Series creators
Joss Whedon and
David Greenwalt served as executive producers, while Greenwalt would serve as the series' showrunner as Whedon was running
Buffy. Whedon didn't write a script for the season, although he did write the stories to "
Judgment" and "
Happy Anniversary", directed the fourth episode "Untouched" and even acted in the
season's penultimate episode as Lorne's dancing cousin Numfar.
Buffy writer/producer
Marti Noxon served as consulting producer, with other
Buffy writers
Jane Espenson,
Douglas Petrie and
David Fury were asked to write freelance scripts.
Tim Minear (supervising producer, promoted to co-executive producer midseason) and
Jim Kouf (consulting producer) were the only writers kept on the staff. Minear ended up writing the most episodes of the season, including important episodes during the Angel/Darla story arc including "
Darla", "
The Trial", "
Reunion", "
Reprise" and "
Epiphany". "Darla" also counted as Minear's directorial debut.
Mere Smith, who was a script coordinator during the first season was promoted to a staff writer, and began writing episodes.
Shawn Ryan was hired for the season and also served as a producer.
James A. Contner (also co-producer) directed the highest number of episodes in the second season, directing three episodes. David Greenwalt directed two, including the season finale. == Episodes ==