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Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 5 Menu
  This DVD release contains all the episodes from Season Five.

DVD Extra's
Disc One: Script for 'The Replacement'. Commentary for 'Real Me' by writer David Fury and director David Grossman.
Disc Two: Script and commentary for 'Fool For Love' by Doug Petrie.
Disc Three: Script for 'Into The Woods'. Featurettes - 'Buffy Abroad', 'Demonology - A Slayer's Guide', 'Casting Buffy', 'The Stunts Of Buffy'. 6 trailers.
Disc Four: Script for 'Checkpoint'. Commentary for 'I Was Made To Love You' by Jane Espenson.
Disc Five: Commentary for 'The Body' by Joss Whedon.
Disc Six: Featurettes - 'The Story Of Season 5', 'Natural Causes', 'Spotlight On Dawn'. Stills gallery.
 
 
  Cast  
 
Sarah Michelle Gellar  Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon  Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan  Willow Rosenberg
Charisma Carpenter  Cordelia Chase
Anthony Head  Rupert Giles
David Boreanaz  Angel
Seth Green  Oz
James Marsters  Spike
   
 
  Episodes  
 

Buffy vs. Dracula Buffy is shaken by the awesome power when she comes face to face with the greatest vampire of all time, Dracula. Meanwhile, Xander becomes the dark one’s emissary and leads his friends into peril.

Real me Buffy's slaying is hampered by sibling rivalry with Dawn, who gets kidnapped by a vampire gang led by Harmony.

The replacement Confusion reigns when Xander is split into two Xanders, each representing different sides of his personality.

Out of my mind The physical aftereffects of Riley’s being used as a lab rat by the Initiative threaten his life; Spike takes advantage of the situation.

No place like home Buffy discovers more about her newly arrived little sister, and the girls are distressed when Joyce suddenly becomes ill without any explanation, medical or supernatural.

Family Tara’s family makes a surprise visit to Sunnydale for her birthday, threatening to reveal a shocking secret that could endanger all of their lives.

Fool for love When Buffy forces Spike to recount how he was able to kill two Slayers, his flashbacks reveal his first meeting with Drusilla.

Shadow In order to protect her sister, Buffy must face a horrible beast that has been conjured by the powerful demon Glory to help seek out "The Key."

Listening to fear As Buffy and Dawn help their mother prepare for brain surgery, an extra-terrestrial demon fixates on a disoriented Joyce and infiltrates the Summers’ home.

Into the woods Buffy is thunderstruck when Spike informs her of Riley's furtive nights spent in the dark embrace of a vampire.

Triangle Emotions are charged between Willow and Anya when they are left in charge of the magic shop and Willow accidentally conjures an enormous troll.

Checkpoint The Council of Watchers possess insight into Glory, but are less than forthcoming with the information, and are also threatening to deport Giles if Buffy doesn't perform well on a test of her Slayer skills.

Blood ties Dawn's entire world crumbles around her after she learns that she is the Key, and dealing with the truth proves to be even harder than anyone had anticipated.

Crush Buffy is appalled by Spike's admission of love for her, but Drusilla is waiting in the wings, intent on returning Spike to his killer ways.

I was made to love you Buffy must stop a heartbroken young woman — a robot who was manufactured to be the perfect girlfriend — from destroying the city.

The body Buffy and the gang are overcome by grief when tragedy strikes and they are robbed of someone they hold dear.

Forever Buffy is comforted by Angel, who comes back to Sunnydale after he hears of Joyce's death. Meanwhile, Dawn decides to perform a spell to bring her mom back to life.

Intervention The Scoobies mistake Spike's custom-made romance with his Buffybot for the real thing; Glory's minions kidnap Spike in the belief that he is the Key.

Tough love While Buffy is preoccupied with being her sister's keeper, Glory sets out to grab the person whom she now believes to be the Key — Tara.

Spiral When Glory finds out who the real key is, Buffy and company flee. Meanwhile, the Knights of Byzantium have their own plans to deal with Dawn.

The weight of the world Willow psychically enters Buffy's subconscious in an effort to reach the Slayer, who has been rendered catatonic by Glory's abduction of Dawn.

The gift Buffy must square off against a true god when Glory prepares to use Dawn to break down the walls between the dimensions and unleash Hell on Earth.
 

 
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  is followed by: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 06 (2001)
is part of the series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer [TV Series] (1996)
is preceded by: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 04 (1999)