The Deep (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 14 - Junior Nektons - full transcript
( snapping photo )
( gasp )
What the?
( snapping photo )
( gasp )
( panting )
You've reached the Nektons,
please leave a message.
( panicking ) Will...
It's Ken, I know what I saw
sounds crazy...
it was so fast...
faster than any fish.
But I swear...
it was human!
My family are explorers.
We have been for generations.
While others look up
to the stars...
...we know there are
an infinite number of things
that shine in the darkness
below.
There are things lurking
in the seas
that long ago vanished
into myth.
My family are explorers.
And we explore...
THE DEEP!
♪
( panicking ) You have to come!
Whatever it is that's
down there...
you need to see it!
I tried to call back,
but no answer.
I haven't heard from Ken
in years,
but he's not the easily
spooked kind.
I know that area.
There's no sinkhole,
it's a gigantic kelp bed.
Found it.
Ghh. It was a kelp bed.
And now it's died off.
Good job, climate change.
That's a Blue Hole.
Congratulations,
Captain Obvious.
I mean, a new Blue Hole
is unexplored territory.
A home of undiscovered
ecosystems!
Species found nowhere else
on Earth!
Hmm...
What is your brain doing?
Mysterious humans -
living underwater?
There can only be
one explanation.
You can't be serious Ant.
Mermaids!
There's no such thing
as mermaids!
I see something!
Definitely some kind of boat.
Can you see Ken?
I see...
Nereus?
When I heard Ken's message,
I thought I'd help.
I was vaguely in the area.
What do you mean,
'vaguely in the area'?
You heard a private phone call?
How?
And where's Ken?
Safe, William.
I sent him home with some ah,
associates.
Poor man needed a rest.
This sinkhole is far
too precarious
if what he saw is real.
Wow.
That's a terrifying...
blur.
No, no, no, no,
no you can,
you can see the human-ish
shape!
Uh huh.
But is it man...
or mer?
( sigh )
Have you got nitrogen
on the brain?
Ok monsters of the deep?
Sure.
But I am not going searching
for mermaids.
That photo is proof of
something down there,
we won't know what
until we look.
Yes! Search party!
My third - no, second -
favourite type of party!
Before you dive,
I'll need to see the Chronicle
of the Deep.
There's a legend
I half remember...
Ah here - the hole in the sea
that hides a mystery...
Not exactly specific.
Does it say anything
about mermaids?
That one looks like a tail.
Alas, no.
I think what it's saying is:
"The abyss stares back".
Because mermaids traditionally
live in very deep water, right?
In the abyss?
What is the obsession?
Do you want to be lured
to a watery grave?
Because that's
what mermaids do.
Ahh, so you admit
they exist...
( sigh )
I've seen this page
hundreds of times.
I could never figure out
what the image was.
The kelp bed must have
hidden it for 100 years.
400 years.
According to the Chronicle,
the last person went into the
hole in the sixteen hundreds.
Wait - so you can
read Lemurian?
I...
make educated guesses.
Can you guess what this says?
Hhmm.
The writer reports that
the impossible dwells below
and vows never to return.
That.
Is.
Amazing!
You just don't get the concept
of impending doom,
do you?
Ready for the most awesome
adventure, Jeffrey?
The kind of adventure
where nobody goes too deep.
And where you stay - -
...together.
Wow!
Those teeth...
that couldn't possibly
be an Enchodus?
A Sabre Toothed Herring!
They went extinct millions
of years ago.
Congratulations,
you've just discovered
a Lazarus species.
A living fossil.
Ha! I'm officially impressed.
Come on, let's go deeper.
Jeffrey, that's your species!
Pseudanthias Bicolor!
Huh!
He shouldn't be in these waters.
Ha ha!
He likes you!
Now play nice
with your new friend.
He's a long way from home.
Hey! Come back!
Ant! Stop!
Wait! Please!
You're descending too quickly!
Stop now!
What?
What happened?
Ant?
I saw someone down there.
Swimming faster
than any human can!
Scales? Trident? Tail?
Mock all you want.
It was about my size.
It looked like a kid.
A child? Alone down here?
Any ideas, keeper of secrets?
None.
But there are no other dive
boats for 100 kilometers.
