First, even though I don't think anybody (with the possible exception of Sofiya) will be interested, I wanted to let you all know that I've decided to continue step-by-step blogging of my Buffy article (and maybe eventually book) project. The first step is to keep track of the criticism I'm reading with what will turn out to be a literature review or bibliographic essay. It's in progress (and probably will be for quite some time) and can be seen here.
Now, on to today's Buffy writer/producer, Douglas Petrie. Petrie started with Buffy in season three, as a story editor. In season four, he served as executive story editor. In season five, he became a co-producer, in season six a producer, then a supervising producer, and in season seven a supervising producer, then a co-executive producer.
These are the episodes Petrie wrote or co-wrote:
1. Revelations (3.07)
2. Bad Girls (3.14)
3. Enemies (3.17)
4. The Initiative (4.07)
5. This Year's Girl (4.15)
6. The Yoko Factor (4.20)
7. No Place Like Home (5.05)
8. Fool For Love (5.07)
9. Checkpoint (5.12)
10. The Weight of the World (5.21)
11. Flooded (6.04)
12. As You Were (6.15)
13. Two To Go (6.21)
14. Beneath You (7.02)
15. Bring on the Night (7.10)
16. Get It Done (7.15)
17. End of Days (7.21)
Petrie also directed three of the episodes he wrote: Flooded, As You Were, and Get It Done.
The things that stick out at me about Petrie's writing credits are his writing for Faith (Revelations, Bad Girls, Enemies, This Year's Girl) and his writing for Spike (Fool for Love, Beneath You, End of Days). He's also written some of Buffy's strongest, baddest-ass episodes, including Checkpoint (have I mentioned how much I love that one?) and Get It Done.
These are starting to confuse me...I think I need to make lists of character-specific episodes. Guess that will be next...
Comments (3)
I love Checkpoint. That's one of my favourite episodes EVER. I love how Buffy stands up to the patriarchy and wins.
Posted by sofiya | April 2, 2008 9:51 PM
Let me come clean- I've been reading all of these! I was lent the 1st season on DVD in October, finished all Buffy and all Angel by the end of January, and have watched the whole seven seasons a second time. Your obsession (and the watching many many episodes as a manifestation of depression) really resonates with me. I'll see if I can't come up with anything intelligent to add. :)
Posted by Kati (ms sailaway) | April 3, 2008 9:09 AM
Woohoo! Two people are interested in these posts! Now I'm never going to stop.
Posted by Grace | April 3, 2008 12:10 PM