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Episodes Ranked by Writer

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Jeffrey Bell Garry Campbell Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain
Steven S. DeKnight Ben Edlund Jane Espenson
Brent Fletcher David Fury Drew Goddard
David H. Goodman Howard Gordon David Greenwalt
Jim Kouf Tim Minear Scott Murphy
Marti Noxon Douglas Petrie Jeannine Renshaw
Shawn Ryan Mere Smith Tracey Stern
Joss Whedon

Jeffrey Bell

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
2 Not Fade Away1 5.22 Jeffrey Bell
22 Billy2 3.06 David Grossman
35 Forgiving 3.17 Turi Meyer
41 Calvary3 4.12 Bill Norton
53 That Vision Thing 3.02 Fred Keller
54 The Magic Bullet 4.19 Jeffrey Bell
61 Habeas Corpses 4.08 Skip Schoolnik
66 A New World 3.20 Tim Minear
81 Quickening 3.08 Skip Schoolnik
85 Slouching Toward Bethlehem 4.04 Skip Schoolnik
86 Couplet2 3.14 Tim Minear
91 Players4 4.16 Michael Grossman
102 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco 5.06 Jeffrey Bell

1 Collaborated with Joss Whedon.
2 Collaborated with Tim Minear.
3 Collaborated with Steven S. DeKnight and Mere Smith.
4 Collaborated with Sarah Fain & Elizabeth Craft.

Garry Campbell

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
93 War Zone 1.20 David Straiton

Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
25 Soulless 4.11 Sean Astin
42 Release1 4.14 James A. Contner
60 Underneath 5.17 Skip Schoolnik
88 Supersymmetry 4.05 Bill Norton
91 Players2 4.16 Michael Grossman
94 Shiny Happy People 4.18 Marita Grabiak
98 Harm's Way 5.09 Vern Gillum
107 Unleashed 5.03 Marita Grabiak

1 Collaborated with Steven S. DeKnight.
2 Collaborated with Jeffrey Bell.

Steven S. DeKnight

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
16 Damage1 5.11 Jefferson Kibbee
20 Destiny2 5.08 Skip Schoolnik
28 Shells 5.16 Steven S. DeKnight
31 Rain of Fire 4.07 Vern Gillum
40 Deep Down 4.01 Terrence O'Hara
41 Calvary3 4.12 Bill Norton
42 Release4 4.14 James A. Contner
43 Hellbound 5.04 Steven S. DeKnight
47 Awakening2 4.10 James A. Contner
68 Inside Out 4.17 Steven S. DeKnight
77 The Girl in Question1 5.20 David Greenwalt
104 Why We Fight1 5.13 Terrence O'Hara

1 Collaborated with Drew Goddard.
2 Collaborated with David Fury.
3 Collaborated with Jeffrey Bell and Mere Smith.
4 Collaborated with Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain.

Ben Edlund

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
6 Smile Time 5.14 Ben Edlund
58 Time Bomb 5.19 Vern Gillum
62 Just Rewards1 5.02 James A. Contner
74 Sacrifice 4.20 David Straiton
79 Life of the Party 5.05 Bill Norton

1 Collaborated with David Fury.

Jane Espenson

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
38 RM W/A VU 1.05 Scott McGinnis
45 Guise Will Be Guise 2.06 Krishna Rao

Brent Fletcher

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
69 Soul Purpose 5.10 David Boreanaz

David Fury

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
1 You're Welcome 5.12 David Fury
20 Destiny1 5.08 Skip Schoolnik
26 Salvage 4.13 Jefferson Kibbee
46 Disharmony 2.17 Fred Keller
47 Awakening1 4.10 James A. Contner
48 Power Play 5.21 James A. Contner
56 Peace Out 4.21 Jefferson Kibbee
62 Just Rewards2 5.02 James A. Contner
75 Parting Gifts3 1.10 James A. Contner
76 The Price 3.19 Marita Grabiak
90 Lonely Hearts 1.02 James A. Contner
92 The House Always Wins 4.03 Marita Grabiak

1 Collaborated with Steven S. DeKnight.
2 Collaborated with Ben Edlund.
3 Collaborated with Jeannine Renshaw.

Drew Goddard

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
16 Damage1 5.11 Jefferson Kibbee
29 Origin 5.18 Terrence O'Hara
33 Lineage 5.07 Jefferson Kibbee
77 The Girl in Question1 5.20 David Greenwalt
104 Why We Fight1 5.13 Terrence O'Hara

1 Collaborated with Steven S. DeKnight.

David H. Goodman

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
82 Dad 3.10 Fred Keller
106 Double or Nothing 3.18 David Grossman

Howard Gordon

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
8 Hero1 1.09 Tucker Gates
84 The Ring 1.16 Nick Marck
103 Expecting 1.12 David Semel

