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Episodes Ranked by Director

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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
56 Crush 5.14 David Fury
129 Shadow 5.08 David Fury

Reza Badiyi

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writers
97 Out of Mind, Out of Sight 1.11 Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden

Scott Brazil

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

James A. Contner

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
22 Grave 6.22 David Fury
33 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered 2.16 Marti Noxon
48 Primeval 4.21 David Fury
61 New Moon Rising 4.19 Marti Noxon
63 Helpless 3.12 David Fury
64 Spiral 5.20 Steven S. DeKnight
72 Faith, Hope & Trick 3.03 David Greenwalt
73 Dead Things 6.13 Steven S. DeKnight
77 Choices 3.19 David Fury
78 The Harsh Light of Day 4.03 Jane Espenson
82 Entropy 6.18 Drew Z. Greenberg
84 Same Time, Same Place 7.03 Jane Espenson
91 Revelations 3.07 Douglas Petrie
93 The Replacement 5.03 Jane Espenson
102 The Initiative 4.07 Douglas Petrie
110 Potential 7.12 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
116 I Was Made to Love You 5.15 Jane Espenson
118 The I in Team 4.13 David Fury
120 Doomed 4.11 Marti Noxon, David Fury, and Jane Espenson
125 Empty Places 7.19 Drew Z. Greenberg

Stephen Cragg

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

David Fury

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
44 Lies My Parents Told Me 7.17 David Fury and Drew Goddard
112 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
7 Passion 2.17 Ty King
31 Intervention 5.18 Jane Espenson
38 This Year's Girl 4.15 Douglas Petrie
39 Seeing Red 6.19 Steven S. DeKnight
51 Dirty Girls 7.18 Drew Goddard
80 Consequences 3.15 Marti Noxon
83 Blood Ties 5.13 Steven S. DeKnight
85 A New Man 4.12 Jane Espenson
99 Him 7.06 Drew Z. Greenberg
106 Older and Faraway 6.14 Drew Z. Greenberg

Marita Grabiak

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

Bruce Seth Green

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

David Greenwalt

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
14 The Wish 3.09 Marti Noxon
89 Homecoming 3.05 David Greenwalt
135 Reptile Boy 2.05 David Greenwalt
140 Bad Eggs 2.12 Marti Noxon

David Grossman

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
10 Tabula Rasa 6.08 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
41 Enemies 3.17 Douglas Petrie
52 Bargaining, Part 2 6.02 David Fury
53 Bargaining, Part 1 6.01 Marti Noxon
58 The Yoko Factor 4.20 Douglas Petrie
69 Wild at Heart 4.06 Marti Noxon
75 Tough Love 5.19 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
104 Superstar 4.17 Jane Espenson
105 Bring on the Night 7.10 Marti Noxon and Douglas Petrie
107 Real Me 5.02 David Fury
117 Living Conditions 4.02 Marti Noxon
121 Out of My Mind 5.04 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
126 First Date 7.14 Jane Espenson

Michael Grossman

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

Christopher Hibler

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

Regis Kimble

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

John T. Kretchmer

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
35 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
32 Band Candy 3.06 Jane Espenson
42 Pangs 4.08 Jane Espenson
45 Bad Girls 3.14 Douglas Petrie

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
65 Life Serial 6.05 David Fury and Jane Espenson
74 Beneath You 7.02 Douglas Petrie
144 Doublemeat Palace 6.12 Jane Espenson

Turi Meyer

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

Bill L. Norton

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

Marti Noxon

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writers
66 Forever 5.17 Marti Noxon
108 Into the Woods 5.10 Marti Noxon

Douglas Petrie

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
111 Get It Done 7.15 Douglas Petrie
123 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
94 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
29 Normal Again 6.17 Diego Gutiérrez
90 Help 7.04 Rebecca Rand Kirshner

Deran Sarafian

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

David Semel

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
25 Lovers Walk 3.08 Dan Vebber
49 What's My Line? Pt. 2 2.10 Marti Noxon
122 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
40 Welcome to the Hellmouth 1.01 Joss Whedon

David Solomon

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer(s)
23 Selfless 7.05 Drew Goddard
26 The Prom 3.20 Marti Noxon
43 Villains 6.20 Marti Noxon
55 Touched 7.20 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
62 What's My Line? Pt. 1 2.09 Howard Gordon and Marti Noxon
76 After Life 6.03 Jane Espenson
81 No Place like Home 5.05 Douglas Petrie
86 Lessons 7.01 Joss Whedon
98 Hell's Bells 6.16 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
100 Buffy vs. Dracula 5.01 Marti Noxon
101 The Weight of the World 5.21 Douglas Petrie
103 Never Leave Me 7.09 Drew Goddard
119 The Killer in Me 7.13 Drew Z. Greenberg
128 Wrecked 6.10 Marti Noxon
130 Goodbye Iowa 4.14 Marti Noxon
131 All the Way 6.06 Steven S. DeKnight
132 Listening to Fear 5.09 Rebecca Rand Kirshner
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, Pt. 2 2.22 Joss Whedon
5 The Body 5.16 Joss Whedon
6 Chosen 7.22 Joss Whedon
8 Becoming, Pt. 1 2.21 Joss Whedon
9 Graduation Day, Part 2 3.22 Joss Whedon
11 Restless 4.22 Joss Whedon
12 Innocence 2.14 Joss Whedon
13 Prophecy Girl 1.12 Joss Whedon
15 Doppelgangland 3.16 Joss Whedon
18 Graduation Day, Part 1 3.21 Joss Whedon
21 Who Are You? 4.16 Joss Whedon
36 Amends 3.10 Joss Whedon
50 Family 5.06 Joss Whedon
57 Lie to Me 2.07 Joss Whedon
68 When She Was Bad 2.01 Joss Whedon
95 Anne 3.01 Joss Whedon
96 The Freshman 4.01 Joss Whedon

James Whitmore Jr.

Rank Title Season/
Episode #		 Writer
34 I Only Have Eyes for You 2.19 Marti Noxon
46 The Zeppo 3.13 Dan Vebber
115 Gingerbread 3.11 Jane Espenson
124 Beauty & the Beasts 3.04 Marti Noxon
133 Dead Man's Party 3.02 Marti Noxon
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