She never expected that by Valentine's Day
Isabel would start college, find a steady date, get married and
set up housekeeping without letting her husband know she has
alien powers.
"Isabel's and Jesse's relationship right now it is more the
Samantha-Darrin kind of relationship," Heigl says. "The only
difference is Jesse doesn't know I'm an alien and Darrin knew
Samantha was a witch."
There's also the matter of "alien sex." No details have been
revealed. Heigl is in the dark as much as viewers when it comes
to that part of her character's life.
Whether or not Isabel spills the beans about her space roots
is not worrying Heigl. She's just happy to see her character
move ahead after being locked in high school stagnation for two
years. And the character changed fast.
"In TV terms it was at a normal pace, but I would have liked
to see it drawn out a little more. By the fifth episode I was
married," Heigl says.
A match made in the underworld is Buffy (Sarah Michelle
Geller) and Spike (James Marsters) on "Buffy the Vampire
Slayer." Cupid has to be laughing his wings off at bringing
together a stake-toting, college-age vampire killer and a punk
rock vampire.
"Opposites attract, baby," Marsters says of the bizarre
relationship that started to develop soon after the series
launched on the WB Network, and carried over once the series
switched to UPN.
Marsters shares some of the self-confidence that has made
Spike the most creative villain on network television. He says
the reason for the vampire killer and the vampire getting
together is that Spike's just too tempting for Buffy to resist.
"Spike is an evil man in love with a good woman. This happens
all the time. He is not a hero and she is not a villain. They
(the writers) have very smartly kept Spike a villain," Marsters
says. "This relationship is rife (with possibilities) for
drama."
That drama is why television's odd couples continue to
flourish.
