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1997

January 20 - 24
Buffy decides to try out for cheerleader and meets quiet Amy Madison. Terrible things start to happen to the cheerleaders, and Buffy and Giles realize a witch is involved. They find out Amy's mom, Catherine, has switched body with her daughter and is trying to relive her glory days. Unable to get Amy's body to perform, she uses her powers to eliminate the competition - including Buffy. During the climatic confrontation after reversing the body-switch spell, Catherine is caught in her own magicks and transferred into her cheerleading trophy, on display in Sunnydale High.
(during this ep Buffy says she's fought no vampires in "over a week." She also says she's been the Slayer for "over a year," giving a rough date for the events of the film as they relate to the series.)
"The Witch"

February 3 - 7
Buffy’s kindly biology teacher, Dr. Gregory, is attacked after class by a giant praying mantis. The substitute who replaces him is Miss French, a beautiful, exotic looking woman whom Xander immediately falls for. She invites both Xander and jock Blayne Moll to assist her after school in a 'special project.' While tracking a vampire with a metal claw for a hand, Buffy sees him approach and then run in fright from Miss French. Keeping and eye on Miss French, Buffy sees her rotate her head one-hundred and eighty degrees. Buffy connects this to the praying mantis they were studying in biology. Giles gets background from an institutionalized friend in England who was tracking the She-Mantis. Realizing she lures young male virgins to their deaths, Willow fears for Xander's life. Buffy uses the claw-handed vamp to track down the She-Mantis after finding the real Miss French, now in her seventies and retired. With recordings of bat sonar and a large machete, Buffy defeats the She-Mantis before it takes Blayne and Xander's virginity and then their lives.
(noticed no major date clues in this one, so I just picked a week)
"Teacher's Pet"

February 23 - 26
The Master is planning for the arrival of the Anointed One, the Master's greatest warrior and the Slayer's greatest foe, due to rise from the ashes of five dead. Meanwhile Buffy is responding to the attentions of Owen Thurman, a handsome, sensitive, poetry-loving classmate. Giles's research on a ring they found convinces him a prophecy is about to be filled and forces Buffy to cancel her date with Owen. Nothing happens while they wait at the cemetery, but elsewhere an airport van with five passengers crashes and is attacked by vampires. Buffy and Owen try for another date, but Giles learns of the vampire crash and suspects one passenger, Andrew Borber, of being the Anointed One. Giles, Willow and Xander decide to check out the funeral home while Buffy is on her date. Giles is attacked and the other two make it to the Bronze to summon Buffy's aid. Owen follows the gang to the funeral home and gets knocked out during the fight in which Buffy cremates Borber. Jazzed by the excitement, Owen wants more but Buffy realizes she can't let him risk his life to be around her and breaks up with him. Giles tries to console her with the knowledge that they prevented a disaster, but in the Master's lair, we see him welcoming the Anointed One, an eight year old from the van accident, now sporting a mouthful of fangs.
(noticed no major date clues in this one, so I just picked a week)
"Never Kill A Boy On The First Date"

March 19 - 21
After an afternoon trip to the local zoo, Xander and a rough gang of bullies are possessed by hyena spirits. He begins acting strange, cruel, leering at and even sniffing Buffy. Principal Flutie's new school mascot, Herbert the pig, is eaten. Buffy tries to talk to Xander but he gets aggressive and Buffy decks him. They lock him in the book cage in the library. Meanwhile, Flutie has called the rest of the gang into his office to confront them about Herbert's death, so they eat Flutie, too. Giles figures out what has happened to Xander and the others and they devise a plan to lure them back to the hyena pen so the spell can be reversed. The zookeeper knows of the legends and offers his assistance. Too late they realize the zookeeper had planned on possessing the hyena's power himself, which requires a predatory act. He grabs Willow but a recovered Xander gets her free and Buffy tosses the zookeeper into the hyena cage where he becomes a part of them after all, just not like he'd planned. Xander professes no knowledge of the acts he performed while possessed, but Giles knows the truth.
(no major date clues in this one, so I just picked a week)
"The Pack"

