Burning Woman

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Burning Woman
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Network	Max
Premiere date	April 25, 2024
Run time	23:43
Starring	Mindy Kaling Glenn Howerton Sam Richardson Constance Wu Jane Lynch Wanda Sykes Sarayu Blue Frank Welker Stephen Root Sara Ramirez Melissa Fumero Russell Peters Vanessa Williams Jennifer Hale Pietro Michael Kari Wahlgren
Music composed by	Craig DeLeon
Writer(s)	Stephanie M. Johnson
Storyboard artist(s)	Jake Armstrong Steven Chan Amy Chang Nicole Chen Danica Dickison Maggie McPheeters Noah Patrick Pfarr Jennifer Stachovic Tyler Turrett Daniel Villa de Rey
Director(s)	Meg Waldow
Voice director(s)	Charlie Grandy
Animation director(s)	James Bowman
Art director(s)	Valerio Ventura
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"Burning Woman" is the fifth episode of Velma season two, and the fifteenth episode overall. It aired on April 25, 2024 on Max. It was written by Stephanie M. Johnson, directed by Meg Waldow, and voice directed by series creator, Charlie Grandy.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Velma Dinkley	Mindy Kaling
Daphne Blake	Constance Wu
Michelle Obama
Diya Dinkley	Sarayu Blue
Aman Dinkley	Russell Peters
Ed Sheehan (photo)	N/A
Olive	N/A
Vincent	N/A
Vincent's partner	N/A
Detective Linda Ke	Wanda Sykes
Detective Donna Blake	Jane Lynch
Principal Blythe Rogers	N/A
Lamont Rogers	N/A
Fred Jones	Glenn Howerton
Merle Cogburn	Stephen Root
News anchor	N/A
Norville Rogers	Sam Richardson
Sophie	Melissa Fumero
Amanda Dinkley	N/A
William Jones	Frank Welker
Amber McKnight	Sara Ramirez
Doctor Edna Perdue	Vanessa Williams
Thorn	Jennifer Hale
Ronda	Unavailable
Gavin Swindig	N/A
Victoria Jones
Pizza guy	Unavailable
Nutso	N/A
Sheriff Earl Cogburn (photo)	N/A
Old man	Frank Welker
Jordan Peele
Father O'Rourke	Piotr Michael
Jesus

Organizations

• Crystal Cove Police Department

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Crystal Cove
      • Dinkley residence
      • Blake residence
      • Francine's Flapjack Hut (mentioned)
      • Crystal Cove High School
      • Jones Estate
      • Yes Wiccan! (photo)
      • Crystal Cove Insane Asylum
      • Casa Mohosa
      • Police station (photo)
      • Church
  • South Africa (mentioned)
• The Sun

Objects

• Velma's bicycle
• How to Find a Better Girlfriend
• Baby Babble Box (Kari Whalgren)
• Ronda's brain
• Daphne's brain

Vehicles

• Sophie's car
• Van Mobile
• Aman's car

Production

Development

There was additional writing from Akshara Sekar, Ben Steiner, and Aaron Geary.

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2024.

Music

The music was composed by Craig DeLeon, and edited by Joe Corcoran.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 25, 2024 on Max

Behind the scenes

• The coroners were killed in "Creaky Friday."
• Velma has a poster for Crystal Cove Fog Fest 2006.
• Mr. Swindig (or Mr. S)'s first name is revealed to be Gavin.
• In Dr. Perdue's flashbacks, there are calendars marked December and April.
• Norville mentions the 2017 film Get Out.
• Father O'Rourke laid out an f-bomb.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