Mutant Enemy
The production company behind the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Mutant Enemy Productions is the independent production company that produced the seventh and final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Series creator Joss Whedon served as executive producer, writing the season premiere and finale and directing the finale. Marti Noxon also served as executive producer and was the showrunner. The company's writing staff included co-executive producers Jane Espenson and David Fury, supervising producer Douglas Petrie (promoted to co-executive producer midseason), executive story editor Rebecca Rand Kirshner, story editor Drew Z. Greenberg, and new addition Drew Goddard. David Solomon directed the most episodes in the season, directing five.
Quick Facts
- Founder
- Joss Whedon
- Key affiliation
- UPN (Buffy Season 7)
- Notable works
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel
Lore & Background
The seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, produced by Mutant Enemy Productions, premiered on September 24, 2002 on UPN and concluded its 22-episode run on May 20, 2003. The season dealt with the Potential Slayers, normal girls around the world who are candidates to succeed the Slayer upon her death. It was revealed that Buffy's resurrection caused an instability which allows the First Evil, a spiritual entity that Buffy encountered in the third season, to begin tipping the balance between good and evil.
The First Evil has inactive Potential Slayers hunted and killed by Caleb, a sinister and misogynistic preacher turned serial killer, who heads a cult called Bringers who worship the First. Inside the Hellmouth it raises an army of Turok-Han, an ancient and powerful sub species of vampire. Caleb later destroys the Watchers' Council's headquarters in London, killing many Watchers, including Quentin Travers. The season also featured crossovers with the fourth season of Angel, including Willow appearing in the Angel episode "Orpheus" to re-ensoul Angel, and Angel appearing in the Buffy episodes "End of Days" and the series finale.
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