Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide Series by Paul Ruditis, Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Maryelizabeth Hart

As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their members. She is the Slayer.

"I'm the Slayer. Slay-er. Chosen One? She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries? Ask around. Look it up: 'Slayer comma The.'" " -- Buffy, "Doomed"" As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers... more"I'm the Slayer. Slay-er. Chosen One? She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries? Ask around. Look it up: 'Slayer comma The.'" " -- Buffy, "Doomed"" As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers. Dig into it: all--new character profiles, episode guides, quotables, and more -- a fully updated volume filled with the latest dirt on your favorite cemetery-hopper The Mayor, Faith, Mr. Trick, Angel's return, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, snow in Sunnydale, Graduation Day, Zachary Kralick, the end of the world -- again , Spike, Veruca, Tara, Riley, Maggie Walsh, The Initiative, Adam -- and much, much more The Buffyverse: The World According to Buffy Summers. Everybody Hurts: In Sunnydale, love can be downright scary. Anarchy in the USA: How Buffy and Giles came to be footloose and Council-free. Power Girls: Buffy, Kendra, Faith -- wasn't it supposed to be "Chosen One?" BONUS: Creating Buffy: From brainstorm, to script, to genius on the small screen -- with a few tiny detours along the way. Go behind the scenes for Season Four's pivotal episode "The I in Team" and catch all the action, from scouting locations to running lines with the stellar cast to music editing -- it's all inside THE GUYS, THE GALS, THE LORE, THE LINGO The chillingly complete "WATCHER'S GUIDE VOLUME 2" will slay you less

A cult TV companion: the official guides to Buffy seasons 1 to 4, together in a boxed set and covering 56 episodes. Crammed with details from every show, quotes, dialogue, plots summarized and discussed, the guides are complete with behind-the-scenes information which can be found nowhere else.

"As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers."From the first vampire staking to the last glimpse of Sunnydale, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was a genre-busting hit, attracting millions of fans worldwide... more"As long as there have been vampires, there has been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, to find them where they gather and to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers."From the first vampire staking to the last glimpse of Sunnydale, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was a genre-busting hit, attracting millions of fans worldwide. The last three seasons ran the gamut from an episode without music to a musical episode, from the arrival of a teenage sister to the death of Buffy (again).Now the third volume in this best-selling series of companions will break down every episode of seasons five, six, and seven -- from the villains and the victims to quotables and love bytes -- as well as take a wide-ranging look back at the entire run of the show.Additional features:- Flashback Foreshadowing: A line-by-line deconstruction of the portents in the season four finale, "Restless"- "Lost" lines of dialogue, stage directions, and descriptions cut from the original teleplays- The Trio's Pop-Culture Explosion: Mastering the references of Geek Speak- Critical (and not-so) essays from a variety of contributors on topics from Buffy's romantic optimism to Dawn's unfulfilled potentialSeven years, 144 episodes, 3 Slayers, 3 principals, 2 networks, 2 vampires with souls, 2 Watchers, 2 pigs, 1 Master, 1 Mayor, and 1 hit show (with tons of Potentials): It all adds up to one must-have volume less