Serial Experiments Lain Episode 3 Discussion

berserker15 said:
Good episode. It cleared up a few misconceptions for me.
- I now think that instead of the things in the shadows being blood, they are probably representative of the wired world because they look similar to the wired world that we've seen so far.
- I think its confirmed that Lain can travel through the wired and see into peoples emails, tv's, and navis. One reason of this is because in the opening we see her looking at people through their technological devices. Another reason is because it showed her entering to the navi and hearing people's private conversations.
- I now know the the school girl with the long hair isn't Lain's sister as I previously thought.
-I'm starting to think that in the cyberia bar, or maybe anywhere, people can come alive as a different person through the wired. That could be what Lain does at night on her navi. Maybe she forgets what she does as that other person and only knows what is going on when she is that other person. That's why she was confused when the kids were talking about her "wild side".
- Those people outside her house are probably FBI people who are looking into Lain to figure out whether she's a threat or not. I find it kind of funny how she just runs in that silly manner every time she sees one of those guys.
- On a side note, that "present day... present time!" voice reminds me of Hichigo every time its played. It sounds just like his voice.
- Also, I'm liking the opening. The ending is kind of good too.

himtay2 said:
Don't know why, but this is starting to feel like The Matrix. Could just be me though.

opal909 said:
I heard somewhere that the matrix was slightly inspired by this anime, thats why i started watching it haha

Finally we see have some more info. I don't understand everything obviously but want to write some things down. Lain finds this Wired as a place for information but also for extortion, secrets, deception, etc. Lain has an alter ego in the Wired that is opposite from her and others know about her. She also seems to be "high rank" in the Wired. Both of her parents have something odd with them. The mom doesn't like technology and also acts coldly toward Lain. Her dad acts suspicious when Lain shows him the Psyche. I thought that Lain's sister didn't like her from the last episode but we don't see any hostility right now. The men in the car are of course of interest.

I like that it's finally moving along. Also, check out those middle school thugs in the club haha

This episode starts where the last one ends, she's in the police station after the events with the crazy guy shooting himself.

When she gets home the house is empty, lain goes to sleep and in the morning her mother is back and acting indifferent to Lain. Later on on this episode we see Lain asking her dad about the psyche chip she got from her locker in school, the dad act really strange and deny knowing something about it. We also see her sister (Mika) freaking out about the 2 guys (Karl and Lin Sui-Xi) outside her house and also finding strange how Lain is acting at the end of the chapter. Her sister is the only one acting normal in the house, lain's parents are probably getting controlled or something.

Also this episode we see how someone is trying to communicate with lain from the wire for some reason, someone is trying to tell her that she's not alone (This voice will be relevant in future episodes).

Nothing much this episode, but there is something we should not ignore. In the middle of the episode they show us some conversations happening in the wired, they are 2 of them really relevant to the series.

The first one

You heard about that kid pulling a stupid stunt on Accela, right?
Looks like the black market supplier is freaking out.
You can't find it anywhere now.
Rumor has it that the Psyche chip is mass-produced in factories in Taiwan.
Rumor also says that it was designed by a group called the Knights.
But I'm not sure if these "Knights" even exist.
In the Wired, there are a lot of urban legends like that.

The second one

Dying feels so good!
I feel accelerated...
What the...? There's someone in my room!
It's a little person like a kid in a red and green striped shirt!
I can't move in my bed! It's standing by my door, watching me!
Help me!

Mr_Shnb said:
What kind of Club let 12 year olds in? lmao what the fuck Japan?

Confucius said:
???????????????

Maelstrom184 said:
What ineterested me the most this episode was when we heard the girl's voice saying that there was a small person in a striped shirt in her room just standing by the door. She was afraid to move from her bed.

Who the Hell was this kid? It makes me think that the wired is projecting people (or fake people maybe) into the real world. Maybe that's what Wild Lain is...a fake version of her created by the wired and projected into the real world?