Previously on "The Walking Dead: World Beyond"...
Hey there. I come in peace.
I don't understand.
We lure the dead in with lights and music,
blow 'em up, then we clean 'em up.
Silas: Where's he going?CR's Research Facility.
Why you asking? Know someone there?
So I don't give a damn about how you justify your lies.
You find my daughter.
I thought you were... Yeah.
Yeah, I thought I was, too.
Hope we're not causing too many problems.
I need you to take me to Iris and Felix.
Percy: What she did to my uncle.
Huck is gonna pay for what she did.
[Water lapping]
Margaret: [Distantly] Daniel. Daniel, get back.
She's turning.
Daniel: [Distantly] No, she's still breathing.
I think...
I think she's waking up.
[Louder] There you are.
Try not to move.
Arm's broke, but help's on the way.
Down here!
Looks like you've been through it.
Lord knows how long you've been floating down that river.
Thank God the OPD is quick.
Welcome to Omaha.
Can you tell us your name, dear?
[Groans lightly]
Save your strength.
We'll just call you --
Indira: Staff Sergeant Mallick.
Indira.
It's been quite some time.
What brings you out so far?
Iris?
Iris?!
Hope?
Iris! [Both laugh]
♪
[Walker growling]
[Grunting]
[Growling continues in distance]
[Body thuds]
You hesitated.
[Scoffs]
The first two we've seen.
Few more might've made it in from the breach.
I'll be sure that Indira knows about that.
Hope? And Huck.
What're they --No, no. Hey, stop.
If she sees you right now -- No.
Hey!
Look, there could be more of them.
♪
Alright, we gotta be smart about this.
Yeah.
We do.
-Stay here. -Felix --
♪
I can't believe you're here.
Is Dad with you?
Uh, no, it's just us.
Huck had to sneak me out.
Where's Dad? Is he okay? Yeah, he's fine. He's fine.
Hope.Felix?
Hi. Felix!
Huck: What do you know?
Just like old times.
Asha: I don't get it.
Why's Staff Sergeant Mallick here with your friend?
I don't know.
You good? You alright?
Hope: Yeah.
Yeah? Yeah. A lot's happened.
I hope you're not bringing trouble, Jennifer.
I'm not.
Does your mother know you're here?
She doesn't. And she won't.
[Sighs]
♪
I just want to talk to them.
Alone.
You're aware this place has not seen bloodshed
since its founding.
♪
I'd like to keep it that way.
Yes, ma'am.
♪
[Gate creaks, lock clicks]
♪
So, it's Jennifer, huh?
[Blade rings]
That's nice.
Why are you here, Jennifer?
What do you want?
Hope: What wewant...
is for you and Iris to come back with us.
♪
Man: 1, 2, 3, 4!
[Skunk Anansie's "Tear the Place Up" playing]
♪
[Walkers growling]
♪
[Explosions]
[Growling continues]
♪
Webb: Clear a path! Grady, move in!
Tiga, watch his six!
[Growling]
♪ I feel the truth, I feel the truth ♪
♪ In my bones, bones, bones
♪ We're gonna tear the place up, up, up, up ♪
[Grunting, growling]
♪ We're gonna tear the place up, up, up, up, up, up, up ♪
♪
Open the gate!
Today, Plaskett!
Grady, move!
Tiga, eyes on Webb! Speed it up!
Let's go! Let's go!
[Gate rumbles, bangs]
♪ I'm still a freak, I'm still a freak ♪
Come on, let's go!
Grady, get that in the cage!
Webb, Tiga -- you got strays to put down!
The hell's wrong with you? Move!
What died up his ass and came back to life?
♪ We're gonna tear the place up, up, up, up ♪[Helicopter blades whirring]
♪ Gonna feel it in your face, up, up, up, up ♪
Dennis: Plaskett!
Plaskett!
I said cut the music and prep for cleanup!
Yeah, sorry, I --I don't care.
You're not here.
Unless you wanna end up on the wrong end of a killstick,
pay attention!
♪ We're gonna tear the place up up, up, up ♪
♪ We're gonna tear the place up, up, up, up ♪
Don't.
♪ We're gonna tear the place up, up, up, up ♪
When we're done here...
you're coming with me.
