'Serial Experiments Lain' -- Layer 01: Weird

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"Serial Experiments Lain" surrounds you with mysteries big and small, which makes it fascinating, but can also make it hard to get into at first. Because of this, for the first two episodes, we'll have a short summary page that reveals only a little, followed by a detailed look at the episode, and then an "Explorations" page that discusses what it all could mean. Read as much or as little as you like as you explore the Wired.

Layer 01: short summary

A high school girl commits suicide and then seems to be communicating, via email, from beyond the grave, with her classmates. Is she really alive on the "other side" or is it all an elaborate hoax? And what does this have to do with our main character Lain and the strange things she's been seeing?

Warning: Possible spoilers ahead in the detailed episode description and Explorations sections, so you may not want to read further until you've watched the episode.