Witch (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
3rd episode of the 1st season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Witch" is the third episode of the first season of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003). It serves as the show's first regular episode after the Pilot and originally aired in the United States on March 17, 1997, on The WB. Sometimes billed as "The Witch", the episode was directed by Stephen Cragg and was the first episode not written by show creator Joss Whedon and the first of seven with no vampire in it.
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Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 3 | ||
Directed by | Stephen Cragg | ||
Written by | Dana Reston | ||
Production code | 4V03 | ||
Original air date | March 17, 1997 (1997-03-17) | ||
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The premise of Buffy the Vampire Slayer involves an adolescent girl named Buffy Summers who is chosen by mystical forces and endowed with superhuman powers in order to defeat vampires, demons, and other evils in the fictional town of Sunnydale. She accomplishes this with the assistance of a close circle of friends and family. In "Witch", Buffy attempts to maintain a level of normalcy in her life by auditioning for her school's cheerleading squad. However, Buffy and her friends must stop a fellow student from tampering with witchcraft in order to take competitors out of the running.