♪ Up, up, up, up
♪ We're gonna tear the place up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up ♪
Felix: What are you talking about?
Why the hell would we go with you?
You wouldn't.
We'd take you most of the way,
then you'd make like you found the place on your own.
What is this about?
Being together.
Keeping you safe. Keeping Dad safe.
You said Dad was okay.
He is, okay? He's -- He's worried, okay?
And I'm worried...
he's gonna stir shit up if we don't bring you back soon.
Iris, he could get hurt.
Or worse.
Meanwhile, the CRM's looking for you
back at the retirement home -- No. No.
Not your mom.
No, she was just here, with soldiers.
Is that -- Is that -- Is that why you're here now?
Use Hope to lure us out?
[Elton breathing heavily]
Hey. You okay?
I don't know. I-I-I can't really, um...
She knows. She knows I'm here.
They can't see us back here.
I-I -- S-She just knows, okay?
I...
I'm sorry. I can't be here right now, um...
[Coughs] Where are you going?
♪
[Coughs]
[Breathing heavily]
Hope: There was a woman with a gun.
♪
It was your mom.
♪
[Sighing]
[Silas groans]
Sit still.
The more you squirm, the longer this'll take.
[Silas breathing heavily]
You a fan?
My dad was into music.
Well, rock, mostly, but...
I was more into guitar riffs.
You play?
No.
I'm not, uh, too coordinated.
How'd this happen?
So, does the music ever, like, bring people here?
People from the Research Facility, or...
people looking for the --
The only people you need to worry about
are the ones not breathing.
Gonna have you down in the action with the crew soon.
No point having you working the lights and sound forever,
kid your size.
Okay. Go like this.
Just like that.
You don't exercise that hand, nerves won't heal right.
♪
[Drawers sliding, objects clinking]
♪
All you have to do is play dumb about knowing I was CRM,
about the codebooks, the fuel caches,
and you'll be good.
My mom will take you in.
You'll be safe.
"Safe."
It's just one lie.
What about Omaha?
That just one lie, too?
Wait. Uh, you knew?
I-I didn't know that you knew. I was gonna tell you --
Felix: So it's true?
It's just gone?
The Campus Colony, too.
The CRM couldn't mobilize fast enough to save either one.
Or maybe they were the ones who made it happen.
It was the dead, a giant cluster.
No. I think you killed those people.
The empties were just a cover-up.
We're about bringing the world back.
Why would we kill a hundred thousand people --
Why don't you tell us?
[Scoffs] This is crazy.
Do you know something?
If you're asking if I can prove it, I can't.
But there is no way in hell I am going anywhere with her.
♪
No. Hey, no, where are you going?
I have nothing else to say in front of her.
This is not about her!
It's about Dad! Don't you wanna see him?
Of course I wanna see him!
But we would be idiots to go back in there without a way out.
She's absolutely right. We are not doing this.
♪
What about Silas?
♪
What aboutSilas?
He's alive.
At a culling and maintenance post not far from here.
He's being taken care of.
I made sure of it.
You come with us, you get to see him, too.
Did you know? Have you seen him?
This is the first that I'm hearing about this.
-Because she's lying! -It's the truth.
I just didn't wanna complicate things
any more than they already are.
♪
Come with us and you'll see.
♪
I wanna talk to you.
Alone.
♪
[Crickets chirping]
♪
[Door creaks]
Hey!
What's up with you?
You shouldn't be out here.
What is this place? Nothing.
Just an old hunting blind.
No, no, it's got all kinds of medical supplies from the CR.
Is someone from your group sick? Why is it hidden?
Look, this doesn't have anything to do with you, okay?
Forget you saw anything.
So then, what is this? Part of some secret side deal?
Shouldn't your mom know about this?
She already does.
I'm the one who's sick.
Plaskett.
Going somewhere?
Um, I was -- Well, I was just --
Looks to me like he was trying to bail on us.
-No. No, I wasn't. -Yeah.
You were.
Are you gonna tell Dennis?
No. See, Plaskett...
out here?
We take care of our shit our own way.
♪
I'm taking a walk.
[Grunts] No, you're not.
Not alone.
♪
[Fire crackling]
I know it's only been a few days, but...
you just seem older or something.
You're the one who's older. [Chuckles]
I-I can't believe I missed your birthday, Hope.