April 8 - 11
Buffy is attacked by three tough vampires but escapes with the mysterious Angel's help. She convinces him to spend the night in her room since the vampires may still be outside waiting for them. Giles identifies the vampires and impresses upon Buffy the seriousness of the problem. Back in her room that evening, Buffy and Angel kiss but he pulls away to reveal...he's a vampire! We find out the Master's favorite, Darla, is Angel's sire and former lover. She tries to lure him back to the old ways. Giles discovers that Angel is a 240 year old vampire who mysteriously stopped killing 80 years earlier and moved to America. Darla tricks her way into Buffy's house while Buffy is at the library and attacks Joyce. Angel shows up to stop her but Darla forces the dazed and bleeding Joyce into his arms. Buffy arrives home to see Angel holding Joyce and throws him out of the house. Realizing that despite her growing feelings, Angel is a demon-beast who must die, she heads for a confrontation at the Bronze. Angel tells Buffy about his past and how he had his soul restored by a gypsy curse, dooming him to forever feel guilt about the horrible things he'd done as a vampire. Darla shows up and sees her plan to bring Angel back into the fold hasn't worked and attacks. During the fight Angel impales Darla from behind (and a certain web page maker goes into mourning). The Master goes berserk when he learns of Darla's death, but the Anointed One comforts him. Buffy and Angel realize they can never be together and share one last kiss, which leaves the imprint of Buffy's cross burned into his chest.
(Buffy's mom was working on her taxes when Darla attacked her and I don't think Joyce would wait until April 15th to do them, so I placed it the week prior.)
"Angel"

April 16
Buffy, Willow and Xander, along with computer experts Fritz and Dave and computer science teacher Miss Calendar are helping technology shy Giles scan books. After Willow scans one ancient text, the words on the page disappear and unnoticed by everyone, three words appear on the computer screen: "Where am I?"
"I, Robot - You, Jane"

April 22 - 25
Willow reveals to Buffy she's having an online romance with a boy named Malcolm. Buffy doesn't like the idea. Willow even misses school because of the relationship, coming in at fifth period one day. When Buffy tries to get Dave to help her find out about Malcolm, Dave rather strongly tells her to leave Willow alone. Suspicious of his attitude, Buffy follows him to Cadillax Research and Development, which seems plenty busy for a shut down factory. Miss Calendar notices the blank pages in the book and Giles begins to worry some could be up. Dave tells Buffy Willow wants to see her in girls' locker room, where Fritz has rigged a trap to electrocute her. Buffy's Slayer abilities enable her to survive. A guilt-ridden Dave tells a computer he can't go through with killing, so the computer types up a suicide note. Giles tells Buffy and Xander that in the Dark Ages, demons were sometimes trapped in the pages of books. It seems that scanning the pages "read" them, and allowed the demon Moloch to escape into the internet. They realize not only Willow but Dave and Fritz are in the demon's thrall. Looking for Willow, Buffy finds Dave's body, complete with computer-typed suicide note. Fritz kidnaps Willow and takes her to Cadillax, where Moloch has set up headquarters. Giles ask Miss Calendar for help, surprised to discover her mystical abilities - she's a techno-pagan. At the warehouse, Moloch's robotic incarnation kills Fritz and is advancing on Willow when Buffy and Xander arrive. Buffy fights Moloch's robotic incarnation, which electrically fries itself when it punches a junction box.
"I, Robot - You, Jane"

May 5 - 8
New principal Snyder forces Giles to supervise Sunnydale's talent show. Snyder also forces Buffy, Willow and Xander to participate when they mock the proceedings. Emily, a dancer, is found dead, her heart removed. Buffy questions Morgan, a ventriloquist who was the last person seen talking to Emily. Morgan's dummy Sid seems to have a mind of his own and Morgan acts like he's real. That night, Buffy could swear Sid, sans Morgan, was in her room. Giles tells the gang about a group of demons who need human organs to maintain a human guise. Willow also finds a story about dolls and mannequins which can become human by harvesting organs. Searching for Morgan, Buffy finds him dead, brain removed. A lighting rig lands on her and Sid appears, knife in hand. They think each other is the demon. Realizing their mistake, Buffy finds out Sid is a demon slayer from the 30s, cursed into dummy form. He's after the demon who cursed him so he can kill it and be free of the curse, which means his own mortal death. They discover Morgan had brain cancer. The demon still needs a brain. At the talent show preparation, Marc asks Giles to help with his guillotine trick. Buffy shows in time to save Giles from having the top of his head cut off, and Sid manages to kill the demon after it shucks Marc's form. Sid the puppet collapses as the curtains open, revealing the gang to a stunned audience.
"The Puppet Show"

May 10
Young Billy Palmer is attacked after his kiddie league baseball game - goes into a coma
("a week ago Saturday" according to episode)
"Nightmares"

