Serial Experiments Lain (1998) s01e10 Episode Script
Love
1
There is only one truth. God.
Yes. Me.
Isn't that right, Lain?
You're God?
Yes. I'm God.
Why are you God?
I don't understand.
You're dead, aren't you?
A dead human.
Somebody like that
can't be God, can they?
I realized that I had
no need for a body.
To die is merely to
abandon the flesh.
That'sThat's just
what Chisa said.
I suppose she did, at that.
I caused the protocol that
governs the Wired to evolve.
Yeah. That's what you did.
But a protocol is just an agreement.
Yes, but I incorporated code that
operates on a higher phase.
So?
There is compressed information
mixed into the protocol.
What kind of information?
Human memories. Mine.
The thoughts, history, memories, and
emotions of the man named Masami Eiri.
What does that mean?
I can live forever as an
anonymous entity in the Wired,
and will be able to rule
it with information.
What do you think a being like
that should be called?
A god.
There is no God.
Yes. Even if I were an omnipresent
being and could influence others,
with no one to worship
me, I'm no god.
But you had them. Or made
them, I should say.
Knights.
You no longer need a body, Lain.
That's a lie!
Talk about lame!
Some people are like that, I guess.
So I said, go ahead and do it.
Anyway
-Hey, look at this!
-Isn't it cute?
It was really cheap!
-At that place next door?
-Yeah, over there!
-Let's go, let's go!
-Today?
Sure, we don't have
anything after school today.
Hey, you're right.
Let's go!
Stand!
Bow!
All right, close your books.
II'm real!
I'm alive!
I'm here.
Why is this happening?
Was it something I did?
I always tried to keep something
like this from happening.
I always tried not to
say anything weird.
Can it be true?
I'm not supposed to have a body?
That's right, Lain.
You're not needed in the real world.
I'm home.
Dad?
This is goodbye, Miss Lain.
You must have figured it out by now.
Our work here is finished.
It was only for a short time, but
I know I didn't do enough for you.
You're now free to become
anything you want.
No, you were free all along.
I wasn't given permission to
say goodbye, but I loved you.
It's not that I enjoyed
playing house
Maybe I envied a being like you.
Goodbye.
Wait!
Don't leave me alone!
Alone? You're not alone.
If you connect to the Wired,
everyone will welcome you.
That's the sort of being you were.
I'm not alone.
Do you want to do anything, Lain?
This is your world, Lain.
Who are the Knights? They're the
ones who made the fake me, right?
I'm not sure.
No, it's possible.
They say you can trace
the origin of the
Knights of the Eastern Calculus
back to the Knights Templar.
They've used that invisible human
network, the collective unconscious,
since long before
the Wired was born.
What do you want to do, Lain?
Knights
Who are the Knights?
You really want to know,
don't you, Lain?
The Wired's God is a god
because He has worshippers.
Hey, TaroLet's
go someplace else.
This place has gotten boring.
Yeah. Why not come over to my house?
You don't need to come, Masayuki.
What's the big idea?
Taro says he doesn't wanna hang
out with a little kid like you.
Wha?
You're as much a kid
as I am, Myu-Myu!
It's okay for a girl! Everybody knows
that younger is better for girls.
Right, Taro?
What's that?
What's up, Taro? Is there
something on the Net News?
It's a list.
Huh? What kind of list?
What's a list of Knights members
doing on the Net News?
Y-Yes?
Please remain silent.
W-Who are you?
Time to pay the piper, all right?
W-What do you mean?
Mom, I got killed!
Mom!
It's your turn, Mom! If you don't
hurry up, I'm gonna keep playing!
Okay, Mom?
I'm gonna take 'em out!
A series of suicides occurred
today all over the world,
and each country's Information
Control Ministry
and police departments have
begun investigating the cause.
Each victim was involved
in network-related work,
and sources tell us that it appears
that they were all members
of a fraternal order
known as the "Knights."
Why did you do it?
It was a request from our client.
You hunted down all the
Knights in the world.
Our associates are now on
their way to dispose of them.
But why?
The Wired can't be allowed
to be a special world.
It can only be a field that functions as
a sub-system reinforcing the real world.
But still
You can't be allowed to
exist in the Wired, either.
But here you are, safe and sound.
Some god or whatever
must be protecting you.
Masami Eiri's residual
thought program
will eventually be
disinfected from the Wired.
Our client is working on a total
rewrite of the Protocol Seven code.
We have no need for gods.
Right. Not in the Wired
or in the real world.
We still haven't figured
out what you are.
But I love you.
Love certainly is a
strange emotion, isn't it?
What will you do?
Well, let me think
You don't have anyone
to pray to you now.
I can't be a god, then.
But I haven't lost all of them.
If only one believer remains,
I can still be a god.
Who?
Come, nowYou, Lain.
It's because of me that
you can stay yourself.
You were originally
born in the Wired.
The legend of the Wired. The
heroine of the Wired's fairy tales.
Liar.
The real world's Lain Iwakura
is merely a hologram of her.
A homunculus of
artificial ribosomes.
You never had a body to begin with.
That's a lie.
A fake family. Fake friends.
Yes, it was all a lie.
That's a lie
That's all a lie
Poor LainShe's all alone.
But I'm here. The man
who loves you is here.
You should be able to love me, the
man who sent you to this world
I am your creator.
Love me.
All right, Lain?
The other
The other me, she's
That isn't another you.
It's the real you.
Like it matters!
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 will ever catch me.