I'm going back to the Aronnax
for the Rover
so we can explore deeper.
In the meantime, stay -
Together.
We promise.
No sign of any diver
of any species.
I'm not making it up.
You saw it, right, Jeffrey?
Jeffrey?
Jeffrey, where are you?
He's gone!
We have to go deeper
to find him!
Not until your mother gets back
with the Rover.
Please, Dad.
( sigh )
I'm sorry...
He's my best friend!
Kaiko, do you read me?
Loud and clear!
We're going a little deeper
to find Jeffrey.
Yes!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Remember -
the abyss stares back.
Yeah, sure man of mystery!
Jeffrey? Jeffrey!
There!
That was definitely human,
but way faster!
Gh! No way.
How?
( gasp )
I saw one too!
Huh! Now who's crazy?
Wait for me here!
Dad? Fontaine?
Jeffrey?
Where are you?
This is not the time to play
hide and seek.
( panting )
This diver is too fast.
You were an Olympic swimmer,
Dad.
How is this person faster
than you?
( chuckling )
I'll ask them
when I catch them.
Ant, Fontaine.
We've found another one.
One what?
Another Lemurian symbol.
( panting )
Ah... guys?
I think my diver
just disappeared.
On a scale of weird
and creepy,
this place is rapidly going
off the chart.
Ahh, don't say that,
Fontaine!
Jeffrey's alone out there.
Ahhhhhhhhh!
Wow!
I saw the diver.
It was me - I mean,
I was him.
It was Ant!
I had an Ant to Ant encounter!
Two Ants?
That sounds horrifying.
I mean it, Fontaine!
(concerned) I'm back
with the Rover -
and I don't like the sound
of this 'other Ant'.
Everyone up to the surface,
now.
Ah we've been down here
too long.
Some of us more than others...
Agghh!
The same eyes,
the same nose,
ah the same everything!
Do I have a twin?
Am I adopted?
How's your vision?
Follow my finger
with your eyes.
Maybe I'm a mermaid.
The rare two-legged kind.
How else could there be another
Ant down there?
What could this mean?
Is the other Ant asking
his mer-family
exactly the same question
at the mer-colony?
The Abyss stares back.
I hate it when
you're all mysterious.
Ooh, are you feeling nauseous?
Cold?
How's your vision?
( sigh )
No, no and fine.
They saw divers too.
Fontaine's disappeared.
Why am I the crazy one?
Four words.
'Ant to Ant encounter'.
Jeffrey!
Huh, he's still down there!
( sigh )
Don't make me put you in a cage,
little brother.
Sit.
You mentioned a Lemurian symbol?
Aaah.
That explains why you're here.
You knew it was down there.
Not at all.
But I might be of help.
The same symbol you've found
so many times before.
What does it mean,
finding it here?
That I don't know.
But rest assured,
it does have meaning.
But that symbol must be
thousands of years old.
6,000, to be precise.
And you're saying whatever
it was that freaked out
those old explorers,
might still be down there?
I don't care.
I'm not letting Jeffrey face
sea monsters on his own.
None of us want that.
Exactly!
Nektons, onwards!
Umm!
That's down.
Downwards!
I'll admit I was somewhat wrong
about the divers...
Ha!
But you have to admit
there's a massive chance
that you're just seeing things.
He swam up to me,
Fontaine!
He was solid and looked
exactly like me.
I never knew I was
that good looking!
I mean, I suspected...
( sigh )
Definitely nitrogen
on the brain.
Jeffrey!
And he's made some friends.
Not that I want to judge,
but Jeffrey's friends are...
Super friendly?
I was going for creepy.
( chuckles ) Well they sure
seem to like him!
They won't leave him alone.
( gasp )
The other me!
Ah, look there!
Mom, go!
Stay right there, Jeffrey!
It can't be!
No...
what?
How?
( smug ) Told ya.
Hey, come back!
Try to stay with him!
How does he swim so fast?
I have no idea!
I've never seen anything
like it!
Kaiko stop!
It's a dead end.
That's - -
impossible?
Where did he go?
There's no way out of here!
None of this makes sense.
There must be another way out.
What's that?
Look!
What!
( gasp )
Impossible!
Is that really...
