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Episodes Ranked by Director

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Sean Astin Jeffrey Bell David Boreanaz
James A. Contner Steven S. DeKnight Ben Edlund
David Fury Tucker Gates Vern Gillum
Marita Grabiak Bruce Seth Green David Greenwalt
David Grossman Michael Grossman Fred Keller
Jefferson Kibbee Regis Kimble Winrich Kolbe
Michael Lange Nick Marck Scott McGinnis
Turi Meyer Tim Minear Bill Norton
Terrence O'Hara R.D. Price Krishna Rao
Skip Schoolnik David Semel David Straiton
Joss Whedon James Whitmore Jr. Thomas J. Wright

Sean Astin

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writers
25 Soulless 4.11 Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft

Jeffrey Bell

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
2 Not Fade Away 5.22 Jeffrey Bell & Joss Whedon
54 The Magic Bullet 4.19 Jeffrey Bell
102 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco 5.06 Jeffrey Bell

David Boreanaz

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
69 Soul Purpose 5.10 Brent Fletcher

James A. Contner

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
4 Five By Five 1.18 Jim Kouf
15 Reunion 2.10 Tim Minear and Shawn Ryan
37 Dead End 2.18 David Greenwalt
42 Release 4.14 Steven S. DeKnight and Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain
47 Awakening 4.10 David Fury and Steven S. DeKnight
48 Power Play 5.21 David Fury
51 Loyalty 3.15 Mere Smith
62 Just Rewards 5.02 David Fury & Ben Edlund
64 Carpe Noctem 3.04 Scott Murphy
75 Parting Gifts 1.10 David Fury and Jeannine Renshaw
83 Sense and Sensitivity 1.06 Tim Minear
90 Lonely Hearts 1.02 David Fury
99 First Impressions 2.03 Shawn Ryan

Steven S. DeKnight

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
28 Shells 5.16 Steven S. DeKnight
43 Hellbound 5.04 Steven S. DeKnight
68 Inside Out 4.17 Steven S. DeKnight

Ben Edlund

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
6 Smile Time 5.14 Ben Edlund

David Fury

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
1 You're Welcome 5.12 David Fury

Tucker Gates

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writers
8 Hero 1.09 Howard Gordon and Tim Minear

Vern Gillum

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
31 Rain of Fire 4.07 Steven S. DeKnight
58 Time Bomb 5.19 Ben Edlund
98 Harm's Way 5.09 Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft
108 I Fall To Pieces 1.04 David Greenwalt

Marita Grabiak

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
52 Fredless 3.05 Mere Smith
76 The Price 3.19 David Fury
92 The House Always Wins 4.03 David Fury
94 Shiny Happy People 4.18 Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain
107 Unleashed 5.03 Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft

Bruce Seth Green

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
24 In The Dark 1.03 Douglas Petrie
27 The Trial 2.09 Tim Minear and Douglas Petrie
59 The Prodigal 1.15 Tim Minear

David Greenwalt

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
13 To Shanshu In L.A. 1.22 David Greenwalt
36 There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb 2.22 David Greenwalt
39 Dear Boy 2.05 David Greenwalt
55 Heartthrob 3.01 David Greenwalt
57 Tomorrow 3.22 David Greenwalt
77 The Girl in Question 5.20 Steven S. DeKnight and Drew Goddard
110 She 1.13 David Greenwalt and Marti Noxon

David Grossman

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
3 I Will Remember You 1.08 David Greenwalt and Jeannine Renshaw
22 Billy 3.06 Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell
97 The Shroud Of Rahmon 2.08 Jim Kouf
106 Double or Nothing 3.18 David H. Goodman

Michael Grossman

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
17 Birthday 3.11 Mere Smith
44 Redefinition 2.11 Mere Smith
78 Ground State 4.02 Mere Smith
91 Players 4.16 Jeffrey Bell and Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft

Fred Keller

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
46 Disharmony 2.17 David Fury
49 Over The Rainbow 2.20 Mere Smith
53 That Vision Thing 3.02 Jeffrey Bell
82 Dad 3.10 David H. Goodman

Jefferson Kibbee

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
16 Damage 5.11 Steven S. DeKnight and Drew Goddard
26 Salvage 4.13 David Fury
33 Lineage 5.07 Drew Goddard
56 Peace Out 4.21 David Fury

Regis Kimble

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
70 Eternity 1.17 Tracey Stern

Winrich Kolbe

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
50 Somnambulist 1.11 Tim Minear

Michael Lange

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
14 Sanctuary 1.19 Tim Minear and Joss Whedon
89 Judgment 2.01 David Greenwalt

Nick Marck

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
84 The Ring 1.16 Howard Gordon

Scott McGinnis

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
38 RM W/A VU 1.05 Jane Espenson
96 The Thin Dead Line 2.14 Jim Kouf and Shawn Ryan

Turi Meyer

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
35 Forgiving 3.17 Jeffrey Bell
73 Offspring 3.07 David Greenwalt
87 Belonging 2.19 Shawn Ryan

Tim Minear

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
10 Darla 2.07 Tim Minear
11 Lullaby 3.09 Tim Minear
19 Home 4.22 Tim Minear
34 Through the Looking Glass 2.21 Tim Minear
66 A New World 3.20 Jeffrey Bell
67 Benediction 3.21 Tim Minear
86 Couplet 3.14 Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell

Bill Norton

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
41 Calvary 4.12 Jeffrey Bell and Steven S. DeKnight and Mere Smith
79 Life of the Party 5.05 Ben Edlund
88 Supersymmetry 4.05 Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain
95 That Old Gang of Mine 3.03 Tim Minear
101 Provider 3.12 Scott Murphy
109 Happy Anniversary 2.13 David Greenwalt

Terrence O'Hara

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
5 Orpheus 4.15 Mere Smith
18 Sleep Tight 3.16 David Greenwalt
29 Origin 5.18 Drew Goddard
40 Deep Down 4.01 Steven S. DeKnight
72 Long Day's Journey 4.09 Mere Smith
104 Why We Fight 5.13 Drew Goddard and Steven S. DeKnight

R.D. Price

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
65 I Got U Under My Skin 1.14 Jeannine Renshaw
100 Blood Money 2.12 Shawn Ryan and Mere Smith

Krishna Rao

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
45 Guise Will Be Guise 2.06 Jane Espenson

Skip Schoolnik

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
20 Destiny 5.08 David Fury and Steven S. DeKnight
60 Underneath 5.17 Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft
61 Habeas Corpses 4.08 Jeffrey Bell
81 Quickening 3.08 Jeffrey Bell
85 Slouching Toward Bethlehem 4.04 Jeffrey Bell

David Semel

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
23 Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been 2.02 Tim Minear
103 Expecting 1.12 Howard Gordon

David Straiton

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
74 Sacrifice 4.20 Ben Edlund
93 War Zone 1.20 Garry Campbell
105 The Bachelor Party 1.07 Tracey Stern

Joss Whedon

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer(s)
7 A Hole in the World 5.15 Joss Whedon
9 Spin the Bottle 4.06 Joss Whedon
12 Waiting in the Wings 3.13 Joss Whedon
21 City Of 1.01 Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt
63 Untouched 2.04 Mere Smith
71 Conviction 5.01 Joss Whedon

James Whitmore Jr.

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
30 Reprise 2.15 Tim Minear

Thomas J. Wright

Rank Title Season/
Episode #
Writer
32 Epiphany 2.16 Tim Minear
80 Blind Date 1.21 Jeannine Renshaw
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