"School Hard" is the third episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and is the fifteenth episode altogether. It was directed by John T. Kretchmer and written by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. It was originally broadcast on September 29, 1997. Buffy's mother, friends and teachers becomes trapped inside Sunnydale High School when a vampire named Spike launches an attack against the Slayer.