Serial Experiments Lain: Episodes 07-09

Episode 57,   Aug 28, 2023, 10:12 PM

We've got layers upon layers to peel back this week on the Watchcast, as we cruise through some of Serial Experiments Lain's most surreal imagery and dense infodumping yet.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:30) - Intro.
(00:02:00) - Our layers for this week: Society, Rumors, and Protocol. Also a brother check-in on where we're all at.
(00:09:50) - Drilling down on Layer 07: Society.
(00:12:56) - Justin.tv man, and these everyday folks who seem to be up to something.
(00:19:32) - The first of many infodumps to come.
(00:33:02) - Checking in on where we're at leading into the next crazy episodes.
(00:33:59) - Break!
(00:34:16) - We're back, and it's time for some blasphemous rumors.
(00:37:55) - Mom and dad's death stare.
(00:40:44) - Alice and friends think Lain did something, and God's back.
(00:48:55) - Alice sees Lain of the Wired.
(00:55:59) - What is Lain to do?
(00:58:20) - The Metal Gear Episode.
(01:04:50) - Polling the podcast about what we know about all this freaky history.
(01:08:46) - Cyberia, and dolphin stuff.
(01:16:19) - A date with Taro.
(01:24:11) - Xanadu. Not the Olivia Newton John one. The space library one.
(01:26:32) - The Schumann Resonance.
(01:34:57) - Trying to make sense of what we've seen.
(01:39:51) - Outro.

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