May 15 - 16
Buffy dreams about the Master attacking her, and in school a student opens a book and is attacked by spiders pouring out of it. Buffy sees a young boy watching. The Master tells the Anointed One that fear is the most powerful force in the world, and changes are about to take place. More student nightmares come true, and a girl is attacked by huge, deformed man. The only clue to the attacker's identity she can remember is that it said "Lucky nineteen." Xander finds out he's in class in only his boxer shorts. Buffy notices a newspaper article about a boy in a coma. The picture is of the boy she saw, Billy, and he's wearing a baseball uniform with the number 19 on it. Buffy's father arrives at school to tell her their weekend get together is off. He tells Buffy it's her fault he left her mother and that he's not going to visit her anymore He leaves Buffy speechless and in tears. Buffy sees the boy again. Giles realizes everyone's nightmares are coming true, and that they could be fatal. Buffy tracks down the boy, who tells her the Ugly Man wants to kill him. The Ugly Man attacks and is too much for Buffy to handle. Willow finds herself onstage expected to perform an opera. Xander is chased by a clown that scared him when he was young. Buffy and the boy find themselves in the cemetery while trying to escape the Ugly Man, but the Master appears and shoves Buffy into a grave. Giles, Willow and Xander realize they have to find Buffy and wake Billy or the nightmares will take over reality. Giles sees his nightmare, Buffy's grave. Buffy emerges from the grave, a victim of another of her nightmares. She's now a vampire. They go to the hospital to try and wake Billy and the Ugly Man attacks. Buffy puts him down and asks Billy to finish it. He peels something off the Ugly Man's face and wakes up, reality restored. Billy's coach enters the room, surprised to see the boy awake. They realize he's the one who attacked Billy after his team lost a game. Later, Buffy's dad really shows, greeting her cheerfully and ready for their weekend. The nightmares are over for now.
"Nightmares"

May 20 - 22
Cordelia's new boyfriend is beaten up by a baseball bat with a mind of it's own. Giles thinks they're after a ghost or invisible demon. Cordy's friend Harmony is tossed down some stairs by something unseen. Buffy hears a voice and tries to track it, but can't. Buffy asks Willow for a list of missing kids, while Angel shows up to warn Giles of "something big" but he's not sure what. Cordelia is elected May Queen. Buffy thinks Marcie Ross may be the invisible girl, because Marcie was in the band and Buffy found a hideout above the band room. A teacher who was going to help Cordelia is attacked and nearly suffocated. Xander and Willow realize they both had several classes with Marcie, even signing her yearbook, but they don't remember her. Giles surmises that thanks to the mystic influence of the Hellmouth, Marcie became invisible because that's how she felt. Buffy realizes the attacks all center around Cordy and that she's probably the next target. She's right, and Cordy is grabbed while preparing for coronation. Marcie then lures Giles, Willow and Xander into the boiler room, where they're locked in and succumb to gas fumes. Marcie has both Buffy and Cordelia tied up at the Bronze and prepares to give Cordelia "a facial no one will ever forget" but Buffy frees herself and defeats Marcie. As she does, FBI agents show up and take Marcie away. Angel frees the gang from the boiler room, though Giles, mindfull of her feelings about the vampire, tells her it was a janitor. Cordelia even acts grateful to the gang, at least until her recovering boyfriend and stuck-up friends show up.
"Invisible Girl"

May 29 - 31
While Xander works up the nerve to ask Buffy to the prom, she's having a tough time with some vampires, Giles discovers a prophecy concerning the Master and the Slayer, and an earthquake hits Sunnydale. Buffy turns down Xander's invitation. Giles and Miss Calendar realize the earthquake is one sign of a coming apocalypse. Most frightening of all, Buffy hears Giles tell Angel "Tomorrow she'll face the Master and she will die." Buffy wigs out and tells Giles she's quitting the Slayer gig. A roomfull of students, including Cordelia's latest boyfriend, are slain by vampires in the A/V room and found by Willow. Seeing Willow so freaked strengthens Buffy's resolve and she goes to the library to find Giles suiting up to face the Master. He's decided she's not going to face him no matter what. Buffy knocks him out and goes anyway, armed with her trusty crossbow. Xander, aware of the prophecy of Buffy's death, forces Angel to take him underground to try and help her. By the time they find her, the prophecy is fulfilled. Buffy is dead and the Master is free. Fortunately, the prophecy writers didn't know about CPR, and Xander is able to revive Buffy. Willow, Cordelia and Miss Calendar are surrounded by a horde of vampires converging on the school. They make it to the library with Giles only to have a huge, tentacled demon rises up through the floor and attacks. Buffy fights the Master on the roof, eventually throwing him down through the skylight and impaling him on the broken remains of one of the library's tables. He disintegrates down to just a skeleton, and the demon withdraws back into the Hellmouth.
The gang decides there's still time to make the prom, because "We saved the world. I say we party," says Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.
"Prophecy Girl"

unbeknownst to Buffy and the gang, Kendra is called forth as the new Slayer during this time
"What's My Line"

June 5
Willow, Xander and Giles bury the Master's bones by a tree in the cemetery after Buffy leaves for L.A. with her dad
(The night of the new moon seems as good as any to do this.)
"When She Was Bad"

July 26
LA Police Officer Peter Harkes is given a commendation for rescuing a child from a burning car.
(At least, I think this is the date. Anyone with a clearer tape care to double-check?)
Angel: "The Thin Dead Line"

Summer Break

Cordelia summers in Tuscany, Italy with her parents (instead of the planned trip to St. Croix)
"When She Was Bad"