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"Fool for Love"
Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Season 5, Episode 7
Buffy 5x07 005
Air date November 14th, 2000
Writers Douglas Petrie
Director Nick Marck
Producers Douglas Petrie; Jane Espenson; David Solomon; Gareth Davies; David Greenwalt; David Fury; Marti Noxon; Sandy Gallin; Gail Berman; Fran Rubel Kuzui; Kaz Kuzui; Joss Whedon; John F. Perry; Marc David Alpert
Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar; Nicholas Brendon; Alyson Hannigan; Marc Blucas; Emma Caulfield; Michelle Trachtenberg; James Marsters; Anthony Stewart Head
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"Fool for Love" is the seventh episode of season five of the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the eighty-fifth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Nick Marck with a script written by Douglas Petrie. It first aired on the WB Network on October 17th, 2000. In this episode Buffy Summers requires knowledge about Slayers of the past, so she reluctantly calls upon the advice of the one vampire she knows who has successfully killed two of them - Spike! The origin of the infamous "William the Bloody" is finally revealed.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Actor Role
Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy Summers
Nicholas Brendon Xander Harris
Alyson Hannigan Willow Rosenberg
Marc Blucas Riley Finn
Emma Caulfield Anya Jenkins
Michelle Trachtenberg Dawn Summers
James Marsters Spike
Anthony Stewart Head Rupert Giles

Guest Starring[]

Actor Role
David Boreanaz Angel
Mercedes McNab Harmony Kendall
Julie Benz Darla
Juliet Landau Drusilla
Kristine Sutherland Joyce Summers

Co-Starring[]

Actor Role
Kali Rocha Cecily Addams
Edward Fletcher Male partygoer
Katharine Leonard Female partygoer
Matthew Lang 2nd male partygoer
Chris Daniels Stabbing vampire
Kenneth Feinberg Chaos demon
Steve Heinze Vampire #1
Ming Liu Chinese Slayer
April Wheedon-Washington Subway Slayer

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See also[]

Buffyverse

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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