[Jughead] A lot can happen in seven years.
-[man 1 panting and grunting] -[man 2 sighs]
[Jughead] But in Riverdale, the more things change...
-[chuckles] -Oh, that was-- That was hot, yeah.
...the more they stay exactly the same.
Hey. I'm Rick.
-What's your name? -Come on. No names.
-See you. -Yeah.
-Mm. [exhales sharply] -[door closes]
-Hello. -[Toni] Hey.
Hey, babe. How was the store?
I had to go to a couple different places,
but I got regular milk, oat milk, almond milk
-and two varieties of sugary cereals. -You're the best, Kev.
-Sorry about all these crazy cravings. -It's all good.
-Are you okay? -Totally.
You're not nervous about the big announcements?
Not at all. Why would I be?
-[Archie] Okay, you ready? -I'm ready.
["Dreamland" playing]
Wow. I was so not ready.
Yeah, what do you think?
I think you've come a long way
from when you were 8 and said you wanted to be a firefighter.
♪ Pulling down backstreets Deep in your head ♪
♪ Slipping through dreamland Like a tourist ♪
[Jughead] Thanks for coming to meet us, Dr. Whitley.
You mentioned having a specimen that needed examining. May I see it?
Um...
It's the damnedest thing, doc. Someone stole it.
Uh-huh.
I was babysitting it and then...
[sighs] Suddenly, this blinding light appeared in the sky.
Last thing I remember I was looking up at it,
but then I lost several hours.
-Next thing I knew, the Mothman mummy-- -The specimen.
-The specimen was gone. -[Whitley] Mm.
-[pen scribbling] -Hmm.
Mr. Jones, I'm an anthropologist
with an interest in extraterrestrial phenomena,
not a psychologist.
But in the majority of cases like you're describing,
when a person claims to have had a close encounter,
they are, in fact, often repressing a traumatic experience.
You said in the majority of cases. What about the other ones?
In the other cases, I believe they're telling the truth.
If you'd like, I can perhaps help you determine what you're dealing with here,
truth or repression.
[inhales sharply]
-There's a support group I lead-- -We're sorry for making you drive
from your university, but I don't need a support group.
If I am repressing something, I think I'd prefer to keep it repressed.
[dramatic music playing]
Should you decide otherwise, here's my card.
Just in case. You take care.
Juniper, Dagwood, this artwork is so beautiful.
Your mom's gonna love this when she gets home.
-Good morning. -Good morning, Mom.
[cell phone buzzes]
Hey, Mr. Keller. Everything okay?
[suspenseful music playing]
Okay. I'll be right there.
What is it?
-They found another body in Swedlow Swamp. -Another one?
But is it Polly?
No.
Tom says it looks like the other bodies, like it's been there for a while.
-Call me the second you know? -Okay. I love you.
Love you too.
-Your lats are looking huge. -Thanks. Trying to keep up with you.
-Oh. [chuckles] -[sighs]
Fangs, we should talk about stuff.
Us. Before things get crazy.
I know we've been in an open relationship and--
That was when I was on the road, mostly.
But now things are different. I get it.
And I wanna be monogamous too.
Also, I'm seeing what we're about to do as...
[dramatic music playing]
As a fresh start for the both of us.
A clean slate.
And I hope you do too.
[line rings]
Hey, Mom. It's not her. It's not Polly.
Are you sure?
A hundred percent.
Dr. Curdle says the remains are over a year old.
Oh, thank God.
Your sister's still out there.
It means she's still alive. Don't you think?
Hopefully.
I love you, Mom.
Hang in there, okay?
-[siren wailing] -[indistinct chatter]
[computer whooshes]
[groans] Not now, Chad.
[sighs]
Clear the decks, Smithers. We're starting our remodel ASAP.
Oh, very good, Ms. Veronica.
I can assemble a list of contractors for you.
Oh, that won't be necessary. I already hired my contractor.
What do you wanna have done to your apartment?
One word, demolition. I want it all torn out, down to the studs.
That's a big job.
But, yeah, I think my buddy Eric would be up for helping out.
-What's your timeline? -I want it done yesterday.
I need changes in my life, Archie. Big changes.
How big are we talking about?
[Jughead] That's very cool.
What is this, plans for your very own Shangri-la, Veronica?
-It'll be the new and improved Pembrooke. -Looks swanky, Vee.
