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Episodes Ranked by Director

Click on the name of any director or scroll down to see all episodes that she or he directed in order from best to worst.

Daniel Attias Reza Badiyi Scott Brazil
James A. Contner Stephen Cragg David Fury
Tucker Gates Michael Gershman Marita Grabiak
Bruce Seth Green David Greenwalt David Grossman
Michael Grossman Christopher Hibler Regis Kimble
John T. Kretchmer Michael Lange Alan J. Levi
Nick Marck Turi Meyer Bill L. Norton
Marti Noxon Douglas Petrie Stephen L. Posey
Ellen S. Pressman Rick Rosenthal David Semel
Charles Martin Smith David Solomon Joss Whedon
James Whitmore Jr.

Daniel Attias

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
58 Crush 5.14 David Fury
129 Shadow 5.08 David Fury

Reza Badiyi

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writers
106 Invisible Girl 1.11 Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden

Scott Brazil

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
27 Angel 1.07 David Greenwalt

James A. Contner

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
22 Grave 6.22 David Fury
29 Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered 2.16 Marti Noxon
45 Primeval 4.21 David Fury
61 New Moon Rising 4.19 Marti Noxon
68 Spiral 5.20 Steven S. DeKnight
69 Helpless 3.12 David Fury
70 Faith, Hope & Trick 3.03 David Greenwalt
72 Dead Things 6.13 Steven S. DeKnight
77 Choices 3.19 David Fury
79 Entropy 6.18 Drew Z. Greenberg
80 Same Time, Same Place 7.03 Jane Espenson
84 The Harsh Light of Day 4.03 Jane Espenson
89 The Replacement 5.03 Jane Espenson
94 Revelations 3.07 Douglas Petrie
102 The Initiative 4.07 Douglas Petrie
111 Potential 7.12 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
112 I Was Made to Love You 5.15 Jane Espenson
120 The I in Team 4.13 David Fury
121 Empty Places 7.19 Drew Z. Greenberg
124 Doomed 4.11 Marti Noxon, David Fury, and Jane Espenson

Stephen Cragg

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
83 The Witch 1.03 Dana Reston

David Fury

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
47 Lies My Parents Told Me 7.17 David Fury and Drew Goddard
108 Gone 6.11 David Fury

Tucker Gates

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
54 Fear Itself 4.04 David Fury

Michael Gershman

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
8 Passion 2.17 Ty King
30 Intervention 5.18 Jane Espenson
37 This Year's Girl 4.15 Douglas Petrie
39 Seeing Red 6.19 Steven S. DeKnight
53 Dirty Girls 7.18 Drew Goddard
74 Consequences 3.15 Marti Noxon
82 A New Man 4.12 Jane Espenson
87 Blood Ties 5.13 Steven S. DeKnight
100 Him 7.06 Drew Z. Greenberg
110 Older and Far Away 6.14 Drew Z. Greenberg

Marita Grabiak

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
26 Storyteller 7.16 Jane Espenson
49 End of Days 7.21 Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson

Bruce Seth Green

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
34 Halloween 2.06 Carl Ellsworth
48 Nightmares 1.10 David Greenwalt
88 The Pack 1.06 Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer
92 Phases 2.15 Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali
116 The Dark Age 2.08 Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel
131 Ted 2.11 David Greenwalt and Joss Whedon
136 Some Assembly Required 2.02 Ty King
140 Teacher's Pet 1.04 David Greenwalt

David Greenwalt

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
15 The Wish 3.09 Marti Noxon
91 Homecoming 3.05 David Greenwalt
135 Reptile Boy 2.05 David Greenwalt
141 Bad Eggs 2.12 Marti Noxon

David Grossman

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
9 Tabula Rasa 6.08 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
40 Enemies 3.17 Douglas Petrie
55 The Yoko Factor 4.20 Douglas Petrie
56 Bargaining, Part 1 6.01 Marti Noxon
57 Bargaining, Part 2 6.02 David Fury
73 Wild at Heart 4.06 Marti Noxon
78 Tough Love 5.19 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
85 Superstar 4.17 Jane Espenson
99 Real Me 5.02 David Fury
103 Bring On the Night 7.10 Marti Noxon and Douglas Petrie
115 First Date 7.14 Jane Espenson
118 Living Conditions 4.02 Marti Noxon
123 Out of My Mind 5.04 Rebecca Rand Kirshner

Michael Grossman

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
93 Showtime 7.11 David Fury

Christopher Hibler

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
71 Triangle 5.11 Jane Espenson

Regis Kimble

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
21 Earshot 3.18 Jane Espenson

