Serial Experiments Lain (1998) s01e07 Episode Script
Society
1
I'll tell you, but it's
just between you and me.
I'll tell you what's happening in
this society, what's beginning
just because you
don't know about it.
No, that's not it.
I'm just watching.
I mean, the me in the Wired is
Right. She's becoming
less and less like me.
I don't really know.
Huh? Who?
Sis?
My sister's been acting
different lately.
II'm not sure.
Right.
Fine, suit yourself.
I know.
The real world and the Wired
are attached end to end.
I can exist anywhere.
No matter where my body is, I can
send my consciousness anywhere I want.
It's time for the EMA Motor
Consortium banquet.
Right.
Mail.
I'll be down in three minutes.
Very well.
What game do you want
to play this time?
Try some of this
That's right, you morons
I'm better than you bozos!
The real world isn't real at all.
Lain?
Are you okay?
Why do you ask?
Lately, you've been
slipping again, Lain.
WeWe wanted to make you happy,
so we've been taking you out with us.
That's what we were
trying to do. Honest.
But if you weren't
happy, I apologize.
No! That's not it
Of course I was having fun
I've had a great time.
Glad to hear it.
Arisu!
Yeah?
UmThanks.
Thanks for worrying about me.
That's what friends are for, right?
See you.
This afternoon, the firewall
of the Information Bureau's
Information Control Center was
cracked and destroyed by some party,
and information in the Wired
Network is currently in disarray.
This news report is being
sent out at this moment,
but please be aware that it may arrive
tomorrow, or possibly yesterday.
Looks like it was the Knights.
"Knights"? Who's that?
"Knights." The Knights of
the Eastern Calculus,
said to have great
influence in the Wired.
Members comprising
the group: Unknown.
They are not only involved in
mere information manipulation,
they also are involved in the
development and distribution
of illegal information devices.
I hear somebody's after Lain!
Lain? Who's that?
Lain. Search has no matches.
I haven't seen Lain around lately.
Who the hell is Lain?
A girl.
A girl?
She's powerful!
How?
Her metamorphosis.
Her will. Her power.
The light in her eyes.
Her existence.
Hey, can I ask you something?
What?
You wouldn't happen to be a
Knights member, would you?
Just a minute!
Delivery, ma'am!
Let me get my stamp.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to
keep you waiting so long.
That's okay, ma'am.
Okay, here's my stamp.
What is it?
That Navi.
That's a new model, right?
I wish I had one.
I bought it with money
from my home job.
Even working at a job like this, I'd
never be able to buy one of those.
Here you are.
Well, keep working for it.
Sure thing.
Yeah, you're rightIf I don't
work hard, I'll never
If you have trouble with anything,
let me know. I can teach you.
You'll teach me?
Sure. I'm pretty good.
So this is how you seduce
bored housewives, huh?
No, I just
Well, maybe a little.
I'm home!
Well, thanks.
Mom, can I go over to
Kinya's to play later?
If you're going to play a game,
can't you just do it over the Net?
He's gonna teach me how to play it!
The Wired and the real world
are one and the same.
W-What?
Ms. Lain Iwakura. Would you
please come with us?
We won't force you.
This is a request.
We have no intention to
harm you physically.
Who are you?
If you come with us, we'll tell you.
II don't want to be here.
You understand that, don't you?
Just look at all I can do! Look!
I'm breaking the barrier between
the real world and the Wired.
Come on, I think I'm
plenty qualified.
Let me into the Knights!
You're impressed, huh?
I tracked you down all by myself!
This is your dedicated
top-secret channel, right?
Come on, make me one of you!
W-Who are you?!
Could you come here for a minute?
I can't seem to get the main office's
firewall to recognize this machine.
I've done everything I can
on the app end of things.
I guess it's hopeless with
an old machine like this.
But I've always used this thing
I just can't work up the interest
to switch over to a new Navi.
Not at my age.
If I were as young as you, though
That jumper there.
Try removing this jumper
and that one over there.
Sorry, could you do it for me?
Authorized.
L-Lain? You're one of the Knights?!
You are, aren't you, Lain?
I had no idea!
Moron.
W-Wait! Please!
That game you've been playing with
those kids lately is the greatest!
But I have an even better idea.
So, please! Make me one of you!
Make me a Knight!
Please, make me one of you!
Some say that the Wired doesn't have
political borders like the real world.
But there are far too many
nonsense-spouting anarchists or idiots
who think that pranks are a revolution.
But the Knights don't seem
to be either of those.
Knights
I don't know how much of
what you do is intentional.
