Serial Experiments Lain

S01E08 · Signature episode

Layer:08 – RUMORS

Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreading an ugly rumor in the WIRED. Is what the MIB said is true; is she another person in the WIRED? Or is she doing it herself? Lain must find out or risk losing the one true friend she has.

• Directed by Shigeru Ueda, Yuichi Tanaka
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E06 · Signature episode

Layer:06 – KIDS

Young children are acting strangely, arms outstretched and silently staring at the sky. A shocking vision suddenly appears in the skies; it looks like Lain! Determined to get to the bottom of this, Lain's investigations finally bring her to the creator of KIDS -- but what she discovers is not what she hoped for.

• Directed by Ryutaro Nakamura
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E07 · Signature episode

Layer:07 – SOCIETY

As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to his body. People on the WIRED are asking: ""Who is Lain"". Meanwhile, the two MIB agents take Lain to the Techibana offices where Lain's identity is challenged by a man; how well does she know her parents, her sister, herself? Can Lain answer him?

• Directed by Johei Matsuura
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E09 · Signature episode

Layer:09 – PROTOCOL

A documentary about Roswell gives Lain some valuable information about the pioneers of the WIRED. Later, at the Cyberia, J.J. tells Lain that she left something the day before and hands her an envelop with the Knight's logo on it. The envelop contains a chip. Believing this was the other 'Lain's' doing again, she decides to call Taro's bluff and go on a 'date'. Taking him to her room, Lain demands that he tell her what he knows. Together, with Taro's information and the mysterious chip, Lain finds out more then she expected.

• Directed by Akihiko Nishiyama
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E13 · Signature episode

Layer:13 – EGO

The world is crumbling, people are dying and Alice's sanity is threatened. To save humanity, there is only one thing Lain can do; she must make the ultimate personal sacrifice.

• Directed by Ryutaro Nakamura
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E05

Layer:05 – DISTORTION

Lain receives cryptic messages about existence, God, and a coming prophecy. Meanwhile, Mika's world changes in ways both surreal and hyperreal.

• Directed by Masahiko Murata
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E13 · Signature episode

Layer:13 – EGO

• Directed by Ryutaro Nakamura
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E12

Layer:12 – LANDSCAPE

• Directed by Ryutaro Nakamura
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E11

Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY

• Directed by Johei Matsuura
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E10

Layer:10 – LOVE

• Directed by Masahiko Murata
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E09 · Signature episode

Layer:09 – PROTOCOL

• Directed by Akihiko Nishiyama
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka

S01E08 · Signature episode

Layer:08 – RUMORS

• Directed by Shigeru Ueda, Yuichi Tanaka
• Written by Chiaki J. Konaka