10 Best Episodes of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Of All Time, Ranked by Their IMDb Score

Despite premiering almost three decades ago, Buffy the Vampire Slayer still endures. This beloved supernatural show didn’t just lay the foundation for a strong, well-rounded female lead in Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar). Buffy also subverted established horror tropes and consistently mastered the “monster-of-the-week” format in a way few shows could in the late '90s. Stigma and stereotypes were broken all the time. Buffy never treated femininity and world-altering strength as mutually exclusive.