Hey.
[playful music playing]
Hey.
[Cheryl] The Four Musketeers.
Pray tell, whyfor have we been summoned?
Hey, guys. Um, thanks for gathering on such short notice.
Um, Fangs and I have an announcement.
-We're engaged. -[Betty] Oh, my God!
That's such good news.
-But wait, there is more. -Yeah, we're having a baby.
Guys, that's great.
-Wait, [chuckles] there's still more. -[Fangs] Mm-hm.
We're having the baby.
With me. I'm having our baby.
[Kevin] We're planning on raising this child together, the three of us.
As one big, happy, non-traditional family.
What in the actual...?
[dramatic music playing]
And they call me Cherry Bombshell.
Cheryl. Good.
I wanted to talk to you about stepping back from the Vixens.
Did it not occur to you to give me any advance warning
about your offspring's lineage?
Well, to be honest, Cheryl, I wanted to tell you.
Not just as my co-captain but as my friend.
But, based on your recent behavior,
I didn't even know if we had that relationship anymore.
Did this idea originate with Kevin or--?
Me, Cheryl.
[tender music playing]
When I was a junior in Highsmith College,
I found out that I have a condition
that makes it hard for me to get pregnant the older I am.
Oh.
Toni, I had no idea.
I'm so sorry.
Anyways, the doctors said that if I really wanna have kids,
I need to while I'm young.
Okay.
But Kevin and Fangs?
Fangs is like family to me.
We got initiated into the Serpents together.
And when Fangs and Kevin started talking about adoption
or looking for a surrogate mother, I volunteered.
Splendid. You've got an insta-family while I'm withering away at Thornhill.
I'm having a baby with Kevin and Fangs.
But I still care about you deeply, and...
if you want, maybe we can still try and make this work.
I don't see how that's possible anymore.
But congratulations. I'm very happy for you.
-[school bell rings] -[Kevin] It's funny, I always figured
the first baby would be yours and Jughead's
or Archie and Veronica's. How times change, I guess.
Yeah, you're not kidding.
That sounded loaded. What gives?
You have to keep it a secret, okay?
Oh, God. Don't tell me you and Jughead are getting back together.
No. It's--
It's me and Archie.
We've been doing this "casual friends with benefits" thing.
-Shut the front door. -Yeah. It's an...
It's an escape, and we're in this bubble and I don't want it to burst.
I also don't wanna get in too deep with him.
Why?
Because Archie's this lit window in the dark.
And I don't want that light to ever go out.
[Jughead] The importance of sight.
The way we see the world or how we interpret what happens
is one of the biggest themes in Slaughterhouse-Five.
Now, Billy has "discovered" the truth.
And that's why he can, at any one point, be at his daughter's wedding,
be fighting the Germans,
or he can be millions of light-years away as a captive in some alien zoo.
Billy has "achieved" true sight. Or at least that's one interpretation.
[ominous music playing]
[Kendrick] Mr. Jones?
Mr. Jones?
-Are you okay? -Yeah. I'm sorry.
Uh...
-What was I saying? -That there was another interpretation.
Yes.
That Billy is crazy.
[dramatic music playing]
[sighs]
[school bell rings]
[Jughead] Hi, Dr. Whitley?
Yeah, it's Jughead Jones. Sorry to bother you.
Upon further consideration, I might be interested in joining that group.
Making progress? Or are you too distracted by my beauty?
I'm painting you as Diana with Actaeon, the stag.
You'll find it satisfactory.
You have a unique talent. I recognized it right away.
I had to have a Cheryl Blossom.
Once this painting is finished, will you leave me in peace?
I haven't decided yet.
Oh, who cares?
After the dagger my beloved Toni stuck in my heart,
-what does anything else matter? -Go on.
She lured me out of the house, where I feel safe,
just to torture me with her happiness.
It's cruel. Don't you think?
As an outsider,
it seems to me that fate has put an obstacle before you.
This Toni person's happiness.
And you must either rise above it or...
Throw a little chaos at it.
[cell phone ringing]
Katy Keene. How are you, girl?
[Katy] Oh, my God, girl, I am reeling.
So I'm having lunch with Francois in the Lacy's café
and who strolls in with the heiress to the Spiffany's fortune?
Chad. Your Chad.
What the hell is going on with you two?
