Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Season 7

Season Seven of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired on the UPN network from September 24th, 2002 to May 20th, 2003, totalling twenty-two episodes. It is the final season of the series, bringing the total episode count to 144 (not including the original unaired pilot). The only original cast members from the series to reprise their role as season regulars are Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon and Alyson Hannigan. The season also stars season six regulars, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield and Michelle Trachtenberg reprising their respective roles as Spike, Anya and Dawn Summers. Actor Anthony Stewart Head makes consistent appearances throughout the season, but is credited as a special guest star. Other returning guest stars featured this season include David Boreanaz as Angel, Tom Lenk as Andrew Wells, Eliza Dushku as Faith Lehane and Elizabeth Anne Allen as Amy Madison. Actor DB Woodside takes on a recurring presence as well in the form of ass-kicking Sunnydale High School principal Robin Wood.

Production

 * Joss Whedon - Executive producer
 * Gail Berman - Executive producer
 * Sandy Gallin - Executive producer
 * Fran Rubel Kuzui - Executive producer
 * Kaz Kuzui - Executive producer
 * Marti Noxon - Executive producer
 * Jane Espenson - Co-executive producer
 * David Fury - Co-executive producer
 * Douglas Petrie - Co-executive producer
 * David Solomon - Co-executive producer
 * Gareth Davies - Producer
 * John F. Perry - Co-producer
 * James A. Contner - Co-producer
 * Denise Pleune - Associate producer

Directors

 * Alan J. Levi
 * David Fury
 * David Grossman
 * David Solomon
 * Douglas Petrie
 * James A. Contner
 * Joss Whedon
 * Marita Grabiak
 * Michael Gershman
 * Michael Grossman
 * Nick Marck
 * Rick Rosenthal

Writers

 * David Fury
 * David Grossman
 * Douglas Petrie
 * Drew Goddard
 * Drew Z. Greenberg
 * Marti Noxon
 * Jane Espenson
 * Joss Whedon
 * Rebecca Rand Kirshner

Notable episodes

 * Lessons" - First appearance of Principal Wood; First appearance of the First Evil.
 * "Dirty Girls" - First Caleb; Xander has his eye gouged out.
 * "Chosen" - Final episode; Deaths of Anya, Caleb and Spike; Destruction of Sunnydale

Notes & Trivia

 * Featured Big Bad: The First Evil


 * Associate producer Denise Pleune is uncredited in the final three episodes of the season.

Home video

 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Seventh Season (DVD)
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Series (DVD)
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Collection (DVD)

Related categories

 * Season 7 images
 * Season 7 episodes