Writer of many of the show's funniest episodes, Supervising Producer Jane Espenson talks about redeeming Spike, Jane Austen: Vampire Slayer, and gives us the scoop on Buffy: The Animated Series.

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Show's you've never heard of
  Jane's earliest writing endeavours

Queen of Comedy
  Do you feel you are pigeonholed writing the comedy episodes?

Super Shows
  Janes favourite scripts from past Buffy seasons

The Replacement
  Evil doubles -a homage to classic Star Trek?

Triangle (spoilers)
  Willow and Anya's dislike for each other seemed to come out of nowhere. Why was it decided to set the two characters against each other?

Sowing the seeds (spoilers)
  Do you find that that happens a lot � seeding episodes with ideas that will be exploited later on?

Checkpoint (spoilers)
  Co-writing Checkpoint with Doug Petrie and creating the mysterious Knights of Byzantium

Who wants the Watchers?
  Have the Watchers' Council outlived their usefulness

I was Made to Love You (spoilers)
  Rumour has it that the episode was originally intended to feature Britney Spears

Body swaps and robots (spoilers)
  Sarah has had the chance recently to play characters other than Buffy in the show. Was this a decision by the writers to give her more fun stuff to do?

Chips with everything
  Do you think that the chipped Spike is redeemable and could Buffy love him?

Buffy: The Animated Series
  I gather you�ve written some scripts for the animated show. What's the style of the show going to be?