Once all analyses performed by this site are combined, we are able to predict 73.3% of the quality of an episode based on four factors: who wrote the episode, who directed the episode, when the episode aired, and the presence or absence of major characters in the episode. Altogether, knowing this allows us to look back at episodes and predict how the episodes would be ranked if these four factors explained 100% of the quality of an episode instead of just 73.3%. As you will see, this method predicts the quality of some episodes very well and is off on the quality of other episodes. The Mispredicted Quality page describes how close or far these predictions were for each episode.
Predicted Rank |
Title | Season/ Episode |
Writer(s) | Director | Actual Rank |
1 | Becoming, Pt. 2 | 2.22 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 4 |
2 | The Gift | 5.22 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 3 |
3 | Innocence | 2.14 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 12 |
4 | Chosen | 7.22 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 6 |
5 | Graduation Day, Part 2 | 3.22 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 9 |
6 | Becoming, Pt. 1 | 2.21 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 8 |
7 | Once More, with Feeling | 6.07 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 1 |
8 | Restless | 4.22 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 11 |
9 | Prophecy Girl | 1.12 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 13 |
10 | Doppelgangland | 3.16 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 15 |
11 | Hush | 4.1 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 2 |
12 | The Body | 5.16 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 5 |
13 | Fool for Love | 5.07 | Douglas Petrie | Nick Marck | 16 |
14 | Amends | 3.1 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 36 |
15 | Tabula Rasa | 6.08 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Grossman | 10 |
16 | Passion | 2.17 | Ty King | Michael Gershman | 7 |
17 | Who Are You? | 4.16 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 21 |
18 | Graduation Day, Part 1 | 3.21 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 18 |
19 | Family | 5.06 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 50 |
20 | Grave | 6.22 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 22 |
21 | Lovers Walk | 3.08 | Dan Vebber | David Semel | 25 |
22 | Selfless | 7.05 | Drew Goddard | David Solomon | 23 |
23 | The Wish | 3.09 | Marti Noxon | David Greenwalt | 14 |
24 | Conversations with Dead People | 7.07 | Jane Espenson and Drew Goddard | Nick Marck | 17 |
25 | Intervention | 5.18 | Jane Espenson | Michael Gershman | 31 |
26 | Forever | 5.17 | Marti Noxon | Marti Noxon | 66 |
27 | Two to Go | 6.21 | Douglas Petrie | Bill L. Norton | 37 |
28 | Bad Girls | 3.14 | Douglas Petrie | Michael Lange | 45 |
29 | Consequences | 3.15 | Marti Noxon | Michael Gershman | 80 |
30 | Pangs | 4.08 | Jane Espenson | Michael Lange | 42 |
31 | Anne | 3.01 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 95 |
32 | Where the Wild Things Are | 4.18 | Tracey Forbes | David Solomon | 142 |
33 | A New Man | 4.12 | Jane Espenson | Michael Gershman | 85 |
34 | Lie to Me | 2.07 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 57 |
35 | Crush | 5.14 | David Fury | Daniel Attias | 56 |
36 | Checkpoint | 5.12 | Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson | Nick Marck | 60 |
37 | Surprise | 2.13 | Marti Noxon | Michael Lange | 28 |
38 | School Hard | 2.03 | David Greenwalt | John T. Kretchmer | 35 |
39 | Lies My Parents Told Me | 7.17 | David Fury and Drew Goddard | David Fury | 44 |
40 | The Harvest | 1.02 | Joss Whedon | John T. Kretchmer | 67 |
41 | I Only Have Eyes for You | 2.19 | Marti Noxon | James Whitmore Jr. | 34 |
42 | Something Blue | 4.09 | Tracey Forbes | Nick Marck | 19 |
