Box set: Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Original Vampire Saga

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 6

20th Century Fox (2001)

Action, Comedy, Fantasy
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Plot

In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer. Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Buffy Summers, The Chosen One, the one girl in all the world with the strength and skill to fight the vampires. With the help of her close friends, Willow (Alyson Hannigan ), Xander (Nicholas Brendon), and her Watcher Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) she balances slaying, family, friendships, and relationships.

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy Summers 
Nicholas Brendon Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan Willow Rosenberg 
Anthony Head Rupert Giles
James Marsters Spike
Emma Caulfield Anya 
Michelle Trachtenberg Dawn Summers
Franc Ross Razor
Amber Benson Tara Maclay
Paul Greenberg Shempy Vampire

Crew

Director
David Grossman
Joss Whedon
Producer Gareth Davies , Jane Espenson
Writer Joss Whedon , Steven S. DeKnight

Trailer

Episodes

Disc 01

1
Bargaining (1)
60 mins  02/10/2001
Several months have passed since Buffy sacrificed herself to save Dawn, her friends and the world. The Slayerettes are doing their best to keep the demon population down and Willow has repaired the Buffybot so the world remains unaware of the Slayers death. Unfortunately a vamp discovers the truth and escapes to tell his friends. With no Slayer to watch, Giles makes preparations to return to England and leaves Anya in charge of the magic shop. Willow, Tara, Anya and Xander secretly perform a powerful spell at Buffy's grave site to resurrect the Slayer, but the spell is interfered with by a group of demon bikers and the Slayerettes flee, not knowing if the spell worked or not.

Director:  David Grossman 

Writer:  Marti Noxon 

Guest starring:  Franc Ross, Geoff Meed, Paul Greenberg, Mike Grief, Joy DeMichelle Moore, Bru Muller, Robert D. Vito, Harry Johnson, Kelly Lynn Warren, Hila Levy, Richard Wharton

2
Bargaining (2)
60 mins  02/10/2001
The Scooby Gang run from Buffy's grave site and her resurrection goes unnoticed. When she does get back above ground, she is confused and disoriented and wanders around looking at the carnage caused by the demon gang. The demons damage the Buffybot badly and notice the real Buffy wandering around. They chase her and she eventually runs into the Slayerettes, who realize that she has been traumatize by having to dig out of her own grave. When the demons arrive for a final fight, Buffy, still very confused, returns to her Slayer ways and defeats them all; but runs away from her friends after. The Buffybot stays "alive" long enough to tell Dawn of the real Buffy's return. Dawn finds Buffy at Glory's tower, and she wants to jump off again. As the tower begins to collapse Dawn manages to coax Buffy down and they land just as the tower crumbles around them. Buffy and Dawn hug, but the Slayer is still not herself.

Director:  David Grossman 

Writer:  David Fury 

Guest starring:  Franc Ross

3
After Life
60 mins  09/10/2001
The first repercussions of the resurrection spell has the Scoobies battling with a demon ghost and Buffy realizes she was happier with the peace of the afterlife but cannot bring herself to tell her friends. She finds a sympathetic ear in someone else who knows a little about an afterlife: Spike.

Director:  David Solomon 

Writer:  Jane Espenson 

Guest starring: Lisa Hoyle

4
Flooded
60 mins  16/10/2001
With Joyce gone, Buffy finds herself trying to contend with burst pipes and home-improvement loans. She seeks out the advice of a just-returned Giles who expresses his concern over Willow's attitude toward bringing Buffy back. While trying to get a loan, Buffy's meeting is crashed by a demon, dispatched by a trio of bored, twenty-something would-be sorcerers who want to cause mischief (and to hypnotize Buffy and make her their love slave). The demon makes its way to the Slayers home and Buffy begs him not to break anything, and winds up drowning him in a pool of water formed by her plumbing leak.

Director:  Douglas Petrie 

Writer:  Jane Espenson  / Douglas Petrie 

Guest starring: Todd Stashwick, Michael Merton, John Jabaley, Brian Kolb

Disc 02

5
Life Serial
60 mins  23/10/2001
As Buffy tries to 'normalize' her new life as a parent and return to college and attempt numerous jobs, she again comes up against the Troika, a group of would-be sorcerers, who test the Slayer by casting spells on her which make her experience time distortions, magically appearing demons and a strange "Groundhog Day" time loop.

