Editing Jane Espenson (section)

===''Battlestar Galactica'' and ''Caprica''===

Espenson joined the crew of [[Sci Fi]]'s ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (''BSG'') just after ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Razor]]'', BSG's first [[television movie]], was conceived.<ref>[http://www.janeespenson.com/archives/00000568.php 05/29/2008: Link Letters], an entry from Esperson's writer's blog</ref>  As one of BSG's co-executive producers, she worked on every fourth-season episode starting with "[[He That Believeth in Me]]"; she was also the writer of "[[Escape Velocity (Battlestar Galactica)|Escape Velocity]]" and "[[The Hub (Battlestar Galactica)|The Hub]]" and co-wrote ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy|The Face of the Enemy]]'' webisodes.  Prior to joining the show's staff she wrote [[The Passage (Battlestar Galactica)|one third-season episode]] and [[Dirty Hands (Battlestar Galactica)|co-wrote another]]. In August 2008, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' broke the news that Espenson was the writer behind BSG's second television movie, ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Plan|The Plan]],''<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/08/battlestar-gala.html Edward James Olmos will direct Cylon-centric special feature] from the Show Tracker blog of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref> news confirmed in her writer's blog.<ref>[http://www.janeespenson.com/archives/00000591.php 08/22/2008: Intestinal Fortitude], an entry from Esperson's writer's blog</ref> In January 2009 it was announced that she had joined the spin-off series ''[[Caprica (TV series)|Caprica]]'' as co-executive producer and would take on showrunner duties midway through the first season.<ref name="veterans">{{cite news | author = Maureen Ryan | url = http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/01/caprica-battlestar-galactica-jane-espenson.html | title = 'Battlestar Galactica' veterans move on to 'Caprica' | date = 2009-01-23 | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | access-date = 2009-01-23 | archive-date = 2018-07-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180720195116/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/01/caprica-battlestar-galactica-jane-espenson.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Espenson later gave up showrunning duties to focus more on writing.<ref>Conversations with Ross: Featuring Jane Espenson http://www.rosscarey.com/2012/04/24/episode-63-featuring-jane-espenson/</ref>