43 | Normal Again | 6.17 | Diego Gutiérrez | Rick Rosenthal | 29 |
44 | Bring on the Night | 7.1 | Marti Noxon and Douglas Petrie | David Grossman | 105 |
45 | Life Serial | 6.05 | David Fury and Jane Espenson | Nick Marck | 65 |
46 | Dead Things | 6.13 | Steven S. DeKnight | James A. Contner | 73 |
47 | Flooded | 6.04 | Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson | Douglas Petrie | 123 |
48 | Storyteller | 7.16 | Jane Espenson | Marita Grabiak | 27 |
49 | Bargaining, Part 1 | 6.01 | Marti Noxon | David Grossman | 53 |
50 | The Prom | 3.2 | Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 26 |
51 | Helpless | 3.12 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 63 |
52 | Wild at Heart | 4.06 | Marti Noxon | David Grossman | 69 |
53 | Seeing Red | 6.19 | Steven S. DeKnight | Michael Gershman | 39 |
54 | When She Was Bad | 2.01 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 68 |
55 | Hell's Bells | 6.16 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Solomon | 98 |
56 | Out of Mind, Out of Sight | 1.11 | Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden | Reza Badiyi | 97 |
57 | Dirty Girls | 7.18 | Drew Goddard | Michael Gershman | 51 |
58 | Angel | 1.07 | David Greenwalt | Scott Brazil | 24 |
59 | Same Time, Same Place | 7.03 | Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 84 |
60 | Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | 2.16 | Marti Noxon | James A. Contner | 33 |
61 | Halloween | 2.06 | Carl Ellsworth | Bruce Seth Green | 30 |
62 | Band Candy | 3.06 | Jane Espenson | Michael Lange | 32 |
63 | Triangle | 5.11 | Jane Espenson | Christopher Hibler | 70 |
64 | Bargaining, Part 2 | 6.02 | David Fury | David Grossman | 52 |
65 | Never Leave Me | 7.09 | Drew Goddard | David Solomon | 103 |
66 | Blood Ties | 5.13 | Steven S. DeKnight | Michael Gershman | 83 |
67 | The Yoko Factor | 4.2 | Douglas Petrie | David Grossman | 58 |
68 | Dead Man's Party | 3.02 | Marti Noxon | James Whitmore Jr. | 133 |
69 | Into the Woods | 5.1 | Marti Noxon | Marti Noxon | 108 |
70 | Lessons | 7.01 | Joss Whedon | David Solomon | 86 |
71 | New Moon Rising | 4.19 | Marti Noxon | James A. Contner | 61 |
72 | The Freshman | 4.01 | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon | 96 |
73 | What's My Line? Pt. 2 | 2.1 | Marti Noxon | David Semel | 49 |
74 | Entropy | 6.18 | Drew Z. Greenberg | James A. Contner | 82 |
75 | Homecoming | 3.05 | David Greenwalt | David Greenwalt | 89 |
76 | Primeval | 4.21 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 48 |
77 | Wrecked | 6.1 | Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 128 |
78 | Enemies | 3.17 | Douglas Petrie | David Grossman | 41 |
79 | Faith, Hope & Trick | 3.03 | David Greenwalt | James A. Contner | 72 |
80 | Tough Love | 5.19 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Grossman | 75 |
81 | The Puppet Show | 1.09 | Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel | Ellen S. Pressman | 94 |
82 | Nightmares | 1.1 | David Greenwalt | Bruce Seth Green | 47 |
83 | Showtime | 7.11 | David Fury | Michael Grossman | 88 |
84 | Listening to Fear | 5.09 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Solomon | 132 |
85 | Phases | 2.15 | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | Bruce Seth Green | 92 |
86 | What's My Line? Pt. 1 | 2.09 | Howard Gordon and Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 62 |
87 | End of Days | 7.21 | Douglas Petrie and Jane Espenson | Marita Grabiak | 59 |
88 | The Zeppo | 3.13 | Dan Vebber | James Whitmore Jr. | 46 |
89 | Villains | 6.2 | Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 43 |
90 | Beneath You | 7.02 | Douglas Petrie | Nick Marck | 74 |
91 | Beer Bad | 4.05 | Tracey Forbes | David Solomon | 139 |
92 | Earshot | 3.18 | Jane Espenson | Regis Kimble | 20 |
93 | Help | 7.04 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | Rick Rosenthal | 90 |
