57: Serial Experiments Lain: Episodes 07-09

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.