Serial Experiments Lain: Girls: Layer 02

Episode score 8.9 Great

Girls: Layer 02

  • 2.
  • Season: 1
  • Episode: 2
  • First Aired: 1/24/2003

EPISODE OVERVIEW

1 Review | 16 Votes

While out at The Cyberia, Alice, Julie and Reika are surprised to see a girl that looks remarkably like Lain toss a man. However, this girl's personality is exactly opposite from the Lain they know. Curious, Alice decides to invite Lain to come with them the next time they go to the club. Lain declines at first, but after some gentle prodding from Alice she reluctantly agrees. Once there a man high on Accela goes on a rampage, shooting people. What Lain does surprises everyone. Add a recap »

Writers:
Gavin Glennon
Director:
Ryutaro NakamuraLia Sargent
Stars:
Patricia Ja Lee (Mika Iwakura)
Bridget Hoffman (Lain Iwakura)
Emilie Brown (Alice)
Lia Sargent (Chisa Yomoda)
Petrea Burchard (Miho Iwakura)
Barry Stigler (Yasuo Iwakura [as Gil Starberry])
Recurring Role:
Alexis A. Edwards (Julie)
Lenore Zann (Reika)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn (Teacher)
Heather Ashton (Additional Voices)
Jamieson Price (Karl Haushofer, MIB Agent [as James Lyon])
Guest Star:
Syd Fontana (Suicidal Teen)
Bebe Egam (Additional Voices)
Bob Buchholz (Lin Sui-Xi, MIB Agent)
Paul Stephen (Additional Voices)
Michael Lindsay (Delivery Guy)
Paul St. Peter (Voice on the WIRED)
  • An Error: When Lain first says "hello" to her new Navi, a welcome screen appears on her Navi's monitor. Welcome is spelled as "welecom". edit »
  • Accela: A mechanical device that acts like a drug in the body. Once the user swallows it, the device sends out a frequency that causes the user's brain to create a hormone. This hormone speeds up the user's perceptions, giving them the high. edit »
  • Lain: No matter where you go, everybody's connected. edit »
  • 9.4
    BeautifulAkimov's avatarmember since: Aug 29, 2005

    Girls: Layer 02

    The Bottom Line: "Alternate reality"

    Lain’s movement through The Wired is helped by a new Navi.Her schoolmates mistake her for a girl they saw in Cyberia,a mysteries club,so they convince Lain to come along with them this time.And a drug called Accela is sweeping through the club scene. ...Continue »

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