Spike, Giles, "Restless," and LMPTM
Now, Olivia crying in the background with an empty, tipped over baby carriage (did it ever occur to anyone that maybe in her past history with Giles that maybe she miscarried or something? We are in Giles’ subconscious, after all). Giles was so distracted with Spike, that he left his “young daughter” Buffy all unattended-keep that in mind. Maybe that’s contributing to Olivia’s cries-empty carriage, and missing daughter.
So Giles is in color, watching Spike put on this “show” for the paparazzi/audience, but he’s in black and white. Gray.
He’s posing (emphasis on the posing--he's doing it for the spectators) as a villain, but eventually ends it on a crucifixion pose. He’s hired himself out as an “attraction” (double entendre, perhaps?), and Giles asks him “Sideshow freak?” an inverse to “freak show.” Ringing any bells, yet?
Giles asks him “what am I supposed to do with all of this?” to which Spike asks him whether or not he figured it out. Giles’ expression goes dark, and then he says, “I still think Buffy should have killed you” (so maybe it was Buffy who insisted they invite Spike in on Thanksgiving).
So, with all of that in mind, nearly three years later, we get “Lies My Parents Told Me.” Giles decides to betray Buffy by agreeing with Wood to have Spike killed, which he thought (subconsciously anyway, years before, and then, because he thought Buffy’s attraction to Spike was a distraction) Buffy should have done long ago.
Yeah, that’s about it.
(note: More fic to come)
SPIKE: (off screen) Hey!
(Giles turns, sees Spike standing near the entrance to his crypt.)
SPIKE: Come on! (Gesturing) You're gonna miss everything! (Turns and goes into the crypt.)
Cut to Giles entering the crypt. Crying noises. Candles are lit all around.
GILES: Don't push me around. You know I have a great deal to do.
(We see Olivia sitting on a coffin next to the baby carriage, which is
lying on its side. She's crying.)
(Black & white shot of a bunch of people with cameras, and Spike looking past them at Giles.)
SPIKE: I've hired myself out as an attraction. (Strikes a threatening pose. The people ooh and ahh, camera flashes going off.)
(Color shot: Giles staring at Spike, Olivia still crying in the background.)
GILES: Sideshow freak?
(B&W shot: Spike flips up the collar of his coat.)
SPIKE: Well, at least it's showbiz. (Poses again. More oohs and camera
flashes from the crowd.)
(Color: Giles moves forward, looks in confusion at Olivia, back in Spike's direction.)
GILES: (very confused) What am I supposed to do with all of this?
SPIKE: (off screen) You gotta make up your mind, Rupes.
(B&W shot of Spike.)
SPIKE: What are you wasting your time for? (Pose, flashbulbs)
(Color: Giles turning to look at Spike again.)
(B&W shot of Spike.)
SPIKE: Haven't you figured it all out yet, with your enormous squishy
frontal lobes? (Another pose, more oohs, flashbulbs)
(Color: Giles walking across the crypt.)
GILES: I still think Buffy should have killed you.
(B&W: Spike looks annoyed. He strikes a Jesus-on-the-cross pose. Very loud oohs, cameras flashing.)
(Color: Giles walking through crypt. The bald man stops him.)
BALD MAN: I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
(He has cheese slices on his head and shoulders. He slides past Giles.)
GILES: Honestly, you meet the most appalling sorts of people.
(He walks on. In the background we see Spike still in Jesus pose, more
flashbulbs going off.)