Director:  Nick Marck 

Writer:  Jane Espenson  / David Fury 

Guest starring: Paul Gutrecht, Noel Guglielmi, Enrique Almeida, Marcia Ann Burrs, Jonathan Goldstein, Winsome Brown, Christopher May, David J. Miller, Andrew Cooper Wasser, Richard Beatty, James C. Leary, Jennifer Shon, Jabari Hearn, Derrick McMillon, Clint Culp

6
All the Way
60 mins  30/10/2001
Dawn lies to Buffy and spends Halloween night joyriding and partying with her friend Janice and two older boys. She develops a crush on one of the boys, Justin, and receives her first real kiss. When the boys reveal themselves to be vampires Dawn stakes Justin and is devastated. Buffy decides Dawn needs a serious grown-up talk but she hands the task over to Giles, who is not at all happy about the way Buffy is depending on him so much. Meanwhile, after Willow and Tara have a fight about Willow's abuse of magic, Willow casts a spell on Tara to make her forget the fight.

Director:  David Solomon 

Writer:  Steven S. DeKnight 

Guest starring: Steven Anthony Lawrence, John O'Leary, Kavan Reece, Amber Tamblyn, Dave Power, Dawn Worrall, Emily Kay, Adam Gordon, Sabrina Speer, Chad Erickson, Dominic Rambran, Anthony Sago, Lorin Becker, Lily Jackson, Charles Duckworth

7
Once More, With Feeling
60 mins  06/11/2001
A mysterious force causes everyone in Sunnydale to reveal all of their innermost thoughts and feelings in song. Buffy tells the gang the truth about where she was when she was dead and they are devastated, none more than Willow. Tara sings a love song to Willow professing all her love, but does Willow feel the same way? Finally, Giles reveals his belief that Buffy is never going to learn to survive on her own with him around and decides to return to England for good.

Director:  Joss Whedon 

Writer:  Joss Whedon 

Guest starring: Hinton Battle, Marti Noxon, David Fury, Daniel Weaver, Scot Zeller, Zachary Woodlee, Timothy Anderson, Alex Estronel, Matt Sims, Hunter Cochrane

8
Tabula Rasa
60 mins  13/11/2001
After the gang finds out about Buffy's true afterlife, Willow does a spell to make her forget that she was actually in heaven. Unfortunately the spell goes awry and the gang all wake up with amnesia, forgetting everything about their lives including the existence of vampires and the Slayer. Because of their British accents, Giles and Spike ("Randy") think they are father and son, Giles and Anya think they are engaged, Willow and "Alex" think they are dating, and due to the absence of ID, Buffy names herself Joan. When a demon loan shark comes to collect a long overdue loan from Spike, "Joan" and "Randy" discover their true nature when they are forced to fight, while Dawn, Willow, Tara and "Alex" head out to try and restore their memories. At episodes end when they get their memories back the gang goes through some changes, with Tara breaking up with Willow and Giles finally leaving Sunnydale behind forever.

Director:  David Grossman 

Writer:  Rebecca Rand Kirshner 

Guest starring: Geordie White, Stephen Triplett, David Franco, Raymond O'Connor, Michelle Branch

Disc 03

9
Smashed
60 mins  20/11/2001
After breaking up with Tara, Willow successfully de-rats Amy and the two witches begin hanging out and having fun with magic, drawing Willow further into her growing addiction. Meanwhile, Spike notices that his chip doesn't kick in when he hits Buffy but it only works with her, leading him to believe that she is not entirely human anymore.

Director:  Turi Meyer 

Writer:  Drew Z. Greenberg 

Guest starring: Patrice Walters, John Patrick Clerkin, Janck Jozefson, Rick Garcia, Kelly Smith, Jordan Belfi, Adam Weiner, Melanie Sirmons, Lauren Nissi

10
Wrecked
60 mins  27/11/2001
When they finally return home from their nights out, Buffy is ashamed of having slept with Spike and Willow is exhausted from casting spells all night. Amy takes Willow to a warlock whose particular brand of magic quickly has Willow hooked. While looking after Dawn, Willow decides to get another quick fix and leaves the warlock's place looking very high and not at all in control of herself. To escape a demon Willow and Dawn steal a car but Willow seems it better to drive using magic, not her hands, resulting in them crashing. Willow breaks down and seems truly sorry for what she has done, but her actions further enrage Buffy who is now convinced that Willow is completely out of control and may need to get help.

