04E01 - The Freshman

When the Sunnydale High gang arrives on college campus, Willow and Oz, who even knows the site and people from his band, which has a cool house, take to academic life like a duck to water. Buffy is like a fish on land, miserable with a plain roommate she can't confide in, lost, making a fool of herself with one of the rough, demanding professors. Buffy literally bumps into charming teaching assistant Riley Finn, but he is clearly more interested in fellow psychology buff Willow. Another literally lost student, Eddie, seems nice, but disappears the next morning. Buffy smells vampires, indeed a group has formed a nest in one of the abandoned frat houses. Visiting Giles, she finds him with a scantily dressed visitor, Olivia, and is told to mind herself except in emergencies, not the case yet apparently, however he will reconsider later. The vampire leader is arrogant, hopefully enough to underestimate Buffy, who is greatly relieved to find Xander is back from his summer touring.