9.1/1016 votes#1 - Becoming (2)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/1998
Spike strikes an unlikely alliance with Buffy to keep Angel from destroying the world.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
9.0/102 votes#2 - Act 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2008
After accidentally introducing Penny and Captain Hammer in the first place, Dr. Horrible is devastated that they seem pretty close. He concentrates on his freeze ray heist but after another setback, Bad Horse insists on a special demonstration of evil.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
9.0/102 votes#3 - Act 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/2008
Bad Horse has insisted that only a murder will get Doctor Horrible into the Evil League of Evil, and now that Captain Hammer is dating Penny it seems that his death would be the perfect choice. Will our villain pull off his dastardly plan? And what will Penny think of him if he succeeds?
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.9/1021 votes#4 - The Body
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/2001
Buffy, Dawn, and their friends deal with the aftermath of Joyce's death.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.9/1016 votes#5 - The Gift
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/2001
As Glory prepares Dawn for a bloodletting ritual that will open a portal to another dimension, Buffy and her friends prepare for battle.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.9/107 votes#6 - Smile Time
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2004
While Nina the werewolf show romantic interest in Angel, he investigates a demon-infested children's television program and gets turned into a puppet; Gunn makes a deal to keep his newly implanted mental powers; and Wes and Fred's relationship heats up.
Director: Ben Edlund
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.8/1037 votes#7 - Once More, with Feeling
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2001
In this musical extravaganza, Sunnydale residents find themselves bursting into song, and flame, when a demon attempts to make Dawn his bride.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.8/1017 votes#8 - Doppelgangland
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/1999
While casting a magic spell, Anya and Willow accidentally summon Willow's evil double from an alternate universe.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.8/1011 votes#9 - Not Fade Away
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2004
Angel and his friends prepare for their suicide attack on the Circle of the Black Thorn.
Director: Jeffrey Bell
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.7/103 votes#10 - Man on the Street
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/20/2009
Echo becomes the perfect wife for a lonely internet mogul, and Sierra's attacker is revealed. Meanwhile, Mellie's life is in danger and Agent Ballard's investigation takes a surprising turn when he comes face-to-face and goes fist-to-fist with Echo for the first very time.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.6/1016 votes#11 - Graduation Day (2)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 7/13/1999
On Ascension Day, Buffy and her friends prepare for the ultimate battle as they face off againstthe mayor and a horde of vampires.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.6/1022 votes#12 - Hush
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1999
When everyone in Sunnydale loses their voice, the Scooby Gang must silently solve the mystery of the monsters who stole their ability to speak.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.6/107 votes#13 - A Hole in the World
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2004
After being breathed on by an ancient sarcophagus, Fred contracts a mystery illness and lies near death while Angel and his friends try to figure out what's wrong with her.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.5/102 votes#14 - Act 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/15/2008
Dr. Horrible is a low-rent super-villain whose main goal is to get into the Evil League of Evil. In his online video blog he talks about his arch-nemesis Captain Hammer and Penny, a girl from the laundromat that he admires from a distance.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.5/1049 votes#15 - Objects in Space
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/2002
Serenity encounters a ruthlessly professional bounty hunter, Jubal Early, who will stop at nothing to retrieve River. But River, feeling unwelcome on the ship, takes a novel approach to escaping from the long arm of the Alliance.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.3/1015 votes#16 - Graduation Day (1)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/18/1999
In an effort to distract Buffy from the Ascension, the mayor instructs Faith to poison Angel.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.3/1057 votes#17 - Out of Gas
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2002
After Serenity suffers a catastrophe that leaves her crew with only hours of oxygen, flashbacks show how Mal and Zoë acquired Serenity and assembled their motley band.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.3/109 votes#18 - Sanctuary
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/2/2000
Everyone, including Buffy Summers, is out to get Faith, and Angel is the only man who can stop them.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.3/1051 votes#19 - Our Mrs. Reynolds
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2002
As an unexpected reward for an unpaid job, Mal finds himself married to a naïve, subservient young woman named Saffron. The crew are amused at his discomfort and Book lectures him on propriety, but things aren't as smoothly straightforward as they thought them to be.
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.2/1016 votes#20 - Chosen
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2003
After killing Caleb, Buffy conceives a plan to defeat the First once and for all. Willow invokes a magic spell that alters the ancient Slayer spell and gives Buffy the allies she needs to fight the Uber-Vamp army. An epic battle ensues and several good friends are lost. At the end, Buffy faces a completely new problem -- one she's glad to have.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.2/104 votes#21 - Waiting in the Wings
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2002
Angel and his friends attend a ballet,where Angel realises he saw the exact same dancers on stage 110 years ago.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.2/105 votes#22 - Spin the Bottle
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2002
Lorne's spell to restore Cordelia's memory backfires and convinces everyone they're high school students who have been gathered to kill a vampire: Angel.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.1/1017 votes#23 - Innocence (2)
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/1998
Buffy and her friends battle the Judge and face unexpected danger from Angel, who has lost his soul after experiencing a moment of true happiness.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.1/1016 votes#24 - Becoming (1)
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/1998
Angel plots to revive an ancient demon bent on sweeping everything on earth into hell itself.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
8.1/1016 votes#25 - Who Are You? (2)
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/29/2000
Having switched bodies with Buffy, Faith enjoys freedom. Meanwhile, Buffy finds herself at the mercy of the Watcher's Council.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
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"Becoming (2)" is the best rated episode written by Joss Whedon. It scored 9.1/10 based on 16 votes. It was directed by Joss Whedon. It aired on 5/19/1998 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Act 2".