their policy is get sick, get a free gallon of soup. >> alyson hannigan here with us in the studio.nks for having me. >> it's a fun show. you have a great job but you like going to work every day. >> absolutely. it is a family and i know everybody says that but mostly they're talking about their functional family and this is not like th. this is a healthy we actually chose each other family. >> if only you could do that with your real family. >> sometimes. not our family of course. in the new issue of "entertainment weekly" they talk about the show reinvented itself in the sixth season. do you feel that way, too? >> absolutely. i feel we hit a great stride this past season and got back to what the fans love about it, and the heart of the show, and it's just so nice to be able to make you laugh but also make you cry. >> yeah, it's always sort of a nice mix of emotion. oh. >> you really care about these people and you feel like hey, i could sit down with them and have a meal. >> which is why they can sit down with you even if you're just being alyson this morning. the beginning of the