Well, clearly, he's trying to make me jealous.
Totally. Which means I'm about to pour hot coffee into his lap.
Perfect.
And I, Katy Keene, will be fighting fire with fire.
[tools hammering and whirring]
Wow. You boys made some real progress. Well done.
Oh, you know what we should do?
Document our reno journey. Let me get between you two.
Come on.
Perfection.
-Now flex for my followers. -[Archie chuckles]
[camera clicks]
[cell phones ding]
Is yours from Cheryl too?
She wants us to gather at the Whyte Wyrm for drinks.
Well, shall we, boys? I'm buying.
[rock music playing]
I thought you had a thing going with Betty.
That's just a casual thing.
Okay, but what about Veronica?
The looks, the smiles, the banter...
Dude, she's married, Jackson.
Sarge juggling two ladies...
[Toni] Cheryl, what's this about?
I wanted to apologize for being so cuckoo to you earlier.
-Will you let me have a do-over? -Of course, Cheryl.
Your support means the world to me.
So...
will you let me host a modest celebration for you, Kevin and Fangs?
Okay. Sure.
Amaze.
[Cheryl clearing throat]
[Cheryl] Hear ye, hear ye, fellow friends and fiends.
Now that everyone is swan-diving into sad adulthood
with babies and marriages and arthritis, et cetera,
I'm throwing a party.
One last hurrah to celebrate our wild, misspent youth.
One final chance to recall our reckless teenage selves.
Who could forget my iconic spin-the-bottle parties of yore?
Aren't we a little old for that?
Which is why this little fete will be a key party.
You heard me right.
A classic American and oh-so-adult round
of sexual switcheroo.
We'll draw keys, pair off, and if the spirit moves you,
you are strongly encouraged to act on any
and all animal impulses.
I'm texting you the "deets" now, but bring keys for my bowl
and your well-oiled libidos.
[cell phones dinging]
[wind whistling]
[dramatic music playing]
Oh, my God.
Polly. When did you get back? Does Mom even know--?
-No, you can't be here. He'll find you. -What? Who will?
-TBK. [shrieks] -What?
You shouldn't have gone in alone.
[Polly gasps]
[panting]
Oh, my God.
[dramatic music playing]
[phone whooshes]
Good thing your mom still leaves that spare key under the gnome.
Beats climbing the trellis.
[tender music playing]
What's wrong?
Just a nightmare.
I don't wanna talk about it. I just wanna forget. Okay?
Yeah.
Whatever you want.
Nice spread, sarge. And you're up before me. Not bad.
I haven't gone to bed yet. I was over at Betty's.
Uh-huh.
-Shut up, Jackson. -[laughs]
I thought it was gonna be a booty call, which I was more than fine with...
but this time it felt different. It didn't feel great.
And if I'm being completely honest...
[dramatic music playing]
you were right.
About me and Veronica.
I would never do anything about it...
but there's something still there.
So about Cheryl's party, I was thinking,
it's one last night of carefree abandon, right?
What if you brought one of your hot trucker beaus to spice things up?
You must have a regular hookup, right?
Yeah. Maybe.
But why would I do that?
We just closed our relationship, like, yesterday.
I've always been curious about the company you keep on the road
and you've never brought a friend home, per our rules.
Yeah, exactly.
So why now?
-What's going on with you? -Nothing.
But before we become husbands and fathers,
let's get every horndog impulse out of our systems, once and for all.
No strings, no guilt.
No secrets.
[footsteps approaching]
Betty. Oh, thank God.
Your sister. She called. She's alive.
What? When? Are you sure it was Polly?
Of course I'm sure. I know the sound of my own daughter's voice.
-What did she say? Walk me through it. -Okay.
Um, the phone rang. The landline. I picked up, and it was Polly.
She was hysterical. She was talking a mile a minute.
Um, I tried to keep her on the phone, but she was scared.
Mom, are you sure it wasn't just some crank?
Yes!
She was scared.
Uh, she couldn't see anything. She was being kept somewhere.
It was dark. Everything was cold and smooth, like metal.
It sounded like a spaceship.
[dramatic music playing]
In most missing persons cases, after two days,
the chances of a victim being found alive are almost nothing, Mom.
Polly's been gone for weeks.
No. You know what? No.
My daughter is alive! She called, and she's calling back.
