Episode
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Helpless
Overview
As her birthday approaches, Buffy loses her slayer powers and must do battle with a vampire who is not only extremely powerful but also quite mad.
Details
- Series
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1999-01-19
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Helpless is Episode 12 in Season 3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It aired on 1999-01-19. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 11: Gingerbread
After discovering the corpses of two young children bearing a symbol linked to the occult, Joyce spearheads a campaign to rid Sunnydale of witches.
Episode 13: The Zeppo
Feeling useless due to his lack of supernatural powers, Xander becomes obsessed with becoming cool and falls in with a dangerous crowd. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang race to prepare for the Hellmouth to reopen.
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Episode 10: Amends
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Episode 14: Bad Girls
Faith convinces Buffy to live on the wild side, with fatal consequences.
Episode 9: The Wish
Cordelia's wish for a Buffy-free Sunnydale comes true, plunging her into a world where vampires have control of the town.
Episode 15: Consequences
A homicide detective closes in on Buffy and Faith as he investigates the deputy mayor's death.
Episode 8: Lovers Walk
Spike returns to Sunnydale and kidnaps Willow in hopes of creating a magic spell that will make Drusilla love him again.
Episode 16: Doppelgangland
While casting a magic spell, Anya and Willow accidentally summon Willow's evil double from an alternate universe.
Episode 7: Revelations
With some help from Faith's new watcher, Buffy seeks to destroy a weapon-like glove before it falls into the hands of a demon.
Episode 17: Enemies
As Faith attempts to seduce Angel and steal his soul, the Mayor summons a dark-magic demon to finish the job.
Episode 6: Band Candy
Mr Trick enlists Giles' old buddy Ethan Rayne to manufacture and distribute boxes of candy which turn the adult population into uninhibited, irresponsible teenagers to keep them out of the way while the mysterious Mayor Wilkins pays a tribute to a demon.
Episode 18: Choices
The Mayor takes Willow prisoner after Buffy and her friends steal away a box containing demonic energy needed for Ascension Day.