Buffy learns more about her role as a vampire slayer when she and her mother move to Sunnydale, where evil lurks in the community. Sunnydale is on top of Hellmouth, a centre of a mystical convergence that draws evil and demonic forces.
While Buffy learns about the awesome powers of the Master, she also must save Sunnydale from an onslaught of vampires.
Cheerleading candidates are being struck down by a variety of catastrophes, so Buffy sets out to unmask the witch she suspects is at fault.
Buffy tries to protect Xander after he falls for a substitute teacher; Angel warns Buffy of a claw-handed vampire.
Buffy falls in love, and neglects her fight against the dark forces enveloping Sunnydale.
It's up to Buffy, Giles and Willow to figure out what is wrong with Xander when he exhibits strange behaviour at the zoo.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon
Alexander "Xander" Harris
Alyson Hannigan
Willow Rosenberg
James Marsters
Spike
Emma Caulfield
Anya Emerson