S5-01 Buffy vs Dracula

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Top level Episode Guide Buffy Buffy Season 5

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Author: Stuart Millington   Publishing date: 17.11.2002 17:24

The title pretty much says it all for this episode!

Giles is feeling useless and is leaving Sunnydale to return to England. While on patrol, Buffy meets Dracula who has come to Sunnydale to meet the world famous Buffy. (It turns out that Dracula is an old friend of Anya and an old rival of Spike's.)

Dracula hypnotises Xander and is trying to convert Buffy by showing her the dark side of her powers. He manages to hypnotise and bite Buffy. Riley is jealous and accuses Buffy of being enthralled by Dracula - which is not entirely untrue.

Xander delivers Buffy to his master, Dracula's, castle where she is shown the source of her powers when she drinks his blood. But, it doesn't have the effect Dracula envisioned when Buffy kills him - at least twice.

At the very end of the episode we meet Buffy's younger sister - Dawn...

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