Oh, it's okay.
Dad put a candle in my eggs, so...
That sounds like Dad.[Both laugh]
Yeah.
This is the first time that he's been distracted by work
since I got there.
Seeing him okay, with all those other doctors
from Portland and Omaha that are just like him...
I think I'm starting to get it, why he's so into it,
why -- why it's so important.
So, Dad's...
happy?
Not with the CRM, but...
He has a girlfriend. What?
Shut up. I'm serious.
She's really smart. She's a scientist.
This guy Mason says she's, like, a really big deal or something.
Mason? Who's Mason?
Oh, he's just a guy. He's in some of my classes.
It's not how it sounds.
It sounds like you're meeting guys.
And talking about Dad's girlfriend as if it's --
Iris, I'm trying to get us back together
so we can figure things out in a way that's smart.
What's smart is you staying here
so we can get Dad out together.
If I stay here, they'll find us all
before we even get a chance.
Look, at the facility, we can --
we can take our time, w-we can think things through.
We can plan.We'd be prisoners.
We'd be alive.
Portland is 2,700 miles away,
and there is no way we'll get there
with a target on our back, and you know it.
♪
Our home is gone.
We are all we have.
Yeah, I know.
♪
How'd you find out?
About home.
I don't wanna talk about it.
Just say you'll come back with us.
Hope.
♪
I can't.
[Voice breaking] You can.
And you should.
[Sniffles]
But I get it.
♪
You won't.
♪
Listen.
I need to tell you something.
Don't. No, we're not doing this.
Felix...
[Sniffs]
Leo and Hope don't even know.
Know what?
My mother.
She sent a team out on a recon mission.
And, um...
It went bad.
They lost Will.
♪
I know what he meant to you.
And I can't even begin to tell you how --
Then don't!
[Walker growling]
♪
How the hell did it get in?
♪
[Walker growling]
♪
[Growling continues]
[Gasps]
They'll come -- They'll come looking --
And they'll find you bit.
Turned. Miles from here.
Another dead asshole roaming the Earth.
[Growling continues]
Felix!
♪
No, I'm not gonna kill you tonight.
No, I just wanted to know what it's gonna feel like when I do.
[Growling continues]
♪
[Growling stops]
Enjoy your walk, Jennifer.
♪
-Webb: Come on, move it. -Silas: Where are you taking me?
Tiga: Shut up! This is it.
Grady: So, what exactly happens if he doesn't make it out?
Webb: Tough shit.
[Door scraping]
What's the point of being here
if he's just gonna screw shit up for us?
He's gotta learn.
Swing at anything that moves.
[Door scrapes, slams]
[Lock clangs]
[Rustling]
♪
[Rustling]
♪
[Walker growling]
♪
[Dramatic music plays]
[Walkers growling]
♪
[Grunting]
♪
[Silas shouting]
[Growling continues]
♪
[Door bangs, scrapes]
[Growling continues]
Holy shitballs.
How many down is that?
9, 10?
In under two minutes.
Almost broke your record.
Yeah, right.
I tapped a full baker's dozen my first time.
You know, for the record,
I was only a little on board with this.
What the hell is this place?
We call it The Parade.
It's our training facility.
It's where we practice, keep sharp.
It's Dine and Dash. You dash or they dine.
Theoretically, of course, on account of them
not having working mouths or teeth.
But -- did Dennis set this up?
We made it ourselves.
But he knows about it.
Look, we want outta here, too.
Just in a different way.
Why do you think we're out here busting our asses every day?
We put in the time, do well,
Dennis tells the people upstairs.
Then maybe we get bumped up into CRM training.
Officially.
That's why we made this extra spicy.
And we were ready to jump in, but damn.
You handled it.
And, look, you promise to have our backs, we'll have yours.
It's all good, man.
[Bat clatters]
♪
So... no hard, right?
♪
[Fire crackling]
[Sighs][Door opens, closes]
Felix: Hey.The hell'd you go?
I know this is gonna sound crazy, but I think I just saw
Percy coming from the armory.
Look at this.
This was here when I got in.
♪
What?
I think this is Percy's.
♪
Shit.
♪
Armory's open.
Shit.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Where you going?
Hey, I think he's alive. Okay?
I think Percy's alive, and if he is, he's going after Huck.
