David H. Goodman
David H. Goodman is an American television writer and producer. He is known for his work on the CBS drama "Without a Trace" and the FOX science fiction series "Fringe". He currently serves as writer and executive producer on the ABC fantasy series "Once Upon a Time". Career. In 1997, Goodman became a script coordinator for the Sci-Fi television series "The Visitor". The series was cancelled after its first season and Goodman became script coordinator for the supernatural drama series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". He joined the crew of "Buffy" mid-way through the second season  in 1998. Goodman left the show with the close of the sixth season in 2002. While working on "Buffy," his writing debut was for Bruce Campbell vehicle "Jack of All Trades" with the second season episode "Croquey in the Pokey" in 2001. He wrote two episodes for the third season of "Angel" - "Dad" in 2001 and "Double or Nothing" in 2002. In 2002, he became a story editor and writer for action series "Fastlane", scripting the first season episode "Dosed". He also wrote for the Batman spin-off "Birds of Prey" and contributed two episodes, "Three Birds and a Baby  in 2002 and Gladiatrix" in 2003. In 2003, he became involved with "Without a Trace" as a story editor for the second season. He wrote the second season episodes "Moving On" (2003) and "Risen" (2004). He became an executive story editor for the third season and contributed two more episodes "Trials" (2004) and "Transitions" (2005). He joined the production team for the fourth season, initially as a co-producer. He wrote the episodes "Lost Time" and "Odds or Evens". He was promoted to producer mid-season and wrote a third episode, "Shattered". He became a supervising producer for the fifth  season and wrote the episodes "Win Today" (2006), "Eating Away" (2007), "Connections" (2007) and the season finale "The Beginning" (2007). He became a co-executive producer for the sixth season and wrote the episodes "Fight/Flight" (2007) and "A Dollar and a Dream" (2008). He left the show in Spring 2008 having written thirteen episodes in total. Goodman is a 1995 graduate of Wesleyan University. Section::::"Fringe". In 2008, he joined the crew on the first season of the FOX science fiction thriller "Fringe", as a writer an co-executive producer. After completing the season, Goodman left the series. He, along  with the rest of the writing staff, was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the first season. Episodes Goodman co-wrote include: Section::::"Once Upon a Time". In Summer 2011, Goodman was brought on to the ABC fantasy drama "Once Upon a Time", as a writer and co-executive producer. Episodes Goodman has contributed to include: