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INNERLMNT at 10:54, 24 March 2026

2026-03-24T10:54:43Z

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			:''This article is about the episode "Psyche". You may be looking for [[Psyche\|the item]].''

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INNERLMNT at 10:45, 24 March 2026

2026-03-24T10:45:09Z

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	"'''~~Girls~~'''" is the ~~second~~ episode of ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''. It premiered on [[Wikipedia:TX Network\|TXN]] on July 20, 1998.		"'''Psyche'''" is the third episode of ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''. It premiered on [[Wikipedia:TX Network\|TXN]] on July 20, 1998.

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INNERLMNT: added brief lead section; removed "analysis" link since page doesn't exist.

2026-03-24T10:43:23Z

added brief lead section; removed "analysis" link since page doesn't exist.

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	\|maincharintro = [[JJ]]		\|maincharintro = [[JJ]]
	\|script = [[Layer 03 Script]]		\|script = [[Layer 03 Script]]
	~~\|analysis = [[Layer 03 Analysis]]~~
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			"'''Girls'''" is the second episode of ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''. It premiered on [[Wikipedia:TX Network\|TXN]] on July 20, 1998.

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Navi: /* Love Letter */clean up, typos fixed: preceeding → preceding

2022-12-31T08:15:44Z

Love Letter: clean up, typos fixed: preceeding → preceding

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	<p style="text-align:justify">Lain is walking home to the familiar electrical hum. She removes the small object from her pocket and looks at it. Suddenly she says "Psyche" and she just stands there and stares.</p>		<p style="text-align:justify">Lain is walking home to the familiar electrical hum. She removes the small object from her pocket and looks at it. Suddenly she says "Psyche" and she just stands there and stares.</p>

	[Lainwashed Pseudofan here: I think there's supposed to be an ad-break here. It's roughly the middle of the episode, and the following scene is quite different from the ~~preceeding~~. In a certain sense, it seems that this is when the episode ''really'' begins, with what was before being a continuation of Layer:02. Thoughts?]		[Lainwashed Pseudofan here: I think there's supposed to be an ad-break here. It's roughly the middle of the episode, and the following scene is quite different from the preceding. In a certain sense, it seems that this is when the episode ''really'' begins, with what was before being a continuation of Layer:02. Thoughts?]

	<p style="text-align:justify">The scene changes to a PSYCHEdelic view of wires in the night. Several disembodied conversations are overheard, as if they are traversing over the wires we see. Female voice: "No, my voice mail was tapped! I can't believe it." Male voice: "There's no relevant information in the resume received. We're examining it for your company." Female voice: "I love kissing. Even by myself it makes me happy." Male voce: "After that silly incident with the kid and Accela the supplier got scared and now we can't hardly get any of them." Another male voice: "Psyche appears to be made in Taiwan and there is a rumor that it was designed by a group called Knights. But I'm not sure if the Knights really exist." Female voice: "Did you feel good while dying?" And now we see Lain sitting at her Navi. Male voice: "Yes. I felt like hugging myself with joy." Female voice: "No! There is someone in my room! A small child-like but wrinkled man is looking at me." The voice is crying. "Help me!" Lain watches on into a typical Navi screen. A different female voice says "I have a photograph taken when you were with your secret lover. If I take this to your company…" Lain turns away from the Navi screen and looks at the small device. We hear "Lain, why aren't you here yet?"</p>		<p style="text-align:justify">The scene changes to a PSYCHEdelic view of wires in the night. Several disembodied conversations are overheard, as if they are traversing over the wires we see. Female voice: "No, my voice mail was tapped! I can't believe it." Male voice: "There's no relevant information in the resume received. We're examining it for your company." Female voice: "I love kissing. Even by myself it makes me happy." Male voce: "After that silly incident with the kid and Accela the supplier got scared and now we can't hardly get any of them." Another male voice: "Psyche appears to be made in Taiwan and there is a rumor that it was designed by a group called Knights. But I'm not sure if the Knights really exist." Female voice: "Did you feel good while dying?" And now we see Lain sitting at her Navi. Male voice: "Yes. I felt like hugging myself with joy." Female voice: "No! There is someone in my room! A small child-like but wrinkled man is looking at me." The voice is crying. "Help me!" Lain watches on into a typical Navi screen. A different female voice says "I have a photograph taken when you were with your secret lover. If I take this to your company…" Lain turns away from the Navi screen and looks at the small device. We hear "Lain, why aren't you here yet?"</p>

Prince at 04:19, 19 April 2022

2022-04-19T04:19:40Z

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	==Short summary==		==Short summary==
	*The police interrogate [[Lain]]		*The police interrogate [[Lain Iwakura]]
	*A voice speaks to Lain on the train		*A voice speaks to Lain on the train
	*Lain finds a [[Psyche]] chip in her locker		*Lain finds a [[Psyche]] chip in her locker
	*Lain sees the [[~~MIB~~]] car outside her home		*Lain sees the [[Men in Black]]'s car outside her home
	*Lain goes to [[Cyberia]] and someone comments on how long they haven't seen her for		*Lain goes to [[Cyberia]] and someone comments on how long they haven't seen her for
	*Lain asks [[Taro]], [[Masayuki]] and [[Myu-Myu]] about the Psyche chip		*Lain asks [[Taro]], [[Masayuki]] and [[Myu-Myu]] about the Psyche chip
	*[[Mika]] sees the MIB outside her door		*[[Mika Iwakura]] sees the MIB outside her door
	*Lain modifies her [[NAVI]] with the Psyche chip		*Lain modifies her [[NAVI]] with the Psyche chip

Dobermista at 02:09, 2 February 2022

2022-02-02T02:09:31Z

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	==Long summary==		==Long summary==
	===Leaving Cyberia===		===Leaving Cyberia===
	<p style="text-align:justify">In front of [[Cyberia]], police have arrived. 「LAINって子…聞いた事彼でしょう」(English: "This Lain kid, you've heard the word, innit?") Lain and Alice emerge. ~~「[[WIREDの…LAIN]]」~~(English: "In the WIRED, Lain")</p>		<p style="text-align:justify">In front of [[Cyberia]], police have arrived. 「LAINって子…聞いた事彼でしょう」(English: "This Lain kid, you've heard the word, innit?") Lain and Alice emerge. 「WIREDの…LAIN」(English: "In the WIRED, Lain")</p>

	<p style="text-align:justify">[Psyche - Layer:03]</p>		<p style="text-align:justify">[Psyche - Layer:03]</p>

Prince at 05:55, 13 November 2021

2021-11-13T05:55:03Z

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	==Short summary==		==Short summary==

Prince at 14:27, 30 October 2021

2021-10-30T14:27:27Z

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Lainwashed Pseudofan: noted about mid-episode ad-break

2020-09-08T06:23:19Z

noted about mid-episode ad-break

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	<p style="text-align:justify">Lain is walking home to the familiar electrical hum. She removes the small object from her pocket and looks at it. Suddenly she says "Psyche" and she just stands there and stares.</p>		<p style="text-align:justify">Lain is walking home to the familiar electrical hum. She removes the small object from her pocket and looks at it. Suddenly she says "Psyche" and she just stands there and stares.</p>

			[Lainwashed Pseudofan here: I think there's supposed to be an ad-break here. It's roughly the middle of the episode, and the following scene is quite different from the preceeding. In a certain sense, it seems that this is when the episode ''really'' begins, with what was before being a continuation of Layer:02. Thoughts?]

	<p style="text-align:justify">The scene changes to a PSYCHEdelic view of wires in the night. Several disembodied conversations are overheard, as if they are traversing over the wires we see. Female voice: "No, my voice mail was tapped! I can't believe it." Male voice: "There's no relevant information in the resume received. We're examining it for your company." Female voice: "I love kissing. Even by myself it makes me happy." Male voce: "After that silly incident with the kid and Accela the supplier got scared and now we can't hardly get any of them." Another male voice: "Psyche appears to be made in Taiwan and there is a rumor that it was designed by a group called Knights. But I'm not sure if the Knights really exist." Female voice: "Did you feel good while dying?" And now we see Lain sitting at her Navi. Male voice: "Yes. I felt like hugging myself with joy." Female voice: "No! There is someone in my room! A small child-like but wrinkled man is looking at me." The voice is crying. "Help me!" Lain watches on into a typical Navi screen. A different female voice says "I have a photograph taken when you were with your secret lover. If I take this to your company…" Lain turns away from the Navi screen and looks at the small device. We hear "Lain, why aren't you here yet?"</p>		<p style="text-align:justify">The scene changes to a PSYCHEdelic view of wires in the night. Several disembodied conversations are overheard, as if they are traversing over the wires we see. Female voice: "No, my voice mail was tapped! I can't believe it." Male voice: "There's no relevant information in the resume received. We're examining it for your company." Female voice: "I love kissing. Even by myself it makes me happy." Male voce: "After that silly incident with the kid and Accela the supplier got scared and now we can't hardly get any of them." Another male voice: "Psyche appears to be made in Taiwan and there is a rumor that it was designed by a group called Knights. But I'm not sure if the Knights really exist." Female voice: "Did you feel good while dying?" And now we see Lain sitting at her Navi. Male voice: "Yes. I felt like hugging myself with joy." Female voice: "No! There is someone in my room! A small child-like but wrinkled man is looking at me." The voice is crying. "Help me!" Lain watches on into a typical Navi screen. A different female voice says "I have a photograph taken when you were with your secret lover. If I take this to your company…" Lain turns away from the Navi screen and looks at the small device. We hear "Lain, why aren't you here yet?"</p>

Lainwashed Pseudofan: /* Long summary */

2020-09-08T06:18:05Z

Long summary

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	====Class concept====		====Class concept====
	During class Lain is abstracted, doodling something spiralish. A voice is heard discussing the PSYCHE (it sounds like reading a news article aloud---another hallucination? or conscious imagination?)</p>		During class Lain is abstracted, doodling something spiralish. A voice is heard discussing the PSYCHE (it sounds like reading a news article aloud---another hallucination? or conscious imagination?)</p>
	=====Tisa Interrupts=====		====Tisa Interrupts====
	<p style="text-align:justify">Lain starts seeing a swrily tunnel under her doodle-swirl. The PSYCHE narration is interrupted by Tisa (or someone else of similar circumstance) talking about her suicide. Lain becomes distressed about this, looks at the classroon door where a Tisa-like person is standing, looking in to the classroom. As Tisa continues discussing her suicide, Lain's distress grows and she places her hands over her ears, squeezing but the voice doesn't stop. A distorted voice keeps asking "Who is Lain?"</p>		<p style="text-align:justify">Lain starts seeing a swrily tunnel under her doodle-swirl. The PSYCHE narration is interrupted by Tisa (or someone else of similar circumstance) talking about her suicide. Lain becomes distressed about this, looks at the classroon door where a Tisa-like person is standing, looking in to the classroom. As Tisa continues discussing her suicide, Lain's distress grows and she places her hands over her ears, squeezing but the voice doesn't stop. A distorted voice keeps asking "Who is Lain?"</p>
	====Love Letter====		====Love Letter====