And if we don't get him first, he's gonna get us all killed.
♪
Dennis: Plaskett.
You gonna tell me where you're off to?
[Slow rock music playing softly]
♪
Everybody's running from something.
♪
The crew can be tough.
And the work is... work.
But this isn't the end.
♪
This is us saving ourselves from the end.
♪
Webb just got accepted into basic training.
♪
He's leaving tomorrow.
♪
I'm gonna need you to step up.
♪
I was trying to find my friends.
We were going cross-country together before we got split up.
And someone in the group...
she's dangerous.
A-A killer.
And the others might not even know.
♪
Maybe they do.
Maybe they already handled it.
You don't know Huck.
♪
"Huck"?
♪
Kid, I don't care what she's done.
You're not allowed to be afraid of some battle-axe named "Huck."
♪
I can't just give up.
I can't.
Well, you can be a part of something here, Plaskett.
♪
Your friends...
they're probably a lot stronger than you think.
♪
Just going off to find them in the great big nothing?
How does that work, really?
How do you do that?
You don't.
Running away...
♪
...that's giving up.
♪
Got an early morning. I suggest you get some sleep.
♪
Do me a favor?
Take that bottle.
I'm sick of staring at it.
Use it to clean your hand.
♪
Plaskett?
♪
You get one screw-up here.
That was your one.
♪
[Exhales sharply]
♪
Hey!
♪
No.
♪
Will: Yeah, it's me.
♪
No!
Will?
Will, what the hell did you do?
This doesn't make any sense.
I thought you were dead.Yeah.
We had to make the CRM think I was
to throw them off my trail.
They're trying to kill me.
They killed Romano.
They want me dead.
So, as long as I keep the dialysis thing going,
I feel fine.
No big deal.
Nobody else knows, except --My mom and my brother.
Sucks having to rely on the CRM, but...
I just don't want people looking at me different.
You're looking at me different.
[Chuckles] Sorry. It's just, um...
Y-You're very...
[Clears throat]
So, what was up with you bugging out back there?
Well, uh...
Things with my friend Hope are, um...
messy.
We're all scrambled up.
You know, I used to believe that my mother and my sister
were still out in the world somewhere.
But, uh...
that was just a dumb story I told myself to feel better.
What do you think happens to things when they die?
Well, they, uh...
break down into their original compounds.
But after they're absorbed into the ground, then what?
Then they're reabsorbed by plants --
plants that become food for an insect
that's eaten by a bird or another animal.
The original thing's now part of a bunch of other things.
But just because their matter lives on, there's...
no proof their consciousness does.
So?
I have faith that it does.
I should go find my mom.
Thanks for keeping my secret.
♪
I -- I th-- I think you're very brave.
♪
That's what I was trying to tell you earlier.
You should talk to your friend.
Maybe she can make things a little less...
scrambled.
♪
[Footsteps departing]
I was onto the truth about Omaha.
That's why they tried to kill me.
To cover up what they did.
They were just trying to keep Omaha quiet till we got Hope there,
so Leo wouldn't think that his family was dead.
Oh, come on. That's bullshit.
That doesn't mean they were behind --
Are you blind?
Or just really that stupid?
If the CRM would've destroyed Omaha,
it would've gone through my mother.
Alright? She would've told me.
Open your eyes. She's lying to you.
♪
You've spent your whole life lying to everyone around you.
What makes you think she's any different?
♪
Sun'll be up soon.
I need to find Hope and go.
No. No.
So you can tell them about Will?
About all of us?
I won't.
You have my word.
You have every reason to hate me.
But like it or not,
I'm the closest thing to a friend in the CR you got.
♪
Bye.
Be safe, kid.
Hope: Take care, okay?
So, we're really doing this?
[Crying] What they tried to do to Will...
that means the CRM really...
You should've told me.
This changes everything.I wanted to tell you.
Why didn't you?
I don't know. I...
Maybe I should've.
♪
Anything else I should know?
♪
Gonna miss you.
♪
We will get you and Dad out of there.
We will.
Just tell him not to worry.
And that I'm okay.
♪
I wish I could.
♪
[Sighs]
♪
[Breathes deeply]
[Footsteps approaching]
Will: Did you talk to Percy?
