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1341:Season 6
1330:The Gift
1302:The Body
1258:Season 5
1247:Restless
1177:Beer Bad
1161:Season 4
1101:Helpless
1080:The Wish
1015:Season 3
948:Surprise
941:Bad Eggs
890:Season 2
837:The Pack
788:Season 1
780:episodes
710:BuzzFeed
627:DVD Talk
446:DVD Talk
324:Cordelia
213:season 1
198:The Pack
181:Previous
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1608:Touched
1524:Sleeper
1475:Lessons
1427:Entropy
1399:Wrecked
1392:Smashed
1274:Real Me
1143:Choices
1136:Earshot
997:Go Fish
976:Passion
271:vampire
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1316:Spiral
1087:Amends
962:Phases
411:The WB
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286:Master
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1455:Grave
1184:Pangs
844:Angel
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376:Angel
275:Giles
263:Buffy
141:Angel
1496:Help
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1024:Anne
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