Your presence in the
Wired is highly unnatural.
And the Knights seem to have
a special interest in you.
II don't
I don't understand what you're
The KnightsYou've been in direct
contact with them at some point.
But II don't
At any rate, it looks like they
want to use you for something.
We believe that is something that
must be prevented, no matter the cost.
W-Whatare you?
Who are you?
Your secret's safe with me. You bet!
You believe in Deus, right?
I'll follow your lead.
But is it true? Is God
really in the Wired?
I'm not ready to believe that yet.
But if you let me join you,
I'll be able to learn more.
Then I'll believe!
Is that you?
You came!
You came for me!
My name
It's meaningless to
know my real name.
I, and those gentlemen
there, have no name.
Tell me.
Lain Iwakura, are you and the Lain
of the Wired one and the same?
Who are you?
II'm
Are your parents your real parents?
Huh?
Is your sister your real sister?
W-What are you saying?
O-Of course they are
When is your father's birthday?
Dad'sHis
What about your mother's birthday?
When did your parents get married?
Did they meet, or was it arranged?
T-That'sI
Why don't you know? You never asked?
You've never celebrated a birthday in
your family? Not since you were little?
Well?
When were you born? Where?
IWhat does it matter? It
You don't know?
You don't know anything?
Are you okay?
You don't know anything.
Shut up, damn it
Who cares about that crap?
Like any of it matters
You're Lain of the Wired?
So what if I am?
If you're here without a device,
you know that the border between
the real world and the Wired is
starting to crumble, don't you?
So?
We believe that to be dangerous.
Sounds interesting.
Move it.
What's the big idea?
You are what's dangerous.
Karl!
It's as she said. Something
interesting is beginning.
We should just watch
from the sidelines.
Shou!
Yeah, Mom?
Let me play, too!
Are you done with work?
You bet!
I'm the greatest!
I'm gonna get ya, Shou!
See? Say your prayers!
Watch this!
I thought I was innocent,
but I'm being punished.
I didn't start this, but I
have to finish it somehow.
I can't say I didn't know about it,
but I don't remember taking part in it.
I get the feeling my
freedom cost me dearly,
but I don't remember
selling my soul cheaply.
Hey, hey!
Until I die and say goodbye
Hey, hey!
no one can catch me.
You probably don't know
the eternal outlaws
who wander the distant night.
I'll tell you, but it's
just between you and me.
I'll tell you what's happening in
this society, what's beginning
just because you
don't know about it.
No, that's not it.
I'm just watching.
I mean, the me in the Wired is
Right. She's becoming
less and less like me.
I don't really know.
Huh? Who?
Sis?
My sister's been acting
different lately.
II'm not sure.
Right.
Fine, suit yourself.
I know.
The real world and the Wired
are attached end to end.
I can exist anywhere.
No matter where my body is, I can
send my consciousness anywhere I want.
It's time for the EMA Motor
Consortium banquet.
Right.
Mail.
I'll be down in three minutes.
Very well.
What game do you want
to play this time?
Try some of this
That's right, you morons
I'm better than you bozos!
The real world isn't real at all.
Lain?
Are you okay?
Why do you ask?
Lately, you've been
slipping again, Lain.
WeWe wanted to make you happy,
so we've been taking you out with us.
That's what we were
trying to do. Honest.
But if you weren't
happy, I apologize.
No! That's not it
Of course I was having fun
I've had a great time.
Glad to hear it.
Arisu!
Yeah?
UmThanks.
Thanks for worrying about me.
That's what friends are for, right?
See you.
This afternoon, the firewall
of the Information Bureau's
Information Control Center was
cracked and destroyed by some party,
and information in the Wired
Network is currently in disarray.
This news report is being
sent out at this moment,
but please be aware that it may arrive
tomorrow, or possibly yesterday.
Looks like it was the Knights.
"Knights"? Who's that?
"Knights." The Knights of
the Eastern Calculus,
said to have great
influence in the Wired.
Members comprising
the group: Unknown.
They are not only involved in
mere information manipulation,
they also are involved in the
development and distribution
of illegal information devices.
I hear somebody's after Lain!
Lain? Who's that?
Lain. Search has no matches.
I haven't seen Lain around lately.
Who the hell is Lain?
A girl.
A girl?
She's powerful!
How?
Her metamorphosis.
Her will. Her power.
The light in her eyes.
Her existence.
Hey, can I ask you something?
What?
You wouldn't happen to be a
Knights member, would you?
Just a minute!
Delivery, ma'am!
Let me get my stamp.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to
keep you waiting so long.