Director:  David Solomon 

Writer:  Marti Noxon 

Guest starring: Jeff Kober, Fleming Brooks, Mageina Tovah, Michael Diordani, Colin Malone

11
Gone
60 mins  08/01/2002
Buffy and Dawn clear the house of magic items to help Willow and Buffy has a surprise visit from a social worker checking on Dawn's home life. The meeting doesn't go well and in a fit of rage after wards, Buffy cuts off her hair. Meanwhile, the Geek Trio have built an invisibility ray and accidentally hit Buffy with it.

Director:  David Fury 

Writer:  David Fury 

Guest starring: Jessa French, Kelly Parver, Jeffrey Jacquin, Dwight Bacquie, Lyndon Smith, Melina Webberley, Elin Hampton, Susan Ruttan, Daniel Hagen

Disc 04

12
Doublemeat Palace
60 mins  29/01/2002
Starved for cash, Buffy gets a job in a fast food restaurant where the weird manager and high turnover of employees has her more than a little suspicious. When co-workers start ending up in pieces, the mystery behind the "secret ingredient" comes into question. Willow works on staying clear of magic, but Amy gives her an unwanted gift and Willow is forced to make a big decision. A vengeance demon friend of Anya's visits and questions her relationship with Xander, leaving Anya doubtful about their soon-to-be-married life together.

Director:  Nick Marck 

Writer:  Jane Espenson 

Guest starring: Pat Crawford Brown, Brent Hinkley, Kirsten Nelson, T. Ferguson, Marion Calvert, Douglas Bennett, Andrew Reville, Kevin C. Carter, John F. Kearney, Sara Lawall, Victor Z. Isaac

13
Dead Things
60 mins  05/02/2002
The Troika's latest escapade to make Warren's ex-girlfriend Katrina their willing slave goes horribly wrong when she is accidentally killed. The trio use magical and demonic forces to make Buffy think that she has killed Katrina - and it works. With finding out the truth about her resurrection and believing she killed an innocent girl, Buffy's world begins to fall apart.

Director:  James A. Contner 

Writer:  Steven S. DeKnight 

Guest starring: Amelinda Embry, Marion Calvert, Rock Reiser, Bernard K. Addison, Eric Prescott

14
Older and Far Away
60 mins  12/02/2002
Old and new friends gather at the Summers home for Buffy's 21st birthday party and it goes off without a hitch - mostly. Feeling neglected by Buffy and the Scoobys, Dawn's wish to keep people from leaving her is answered by Anya's demon friend Halfrek, who binds the attendees of the party to the house. When Tara tries a spell to free them, she only makes the situation worse by accidentally releasing a demon trapped inside a sword.

Director:  Michael Gershman 

Writer:  Drew Z. Greenberg 

Guest starring: Laura Roth, Ryan Browning, Elizabeth Cazenave, Laura Silverman

15
As You Were
60 mins  26/02/2002
Riley pursues a demon to Sunnydale and seeks Buffy's help in killing it. He also comes with a surprise... he is married. His wife, fellow demon hunter Sam, befriends the entire Scooby Gang and gets along quite well with all of them, but Buffy's own "relationship" with Spike comes into question when her ex's perfect romance shows her just what she doesn't have.

Director:  Douglas Petrie 

Writer:  Douglas Petrie 

Guest starring:  Ivana Milicevic, Ryan Raddatz, Adam Paul, Marilyn Brett, Alice Dinnean, Mitch Morris

Disc 05

16
Hell's Bells
60 mins  05/03/2002
The day of the wedding has finally come and Xander and Anya are preparing for the hoards of "guests" to arrive. While Xander's screwed up human family go head to head with Anya's mostly non-human friends, a special guest approaches Xander to warn him that his life with Anya may not turn out to be the married bliss he has hoped for.

Director:  David Solomon 

Writer:  Rebecca Rand Kirshner 

Guest starring: Daniel McFeeley, Rebecca Jackson, Mel Fair, Nick Kokich, Robert Noble, Julian Franco, Susannah L. Brown, Joey Hiott, Abigail Mavity, Chris Emerson, Ashleigh Ann Wood, Megan Vint, Casey Sander,  Andy UmbergerLee Garlington

17
Normal Again
60 mins  12/03/2002
After being poisoned by a demon, Buffy comes to believe that she is confined to a mental hospital, her mother is alive and her parents are still together and that her life as a Slayer was all an hallucination for the past six years. Deciding that she prefers this 'normal' life with her parents a whole lot more, Buffy attempts to kill the things that tether her to the 'fantasy' life of the Slayer: the Scoobies.

