Trivia / Buffy The Vampire Slayer S 7 E 17 Lies My Parents Told Me

• Completely Different Title:
  • Finnish: "Valheiden verkossa" (Web of Lies)
  • French: "Un Lourd Passé" (A Heavy Past)
  • German: "Mütter und Söhne" (Mothers and Sons)
  • Polish: "Wspomnienia z dzieciństwa" (Memories of Childhood)
• Deleted Scene:
  • This exchange was cut due to length:
  Spike: It's still me Mother. Your William. Though Dru here seems determined to give me a pet name...
  Drusilla: Yes. Like Willy. Or Bill. Or Lucien, Prince of Lies.
  • 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.
• Release Date Change: The episode was originally intended to air on March 18, 2003, a day before the Angel crossover episode "Orpheus", but was postponed due to the start of the Iraq War, invaded in March 19, 2003.
• Separated-at-Birth Casting: In the DVD 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.

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