Lies My Parents Told Me
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |
| Season 7, Episode 17 | |
| Air date | March 25, 2003 |
| Written by | David Fury Drew Goddard |
| Directed by | David Fury |
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"Lies My Parents Told Me" is the seventeenth episode in season 7 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The gang investigates Spike's trigger; Principal Wood and Giles team up without Buffy.
[edit] Quotes and trivia
- In the graveyard where Buffy is fighting a vampire while discussing Spike, Giles admits that he has killed a human before. (Giles killed Ben in the Season 5 Finale, "The Gift", so Glory could not return) However, his confession was cut from the episode.
- Spike's brainwashing trigger, based on a troubled relationship with his mother, is reminiscent of the brainwashing trigger used in "The Manchurian Candidate." In the John Frankenheimer film, Raymond Shaw is triggered to kill by the Queen of Hearts, which he associates with his mother. Both "Lies My Parents Told Me" and "The Manchurian Candidate" hinted at mother-son incestuous desires.
- The song played to trigger Spike is familiar to Canadians. It was used as the theme song to the Canadian children's show "The Friendly Giant".
- Spike asks his mother if he should call for Dr. Gull. Dr. Gull was Queen Victoria's personal surgeon and suspected of being Jack the Ripper.
- The DVD commentary notes that they totally messed up on William's wig since it doesn't match his hairstyle in "Fool For Love".