1 Collaborated with Tim Minear.

David Greenwalt

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
3 I Will Remember You1 1.08 David Grossman
13 To Shanshu In L.A. 1.22 David Greenwalt
18 Sleep Tight 3.16 Terrence O'Hara
21 City Of2 1.01 Joss Whedon
36 There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb 2.22 David Greenwalt
37 Dead End 2.18 James A. Contner
39 Dear Boy 2.05 David Greenwalt
55 Heartthrob 3.01 David Greenwalt
57 Tomorrow 3.22 David Greenwalt
73 Offspring 3.07 Turi Meyer
89 Judgment 2.01 Michael Lange
108 I Fall To Pieces 1.04 Vern Gillum
109 Happy Anniversary 2.13 Bill Norton
110 She3 1.13 David Greenwalt

1 Collaborated with Jeannine Renshaw.
2 Collaborated with Joss Whedon.
3 Collaborated with Marti Noxon.

Jim Kouf

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
4 Five By Five 1.18 James A. Contner
96 The Thin Dead Line1 2.14 Scott McGinnis
97 The Shroud Of Rahmon 2.08 David Grossman

1 Collaborated with Shawn Ryan.

Tim Minear

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
8 Hero1 1.09 Tucker Gates
10 Darla 2.07 Tim Minear
11 Lullaby 3.09 Tim Minear
14 Sanctuary2 1.19 Michael Lange
15 Reunion3 2.10 James A. Contner
19 Home 4.22 Tim Minear
22 Billy4 3.06 David Grossman
23 Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been 2.02 David Semel
27 The Trial5 2.09 Bruce Seth Green
30 Reprise 2.15 James Whitmore Jr.
32 Epiphany 2.16 Thomas J. Wright
34 Through the Looking Glass 2.21 Tim Minear
50 Somnambulist 1.11 Winrich Kolbe
59 The Prodigal 1.15 Bruce Seth Green
67 Benediction 3.21 Tim Minear
83 Sense and Sensitivity 1.06 James A. Contner
86 Couplet4 3.14 Tim Minear
95 That Old Gang of Mine 3.03 Bill Norton

1 Collaborated with Howard Gordon.
2 Collaborated with Joss Whedon.
3 Collaborated with Shawn Ryan.
4 Collaborated with Jeffrey Bell.
5 Collaborated with Douglas Petrie.

Scott Murphy

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
64 Carpe Noctem 3.04 James A. Contner
101 Provider 3.12 Bill Norton

Marti Noxon

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
110 She1 1.13 David Greenwalt

1 Collaborated with David Greenwalt.

Douglas Petrie

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
24 In The Dark 1.03 Bruce Seth Green
27 The Trial1 2.09 Bruce Seth Green

1 Collaborated with Tim Minear.

Jeannine Renshaw

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
3 I Will Remember You1 1.08 David Grossman
65 I Got U Under My Skin 1.14 R.D. Price
75 Parting Gifts2 1.10 James A. Contner
80 Blind Date 1.21 Thomas J. Wright

1 Collaborated with David Greenwalt.
2 Collaborated with David Fury.

Shawn Ryan

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
15 Reunion1 2.10 James A. Contner
87 Belonging 2.19 Turi Meyer
96 The Thin Dead Line2 2.14 Scott McGinnis
99 First Impressions 2.03 James A. Contner
100 Blood Money3 2.12 R.D. Price

1 Collaborated with Tim Minear.
2 Collaborated with Jim Kouf.
3 Collaborated with Mere Smith.

Mere Smith

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
5 Orpheus 4.15 Terrence O'Hara
17 Birthday 3.11 Michael Grossman
41 Calvary1 4.12 Bill Norton
44 Redefinition 2.11 Michael Grossman
49 Over The Rainbow 2.20 Fred Keller
51 Loyalty 3.15 James A. Contner
52 Fredless 3.05 Marita Grabiak
63 Untouched 2.04 Joss Whedon
72 Long Day's Journey 4.09 Terrence O'Hara
78 Ground State 4.02 Michael Grossman
100 Blood Money2 2.12 R.D. Price

1 Collaborated with Jeffrey Bell and Steven S. DeKnight.
2 Collaborated with Shawn Ryan.

Tracey Stern

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
70 Eternity 1.17 Regis Kimble
105 The Bachelor Party 1.07 David Straiton

Joss Whedon

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Director
2 Not Fade Away1 5.22 Jeffrey Bell
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
14 Sanctuary2 1.19 Michael Lange
21 City Of3 1.01 Joss Whedon
71 Conviction 5.01 Joss Whedon

1 Collaborated with Jeffrey Bell.
2 Collaborated with Tim Minear.
3 Collaborated with David Greenwalt.

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