Getting a new daughter and the best man for Buffy

Sarah: How did you react when you first heard that Buffy was going to be getting a new sister and that Joyce would be a mother of two at the beginning of season five?

Kristine: The initial idea, when I first found about it, was that it was going to be a much smaller daughter, about six or seven years old.

I knew that things could change. When we began this season and I discovered that it was Michelle, it was a very different dynamic because now I was going to have two teenage daughters. I actually loved having two daughters, it was really great.

In life I have one daughter, so I had no idea what it would be like to have two, and it was a very different feeling. Michelle and I had a different relationship to what I had with Sarah and it was really lovely.

Susan: As Buffys mum, who was better for Buffy - Angel or Riley?

Kristine: Oh gosh. As Buffy's Mom, Riley, although as an audience member [and a] great romantic, I loved the relationship between Buffy and Angel. As her mom I would say Riley was the healthier choice.