Buffy: Im Bann der Dämonen Lies My Parents Told Me (1996–2003) Online
- Original Title :
- Lies My Parents Told Me
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Action / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
- Year :
- 1996–2003
- Directror :
- David Fury
- Cast :
- Sarah Michelle Gellar,Nicholas Brendon,Emma Caulfield Ford
- Writer :
- Joss Whedon,David Fury
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 42min
- Rating :
- 9.1/10
Giles returns with a device that may be able to deactivate Spike's trigger. To rob the song of its power, Spike must step into his own past and relive one of the most traumatic experiences of his unnaturally long life. But unknownst to Buffy, Giles makes plans with Wood to make sure that Spike will never hurt anyone again.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Sarah Michelle Gellar | - | Buffy Summers |
 | Nicholas Brendon | - | Xander Harris |
 | Emma Caulfield Ford | - | Anya (as Emma Caulfield) |
 | Michelle Trachtenberg | - | Dawn Summers |
 | James Marsters | - | Spike |
 | Alyson Hannigan | - | Willow Rosenberg |
 | Anthony Head | - | Rupert Giles (as Anthony Stewart Head) |
 | Tom Lenk | - | Andrew Wells |
 | Iyari Limon | - | Kennedy |
 | Indigo | - | Rona |
 | Caroline Lagerfelt | - | Anne |
 | K.D. Aubert | - | Nikki Wood |
 | Juliet Landau | - | Drusilla |
 | D.B. Woodside | - | Principal Robin Wood (as DB Woodside) |
 | Damani Roberts | - | Young Robin |
Spike makes mention of his mother's personal physician - a Dr. Gull. This is Dr. William Gull, Physician-in-extraordinary to the royal family, and who some believe was Jack The Ripper. (see From Hell (2001).)
This story features a Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996)/Angel (1999) crossover. Willow receives a call from Fred and travels to LA.
This was the final appearance of Juliet Landau in the series.
In the original version of this episode, Giles revealed to Buffy in the graveyard that he murdered Ben to stop Glory resurfacing, however this was cut just before broadcast.
Nikki Wood (Principal Wood's mum) is seen before in Season 5 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fool for Love (2000) but it is a different actress than in Season 7.
Giles mentions that knowledge comes from books, not computers. This is the same argument he had with Jenny in season one's Buffy the Vampire Slayer: I, Robot... You, Jane (1997).
Originally intended to air March 18, 2003, a day before Angel: Orpheus (2003), but was postponed due to the start of the Iraq War.
The flashback scenes take place in London in 1880 and New York City in 1977.
In the commentary David Fury notes that a major reason Caroline Lagerfelt was cast as Anne was due to her notable physical resemblance to Sarah Michelle Gellar. Also the name Anne was used because it is Buffy's middle name, although the name is never mentioned onscreen during the story.
The song that "The First" uses to trigger Spike to become evil again is well known to millions of Canadians - it was used as the theme song of the long running children's TV show, The Friendly Giant (1958).