The lights were as bright as the sun, hovering a few hundred feet above me.
That was the last thing I remember.
Woke up six hours later by the side of the Lost Highway.
-No idea how I got there. -[Whitley] Thanks for sharing, Bill.
Mr. Jones, didn't you have an experience similar to the one described?
[inhales sharply] Uh, I was working late.
The diner was empty. Jukebox was playing.
And then things just kind of got crazy.
There were these lights from outside the window.
They were so bright that I should have been blinded, but then I...
[dramatic music playing]
-[sighs] -Were you missing time too?
Yeah, I mean, I probably just fell asleep.
Blackouts are fairly common
during supposed encounters with extraterrestrials.
[echoing] Have you ever blacked out before?
[ominous music playing]
[Tabitha] Jughead. You okay?
Uh, no, sorry. This was a mistake. Sorry.
Jughead!
[Jughead sighs]
Jughead!
I've been through enough in my life to know when someone hits a nerve.
About something real.
[dramatic music playing]
I have blacked out. I didn't wanna talk about it in front of strangers.
Okay.
Well, it's just me now.
When did it happen?
I was in New York City.
I was going pretty hard.
I was drinking a lot and partying and doing drugs and jingle-jangle.
Some harder stuff.
And I, uh...
I just did some things I don't even remember.
I lost a lot of time.
Look, maybe you shouldn't go to Cheryl's key party tonight.
We could go to a movie instead or, I don't know, hang out.
No, I think a night at Cheryl's house with some wanton debauchery
is what I need to forget about all this alien crap.
[Jughead clears throat]
[Archie] Veronica Lodge, spreading plaster...
[Veronica chuckles]
Since my jewelry store remains closed tragically, I'm happy to help.
Where's Eric?
He ran down to the VA to collect his disability.
Seems like a nice guy.
How'd he lose his leg?
On our last mission.
You'll never hear him complain.
The strong and silent type.
Sounds like somebody I used to know back in the day.
[both chuckle]
So how about Kevin and Fangs and Toni's announcement?
Yeah.
Sort of makes you take stock of your own life, doesn't it?
I'm starting to realize all the things I'm missing in my life.
And am I crazy or…
have you been feeling the same way too?
I'm not sure what I'm feeling.
Things are changing. Fast.
[dramatic music playing]
What happens if we get matched at the key party?
I honestly don't know. Is Chad coming?
Yes, he is, as a matter of fact. He should be on the train right now.
Good. I think that's a good thing.
Yeah, me too.
♪ You make me feel Like I am everything and nothing ♪
[speaks in French]
Keys, please.
-Where's the booze? -[Cheryl] Bar's in the gallery.
Hi.
Oh, good. Reginald, you got my message.
Welcome.
[Betty] Where's Fangs?
Um, he is a bringing a date, I guess.
-One of his "cazh" hookups. -Okay.
-It was my idea. -Okay, why?
I don't know.
Maybe because I wanted to see what he's giving up for me.
To get married.
Or maybe because I wanted to see if he'd go through with it and bring someone.
Or maybe because I am an emotional masochist.
Oh, Kev.
[glasses clink]
["Everything and Nothing" playing over speakers]
[Chad] Archie Andrews.
Chad Gekko.
You made it.
Tell me, bro to bro,
how is it that in a Podunk town like Riverdale,
all the females are so…
smoking hot?
Oh, my God. Fangs' date is my cruising crush.
-[Fangs] Hey, Betty. -Hi, Fangs.
Betty, Kevin, this is my friend Rick. We, uh...
We both drive rigs along the same route.
-It's nice to meet you. Both. -[Betty] Nice to meet you.
Likewise. [chuckles]
Anyone care for a drink?
I'm buying.
-[Cheryl] I see we have a surprise guest. -[Minerva] Yes.
Seems like your ex's rather handsome baby-daddy's brought a friend.
[Cheryl] Oh, well. If he's collateral damage,
-then so be it. -Hm.
Shall we gather everyone? It's time for some party games.
[dramatic music playing]
[Cheryl] You're here.
You came.
Which means you all feel it.
The impending crush of true adulthood.
Our 30s.
And soon after...
mortality.
The big sleep.
Tonight's key party, then, is a bold rejection of death.
Since none of us are much for foreplay, let's get into it. Shall we?
