Stars:
Amber Benson as Tara MacLay.
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Flooded
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Life Serial
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All The Way
Guest Stars:
Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles John O'Leary as Kaltenbach, Kavan Reece as Justin, Amber Tamblyn as Janice, Dave Power as Zach and Amber Benson as Tara MacLay.
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Once More, With Feeling
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FEATURE
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Written by Joss Whedon
Directed by Joss Whedon
First Aired: 6th November 2001

Guest Stars:
Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles, Hinton Battle as Sweet and Amber Benson as Tara MacLay.
Tabula Rasa
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Guest Stars:
Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles Raymon O'Connor as Teeth and Amber Benson as Tara MacLay.
Smashed
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Wrecked
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Gone
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Guest Stars:
Danny Strong as Jonathan Levinson, Adam Busch as Warren Meers, Tom Lenk as Andrew Wells, Susan Rutten as Doris Kroeger and Daniel Hagen as Frank.
Doublemeat Palace
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Guest Stars:
Elizabeth Anne Allen as JAmy Madison, Pat Crawford as Wig Lady, Brent Hinkley as Manny, Kirsten Nelson as Lorraine Ross and Kali Rocha as Halfrek.
Dead Things
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Older and Far Away
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Guest Stars:
Kali Rocha as Halfrek, Ryan Browing as Richard and Amber Benson as Tara MacLay.
As You Were
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Guest Stars:
Marc Blucas as Riley Finn and Ivana Milicevic as Sam Finn
Hell's Bells
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Guest Stars:
Casey Sander as Mr. Harris, Kali Rocha as Halfrek, Andy Umberger as D'Hoffryn, Lee Garlington as Jessica Harris, Jan Hoag as Cousin Carol, George D. Wallace as Future Xander, Amber Benson as Tara MacLay. Amber Benson as Tara, Steven Gilborn as Uncle Rory.
Normal Again
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Guest Stars:
Casey Sander as Mr. Harris, Danny Strong as Jonathan Levinson, Adam Busch as Warren Busch, Tom Long as Andrew Wells, Dean Butler as Hank Summers, Michael Warren as Doctor. Kirsten Nelson as Lorraine Ross, Amber Benson as Tara MacLay and Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Summers.
Entropy
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Seeing Red
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Villains
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Two To Go
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Grave
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