// Episode Guide

This serves as a quick reference guide for those people with a specific episode or event in mind, but who cannot remember which episode that was. Larger story summaries can be found on Wikipedia.

**SPOILER ALERT!**

// #01 SECTION 9

Type: Stand Alone. Title: Public Security Section 9 – SECTION-9

Hostage event at a geisha house involving a politician. Section9 comes in, but here are casualities and questions remain.
Introduces concept of cyberbrain switching. General overview of what Section9 does: Action, detective work, cleaning up other agencies' messes, and using discrete means of solving problems.
Theme: In GitS's high-tech world, you can never be sure who a person really is.

// #02 TESTATION

Type: Stand Alone. Title: Runaway Evidence – TESTATION

There's a runaway experimental military tank. Section9 tries to stop it and figure out why it went rogue.
Film homage: The Major struggles to tear open the tank's hatch while on top of the rogue tank. Luckily, this time, her arms were not destroyed.
Surprise: The tank scientist transfered his brain into the tank. The scientist suffered his whole life because his religion did not allow him to get the high-tech medical help he needed.

// #03 ANDROID AND I

Type: Stand Alone. Title: A Modest Rebellion – ANDROID AND I

Old androids of a series are committing mass suicide. The culprit is a young man in love with his android who wants to make her unique.
We get to see Batou's classic Italian sports car, Aramaki compliments a team member, and the Major voices irritation at sexist objectification. Co-workers are surprised at this [probably because the Major barely wears clothes herself.)
The android helps turn in the culprit. The twist ending: The man was a film freak recreating his favorite movie, and the android changes the ending, saying she loves him, and hinting that androids have emotions.

// #04 INTERCEPTER

Type: Complex. Title: The Visual Device will Laugh – INTERCEPTER

Togusa's police buddy dies mysteriously. Togusa uncovers the illegal use of intercepters and a connection between the govt and Serano corp. Politician Daido tries to cover it up.
Togusa shows us, again, what a badass normal is he by figuring out that all the picture evidence he was examining is missing a camera.
The Major visits her underworld information man, who looks like a tough bartender, but is actually a big teddy bear.
Woo, return of our Laughing Man (Aoi) for the first time in six years!

// #05 DECOY

Type: Complex. Title: The Inviting Bird will Chant – DECOY

Section 9 investigates Nanao A, a decoy in the the Laughing Man conspiracy.
The Laughing Man Incident, as far as public history knows it to be, is fully described.
First appearance of Major's girlfriends in nighties! Cute!
Surprise: Nanao A is not in the apt they were staking out, using a blow up doll as a He's somewhere else uploading a virus into the security guards at Daido's speech.

// #06 MEME

Type: Complex. Title: The Copycat will Dance – MEME

Section9 attends a Daido's speech/event in order to fend off multiple assassination attempts by people who have been infected with the LM's virus. Nanao A mysteriously killed.
Humor: The apt Nanao was numbered "770", whereas Nana is 7 in the Japanese language, and it represents bad luck.
Surprise! Most civilians who attacked the politician did so out of free will, not a virus. We are reminded not to discount human psychology, even in a technology driven world.
Aramaki and Section9 officially start their own investigation into the Laughing Man case (again).