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Season Six
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Sixth Season

Season Premiere

October 2nd, 2001
Season Finale May 21st, 2002
Episode Count 22
Cast Sarah Michelle Gellar; Nicholas Brendon; Emma Caulfield; Michelle Trachtenberg; James Marsters; Alyson Hannigan
Notable Episodes "Once More With Feeling" [1]
"Seeing Red" [2]
"Villains" [3]
"Grave" [4]
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Season Six of the supernatural dramedy series Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired on UPN from October 2nd, 2001 to May 21st, 2002, spanning a total of twenty-two episodes. This season sees the return of most major cast members beginning with Sarah Michelle Gellar in the title role of Buffy Summers, as well as Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris, Emma Caulfield as Anya Jenkins, Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn Summers, James Marsters as Spike and Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg. Beginning with this season, Anthony Stewart Head, who plays Rupert Giles, is removed from the main cast line-up and appears as a recurring guest star.

One of the more notable plot elements of this season is the unexpected death of Tara Maclay in episode 6x19, "Seeing Red". This episode begat the "Dark Willow" storyline, which ran through the remaining episodes of the season. Amber Benson was added to the main title credits for this episode only.

Episodes[]

Episode Title Airdate
6x01 Bargaining (Part 1) October 2nd, 2001
6x02 Bargaining (Part 2) October 2nd, 2001
6x03 After Life October 9th, 2001
6x04 Flooded October 16th, 2001
6x05 Life Serial October 23rd, 2001
6x06 All the Way October 30th, 2001
6x07 Once More, With Feeling November 6th, 2001
6x08 Tabula Rasa November 13th, 2001
6x09 Smashed November 20th, 2001
6x10 Wrecked November 27th, 2001
6x11 Gone January 8th, 2002
6x12 Doublemeat Palace January 29th, 2002
6x13 Dead Things February 5th, 2002
6x14 Older and Far Away February 12th, 2002
6x15 As You Were February 26th, 2002
6x16 Hell's Bells March 5th, 2002
6x17 Normal Again March 12th, 2002
6x18 Entropy April 30th, 2002
6x19 Seeing Red May 7th, 2002
6x20 Villains May 14th, 2002
6x21 Two to Go May 21st, 2002
6x22 Grave May 21st, 2002

Cast[]

Principal cast[]

Actor Role
Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon Xander Harris
Emma Caulfield Anya Jenkins
James Marsters Spike
Alyson Hannigan Willow Rosenberg

Guest stars[]

Actor Role
Anthony Stewart Head Rupert Giles
Amber Benson Tara Maclay
Adam Busch Warren Meers
Danny Strong Jonathan Levinson
Tom Lenk Andrew Wells

Crew[]

Production[]

Directors[]

Writers[]

Notes[]

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"I'm like a superhero or something!"

  • This season comprised episodes 101-122.
  • Both the season premiere and the season finale aired as two-hour specials.

Notable episodes[]

  • "Bargaining (Part 1)" - Giles leaves; Buffy is resurrected.
  • "Once More, With Feeling" - Musical episode.
  • "Tabula Rasa" - Willow and Tara break up.
  • "Seeing Red" - Spike attempts to rape Buffy; Warren Meers kills Tara Maclay.
  • "Villains" - Willow turns evil and flays Warren Meers.
  • "Grave" - Willow turns good again; Spike's soul is restored.

Plot threads[]

  • The Return of Buffy: The Scoobies try to keep up appearances that Buffy Summers is still alive and active after the finale of season five. They put the Buffybot into action as a poor substitute, while hunting down vampires on their own. Willow uses a spell to bring Buffy back to life, but something is wrong and even Spike notes, "You came back bad". Buffy eventually reveals to the group in "Once More, With Feeling", that by resurrecting her, they actually pulled her out of Heaven.
  • Dark Willow: The "Dark Willow" storyline began late in the season with the episode "Villains" and showed the character of Willow Rosenberg completely consumed by black magic after suffering the emotional shock of seeing her lover Tara Maclay brutally murdered at the hands of Warren Meers. Willow took her revenge by using her powers to strip the flesh from Warren's body. Ultimately, it was Xander Harris who managed to talk Willow down from the edge; with a little help from a returning friend - Rupert Giles.

Home video[]

See also[]

Buffyverse

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Angel

External Links[]

References[]

  1. The musical episode.
  2. Death of Tara Maclay by Warren Mears.
  3. Willow Rosenberg skins Warren Mears.
  4. Conclusion of the "Dark Willow" saga.


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