Buffy, according to Jowett, descends from two female lines: the Slayer line and the Summers line. In opposition to Buffy, Joyce never expresses that she has been abandoned by men, and she retains feminine characteristics: she runs an art gallery, has other friends, and dates. Jes Battis argues that Joyce's role as Buffy's mother goes mostly unnoticed because of societal expectations audiences are expected to make about single mothers — at least until her death. Buffy's grief must coincide with Buffy becoming who Joyce was. In this process, Buffy struggles to fill Joyce's role, finding it more difficult than being a Slayer. Appearances Buffy the Vampire Slayer Joyce appeared in 60 episodes of television, with Kristine Sutherland guest starring as the character in 58 of them: Season 1 (1997): "Welcome to the Hellmouth", "The Harvest","Witch", "Angel", "The Puppet Show", "Nightmares", "Prophecy Girl" Season 2 (1997–98): "When She Was Bad", "School Hard", "Inca Mummy Girl", "Ted", "Bad Eggs", "Surprise", "Innocence", "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered", "Passion", "Killed by Death", "Becoming (Part 1 and 2)" Season 3 (1998–99): "Anne", "Dead Man's Party", "Faith, Hope & Trick", "Band Candy", "Lovers Walk", "Amends", "Gingerbread", "Helpless", "Bad Girls", "Consequences", "Enemies", "Earshot", "Choices", "The Prom", "Graduation Day, Part 1" Season 4 (1999–2000): "The Freshman", "Fear, Itself", "This Year's Girl", "Who Are You", "Restless" Season 5 (2000–01): "Buffy vs. Dracula", "Real Me", "The Replacement", "Out of My Mind", "No Place Like Home", "Fool for Love", "Shadow", "Listening to Fear", "Into the Woods", "Triangle", "Checkpoint", "Blood Ties", "Crush", "I Was Made to Love You", "The Body", "Forever" (uncredited extra), "The Weight of the World" (vision) Season 6 (2001–02): "Normal Again" (vision) Season 7 (2002–03): "Him" (archive footage), "Conversations with Dead People" (vision), "Bring on the Night" (vision) Joyce has also appeared in 5 canonical issues of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics. The Origin (1999): "The Origin, Part 1" Season 8 (2007-08): "The Long Way Home, Part 3" (vision), "After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back!" (vision) Season 9 (2013): "The Watcher" (vision) Season 10 (2014): "I Wish, Part 1" (vision) Notes Citations Bibliography Battis, Jes (2005). Blood Relations: Chosen Families in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Davidson, Joy (ed.) (2007). The Psychology of Joss Whedon: An Unauthorized Exploration of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly, Benbella Books. Golden, Christopher; Holder, Nancy (1998). Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide, Volume 1, Pocket Books. Holder,