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Helpless
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A 60-minute fantasy episode from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 3, Episode 12.
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Series Progress: Episode 37 of 14326% Completed
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As Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) turns 18, the Watchers Council comes to Sunnydale to administer a test -- the Cruciamentum -- given to all slayers who make it to this age. As part of the test, Buffy must face an imprisoned vampire. In this case, it is Kralik (Jeff Kober), an insane vampire who soon escapes from his shackles. Also as part of the test, Giles (Anthony Head) injects Buffy with a substance that temporarily takes away her slayer powers. This leaves her vunerable to Kralik and deeply hurt at Giles' complicity in the test. Meanwhile, Kralik captures Joyce (Kristine Sutherland) and Buffy must outwit the vampire using her cunning, as she is without her slayer strength.
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FAQ
How long is Helpless?
Helpless runs for 1h for this episode.
What language is it available in?
The primary language listed for this title is English.
What kind of episode is this?
It is tagged under fantasy, cult classic, drama.
How big is the series commitment?
This series currently shows 143 episodes across 7 seasons, about 143h total.
Episodes (143)
- S01E01 Welcome to the Hellmouth 1h
- S01E10 Nightmares 1h
- S01E11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight 1h
- S01E12 Prophecy Girl 1h
- S01E02 The Harvest 1h
- S01E03 The Witch 1h
- S01E04 Teacher's Pet 1h
- S01E05 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date 1h
- S01E06 The Pack 1h
- S01E07 Angel 1h
- S01E08 I Robot...You Jane 1h
- S01E09 The Puppet Show 1h
- S02E01 When She Was Bad 1h
- S02E11 Ted 1h
- S02E12 Bad Eggs 1h
- S02E13 Surprise 1h
- S02E14 Innocence 1h
- S02E15 Phases 1h
- S02E16 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered 1h
- S02E17 Passion 1h
- S02E18 Killed by Death 1h
- S02E19 I Only Have Eyes for You 1h
- S02E02 Some Assembly Required 1h
- S02E20 Go Fish 1h
- S02E21 Becoming, Part 1 1h
- S02E22 Becoming, Part 2 1h
- S02E03 School Hard 1h
- S02E04 Inca Mummy Girl 1h
- S02E05 Reptile Boy 1h
- S02E06 Halloween 1h
- S02E07 Lie to Me 1h
- S02E08 The Dark Age 1h
- S02E09 What's My Line? 1h
- S03E01 Anne 1h
- S03E10 Amends 1h
- S03E11 Gingerbread 1h
- S03E12 Helpless 1h Viewing
- S03E13 The Zeppo 1h
- S03E14 Bad Girls 1h
- S03E15 Consequences 1h
- S03E16 Doppelgangland 1h
- S03E17 Enemies 1h
- S03E18 Earshot 1h
- S03E19 Choices 1h
- S03E02 Dead Man's Party 1h
- S03E20 The Prom 1h
- S03E21 Graduation Day, Part 1 1h
- S03E22 Graduation Day, Part 2 1h
- S03E03 Faith, Hope & Trick 1h
- S03E04 Beauty and the Beasts 1h
- S03E05 Homecoming 1h
- S03E06 Band Candy 1h
- S03E07 Revelations 1h
- S03E08 Lovers Walk 1h
- S03E09 The Wish 1h
- S04E01 The Freshman 1h
- S04E10 Hush 1h
- S04E11 Doomed 1h
- S04E12 A New Man 1h
- S04E13 The 'I' in Team 1h
- S04E14 Goodbye Iowa 1h
- S04E15 This Year's Girl 1h
- S04E16 Who Are You? 1h
- S04E17 Superstar 1h
- S04E18 Where the Wild Things Are 1h
- S04E19 New Moon Rising 1h
- S04E02 Living Conditions 1h
- S04E20 The Yoko Factor 1h
- S04E21 Primeval 1h
- S04E22 Restless 1h
- S04E03 The Harsh Light of Day 1h
- S04E04 Fear, Itself 1h
- S04E05 Beer Bad 1h
- S04E06 Wild at Heart 1h
- S04E07 The Initiative 1h
- S04E08 Pangs 1h
- S04E09 Something Blue 1h
- S05E01 Buffy vs. Dracula 1h
- S05E10 Into the Woods 1h
- S05E11 Triangle 1h
- S05E12 Checkpoint 1h
- S05E13 Blood Ties 1h
- S05E14 Crush 1h
- S05E15 I Was Made to Love You 1h
- S05E16 The Body 1h
- S05E17 Forever 1h
- S05E18 Intervention 1h
- S05E19 Tough Love 1h
- S05E02 Real Me 1h
- S05E20 Spiral 1h
- S05E21 The Weight of the World 1h
- S05E22 The Gift 1h
- S05E03 The Replacement 1h
- S05E04 Out of My Mind 1h
- S05E05 No Place Like Home 1h
- S05E06 Family 1h
- S05E07 Fool for Love 1h
- S05E08 Shadow 1h
- S05E09 Listening to Fear 1h
- S06E01 Bargaining, Part 1 1h
- S06E10 Wrecked 1h
- S06E11 Gone 1h
- S06E12 Doublemeat Palace 1h
- S06E13 Dead Things 1h
- S06E14 Older and Far Away 1h
- S06E15 As You Were 1h
- S06E16 Hell's Bells 1h
- S06E17 Normal Again 1h
- S06E18 Entropy 1h
- S06E19 Seeing Red 1h
- S06E02 Bargaining, Part 2 1h
- S06E20 Villains 1h
- S06E21 Two to Go 1h
- S06E22 Grave 1h
- S06E03 After Life 1h
- S06E04 Flooded 1h
- S06E05 Life Serial 1h
- S06E06 All the Way 1h
- S06E07 Once More, with Feeling 1h
- S06E08 Tabula Rasa 1h
- S06E09 Smashed 1h
- S07E01 Lessons 1h
- S07E10 Bring On the Night 1h
- S07E11 Showtime 1h
- S07E12 Potential 1h
- S07E13 The Killer in Me 1h
- S07E14 First Date 1h
- S07E15 Get It Done 1h
- S07E16 Storyteller 1h
- S07E17 Lies My Parents Told Me 1h
- S07E18 Dirty Girls 1h
- S07E19 Empty Places 1h
- S07E02 Beneath You 1h
- S07E20 Touched 1h
- S07E21 End of Days 1h
- S07E22 Chosen 1h
- S07E03 Same Time, Same Place 1h
- S07E04 Help 1h
- S07E05 Selfless 1h
- S07E06 Him 1h
- S07E07 Conversations with Dead People 1h
- S07E08 Sleeper 1h
- S07E09 Never Leave Me 1h
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