John T. Kretchmer

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
36 School Hard 2.03 David Greenwalt
67 The Harvest 1.02 Joss Whedon

Michael Lange

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
28 Surprise 2.13 Marti Noxon
31 Band Candy 3.06 Jane Espenson
43 Bad Girls 3.14 Douglas Petrie
44 Pangs 4.08 Jane Espenson

Alan J. Levi

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writers
109 Sleeper 7.08 David Fury and Jane Espenson

Nick Marck

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
16 Fool for Love 5.07 Douglas Petrie
17 Conversations with Dead People 7.07 Jane Espenson and Drew Goddard
19 Something Blue 4.09 Tracey Forbes
60 Checkpoint 5.12 Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson
63 Beneath You 7.02 Douglas Petrie
64 Life Serial 6.05 David Fury and Jane Espenson
144 Doublemeat Palace 6.12 Jane Espenson

Turi Meyer

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writers
76 Smashed 6.09 Drew Z. Greenberg

Bill L. Norton

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
35 Two to Go 6.21 Douglas Petrie

Marti Noxon

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writers
65 Forever 5.17 Marti Noxon
113 Into the Woods 5.10 Marti Noxon

Douglas Petrie

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
107 Get It Done 7.15 Douglas Petrie
126 Flooded 6.04 Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson
134 As You Were 6.15 Douglas Petrie

Stephen L. Posey

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writers
143 I, Robot — You, Jane 1.08 Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden

Ellen S. Pressman

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writers
98 The Puppet Show 1.09 Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel
137 Inca Mummy Girl 2.04 Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer

Rick Rosenthal

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
32 Normal Again 6.17 Diego Gutiérrez
90 Help 7.04 Rebecca Rand Kirshner

Deran Sarafian

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writers
119 Killed By Death 2.18 Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali

David Semel

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
24 Lovers Walk 3.08 Dan Vebber
46 What's My Line? Part 2 2.10 Marti Noxon
125 Never Kill A Boy on the First Date 1.05 Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali
138 Go Fish 2.20 David Fury and Elin Hampton

Charles Martin Smith

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
42 Welcome to the Hellmouth 1.01 Joss Whedon

David Solomon

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
23 Selfless 7.05 Drew Goddard
25 The Prom 3.20 Marti Noxon
51 Touched 7.20 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
52 Villains 6.20 Marti Noxon
59 What's My Line? Part 1 2.09 Howard Gordon and Marti Noxon
75 Lessons 7.01 Joss Whedon
81 After Life 6.03 Jane Espenson
86 No Place Like Home 5.05 Douglas Petrie
95 Buffy vs. Dracula 5.01 Marti Noxon
97 Never Leave Me 7.09 Drew Goddard
104 Hell's Bells 6.16 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
105 Weight of the World 5.21 Douglas Petrie
117 The Killer in Me 7.13 Drew Z. Greenberg
127 Wrecked 6.10 Marti Noxon
128 Goodbye Iowa 4.14 Marti Noxon
130 Listening to Fear 5.09 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
132 All the Way 6.06 Steven S. DeKnight
139 Beer Bad 4.05 Tracey Forbes
142 Where the Wild Things Are 4.18 Tracey Forbes

Joss Whedon

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
1 Once More, with Feeling 6.07 Joss Whedon
2 Hush 4.10 Joss Whedon
3 The Gift 5.22 Joss Whedon
4 Becoming, Part 2 2.22 Joss Whedon
5 The Body 5.16 Joss Whedon
6 Chosen 7.22 Joss Whedon
7 Becoming, Part 1 2.21 Joss Whedon
10 Graduation Day, Part 2 3.22 Joss Whedon
11 Restless 4.22 Joss Whedon
12 Doppelgängland 3.16 Joss Whedon
13 Innocence 2.14 Joss Whedon
14 Prophecy Girl 1.12 Joss Whedon
18 Graduation Day, Part 1 3.21 Joss Whedon
20 Who Are You 4.16 Joss Whedon
33 Amends 3.10 Joss Whedon
50 Family 5.06 Joss Whedon
62 Lie To Me 2.07 Joss Whedon
66 When She Was Bad 2.01 Joss Whedon
96 Anne 3.01 Joss Whedon
101 The Freshman 4.01 Joss Whedon

James Whitmore Jr.

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
38 I Only Have Eyes For You 2.19 Marti Noxon
41 The Zeppo 3.13 Dan Vebber
114 Gingerbread 3.11 Jane Espenson
122 Beauty and the Beasts 3.04 Marti Noxon
133 Dead Man's Party 3.02 Marti Noxon
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