after co-writing one episode of "buffy the vampire slayer", gordon created his own show, the short-lived "strange world" in 1999. "strange world" went to seed 13 episodes in, but gordon and "strange world" writer tim minear's services were quickly snapped up by "buffy" creator joss whedon on another project: "angel". after two years with "angel", gordon jumped ship in 2001 for fox's successful "24", where he would write several episodes in seasons 1 & 2, then crafted the entire story arcs for seasons 3 and 4. gordon temporarily left "24" in the middle of the 2004 season to re-join minear, this time as co-creator of another fox series, "the inside". despite "the inside" 's cancellation and short run, talk circulated of including the two minear-gordon series, "strange world" and "the inside", on a special dvd set sometime in 2006.