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Episode Guide
Lies My Parents Told Me
Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Series Progress: Episode 130 of 14391% Completed
Synopsis
Still incensed that Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) had the anti-violence chip removed from Spike's head, Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) shows up with a mystical means of tracing The First's hold on the re-ensouled vampire. Spike (James Marsters) therefore reluctantly submits to the insertion of a magical slug into his eye socket. Once inside his skull, the creature shakes loose all sorts of memories. Spike recalls the close relationship he shared with his crippled mother (Caroline Lagerfelt) and his disastrous decision to sire her once Drusilla (Juliet Landau) entered the picture. He also finally remembers the identity of The First's post-hypnotic trigger: "Early One Morning," a folk tune his mother used to sing to him, is the song that now summons the beast within. Meanwhile, Principal Wood (D.B. Woodside) recalls his troubled relationship with his own mother, slain slayer Nikki Wood (K.D. Aubert), and reveals to Giles that he's out for vengeance against Spike for killing her. Giles conspires to keep Buffy busy while Wood takes his best shot at Spike, but their unholy alliance backfires. The result? An indignant Buffy turns her back on her former Watcher, while Spike finally comes to terms with his past -- and with The First's hold on him. Originally broadcast March 25, 2003, on UPN, "Lies My Parents Told Me" marked episode 139 of the cult-favorite series. Willow (Alyson Hannigan) appears in this episode only long enough to head off to Los Angeles to help out another of Buffy's vampire-with-a-soul boyfriends (see Angel, "Orpheus").
Cast
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Nicholas Brendon
- Tom Lenk
- Alyson Hannigan
- James Marsters
- Michelle Trachtenberg
- Emma Caulfield
- DB Woodside
- Iyari Limon
- Juliet Landau
- K.D. Aubert
- Clara Bryant
- Indigo
- Damani Roberts
- Caroline Lagerfelt
- Ira Steck
- Anthony Head
- David Boreanaz
- Kristine Sutherland
- Charisma Carpenter
- Amber Benson
- Marc Blucas
- Eliza Dushku
- Armin Shimerman
- Adam Busch
- Mercedes McNab
- Felicia Day
- Drew Goddard
- David Fury
- Jane Espenson
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 143 hours 0 minutes (143 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Epic Binge - A massive saga. Set aside dedicated weekends for this run.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 143 days
3 episodes/day: 48 days
5 episodes/day: 29 days
Episodes (143)
- S01E01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth
- S01E10 - Nightmares
- S01E11 - Out of Mind, Out of Sight
- S01E12 - Prophecy Girl
- S01E02 - The Harvest
- S01E03 - The Witch
- S01E04 - Teacher's Pet
- S01E05 - Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
- S01E06 - The Pack
- S01E07 - Angel
- S01E08 - I Robot...You Jane
- S01E09 - The Puppet Show
- S02E01 - When She Was Bad
- S02E11 - Ted
- S02E12 - Bad Eggs
- S02E13 - Surprise
- S02E14 - Innocence
- S02E15 - Phases
- S02E16 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
- S02E17 - Passion
- S02E18 - Killed by Death
- S02E19 - I Only Have Eyes for You
- S02E02 - Some Assembly Required
- S02E20 - Go Fish
- S02E21 - Becoming, Part 1
- S02E22 - Becoming, Part 2
- S02E03 - School Hard
- S02E04 - Inca Mummy Girl
- S02E05 - Reptile Boy
- S02E06 - Halloween
- S02E07 - Lie to Me
- S02E08 - The Dark Age
- S02E09 - What's My Line?
- S03E01 - Anne
- S03E10 - Amends
- S03E11 - Gingerbread
- S03E12 - Helpless
- S03E13 - The Zeppo
- S03E14 - Bad Girls
- S03E15 - Consequences
- S03E16 - Doppelgangland
- S03E17 - Enemies
- S03E18 - Earshot
- S03E19 - Choices
- S03E02 - Dead Man's Party
- S03E20 - The Prom
- S03E21 - Graduation Day, Part 1
- S03E22 - Graduation Day, Part 2
- S03E03 - Faith, Hope & Trick
- S03E04 - Beauty and the Beasts
- S03E05 - Homecoming
- S03E06 - Band Candy
- S03E07 - Revelations
- S03E08 - Lovers Walk
- S03E09 - The Wish
- S04E01 - The Freshman
- S04E10 - Hush
- S04E11 - Doomed
- S04E12 - A New Man
- S04E13 - The 'I' in Team
- S04E14 - Goodbye Iowa
- S04E15 - This Year's Girl
- S04E16 - Who Are You?
- S04E17 - Superstar
- S04E18 - Where the Wild Things Are
- S04E19 - New Moon Rising
- S04E02 - Living Conditions
- S04E20 - The Yoko Factor
- S04E21 - Primeval
- S04E22 - Restless
- S04E03 - The Harsh Light of Day
- S04E04 - Fear, Itself
- S04E05 - Beer Bad
- S04E06 - Wild at Heart
- S04E07 - The Initiative
- S04E08 - Pangs
- S04E09 - Something Blue
- S05E01 - Buffy vs. Dracula
- S05E10 - Into the Woods
- S05E11 - Triangle
- S05E12 - Checkpoint
- S05E13 - Blood Ties
- S05E14 - Crush
- S05E15 - I Was Made to Love You
- S05E16 - The Body
- S05E17 - Forever
- S05E18 - Intervention
- S05E19 - Tough Love
- S05E02 - Real Me
- S05E20 - Spiral
- S05E21 - The Weight of the World
- S05E22 - The Gift
- S05E03 - The Replacement
- S05E04 - Out of My Mind
- S05E05 - No Place Like Home
- S05E06 - Family
- S05E07 - Fool for Love
- S05E08 - Shadow
- S05E09 - Listening to Fear
- S06E01 - Bargaining, Part 1
- S06E10 - Wrecked
- S06E11 - Gone
- S06E12 - Doublemeat Palace
- S06E13 - Dead Things
- S06E14 - Older and Far Away
- S06E15 - As You Were
- S06E16 - Hell's Bells
- S06E17 - Normal Again
- S06E18 - Entropy
- S06E19 - Seeing Red
- S06E02 - Bargaining, Part 2
- S06E20 - Villains
- S06E21 - Two to Go
- S06E22 - Grave
- S06E03 - After Life
- S06E04 - Flooded
- S06E05 - Life Serial
- S06E06 - All the Way
- S06E07 - Once More, with Feeling
- S06E08 - Tabula Rasa
- S06E09 - Smashed
- S07E01 - Lessons
- S07E10 - Bring On the Night
- S07E11 - Showtime
- S07E12 - Potential
- S07E13 - The Killer in Me
- S07E14 - First Date
- S07E15 - Get It Done
- S07E16 - Storyteller
- S07E17 - Lies My Parents Told Me Viewing
- S07E18 - Dirty Girls
- S07E19 - Empty Places
- S07E02 - Beneath You
- S07E20 - Touched
- S07E21 - End of Days
- S07E22 - Chosen
- S07E03 - Same Time, Same Place
- S07E04 - Help
- S07E05 - Selfless
- S07E06 - Him
- S07E07 - Conversations with Dead People
- S07E08 - Sleeper
- S07E09 - Never Leave Me