The Puppet Show (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

"The Puppet Show"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 9
Directed byEllen S. Pressman
Written byRob Des Hotel
Dean Batali
Production code4V09
Original air dateMay 5, 1997 (1997-05-05)
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"The Puppet Show" is the ninth episode of season 1 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The episode aired on The WB on May 5, 1997. It was written by story editors Rob Des Hotel and Dean Batali, and directed by Ellen S. Pressman.

Sunnydale High School's annual talent show serves as a backdrop for murder when Buffy must catch a knife-wielding stealer of human organs. Meanwhile, the new principal is a discipline-loving brute who forces Giles to run the talent show and orders Buffy, Xander, and Willow to perform.[1]

  1. ^ ""The Mortuary." Buffy.com". Archived from the original on June 9, 2001. Retrieved August 25, 2024.