[Exhales sharply]
I read him the riot act. [Clears throat]
He was only doing what you wanted to.
You know that, right?
But I didn't.
Look, I'm glad that he's okay.
We can't stay here.
It's not safe for us anymore.
It's not safe for you.
The smart play for Huck is to keep this quiet.
She tells the CRM, she exposes herself.
It's mutually assured destruction.
I'm not gonna lose you again.
We'll find a way out of this.
How're we gonna do that? Hmm?
I don't even know how to save Hope and -- and Leo.
[Sighs]
Now Silas -- Silas?
Wait. He's with them, too?Oh, no.
Huck said something about a -- about a culling outpost?
♪
What?
It's a long shot, but if he's where she says he is...
I might know a way to get everybody out.
♪
[Knocking]
Sorry.
I-I-I can, uh -- can come later.
No, it's okay.
Come in.
How are you holding up?
You know, killing has-beens, that's, uh -- that's easy.
I lost track.
♪
But a person?
♪
I never wanted something so bad in my entire life.
♪
You wanted justice.
♪
And I think we're both willing to go a little further
than most people to get it.
♪
I thought my sister was like that, too.
♪
Are you mad Will stopped you?
You know, she shouldn't be able to walk around
like what she did doesn't matter.
♪
But I-I sh-- I should've been thinking about everyone.
About Will.
Felix.
♪
You.
♪
Percy...
♪
I-I should, uh...
♪
I should go.
♪
Elizabeth: Today we honor a part of us.
A part of our Alliance of the Three.
The fallen city of Omaha and its Campus Colony.
♪
The tragedy that befell our sister city
is an immeasurable loss
that reminds us just how precious each and every life is.
As the Civic Republic's military emissary to Omaha,
I feel this loss very personally.
♪
Deeply.
But now is not the time for doubt.
♪
To question our resolve.
♪
We could lose everything.
♪
If Elton tells anyone...
if people find out --They won't.
♪
'Cause I told him Iwas the one who was sick.
Now more than ever, we have to stand strong, united,
as one alliance.
Dennis: Congratulations.
Transport's picking you up in two hours.
Elizabeth: For the Civic Republic and its military
are forever bound to you, Portland, as you are to us.
♪
Today, on behalf of Major General Beale,
I pledge to the citizens of Portland and the Civic Republic
that these tragedies will serve as a clarion call
for our military to stand even more firmly resolved...
ready to fight for our survival,
for the survival of our alliance,
and for the survival of humankind.
♪
And as we pray for the souls we've lost,
we say to you, our allies in Portland --
stay strong, stay vigilant,
and may God bless us all.
♪
[Camera beeps]
♪
Jennifer.Huck: Hey.
Were you watching?
I hope I didn't come across as nervous.
No.
If you were, you did a good job covering.
Good.
It's been a bloody awful difficult three days.
I'm sorry that I didn't make your reinstatement.
I -- I got called to the CR
on some urgent matter at the Health and Welfare Complex.
It's handled, but I was wondering if we could --
How many actually survived in Omaha?
You have their names?
You said they were airlifted out.
[Sighs] You know that that, uh --
that kind of confidential information
is above a staff sergeant's rank.
I'm not asking as a staff serg-- Don't.
You've only just gotten back what you lost
after a horrendous error in judgment.
I would hate for someone...
to think that you hadn't learned your lesson.
♪
Felix: You spent your whole life lying to everyone around you.
What makes you think she's any different?
♪
I'm ready.
Why did you do that?
Raft's ready, team's waiting.
Can we just get this over with?
♪
I'm going to miss you.
Always know that I love you.
♪
[Grunts]
♪
[Cries, sniffles]
♪
You're going to turn yourselves in?
We'll approach from the south so it doesn't look like
so it doesn't look like we crossed through your territory.
Corporal Pierce said that she found you in my office.
Trust is everything.
Wouldn't you agree, Jennifer?
Teams heading out to look for Iris and Felix.
You can't, you can't. I should've told you.
It's okay.
Not taking no for an answer has finally paid off.
♪
Iris?
Iris?!
Hope?
Iris [Both laugh]
On the Perimeter village side of things,
we have this big reunion happening
between Iris and Hope, and they realize
that they're not on the same page with things anymore.
Hope: What we want...
is for you and Iris to come back with us.
