9.0/101 votes#1 - Variations on a Theme Park
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/1995
When too many overworked employees drop dead from exhaustion, businesses give dinosaurs two weeks off for a vacation; B.P. Richfield advises Earl to bring his family to WeSaySo Land, which is supposed to be a fun amusement park for the family. What the Sinclairs find is an overpriced, cow themed park that is newly under construction, and they have to stay for 14 days.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.3/1015 votes#2 - Intervention
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 4/24/2001
A weary Buffy seeks to regain focus by embarking on a quest with the First Slayer; Spike cavorts with his very own "Buffybot" and Glory instructs her minions to spy on Buffy's friends in the hopes of ascertaining the Key's true identity.
Director: Michael Gershman
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.3/1025 votes#3 - Skin Deep
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/12/2012
After Mr. Gold's house is robbed, Emma keeps a close eye on him when it looks like he wants to track down the criminal and dole out some vigilante justice as payback, and Valentine's Day finds Mary Margaret, Ruby and Ashley having a girls' night out. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Belle agrees to a fateful deal to give up her freedom in order to save her town from the horrors of the Ogre war.
Director: Milan Cheylov
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.3/1012 votes#4 - White Out
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2014
While desperately trying to find her sister Anna, Elsa accidentally traps them both inside an ice cave. Regina secludes herself from the town and Henry. With the townspeople considering Mary Margaret their leader, she faces her first leadership task in trying to re-start a generator and restore the town’s electricity after Elsa freezes and damages the power lines. Anna tries to teach a meek David to fight Bo Peep.
Director: Ron Underwood
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.2/1018 votes#5 - The Hub
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 6/6/2008
Colonial Viper pilots plan an attack on the Resurrection Hub with their Cylon rebel allies.
Director: Paul A. Edwards
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.2/1020 votes#6 - Desperate Souls
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/8/2012
Regina and Mr. Gold play dirty politics and take opposite sides when Emma runs for a coveted Storybrooke public office against Sidney. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale world that was, Rumplestiltskin tries to track down the ultimate power source in order to help his son avert the horrors of a meaningless war.
Director: Michael Waxman
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.1/1015 votes#7 - Earshot
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 9/21/1999
A mouthless demon infects Buffy with the ability to hear everyone's thoughts, but what starts out as a useful power soon turns into a curse.
Director: Regis Kimble
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.1/1015 votes#8 - Conversations with Dead People
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2002
Buffy talks through her troubles with an old high school classmate who has recently become a vampire. Cassie, the late student Buffy tried to help, appears to Willow with a posthumous message from Tara. Dawn experiences a terrifying haunting. And Andrew and Jonathan return to Sunnydale High on a mission.
Director: Nick Marck
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.1/1022 votes#9 - Long Ago, Not Far Away
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 9/7/2023
Dusk and Enjoiner Rue learn Demerzel's origin and true purpose. Tellem's plans for Gaal take a dark turn. On Terminus, Day confronts Dr. Seldon.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.0/1015 votes#10 - Band Candy
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1998
Mr Trick enlists Giles' old buddy Ethan Rayne to manufacture and distribute boxes of candy which turn the adult population into uninhibited, irresponsible teenagers to keep them out of the way while the mysterious Mayor Wilkins pays a tribute to a demon.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.0/1015 votes#11 - 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
8.0/1015 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: Jane Espenson
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: Jane Espenson
8.0/105 votes#14 - The Blood Line
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/2011
As the Torchwood team launch a final, desperate mission against the seemingly undefeatable Three Families, they realize it may come down to the ultimate sacrifice.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.0/101 votes#15 - Zero Minus Ten
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/6/1996
Tom Veil wakes from a coma to hear the unsettling news that he was in a bad car accident months earlier and his ordeal of identity erasure was just a terrible nightmare. At his bedside is his ever-loving wife Alyson and his best friend Larry Levy, a man Veil swears he once saw dead and stuffed in a closet. Larry, who insists that he's been alive and well living in South America for the past nine months, tries to assure Veil that everything the doctors and Alyson told him about his hospitalization is true. Eventually trusing his old buddy, Veil pleads with Larry to believe his story and help protect him from the enemy. Meanwhile, his lab assistant plans for another showing of Veil's photographic art—with the centerpiece photo entitled "Displaced."
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.0/103 votes#16 - Haunted
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/24/2009
When Adelle’s wealthy friend is murdered, Adelle imprints Echo with the woman’s memories and personality to solve the case. Ballard looks into Mellie’s past, and Topher secretly programs Sierra for an engagement.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Jane Espenson
8.0/101 votes#17 - Bad Blood
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/2013
When Alice discovers that her father is in Wonderland, they begin healing their broken relationship, which leads to her having to make a difficult decision. In flashback, a young Jafar is emotionally distraught after his mother dies and we find out what drove him to become the unforgiving villain he is today.
Director: Ciaran Donnelly
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.9/1016 votes#18 - Pangs
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1999
On Thanksgiving, Buffy encounters the spirit of a Native American warrior whose people were wiped out by settlers.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.9/109 votes#19 - Apotheosis
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/30/2010
Daniel, Amanda, and Zoe race to stop Clarice's master plan and save thousands of lives before Caprica is changed forever.
Director: Jonas Pate
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.9/1010 votes#20 - Fall
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/2014
The Snow Queen attempts to pit Anna and Elsa against each other; with her powers out of control, Emma seeks assistance from Gold; Regina's quest takes a surprising turn.
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.8/1016 votes#21 - 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
7.8/106 votes#22 - Guise Will Be Guise
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2000
Angel meets with a swami in hopes of ending his obsession with Darla; meanwhile, Wesley assumes Angel's identity and plays bodyguard to a wealthy business man's daughter.
Director: Krishna Rao
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.8/1011 votes#23 - Witch Hunt
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/16/2014
In New York, Hook tries to make Emma remember by something very powerful: true love. In the Enchanted Forest, Regina, Snow, and Charming all team up to defeat a very powerful witch. In another world's past, a young girl learns how to use wizardry only to be hunted by a mob.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.7/1015 votes#24 - I Was Made to Love You
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/2001
Buffy and her friends encounter an incredibly strong female robot with only one thing on its mind - love.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Jane Espenson
7.7/1013 votes#25 - After Life
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2001
Buffy and her friends battle a demon that may have hitched a ride with Buffy as she crossed into the world from another dimension.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Jane Espenson
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"Variations on a Theme Park" is the best rated episode written by Jane Espenson. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Jeff McCracken. It aired on 11/6/1995 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "Intervention".