Director:  Rick Rosenthal 

Writer:  Diego Gutierrez 

Guest starring: Dean Butler, Michael Warren, Sarah Scivier, Rodney Charles, April Dion, Kirsten Nelson

18
Entropy
60 mins  30/04/2002
Having accepted the offer to become a vengeance demon again, Anya attempts to curse Xander for the pain he caused her... but she can't do it herself. Instead, she enlists the help of some old friends but it doesn't go how she expected. Buffy spends some quality time with Dawn to make up for her violent actions in "Normal Again," but Dawn's idea of time well spent is the dangerous world of patrolling; while Willow and Tara go on a coffee date and begin to mend their troubled relationship. The gang discover that the Troika have been watching their every move with hidden cameras. The cameras are traced to the trio's lair and what is seen on video proves to be devastating for all of them.

Director:  James A. Contner 

Writer:  Drew Z. Greenberg 

Guest starring: Edie Caggiano

19
Seeing Red
60 mins  07/05/2002
Willow and Tara are well on the road to recovery but love lives are not as good for Xander and Anya or Buffy and Spike. The Troika move full swing into their biggest plan ever: stealing a pair of mystical orbs which imbue the bearer with super strength and invulnerability. They attempt to rob an armoured van but Buffy crashes the party resulting in a battle between her and SuperWarren. Buffy is all but finished until Jonathan reveals the secret to Warren's power. Buffy manages to defeat him but he escapes by use of a rocket pack and Jonathan and Andrew are arrested. Buffy heads home to await the next encounter but it comes all too soon. A crazed Warren proves he is evil enough on his own and shoots at Buffy. She takes a bullet in the shoulder but a wild shot fatally hits a Scooby...

Director:  Michael Gershman 

Writer:  Steven S. DeKnight 

Guest starring: Garrett Brawith, Tim Hager, Stefan Marks, Christopher James, Kate Orsini, Troy R. Brenna, Nichole Hiltz

Disc 06

20
Villains
60 mins  14/05/2002
While the paramedics work on Buffy in the yard, in her bedroom Willow deperately calls on Osiris to bring Tara back to life the same way as she did for Buffy. She is told that the spell will not work for a natural human death and becomes consumed with rage and wants revenge in the worst way. She runs to the magic shop and draws the dark power from the books into her causing her hair and eyes to turn black. After saving Buffy by magically removing the bullet from her shoulder she heads out to find Warren.

Director:  David Solomon 

Writer:  Marti Noxon 

Guest starring: Amelinda Embry, Jeff Kober, Tim Hodgin, Michael Matthys, Julie Hermelin, Alan Henry Brown, Mueen J. Ahmad, Jane Cho, Meredith Cross, David Adefeso, Jeffrey Nicholas-Brown, Neson Frederick, Steven W. Bailey

21
Two to Go (1)
60 mins  21/05/2002
After exacting revenge on Warren for Tara's death, an extremely powerful and vengeful Willow now vows to go after the other two members of the trio, Jonathan and Andrew, forcing Buffy into the unlikely role of nerd-villain protector. After freeing the Duo from jail and escaping from Willow, the expanded group runs to the Magic Box to find a protection spell. While all this is going on in Sunnydale, Spike undergoes a fierce challenge given by an African demon in order to become what he once was. Willow, drained of her power, finds Rack and draws his energy into her, killing him in the process. At the Magic Box, Willow catches up to them all and takes on Buffy and Anya, who is doing her best to keep a magical barrier up around Willow. Buffy is no match for Willow's power, but eventually she is drained again and they escape while she is down. Willow regains her strength and brings down Anya's barrier, tossing both her and Buffy aside. Willow heads out of the shop intent on completi

Director:  Bill L. Norton 

Writer:  Douglas Petrie 

Guest starring: Jeff Kober, Jeff McCredie, Damian Mooney, Michael Younger, Tanoai Reed, Steven W. Bailey

22
Grave (2)
60 mins  21/05/2002
Giles's new-found power brings Willow down momentarily and Giles magically binds her and leaves to catch up with Buffy. Willow telepathically controls Anya and gets her to break the binding spell. Willow draws Giles's energy into her and is hit by a sudden burst of emotion. Willow feels so much pain and hurt in the world and she decides to end it all.

Director:  James A. Contner 

Writer:  David Fury 

Guest starring: Brett Wagner, Tanoai Reed, Steven W. Bailey

Edition Details

Series Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Packaging Custom Case
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 6

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