94 | Doomed | 4.11 | Marti Noxon, David Fury, and Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 120 |
95 | This Year's Girl | 4.15 | Douglas Petrie | Michael Gershman | 38 |
96 | Choices | 3.19 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 77 |
97 | Him | 7.06 | Drew Z. Greenberg | Michael Gershman | 99 |
98 | The Harsh Light of Day | 4.03 | Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 78 |
99 | Superstar | 4.17 | Jane Espenson | David Grossman | 104 |
100 | The Witch | 1.03 | Dana Reston | Stephen Cragg | 71 |
101 | Spiral | 5.2 | Steven S. DeKnight | James A. Contner | 64 |
102 | The Pack | 1.06 | Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer | Bruce Seth Green | 87 |
103 | Shadow | 5.08 | David Fury | Daniel Attias | 129 |
104 | Out of My Mind | 5.04 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Grossman | 121 |
105 | Get It Done | 7.15 | Douglas Petrie | Douglas Petrie | 111 |
106 | The Replacement | 5.03 | Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 93 |
107 | Living Conditions | 4.02 | Marti Noxon | David Grossman | 117 |
108 | Empty Places | 7.19 | Drew Z. Greenberg | James A. Contner | 125 |
109 | Revelations | 3.07 | Douglas Petrie | James A. Contner | 91 |
110 | After Life | 6.03 | Jane Espenson | David Solomon | 76 |
111 | Doublemeat Palace | 6.12 | Jane Espenson | Nick Marck | 144 |
112 | Welcome to the Hellmouth | 1.01 | Joss Whedon | Charles Martin Smith | 40 |
113 | Potential | 7.12 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | James A. Contner | 110 |
114 | The Killer in Me | 7.13 | Drew Z. Greenberg | David Solomon | 119 |
115 | The Initiative | 4.07 | Douglas Petrie | James A. Contner | 102 |
116 | As You Were | 6.15 | Douglas Petrie | Douglas Petrie | 134 |
117 | The I in Team | 4.13 | David Fury | James A. Contner | 118 |
118 | Fear Itself | 4.04 | David Fury | Tucker Gates | 54 |
119 | Older and Faraway | 6.14 | Drew Z. Greenberg | Michael Gershman | 106 |
120 | Reptile Boy | 2.05 | David Greenwalt | David Greenwalt | 135 |
121 | Touched | 7.2 | Rebecca Rand Kirshner | David Solomon | 55 |
122 | The Dark Age | 2.08 | Dean Batali & Rob Des Hotel | Bruce Seth Green | 113 |
123 | Teacher's Pet | 1.04 | David Greenwalt | Bruce Seth Green | 141 |
124 | The Weight of the World | 5.21 | Douglas Petrie | David Solomon | 101 |
125 | Killed by Death | 2.18 | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | Deran Sarafian | 114 |
126 | Ted | 2.11 | David Greenwalt and Joss Whedon | Bruce Seth Green | 127 |
127 | Sleeper | 7.08 | David Fury and Jane Espenson | Alan J. Levi | 109 |
128 | Smashed | 6.09 | Drew Z. Greenberg | Turi Meyer | 79 |
129 | Gingerbread | 3.11 | Jane Espenson | James Whitmore Jr. | 115 |
130 | Bad Eggs | 2.12 | Marti Noxon | David Greenwalt | 140 |
131 | No Place like Home | 5.05 | Douglas Petrie | David Solomon | 81 |
132 | Gone | 6.11 | David Fury | David Fury | 112 |
133 | Never Kill a Boy on the First Date | 1.05 | Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali | David Semel | 122 |
134 | Beauty & the Beasts | 3.04 | Marti Noxon | James Whitmore Jr. | 124 |
135 | Real Me | 5.02 | David Fury | David Grossman | 107 |
136 | Some Assembly Required | 2.02 | Ty King | Bruce Seth Green | 136 |
137 | First Date | 7.14 | Jane Espenson | David Grossman | 126 |
138 | I Was Made to Love You | 5.15 | Jane Espenson | James A. Contner | 116 |
139 | Go Fish | 2.2 | David Fury and Elin Hampton | David Semel | 138 |
140 | I Robot... You Jane | 1.08 | Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden | Stephen L. Posey | 143 |
141 | All the Way | 6.06 | Steven S. DeKnight | David Solomon | 131 |
142 | Inca Mummy Girl | 2.04 | Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer | Ellen S. Pressman | 137 |
143 | Goodbye Iowa | 4.14 | Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 130 |
144 | Buffy vs. Dracula | 5.01 | Marti Noxon | David Solomon | 100 |