9.3/103 votes#1 - Comfort Food
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2008
Ned brings back to life Colonel Likken, who was mysteriously deep fried to death. His world-famous original recipe has gone missing and Likken asks Ned, Emerson, and Chuck to find who stole it.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.7/1011 votes#2 - Monster in the Box
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 2/15/2007
Once he unseals a package sent to him through the mail, Grissom is floored when he finds a miniature crime scene inside. The finding is entirely more perplexing since the successive killer accountable for earlier related miniature crimes is now deceased. Grissom plows to examine the miniature and discover the actual location, when the investigation makes it clear the murder showed has yet to happen, but is probably going to happen soon.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.5/109 votes#3 - Living Legend
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2006
The Cadillac of an infamous 1970’s mob boss turns up in a lake, even though he disappeared years ago. A photo of current murder victims also turns up in the car, so the team must determine whether this current murder spree is related to the missing gangster.
Director: Martha Coolidge
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.4/1014 votes#4 - Two to Go
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/21/2002
Fueled by black magic, Willow targets Andrew and Jonathan, leading to a battle between Buffy and Willow; Spike fights an unstoppable foe.
Director: Bill L. Norton
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.3/103 votes#5 - Haunted
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2003
When The body of medical student, Paige Sanders shows up at the morgue its up to Tru to change the events.
Director: Michael Katleman
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.3/1017 votes#6 - Fool for Love
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2000
After being bested in a fight by an ordinary vampire, Buffy asks Spike to explain how he killed two Slayers many years earlier.
Director: Nick Marck
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.1/1057 votes#7 - Worst Behavior
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/18/2017
Elektra's secrets are revealed. Danny changes his tactics. Matt gives Jessica some legal advice. Luke searches for the White Hat.
Director: Peter Hoar
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.1/1028 votes#8 - Death Trap
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/2010
Determined to kill Jedi Master Mace Windu, young Boba Fett poses as a clone cadet and sneaks aboard a Jedi cruiser to plant a bomb in Windu's quarters. But Boba's plan goes awry when the blast fails to kill Mace and, suddenly, every clone aboard is looking for the saboteur. Boba destroys the ship's reactor to create a distraction and, soon, the entire cruiser begins to break apart. Unaware that Boba is the culprit, Boba's new cadet comrades save his life but is he too obsessed with revenge to do the same for them?
Director: Steward Lee
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.1/109 votes#9 - In the Dark
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1999
Spike follows Oz to L.A. and enlists the help of a demented vampire to regain a mystical relic from Angel.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.0/1016 votes#10 - Enemies
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/16/1999
As Faith attempts to seduce Angel and steal his soul, the Mayor summons a dark-magic demon to finish the job.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.0/1016 votes#11 - 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#12 - Checkpoint
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/2001
The Watcher Council travels to Sunnydale to review Buffy's skills as a Slayer; meanwhile, Glory puts her search for the Key into high gear.
Director: Nick Marck
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.0/1013 votes#13 - End of Days
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2003
Buffy has a powerful new weapon, but the gang cannot find any information about the origins of the mysterious scythe. Eventually the Slayer goes herself in search of knowledge, and finds a new ally, an old friend, and great danger.
Director: Marita Grabiak
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.0/1090 votes#14 - The Ones We Leave Behind
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/10/2015
Fisk seeks revenge while Karen is haunted by recent events. Daredevil makes a startling discovery about Fisk's financing.
Director: Euros Lyn
Writer: Douglas Petrie
8.0/1069 votes#15 - A Cold Day in Hell's Kitchen
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 3/18/2016
In the season finale, Daredevil is backed into the ultimate showdown for his own life - and the future of Hell's Kitchen.
Director: Peter Hoar
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.9/1014 votes#16 - The Weight of the World
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/2001
When Buffy lapses into a catatonic state, Willow uses magic to find out why; a tug-of-war erupts between Glory and Ben over Dawn's ultimate fate.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.9/1082 votes#17 - Dogs to a Gunfight
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2016
As Murdock recovers from an attack, Foggy and Karen fight to protect their new client from both the law and the Kitchen's newest vigilante.
Director: Phil Abraham
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.9/1017 votes#18 - Bad Girls
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1999
Faith convinces Buffy to live on the wild side, with fatal consequences.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.9/108 votes#19 - Go To Hell
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2007
The team investigates a girl whose whole family had been killed and she is supposedly possessed by the devil.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.9/107 votes#20 - The Trial
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2000
Still haunted by flashbacks of his 150-year fling with the dreaded Darla, Angel sends Gunn out to find her.
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.9/1091 votes#21 - The Path of the Righteous
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/10/2015
Fisk and Murdock wrestle with the consequences of their chosen paths, while Ben and Karen get closer to Fisk's true past.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.9/1088 votes#22 - Bang
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/18/2016
Hell's Kitchen has calmed, but it's not out of the fire yet. When an unknown vigilante begins to take the fight to the streets in a big and bloody way, Matt Murdock must don the mask of Daredevil to stop him before innocent people end up in the crossfire.
Director: Phil Abraham
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.8/1017 votes#23 - No Place Like Home
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2000
Buffy learns more about Dawn after she discovers a mysterious orb linked to a group of monks being pursued by an incredibly powerful force.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.8/104 votes#24 - Reunion
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/2004
Tru is stressed after being prompted by Davies to attend her high school's reunion. But disaster strikes in the midst of the reunion, sacrificing Tru's former bestfriend. When Tru was forced to relive the day, she finds out that more than one person could have done the deed.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Douglas Petrie
7.8/1055 votes#25 - Royal Dragon
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/18/2017
As the Defenders get to know each other over dinner, they're greeted by a series of party crashers -- none of them friendly.
Director: Phil Abraham
Writer: Douglas Petrie
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"Comfort Food" is the best rated episode written by Douglas Petrie. It scored 9.3/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Peter Lauer. It aired on 12/3/2008 and is rated 0.6 points higher than their second-best episode, "Monster in the Box".