Season 2

The Second Season premiered on September 21, 2010, and aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 – 10:00 p.m., ET/PT on FOX. It is also being distributed internationally on Netflix.

In the U.S., original episodes of season one aired between September 21 2010 and May 17 2010.

Plot
The emotional stakes are raised in season two as Buffy Summers returns from a winter holiday in Los Angeles after her death at the end of the first season. New vampires Spike and Drusilla come to town along with the new slayer, Kendra Young, who was activated as a result of Buffy's brief death in the season one finale. Jesse becomes involved with Cordelia, while Willow becomes involved with witchcraft and learns more about her wiccan hiertage from her mother. Buffy and the vampire Angel develop a relationship over the course of the season, but Angel's dark past and Darla threatens the pair.

Cast
Main characters: Recurring characters:
 * Buffy Summers (22 episodes)
 * Rupert Giles (22 episodes)
 * Xander Harris (21 episodes)
 * Willow Rosenberg (22 episodes)
 * Cordelia Chase (21 episodes)
 * Jesse Harris (21 episodes)
 * Angel (21 episodes)
 * Jenny Calendar (17 episodes)
 * Joyce Summers (13 episodes)
 * Darla (13 episodes)
 * Sherif Riley Harris (13 episodes)
 * Dawn Summers (12 episodes)
 * Daniel "Oz" Osbourne (12 episodes)
 * Spike (12 episodes)
 * Drusilla (12 episodes)
 * Queen Sophie-Anne Leclerq (8 episodes)
 * John Summers (8 episodes)
 * Principle Snyder (8 episodes)
 * Yellow Eyed Man (7 episodes)
 * Kelly Zhu (7 episodes)
 * Harry Summers (6 episodes)
 * Amy Madison (6 episodes)
 * Jonathan (6 episodes)
 * Devon MacLeish (6 episodes)
 * Larry Blaisdell (5 episodes)
 * Harmony Kendall (5 episodes)
 * Kendra (4 episodes)
 * Mrs Rosenberg (3 episodes)
 * Ethan Rayne (2 episodes)
 * Lord Zar (2 episodes)
 * Vesna Zhu (1 episode)
 * Luke (1 episode)
 * Samuel Colt (1 episode)