That's okay, ma'am.
Okay, here's my stamp.
What is it?
That Navi.
That's a new model, right?
I wish I had one.
I bought it with money
from my home job.
Even working at a job like this, I'd
never be able to buy one of those.
Here you are.
Well, keep working for it.
Sure thing.
Yeah, you're rightIf I don't
work hard, I'll never
If you have trouble with anything,
let me know. I can teach you.
You'll teach me?
Sure. I'm pretty good.
So this is how you seduce
bored housewives, huh?
No, I just
Well, maybe a little.
I'm home!
Well, thanks.
Mom, can I go over to
Kinya's to play later?
If you're going to play a game,
can't you just do it over the Net?
He's gonna teach me how to play it!
The Wired and the real world
are one and the same.
W-What?
Ms. Lain Iwakura. Would you
please come with us?
We won't force you.
This is a request.
We have no intention to
harm you physically.
Who are you?
If you come with us, we'll tell you.
II don't want to be here.
You understand that, don't you?
Just look at all I can do! Look!
I'm breaking the barrier between
the real world and the Wired.
Come on, I think I'm
plenty qualified.
Let me into the Knights!
You're impressed, huh?
I tracked you down all by myself!
This is your dedicated
top-secret channel, right?
Come on, make me one of you!
W-Who are you?!
Could you come here for a minute?
I can't seem to get the main office's
firewall to recognize this machine.
I've done everything I can
on the app end of things.
I guess it's hopeless with
an old machine like this.
But I've always used this thing
I just can't work up the interest
to switch over to a new Navi.
Not at my age.
If I were as young as you, though
That jumper there.
Try removing this jumper
and that one over there.
Sorry, could you do it for me?
Authorized.
L-Lain? You're one of the Knights?!
You are, aren't you, Lain?
I had no idea!
Moron.
W-Wait! Please!
That game you've been playing with
those kids lately is the greatest!
But I have an even better idea.
So, please! Make me one of you!
Make me a Knight!
Please, make me one of you!
Some say that the Wired doesn't have
political borders like the real world.
But there are far too many
nonsense-spouting anarchists or idiots
who think that pranks are a revolution.
But the Knights don't seem
to be either of those.
Knights
I don't know how much of
what you do is intentional.
Your presence in the
Wired is highly unnatural.
And the Knights seem to have
a special interest in you.
II don't
I don't understand what you're
The KnightsYou've been in direct
contact with them at some point.
But II don't
At any rate, it looks like they
want to use you for something.
We believe that is something that
must be prevented, no matter the cost.
W-Whatare you?
Who are you?
Your secret's safe with me. You bet!
You believe in Deus, right?
I'll follow your lead.
But is it true? Is God
really in the Wired?
I'm not ready to believe that yet.
But if you let me join you,
I'll be able to learn more.
Then I'll believe!
Is that you?
You came!
You came for me!
My name
It's meaningless to
know my real name.
I, and those gentlemen
there, have no name.
Tell me.
Lain Iwakura, are you and the Lain
of the Wired one and the same?
Who are you?
II'm
Are your parents your real parents?
Huh?
Is your sister your real sister?
W-What are you saying?
O-Of course they are
When is your father's birthday?
Dad'sHis
What about your mother's birthday?
When did your parents get married?
Did they meet, or was it arranged?
T-That'sI
Why don't you know? You never asked?
You've never celebrated a birthday in
your family? Not since you were little?
Well?
When were you born? Where?
IWhat does it matter? It
You don't know?
You don't know anything?
Are you okay?
You don't know anything.
Shut up, damn it
Who cares about that crap?
Like any of it matters
You're Lain of the Wired?
So what if I am?
If you're here without a device,
you know that the border between
the real world and the Wired is
starting to crumble, don't you?
So?
We believe that to be dangerous.
Sounds interesting.
Move it.
What's the big idea?
You are what's dangerous.
Karl!
It's as she said. Something
interesting is beginning.
We should just watch
from the sidelines.
Shou!
Yeah, Mom?
Let me play, too!
Are you done with work?
You bet!
I'm the greatest!
I'm gonna get ya, Shou!
See? Say your prayers!
Watch this!
I thought I was innocent,
but I'm being punished.
I didn't start this, but I
have to finish it somehow.
I can't say I didn't know about it,
but I don't remember taking part in it.
I get the feeling my
freedom cost me dearly,
but I don't remember
selling my soul cheaply.
Hey, hey!
Until I die and say goodbye
Hey, hey!
no one can catch me.
You probably don't know
the eternal outlaws
who wander the distant night.