Episode
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Initiative
Overview
Spike finds himself targeted by a group of commandos after he escapes from a military lab underneath the Sunnydale campus.
Details
- Series
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1999-11-16
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
The Initiative is Episode 7 in Season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It aired on 1999-11-16. The runtime is 45 min.
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