What is the title of the Buffy episode where Buffy and Faith switch bodies?
Answer
Who Are You
The Buffy episode where Buffy and Faith switch bodies is “Who Are You?”
It is the sixteenth episode of season 4 and the second half of a two-part storyline that begins with “This Year’s Girl.” Faith uses the Draconian Katra, a mystical device left to her by the Mayor, to exchange bodies with Buffy after awakening from her coma.
The episode explores identity, morality, and redemption. Eliza Dushku plays Buffy physically while portraying Faith’s personality, and Sarah Michelle Gellar similarly performs Faith while inhabiting Buffy’s body. Their performances are a major reason the episode is so highly regarded.
A common mix-up is choosing “This Year’s Girl,” because that episode contains the actual body-swap cliffhanger. “Who Are You?” is the episode in which the swap dominates the story and is ultimately reversed. It originally aired on February 29, 2000.