Hey, no. Where are you going?
We would be idiots to go back in there without a way out.
Negrete: And it ends on a note that is very bittersweet
and that makes each side realize
that they've actually grown apart
in the time they've been apart, and that's a huge wake-up call
for them, and it presents a huge obstacle
in terms of how are they ever gonna go up against the CRM
if they're not on the same page with things.
Just say you'll come back with us.
I can't.
[Voice breaking] You can.
And you should.
♪
[Distantly] She's still breathing.
I think she's waking up.
This episode starts with this flashback to Huck.
It's, in a way, her origin story
in terms of how she ended up at the Campus Colony
at the beginning of season one.
Welcome to Omaha.
She's gone through a lot of change.
She's been through a lot in general.
And what this flashback does is serve as a bookend
that really reminds the audience of what she went through
to get into Omaha.
[Grunts]
A lot of questions have been posed to her
in terms of what the CRM may have done.
I think youkilled those people.
Why would we kill 100,000 people?
Why don't you tell us?
And if those questions turn out to be true,
if some of those suspicions that Felix has, that Iris has
about what the CRM has done, if that turns out to be true,
that's calling into question a lot of things for Huck.
If the CRM would've destroyed Omaha,
it would've gone through my mother.
Alright? She would've told me.
Could her mother have been lying to her
about something so big?
That's really a huge deal for her.
And so, that's something that's also come into question
by the end of the episode.
You've spent your whole life lying to everyone around you.
What makes you think she's any different?
If you think back to the end of last season,
Huck was gonna kill Felix.
It was only Hope at the very end who put a stop to it.
But had Hope not done that,
I think Huck would have killed Felix,
and Felix hasn't forgotten that.
I'm sorry. [Grunts]
[Gunshot]
So, from Felix's perspective,
it's a little tit-for-tat scenario going on.
Even though he wants to kill her,
he wants nothing more to kill her in this moment...
[Both grunting]
...he knows that's not the smart play.
He knows that if he kills her,
the CRM's gonna come looking, and that's only gonna put
himself and Iris and everybody else in danger.
But I really do think, in that moment,
he really wants to know what it's gonna feel like to kill her
and he wants to see her scared.
[Grunts]Felix!
[Walker growling]
And so it really is a literal turning of the tables,
uh, in a way.
I'm not gonna kill you tonight.
No, I just wanted to know what it's gonna feel like when I do.
[Walker growling]
♪
What's kinda funny about this episode, in a way,
is that, like, everybody kinda wants to kill Huck.
When Percy sees Huck for the first time
since his uncle's death, he understandably wants revenge.
I think for Percy in this episode,
he's just seeing red, and he's not thinking through
the ramifications of what killing her might mean
not just to him, but to Will and to the community in general.
And, you know, from Will's point of view,
you know, when he sees Percy about to pull the trigger,
he sees the consequences of what this is gonna bring.
And for Will, the only way he can do it in that moment
is to make this ultimate sacrifice
and expose himself to Huck, who thought he was dead.
Hey!
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And he knows there's a huge risk that comes with that.
He knows that if he lets Huck go, and he's going to have to,
that she could go back and tell the CRM.
[Door rumbling]
Silas starts this scene kind of like a victim.
You know, he is someone who was trying to escape this place
and he got caught.
Swing at anything that moves.
And he's thrust into this empty warehouse
with nothing but a baseball bat on him,
and he doesn't know what he's about to face.
But this is the first real test that he's been subjected to.
Can he just kill them and not be affected by it,
not still go kind of full aggro Silas?
And he does it. He goes to town.
He gets it done.
And again, he's not out of control angry.
He's not the Silas we knew from last season
after he killed a bunch of empties.
[Grunting]
Silas!
This is a Silas who can kill,
who has that capability, and he can do it well
and without losing control.
It's just that he ultimately feels betrayed
by this group that did this to him.
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In episode two, the character of Grady describes a little bit
of how this place works to Silas.
Uh, and he says that, "Yeah, we lure in the dead
with light and sound,"
and they blow them up and then they clean them up.
And what we see in episode four is that play out.
This is a big Outpost culling in action,
and it's a huge action sequence.
It was just an example of every department working together
to make a spectacular sequence come to life,
and I just love how it turned out.
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