Distortion (episode)

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Distortion
Episode Length: 24 minutes
Episode Code: 05
Episode Airdate: 3 August 1998

Distortion is episode 5 of the Serial Experiments Lain TV series originally aired 3 August 1998.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Amidst the events surrounding Tokyo having its traffic information transmission system hacked to cause deliberate accidents, Lain experiences a series of hallucinations teaching her (by means of inanimate objects, and eventually her parents) the nature of the Wired, and the supposed God (Deus) within it. In the meantime, Lain’s sister Mika is driven to the point of insanity due to the Knights repeatedly communicating the message for her to “Fulfill the Prophecy.”


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