You probably don't know
the eternal outlaws
who wander the distant night.
There is only one truth. God.
Yes. Me.
Isn't that right, Lain?
You're God?
Yes. I'm God.
Why are you God?
I don't understand.
You're dead, aren't you?
A dead human.
Somebody like that
can't be God, can they?
I realized that I had
no need for a body.
To die is merely to
abandon the flesh.
That'sThat's just
what Chisa said.
I suppose she did, at that.
I caused the protocol that
governs the Wired to evolve.
Yeah. That's what you did.
But a protocol is just an agreement.
Yes, but I incorporated code that
operates on a higher phase.
So?
There is compressed information
mixed into the protocol.
What kind of information?
Human memories. Mine.
The thoughts, history, memories, and
emotions of the man named Masami Eiri.
What does that mean?
I can live forever as an
anonymous entity in the Wired,
and will be able to rule
it with information.
What do you think a being like
that should be called?
A god.
There is no God.
Yes. Even if I were an omnipresent
being and could influence others,
with no one to worship
me, I'm no god.
But you had them. Or made
them, I should say.
Knights.
You no longer need a body, Lain.
That's a lie!
Talk about lame!
Some people are like that, I guess.
So I said, go ahead and do it.
Anyway
-Hey, look at this!
-Isn't it cute?
It was really cheap!
-At that place next door?
-Yeah, over there!
-Let's go, let's go!
-Today?
Sure, we don't have
anything after school today.
Hey, you're right.
Let's go!
Stand!
Bow!
All right, close your books.
II'm real!
I'm alive!
I'm here.
Why is this happening?
Was it something I did?
I always tried to keep something
like this from happening.
I always tried not to
say anything weird.
Can it be true?
I'm not supposed to have a body?
That's right, Lain.
You're not needed in the real world.
I'm home.
Dad?
This is goodbye, Miss Lain.
You must have figured it out by now.
Our work here is finished.
It was only for a short time, but
I know I didn't do enough for you.
You're now free to become
anything you want.
No, you were free all along.
I wasn't given permission to
say goodbye, but I loved you.
It's not that I enjoyed
playing house
Maybe I envied a being like you.
Goodbye.
Wait!
Don't leave me alone!
Alone? You're not alone.
If you connect to the Wired,
everyone will welcome you.
That's the sort of being you were.
I'm not alone.
Do you want to do anything, Lain?
This is your world, Lain.
Who are the Knights? They're the
ones who made the fake me, right?
I'm not sure.
No, it's possible.
They say you can trace
the origin of the
Knights of the Eastern Calculus
back to the Knights Templar.
They've used that invisible human
network, the collective unconscious,
since long before
the Wired was born.
What do you want to do, Lain?
Knights
Who are the Knights?
You really want to know,
don't you, Lain?
The Wired's God is a god
because He has worshippers.
Hey, TaroLet's
go someplace else.
This place has gotten boring.
Yeah. Why not come over to my house?
You don't need to come, Masayuki.
What's the big idea?
Taro says he doesn't wanna hang
out with a little kid like you.
Wha?
You're as much a kid
as I am, Myu-Myu!
It's okay for a girl! Everybody knows
that younger is better for girls.
Right, Taro?
What's that?
What's up, Taro? Is there
something on the Net News?
It's a list.
Huh? What kind of list?
What's a list of Knights members
doing on the Net News?
Y-Yes?
Please remain silent.
W-Who are you?
Time to pay the piper, all right?
W-What do you mean?
Mom, I got killed!
Mom!
It's your turn, Mom! If you don't
hurry up, I'm gonna keep playing!
Okay, Mom?
I'm gonna take 'em out!
A series of suicides occurred
today all over the world,
and each country's Information
Control Ministry
and police departments have
begun investigating the cause.
Each victim was involved
in network-related work,
and sources tell us that it appears
that they were all members
of a fraternal order
known as the "Knights."
Why did you do it?
It was a request from our client.
You hunted down all the
Knights in the world.
Our associates are now on
their way to dispose of them.
But why?
The Wired can't be allowed
to be a special world.
It can only be a field that functions as
a sub-system reinforcing the real world.
But still
You can't be allowed to
exist in the Wired, either.
But here you are, safe and sound.
Some god or whatever
must be protecting you.
Masami Eiri's residual
thought program
will eventually be
disinfected from the Wired.
Our client is working on a total
rewrite of the Protocol Seven code.
We have no need for gods.
Right. Not in the Wired
or in the real world.
We still haven't figured
out what you are.
But I love you.
Love certainly is a
strange emotion, isn't it?
What will you do?
Well, let me think
You don't have anyone
to pray to you now.
I can't be a god, then.
But I haven't lost all of them.
If only one believer remains,
I can still be a god.
Who?
Come, nowYou, Lain.
It's because of me that
you can stay yourself.
You were originally
born in the Wired.
The legend of the Wired. The
heroine of the Wired's fairy tales.
Liar.
The real world's Lain Iwakura
is merely a hologram of her.
A homunculus of
artificial ribosomes.
You never had a body to begin with.
That's a lie.
A fake family. Fake friends.
Yes, it was all a lie.
That's a lie
That's all a lie
Poor LainShe's all alone.
But I'm here. The man
who loves you is here.
You should be able to love me, the
man who sent you to this world
I am your creator.
Love me.
All right, Lain?
The other
The other me, she's
That isn't another you.
It's the real you.
Like it matters!
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 will ever catch me.
You probably don't know
the eternal outlaws
who wander the distant night.