Will, say something
to them...
uh, us... whoever they are!
What do we say to ourselves?
Someone just say something!
I got this!
( clears throat )
Hey me, how's it going?
What was that?
Let's get in and take
a closer look!
Don't! We can't touch
the other Rover!
Why not?
There's only one explanation...
Mind is open.
Listening.
Time travel.
( sigh ) I take it all back.
Bring on the mer-colony.
I want to believe.
We're seeing
our future selves.
If we touch them,
the whole space-time continuum
could collapse!
No...
"the Abyss stares back".
That was the clue.
It's not time travel.
It's like a mirror.
I saw me.
Jeffrey saw Jeffrey.
And the divers were... us?
Back up a few brain cells.
There were more
than two Jeffries.
And we all saw them.
No more half-truths,
Nereus.
Is there anything else the
Chronicle says about this place?
Nothing more
than I've told you.
Perhaps it's worth mentioning
that the other Rover now
looks... alive?
Actually, I don't want
to see that.
Can't we just turn off
all the lights
and pretend it's not there?
Ha! That's it!
You're a genius, Ant!
Which one?
Turn off the lights, Mom.
Trust me.
I hope you know
what you're doing Ant!
Wait...
Make sure you keep watching!
Three, two, one...
No way!
Wow!
Thaumoctopus mimicus.
The mimic octopus.
But not the one we know.
An entirely new sub-species.
Much more advanced than
anything else on Earth.
Remarkable.
So, they've been
down here,
evolving for thousands of years?
The normal Mimic octopuses
work alone, right?
And can only copy
animal shapes.
But these are working together,
in low light.
They must have developed this
behaviour as extreme camouflage
to hide from predators.
This must be their lair.
( shivers )
I really hate that word.
Lair.
( gasp )
Ehh!
Hunting ground, perhaps?
Not helping!
Ok, as much as I'm enjoying
the feeling of thousands of
beady eyes watching us...
Let's get out of here, slowly.
Okay.
Must have taken a wrong turn.
No.
That dead end wasn't
there before.
( worried )
Another dead end?
How many is that now?
Try another tunnel!
Kaiko, might I suggest you...
gun the engines.
Hold on tight.
Look out!
Woooww!
Whoow!
Reverse. Quickly.
On it.
Can rocks do that?
The mimicry isn't
a defense mechanism.
It's predatory.
They've herded us here.
We're the prey.
So we're...
trapped?
They can't get to us
inside the Rover.
We're safe.
Or not.
This is incredible!
Ant, not the time
for fish gazing!
Technically, they're
cephalopods.
Technically, they're trying
to eat us!
By pretending to be rocks!
Ha! How amazing is that?
It won't hold for much longer.
Everyone, put on
your scuba masks.
Agghh!
Mom!
Do the electrics still work?
They do for now! Why?
The lights.
Of course.
We'll only have a few seconds
to escape
when the lights come back on.
That's all I need.
( whispered ) They're moving
back...
Now!
That way!
I see it.
Another wall!
Not again!
Jeffrey?
Go!
Oh ho yeah!
Fontaine: They're not following
Fontaine:
They've gone back to the caves!
Jeffrey!
Tell me you lost your friends.
Attta a boy!
World Oceans Authority,
this is the Nektons.
Copy.
Yes, we discovered
a new Blue Hole.
Sending coordinates now.
Protected zone - no access,
definitely no diving.
Except to replant the kelp bed.
I quite agree.
No one should ever encounter
what's down there.
Do you mean the octopus
or the Lemurian symbol?
Ah! Perhaps both!
You are in big trouble, mister
- swimming off alone like that!
Ahh! I can't stay mad at you.
Ah ewwhhh.
Hey!
Off!
I'm not your dinner!
Eeergg!
It's okay - I've got you.
Wait - how do I know for
sure you're the real Jeffrey?
Ha ha, I knew it was you!
Good boy!
Now let's go home.
As always, Nektons,
a pleasure.
Wait.
If the Lemurian symbol is
6,000 years old,
does that mean they
had submersibles?
That would be very
advanced technology.
Maybe the Lemurian's
were just very skilled
at holding their breath?
Like mermaids?
Technically, we didn't
disprove mermaids.
