Favourite Angel Writer

[barryshaft]

With Buffy it's generally pretty easy to just give it to Whedon, but on Angel his writing was not necessarily always the tops. It may just be that he didn't really write that many episodes over the series' run but Tim Minear and Jeff Bell's episodes were the ones that upon rewatching the series, really stick with me. Minear especially wrote so many of the shows high points but that's just a personal favourite, how does everyone else weigh in? Was there anyone I really forgot? I tried to narrow it down to just the writers with the most episodes under their belts.

[Wyndam]

Angel really had some excellent writers, but I have to go with Joss Whedon on this one, for the simple fact that all of my top 5 favorite Angel episodes were written by him.

1. Spin the Bottle
2. A Hole in the World
3. Smile Time (co-Written with Ben Edlund)
4. Not Fade Away (co-Written with Jeffrey Bell)
5. Waiting in the Wings

I love all of those writers though.

[Rachster]

i went with joss pretty much the same reason as wyndam just about everything her wrote tv or comic i love

[El Diablo Robotico]

I went with Greenwalt. He was the showrunner for the first 3 seasons, and I always felt he "got" the show better than anyone, even including Joss. Season 4 really suffered when he left to work on his own show.

And though I'd put Joss--and probably Minear--ahead of her, too, honorable mention to Mere Smith. I always loved her episodes, and wish she'd stuck around that final season (she left "Angel" to work on "Tarzan"? Yikes ) instead of Fain&Craft.

[Ethros]

Let's make it clear who did what...

Jeffrey Bell
That Vision-Thing
Billy (with Tim Minear)
Quickening
Couplet (with Tim Minear)
Forgiving
A New World
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Habeas Corpses
Calvary (with Steven S DeKnight and Mere Smith)
Players (with Elizabeth Croft & Sarah Fain)
The Magic Bullet (+ directed)
The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco (+ directed)
Not Fade Away (with Joss Whedon, + directed)

Steven S DeKnight
Deep Down
Apocalypse, Nowish
Awakening (with David Fury)
Calvary (with Jeffrey Bell and Mere Smith)
Release (with Elizabeth Croft & Sarah Fain)
Inside Out (+ directed)
Hell Bound (+ directed)
Destiny (with David Fury)
Damage (with Drew Goddard)
Why We Fight (with Drew Goddard)
Shells (+ directed)
The Girl In Question (with Drew Goddard)

David Fury
Lonely Hearts
Parting Gifts (with Jeannine Renshaw)
Disharmony
The Price
The House Always Wins
Awakening (with Steven S DeKnight)
Salvage
Peace Out
Just Rewards (with Ben Edlund)
Destiny (with Steven S DeKnight)
You’re Welcome (+ directed)
Power Play

David Greenwalt
City of… (with Joss Whedon)
I Fall to Pieces (story with Joss Whedon + teleplay)
Rm w/ a Vu (story with Jane Espenson)
I Will Remember You (with Jeannine Renshaw)
She (with Marti Noxon) (+ directed)
I've Got You Under My Skin (with Jeannine Renshaw)
To Shanshu in L.A. (+ directed)
Judgement (story with Joss Whedon + teleplay)
Dear Boy (+ directed)
The Trial (story)
Happy Anniversary (story with Joss Whedon + teleplay)
Dead End
There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb (+ directed)
Heartthrob (+ directed)
Offspring
Sleep Tight
Tomorrow (+ directed)
The Girl In Question (directed only)

Tim Minear
Sense & Sensitivity
Hero (with Howard Gordon)
Somnambulist
The Prodigal
Sanctuary (with Joss Whedon)
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
Darla (+ directed)
The Trial (teleplay with Doug Petrie)
Reunion (with Shawn Ryan)
Reprise
Epiphany
Through the Looking Glass (+ directed)
That Old Gang of Mine
Billy (with Jeffrey Bell)
Lullaby (+ directed)
Couplet (with Jeffrey Bell, + directed)
Benediction (+ directed)
Home (+ directed)

Mere Smith
Untouched
Redefinition
Blood Money (with Shawn Ryan)
Over the Rainbow
Fredless
Birthday
Loyalty
Ground State
Long Day's Journey
Calvary (with Jeffrey Bell and Steven S DeKnight)
Orpheus

Joss Whedon
City of (with David Greenwalt, + directed)
I Fall To Pieces (story with David Greenwalt)
Sanctuary (with Tim Minear)
Judgement (story with David Greenwalt)
Untouched (directed only)
Happy Anniversary (story with David Greenwalt)
Waiting In The Wings (+ directed)
Spin The Bottle (+ directed)
Conviction (+ directed)
Smile Time (story with Ben Edlund)
A Hole in the World (+ directed)
Not Fade Away (with Jeffrey Bell)



I think I would have to say Tim Minear as the best, but there'll are great its very hard to choose

[hitnrun017]

I can't choose just one, they were all great, but my favorites are Joss, David Fury, Steven S. DeKnight (WAY better on Angel than on Buffy) and Mere Smith.

[artiswar]

My vote goes to Steve DeKnight. He was the underdog on Buffy, but really proved himself on Angel. Deep Down, Apocalypse Nowish, Shells, Damage... some of my favorite episodes.

[Vampire Lady]

Ben Edlund is my fave. Steven S. DeKnight is also a good one. Joss is always in the top 5 but Edlund's got my number 1 pick.

[alycat7]

I choose Joss.

[Emmie]

Joss. Smiletime, A Hole in the World, Spin the Bottle were some of my favorites.

Mere Smith is awesome tho, she's done Rome and Burn Notice. Burn Notice rocks and is back this summer hopefully!

[Enisy]

You probably shouldn't have listed Joss. It's a given he's going to win this thing. I voted for him, too, but I would have liked to give some props to Tim Minear or David Fury, instead.

[jason321]

Tim Minear for me. I love all those episodes except for 2 or 3 of them (and I still enjoy those). Whedon's work on Angel is pretty overrated imo.

[henzINNIT]

Apr 8, 2008 10:26:30 GMT -5 Enisy said:

I would have liked to give some props to Tim Minear or David Fury, instead.

Maybe you should have then.

I think all of the listed writers are amazing, although I think Mere Smith is out her league against that competition.

[barryshaft]

She's a bit of our her league sure, but it was the writers with the most episodes under her belt. Honestly, as good as Whedon's episodes are, I just love some of the other writers' work more, Minear, Jeff Bell, Steven S. Deknight.... Excellent writing.