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Serial Experiments Lain Episode 11 Reaction
Almost
half the episode being taken up by a music video? I didn't expect
that. It was awesome, though. A good look back on the series as well.
I suppose that sequence represents Lain's memories inside her own
mind. The last two minutes made me realize that Alice truly is about
the only friend Lain has in this show... With the possible exception
of Taro and her older sister.
I
thought Lain had been made a prisoner by her benefactors at the end
of the last episode. Her creator, as I recall, implied or stated he
and Lain were locked into their own version of the Wired together.
Now she is wandering the world again. Or is everything we see
occurring in her mind?
Lain's
creator says she is a software program with a body. But again, the
question is why she has a body. There is still no suggestion
as to the purpose of her being given a body in the first place. That
opens up the question, I suppose, that Lain is being lied to. She is
actually an ordinary human girl. However, that would seem to be
contradicted by what Lain's 'father' said in episode 10... Unless, of
course, that was an illusion too.
One
of the best things about this show are Lain's eyes. They are so wide.
They are large, dark, and unsettling. They seem either the eyes of a
mute, wondering victim or, at times, a frightening menace. The last
few minutes of this episode were one of those times where she seemed
like she might a force for darkness. It hasn't seemed like that since
early on in the series. Now, however, Lain seems to have truly
acquired God-like powers. Using her powers to erase events and modify
memories seems dangerous... So, again, one must wonder if Lain's
seeming benefactors were right about her being a danger -- or the
danger, really.
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