Ha ha ha!
The sea is deep
and full of secrets.
You're a very frustrating guy,
you know that?
Wait - Nereus,
are you saying mermaids exist?
Excellent question.
Until next time...
( sigh ) That's not an answer!
( louder ) Not even close
to an answer!
I know!
♪
♪
♪
( gasp )
What the?
( snapping photo )
( gasp )
( panting )
You've reached the Nektons,
please leave a message.
( panicking ) Will...
It's Ken, I know what I saw
sounds crazy...
it was so fast...
faster than any fish.
But I swear...
it was human!
My family are explorers.
We have been for generations.
While others look up
to the stars...
...we know there are
an infinite number of things
that shine in the darkness
below.
There are things lurking
in the seas
that long ago vanished
into myth.
My family are explorers.
And we explore...
THE DEEP!
♪
( panicking ) You have to come!
Whatever it is that's
down there...
you need to see it!
I tried to call back,
but no answer.
I haven't heard from Ken
in years,
but he's not the easily
spooked kind.
I know that area.
There's no sinkhole,
it's a gigantic kelp bed.
Found it.
Ghh. It was a kelp bed.
And now it's died off.
Good job, climate change.
That's a Blue Hole.
Congratulations,
Captain Obvious.
I mean, a new Blue Hole
is unexplored territory.
A home of undiscovered
ecosystems!
Species found nowhere else
on Earth!
Hmm...
What is your brain doing?
Mysterious humans -
living underwater?
There can only be
one explanation.
You can't be serious Ant.
Mermaids!
There's no such thing
as mermaids!
I see something!
Definitely some kind of boat.
Can you see Ken?
I see...
Nereus?
When I heard Ken's message,
I thought I'd help.
I was vaguely in the area.
What do you mean,
'vaguely in the area'?
You heard a private phone call?
How?
And where's Ken?
Safe, William.
I sent him home with some ah,
associates.
Poor man needed a rest.
This sinkhole is far
too precarious
if what he saw is real.
Wow.
That's a terrifying...
blur.
No, no, no, no,
no you can,
you can see the human-ish
shape!
Uh huh.
But is it man...
or mer?
( sigh )
Have you got nitrogen
on the brain?
Ok monsters of the deep?
Sure.
But I am not going searching
for mermaids.
That photo is proof of
something down there,
we won't know what
until we look.
Yes! Search party!
My third - no, second -
favourite type of party!
Before you dive,
I'll need to see the Chronicle
of the Deep.
There's a legend
I half remember...
Ah here - the hole in the sea
that hides a mystery...
Not exactly specific.
Does it say anything
about mermaids?
That one looks like a tail.
Alas, no.
I think what it's saying is:
"The abyss stares back".
Because mermaids traditionally
live in very deep water, right?
In the abyss?
What is the obsession?
Do you want to be lured
to a watery grave?
Because that's
what mermaids do.
Ahh, so you admit
they exist...
( sigh )
I've seen this page
hundreds of times.
I could never figure out
what the image was.
The kelp bed must have
hidden it for 100 years.
400 years.
According to the Chronicle,
the last person went into the
hole in the sixteen hundreds.
Wait - so you can
read Lemurian?
I...
make educated guesses.
Can you guess what this says?
Hhmm.
The writer reports that
the impossible dwells below
and vows never to return.
That.
Is.
Amazing!
You just don't get the concept
of impending doom,
do you?
Ready for the most awesome
adventure, Jeffrey?
The kind of adventure
where nobody goes too deep.
And where you stay - -
...together.
Wow!
Those teeth...
that couldn't possibly
be an Enchodus?
A Sabre Toothed Herring!
They went extinct millions
of years ago.
Congratulations,
you've just discovered
a Lazarus species.
A living fossil.
Ha! I'm officially impressed.
Come on, let's go deeper.
Jeffrey, that's your species!
Pseudanthias Bicolor!
Huh!
He shouldn't be in these waters.
Ha ha!
He likes you!
Now play nice
with your new friend.
He's a long way from home.
Hey! Come back!
Ant! Stop!
Wait! Please!
You're descending too quickly!
Stop now!
What?
What happened?
Ant?
I saw someone down there.
Swimming faster
than any human can!