Some house rules, first and foremost,
whatever happens tonight must be 100% consensual.
And because we are all a progressive, fluid-inclusive group,
there will be no redrawing of keys.
But the main rule...
is you're allowed to do anything you and your partner desire.
No one can hold you accountable.
It's a free pass to do anything you've ever wanted.
Ever.
Are we clear? Perf.
Who wants to go first?
Minerva, the bowl.
I never like to be the second person to do anything, so...
[chuckles]
You know what they say, everyone's a winner in a bull market.
No.
Not with your ex.
Chadwick, don't be rude. Those are the rules, okay?
Get your hands off her.
Excuse me?
-She's my wife. -Exactly.
-Why don't you show her some respect? -We're not gonna do this.
I'm not gonna be some passive heroine to be fought over by two Tarzans.
Oh, look. I got Chad's key.
Come on. We're leaving now.
Veto. That's breaking the rules.
Call my lawyer, Cheryl. Are you ready?
Fine. Always good to knock a few pieces off the chessboard.
And married people are supremely boring.
-Who's next? -[Jughead] I'll go.
[Jughead sighs]
[grunts]
I'll take him home.
No one else is leaving without picking a key.
I don't care how inebriated Jughead is, he has to draw.
No, no. I want to. Let me do it.
Mm...
Ah. Those are my keys. I guess it's meant to be.
Now can I take him home?
Whatever. Get this American Pickle the hell out of my sight.
-Charming as ever, Cheryl. -Come on, Jones. Party's over.
You're next, soldier boy.
-You mean me? -Get up here, G.I. Jackson.
Do your duty.
Those are mine.
-How good are you at following orders? -No one better.
Before the pickings get too slim...
-Toni? -Nope. Guess again.
[Fangs] Actually...
those are mine.
Are you down with this?
It's no fun if you leave with the guy you came with, right?
Agreed.
No promises but we'll see what happens.
On that note...
[Rick] Imagine that.
Figured you'd end up at our house one way or another.
I'm still traumatized from spin the bottle, sophomore year.
Cry me a river, cousin.
Perf. Bye.
Well, well...
Looks like fate has brought us together yet again, Antoinette.
How did I know this was gonna happen?
Destiny has manifested. I could feel it.
After making this night all about you,
I knew we would end up together.
I don't believe in fate, Cheryl.
But I do believe in your ability to be a master manipulator.
Hush, Toni.
And follow me.
I have a super surprise.
[dramatic music playing]
A gift to you and your little one.
-A nursery. -Cheryl, what the hell is this?
A place where we can be together.
With or without Kevin and Fangs.
Depending on whether they survive the festivities.
So is this why you threw a key party? To hurt Kevin and Fangs?
To show you how fragile some unions can be, yes.
And to show you a path forward.
Don't you see?
All these years, I've been compelled to restore Thornhill
without ever truly understanding why.
But... now I see it so clearly.
It was to make a sanctuary for your child.
If not... ours.
You've gotta be kidding me.
I'm not bringing my baby into this house of horrors.
All you've been trying to do is draw me out of Thornhill.
And as my reward, you try to trap me here
like you did at Thistlehouse with your two dead brothers?
It's not gonna work. I'm done trying to bring you down from the mountain.
I'm done trying to have a normal friendship with you.
That was my mistake.
I should have just left our relationship where it belongs, in the past.
Look, I'm sorry I led you on,
and I'm sorry I agreed to this stupid party.
Really, really am.
So how long have you and Fangs been together?
Coming up on eight years. Open for the last three.
-Hmm. That door's closing, I hear. -Yeah. It's been discussed.
Well, I'm rooting for you guys.
I mean, I don't really know you but Fogarty?
Man, he's a keeper. He'll make a great dad too.
[dramatic music playing]
Rick...
did Fangs ever mention me? When he was with you?
Not really.
It might have been awkward, considering the context.
Yeah, that makes sense.
-[door closes] -[Tabitha] All right. Okay.
Oops. Okay. [laughs]
[sighs]
I think the world turned sideways for a minute there.
Yeah, it does that sometimes.
Tabitha,
you think I had a close encounter?
I don't know.
But I do think that there is something from your past
that you are trying to avoid dealing with.
Something with those blackouts back in New York.
Some friendly advice: You should talk to someone.
Like a therapist who specializes in cases of trauma.
