Serial Experiments Lain
"Close the world. txen eht nepO."
Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.
Season 1 Episodes
E1
Lain Iwakura, a shy, 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives an email from a schoolmate after her suicide. Is it a prank? Lain …
E2
Classmates Alice, Julie, and Reika wonder if that was Lain they saw at the nightclub Cyberia. To find out, they invite L…
E3
Alice, Julie, and Reika are minor celebrities in their class after they witness a shooting at The Cyberia. Lain is given…
E4
Some players of a Wired game called PHANTOMa are dying suspicious deaths. Lain investigates, but her growing interest in…
E5
Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Meanwhile, Mika's world changes in ways both…
E6
Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at the sky. A shocking vision suddenly appea…
E7
As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to h…
E8
Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreadin…
E9
A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pioneers of the WIRED. Later, at the Cyberia,…
E10
Lain struggles with her identity. Is she a human being, or just a hologram? And are the Knights responsible for the Evil…
E11
Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for …
E12
Troubled by what she saw, Alice decides to visit Lain at home and find out what is going on. Meanwhile, the two MIB agen…
E13
The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To save humanity, there is only one thing Lai…
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