9.0/102 votes#1 - Slippin' Into Darkness
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/1988
Hoffs and Ioki go undercover in a Guardian Angel-type street patrol whose members have a vendetta out for a drug dealer who Hanson is trying to set up for a bust.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Clifton Campbell
9.0/102 votes#2 - Meet the Dupes
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2000
Duplicate versions of Michael, Isabel and Tess come to Roswell after killing their king Zan, to urge Max to attend an important interstellar summit in New York City, but they have their own agenda; Ava stays behind in Roswell.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.6/1014 votes#3 - Grave
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2002
Giles arrives to face Willow, armed with powerful borrowed magic. Willow, overwhelmed by power and grief, plans a ritual to put the world out of its misery.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: David Fury
8.5/106 votes#4 - Power Play
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/2004
As Angel's behaviour grows increasingly hostile, his friends learn he's associating with members of an evil secret society, and may have deliberately engineered Fred's death.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: David Fury
8.5/102 votes#5 - Skin and Bones
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2000
Max and the others must rescue Michael after he is arrested for murder; Liz takes a job with a congresswoman who has a hidden agenda.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Jason Katims
8.3/1018 votes#6 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1998
As Valentine's Day approaches, Xander tries to improve his love life through witchcraft and finds himself with too much of a good thing.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Marti Noxon
8.2/1020 votes#7 - Dear Doctor
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2002
The crew discovers a new planet with two races, one in desperate need of medical and scientific assistance. In the course of trying to help, Dr. Phlox recalls his own Denobulan past to address the ethical dilemmas that arise in the present.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: André Jacquemetton
8.2/1010 votes#8 - Five by Five (1)
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/2000
Rogue slayer Faith comes to town, and when she partners up with Wolfram and Hart, Angel's life is in danger.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Jim Kouf
8.2/104 votes#9 - Awakening
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/29/2003
Angel agrees to try to bring Angelus back... but after the first attempt fails, he and his friends discover a magic sword that might do a better job of getting rid of the Big Bad beast.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: David Fury
8.0/101 votes#10 - Orpheus 3.3
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/1988
Hanson blames himself for failing to prevent the shooting death of his girlfriend in a convenience store robbery and becomes obsessed with revenge.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Bill Nuss
8.0/101 votes#11 - Swallowed Alive
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 2/5/1989
Hanson becomes an inmate in a juvenile detention hall in order to investigate the murder of one of the inmates.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Eric Blakeney
8.0/107 votes#12 - Reunion
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/2000
The newly revamped deadly duo of Drusilla and Darla hit the streets of L.A. Angel is frantic, searching for the terrible twosome.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Shawn Ryan
8.0/104 votes#13 - Release
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 3/12/2003
As Faith and Angel continue their battle, the voice of the Beast's Master invades Angel's mind.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
8.0/103 votes#14 - Echoes
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/27/2009
A deadly virus outbreak on a college campus sends Echo back to school where pieces of her past come into focus.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: N/A
8.0/1016 votes#15 - The Initiative
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1999
Spike finds himself targeted by a group of commandos after he escapes from a military lab underneath the Sunnydale campus.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.0/1016 votes#16 - The Replacement
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2000
When a demon creates a Xander double, the real Xander must convince his friends of his true identity.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.0/1024 votes#17 - Carbon Creek
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2002
After Archer and Trip become curious about a visit she made to a Pennsylvania mining town called Carbon Creek, T'Pol explains to them that Vulcans actually had their first contact with humans in 1957. That year, a Vulcan ship crashed on Earth and three crew members survived, including T'Pol's great grandmother. They pose as humans in Carbon Creek and take on jobs while waiting for rescue and soon find themselves becoming more involved with the town's residents.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: N/A
7.9/1015 votes#18 - Spiral
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2001
Realizing they may never be able to vanquish Glory, Buffy and the gang decide to flee Sunnydale in Spike's R.V. to protect Dawn.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
7.8/1013 votes#19 - Cool
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2001
A jock named Sean gains the ability to absorb heat from everything and everyone around him, and begins preying on people to gain the heat he needs to survive.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Michael Green
7.8/1017 votes#20 - The Harsh Light of Day
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1999
As Buffy gets to know a charming student named Parker, Spike searches obsessively for a possibly-mythical treasure.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.8/105 votes#21 - Dead End
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/24/2001
Cordelia's visions get worse and the gang fears for her health. Meanwhile Lindsey is granted a new hand that has a murderous mind of its own.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: David Greenwalt
7.8/104 votes#22 - Carpe Noctem
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2001
An old man uses an ancient incantation to switch bodies with Angel.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Scott Murphy
7.8/105 votes#23 - The Boone Identity
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/2007
A grieving father asks Harry to help put his daughter's spirit to rest. This should be easy. All Dresden has to do is track down the killer and make sure that justice has been done. There's only one catch: the killer died only hours after the murder.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: George Mastras
7.8/1016 votes#24 - Faith, Hope & Trick
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1998
A charismatic Slayer visits Sunnydale and wins over many of Buffy's friends. Meanwhile, two powerful vampires plot an attack.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: David Greenwalt
7.7/1015 votes#25 - Primeval (2)
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/2000
Having gained control of Riley's mind, Adam sets in motion his plot to create an army of unstoppable soldiers and destroy the Initiative.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: David Fury
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"Slippin' Into Darkness" is the best rated episode directed by James A. Contner. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Clifton Campbell. It aired on 11/11/1988 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Meet the Dupes".