Yeah.
Maybe you're right.
But for tonight...
just...
sleep.
[Jughead snoring]
All right.
[door closes]
-You're home. -Mm-hm.
Yeah.
Turns out Reggie is 100% straight.
Who'd you get paired with?
-Rick. -Mm.
Nothing happened, but...
Fangs...
I gotta tell you something.
[dramatic music playing]
Okay.
I love you so much.
But I'm not ready to get married.
What?
Why? [chuckles]
Because you don't wanna give up cruising in the woods? Okay, so don't.
That's fine.
It's not about the woods.
Uh, it's about me.
Where I'm at.
Where you're at. [chuckles]
What about Toni?
Hmm? What about the fact that we're having a baby together?
I-- I'm not sure yet. I--
Kevin, why are you imploding us?
Especially when you pushed for all of this.
Being open, starting a family.
Getting married.
Yeah. It's messed up.
I know. I know. So messed up.
I'm-- I'm--
I'm just sorry.
I'm sorry.
[Betty] Here we are.
With a free pass to do whatever we want, so why aren't we?
I think because we're right on the edge.
That's what it feels like, yeah.
Betty...
before we do anything, I have to be honest with you.
I, uh...
I still have feelings for Veronica.
I shouldn't,
but I do.
"Shouldn't."
[dramatic music playing]
Archie, you and I should make sense.
The all-American boy, the girl next door.
But deep in our cores, we are such different people.
And getting closer to you,
the one thing I know is I don't want my darkness to overtake you.
Betty...
Now, don't get me wrong.
It's been saving my sanity to escape with you.
But what's coming next with my mom and Polly
is probably gonna be the darkest thing...
I've ever faced.
So you get to face whatever's coming alone?
No way.
No.
Not alone.
Still with you.
As a friend.
Because that's what I think I'm gonna need.
More than... a lover.
More than an escape.
A friend.
A window of light in the dark.
Then that's what I'll be.
Did you invite me here to make me jealous?
-To humiliate me? -[sighs]
Neither.
But I did think it was time to stop playing games.
And avoiding the truth.
As ill-advised as Cheryl's party was tonight,
it confirmed something I've been feeling for a really long time.
[exhales sharply]
[ominous music playing]
[Minerva] It's sublime, Cheryl.
Thank you, Minerva.
Considering so much of my life is sheer ugliness,
I'm relieved you think so.
No, Cheryl.
You made me beautiful because you're beautiful.
No, I'm not.
I'm repulsive.
No. Cheryl, you are...
You're gorgeous.
[dramatic music playing]
[door opens]
[door closes]
-Hey. -Hey.
I went by your house,
but Eric told me you were on duty the next couple of nights, so...
Serves me right for starting a fire department.
Archie...
Chad and I are getting a divorce.
He's on his way back to New York, for good.
I'm sorry.
Don't be.
I think, in my heart of hearts, I knew it had to happen.
I was devastated when I found out you were married.
[dramatic music playing]
But that was nothing...
like the pain I felt seeing you unhappy.
More than anything, I want you to be happy.
Good.
Because I might know a way that you can help me with that.
Wait, I...
I need to tell you something.
Betty and I...
We didn't hook up after the key party, but we...
We have hooked up a few times since we got back to Riverdale.
I wondered about that.
What was it? Just two lost, lonely souls looking for a connection?
Something like that.
We're just friends, is the truth.
I thought you should know.
The way I see it...
the past is in the past.
I'm only interested in...
what we want.
Now.
In the present.
["Carry Me" playing]
♪ Carry me over ♪
♪ Carry me through the night ♪
♪ I need your hand ♪
♪ To pull me through the fire ♪
♪ Hold me tight , lover ♪
-[phone rings] -Hello?
[woman] This is a collect call for Alice Cooper.
-I'll accept the charges. -[Polly] Mom, are you there?
-Polly. -Betty, you have to help me.
I'm at some pay phone in nowhere.
-Where are you? -I don't know. I ran as fast as I could.
Come get me. I'm on the highway.
-The Lonely Highway? -It looks like it.
[Betty] I'm gonna hang up, call me back on my cell.
-Mom and I are about to get in the car. -[Polly] Hurry. They're coming.
[Alice] Wait. There.
There, Betty!
[suspenseful music playing]
Polly!
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