Lies My Parents Told Me

In which Giles betrays (successfully), Wood slays (not so much with the success), Buffy brays (as per usual), and Spike confronts his long-standing Oedipal complex.

Official back-of-box synopsis:

Buffy and her friends attempt to unravel the secret behind the first's control over Spike, and later, Wood seeks Giles' co-operation in destroying Spike for the good of everyone.

Links:

This episode's page at http://www.restlessbtvs.com/, the Restless BTVS Trivia Guide

This episode's page at http://www.vrya.net/bdb/, the Buffyverse Dialog Database

Cross-reference:

episodes with scary Mothers:

• The Witch
  Amy's mom takes over her body, not just her life
• Some Assembly Required
  Mrs Epps, there's surgery going on in your basement!
• Gingerbread
  Nice witch-hunt, mom!
• Conversations With Dead People
  OK so it wasn't Joyce, but it was very scary
• this episode
  Spike's mother, enough said.

Cast:

• Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy
• Alyson Hannigan as Willow
• Nicholas Brendon as Xander
  

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• Anthony Stewart Head as Giles
• James Marsters as Spike
• Juliet Landau as Drusilla
• Emma Caulfield as Anya
• Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn
• Tom Lenk as Andrew
• DB Woodside as Principal Wood
• Indigo as Rona
• Iyari Limon as Kennedy
• K.D. Aubert as Nikki
• Caroline Lagerfelt as Anne
• Damani Roberts as Young Robin
• Ira Steck as New Vamp