Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Every Season 1 Episode Ranked
7. Witch
Buffy the Vampire Slayer's third episode Witch set the blueprint for every subsequent monster-of-the-week episode the series tackled, introducing a supernatural mystery to the gang before deceiving them with red herrings and deliciously dark twists.
Witch is one of the show's most iconic episodes, following an aspiring cheerleader who Buffy learns is much more than meets the eye. It features one of the series' best and darkest bolts from the blue.
As a standalone thriller, Witch is far from Buffy's best, but with its daring story and lofty themes of acceptance, it more than holds up, and better still it introduces a few big characters and recurring plotlines that would soon become integral to the rest of the show.