8.2/105 votes#1 - Layer:07 – SOCIETY
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/17/1998
As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to his body. People on the WIRED are asking: ""Who is Lain"". Meanwhile, the two MIB agents take Lain to the Techibana offices where Lain's identity is challenged by a man; how well does she know her parents, her sister, herself? Can Lain answer him?
Director: Johei Matsuura
Writer: Chiaki J. Konaka
7.5/102 votes#2 - The Bloody Sports Festival – Datto!
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/2000
The gang helps Keiichiro train for a sports festival at school. A mysterious boy shows up at the track, running alongside Keiichiro. Despite the bonding between the two, it seems the new boy isn't quite alive--and he's got a penchant for cutting off the feet of those who run!
Director: Johei Matsuura
Writer: Hiroko Naka
7.4/1014 votes#3 - Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/14/1998
Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for the truth of who she is.
Director: Johei Matsuura
Writer: Chiaki J. Konaka
7.0/101 votes#4 - The Picture that Swallows People – da Vinci
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2001
A ghostly painter with the ability to trap souls within his work has reawakened, and not even the other ghosts of the old schoolhouse want anything to do with him. Satsuki and the gang travel back in time in order to put the artist back to sleep, where they meet someone familiar.
Director: Johei Matsuura
Writer: Hiroshi Hashimoto
6.5/104 votes#5 - Ladd Russo Enjoys Talking a Lot and Slaughtering a Lot
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/17/2007
10 hours before the Flying Pussyfoot departs, in California, Russo learns that his cash was stolen by a couple and one of his underlings was killed. Then Ladd barges in and shows Russo just how much of a homicidal maniac his before heading to the Flying Pussyfoot with his subordinates. Back to the Flying Pussyfoot, Vicky has been killed by the "Lemurs" and yet again Ladd shows how much of a maniac he is. In New York Isaac and Miria happily enter the hat shop and after their purchase they are hit by the car Ennis is driving. She happens to be chauffeuring Szilard to the secret society of old geezers.
Director: Johei Matsuura
Writer: Noboru Takagi
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"Layer:07 – SOCIETY" is the best rated episode directed by Johei Matsuura. It scored 8.2/10 based on 5 votes. It was written by Chiaki J. Konaka. It aired on 8/17/1998 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Bloody Sports Festival – Datto!".