Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Every Season 1 Episode Ranked

12. The Pack

Like many great shows, Buffy struggled to find its voice through large portions of its first season, and The Pack represents the worst of what its early years had to offer.

Strange even by the show's standards, the episode follows Xander and the high school's resident bullies as they're possessed by a hyena spirit and begin acting out around town. The results make it a poor attempt at moody drama that comes off as both cringe-inducing and ill-conceived.

Though clearly aiming for something deep and meaningful to say about teenage hormones, The Pack misses every mark it attempts to aim for, but at least killed off Principal Flutie so Snyder could come in and steal the show with his stone-faced cynicism later in the season.