Scales? Trident? Tail?
Mock all you want.
It was about my size.
It looked like a kid.
A child? Alone down here?
Any ideas, keeper of secrets?
None.
But there are no other dive
boats for 100 kilometers.
I'm going back to the Aronnax
for the Rover
so we can explore deeper.
In the meantime, stay -
Together.
We promise.
No sign of any diver
of any species.
I'm not making it up.
You saw it, right, Jeffrey?
Jeffrey?
Jeffrey, where are you?
He's gone!
We have to go deeper
to find him!
Not until your mother gets back
with the Rover.
Please, Dad.
( sigh )
I'm sorry...
He's my best friend!
Kaiko, do you read me?
Loud and clear!
We're going a little deeper
to find Jeffrey.
Yes!
Keep your eyes peeled.
Remember -
the abyss stares back.
Yeah, sure man of mystery!
Jeffrey? Jeffrey!
There!
That was definitely human,
but way faster!
Gh! No way.
How?
( gasp )
I saw one too!
Huh! Now who's crazy?
Wait for me here!
Dad? Fontaine?
Jeffrey?
Where are you?
This is not the time to play
hide and seek.
( panting )
This diver is too fast.
You were an Olympic swimmer,
Dad.
How is this person faster
than you?
( chuckling )
I'll ask them
when I catch them.
Ant, Fontaine.
We've found another one.
One what?
Another Lemurian symbol.
( panting )
Ah... guys?
I think my diver
just disappeared.
On a scale of weird
and creepy,
this place is rapidly going
off the chart.
Ahh, don't say that,
Fontaine!
Jeffrey's alone out there.
Ahhhhhhhhh!
Wow!
I saw the diver.
It was me - I mean,
I was him.
It was Ant!
I had an Ant to Ant encounter!
Two Ants?
That sounds horrifying.
I mean it, Fontaine!
(concerned) I'm back
with the Rover -
and I don't like the sound
of this 'other Ant'.
Everyone up to the surface,
now.
Ah we've been down here
too long.
Some of us more than others...
Agghh!
The same eyes,
the same nose,
ah the same everything!
Do I have a twin?
Am I adopted?
How's your vision?
Follow my finger
with your eyes.
Maybe I'm a mermaid.
The rare two-legged kind.
How else could there be another
Ant down there?
What could this mean?
Is the other Ant asking
his mer-family
exactly the same question
at the mer-colony?
The Abyss stares back.
I hate it when
you're all mysterious.
Ooh, are you feeling nauseous?
Cold?
How's your vision?
( sigh )
No, no and fine.
They saw divers too.
Fontaine's disappeared.
Why am I the crazy one?
Four words.
'Ant to Ant encounter'.
Jeffrey!
Huh, he's still down there!
( sigh )
Don't make me put you in a cage,
little brother.
Sit.
You mentioned a Lemurian symbol?
Aaah.
That explains why you're here.
You knew it was down there.
Not at all.
But I might be of help.
The same symbol you've found
so many times before.
What does it mean,
finding it here?
That I don't know.
But rest assured,
it does have meaning.
But that symbol must be
thousands of years old.
6,000, to be precise.
And you're saying whatever
it was that freaked out
those old explorers,
might still be down there?
I don't care.
I'm not letting Jeffrey face
sea monsters on his own.
None of us want that.
Exactly!
Nektons, onwards!
Umm!
That's down.
Downwards!
I'll admit I was somewhat wrong
about the divers...
Ha!
But you have to admit
there's a massive chance
that you're just seeing things.
He swam up to me,
Fontaine!
He was solid and looked
exactly like me.
I never knew I was
that good looking!
I mean, I suspected...
( sigh )
Definitely nitrogen
on the brain.
Jeffrey!
And he's made some friends.
Not that I want to judge,
but Jeffrey's friends are...
Super friendly?
I was going for creepy.
( chuckles ) Well they sure
seem to like him!
They won't leave him alone.
( gasp )
The other me!
Ah, look there!
Mom, go!
Stay right there, Jeffrey!
It can't be!
No...
what?
How?
( smug ) Told ya.
Hey, come back!
Try to stay with him!
How does he swim so fast?
I have no idea!
I've never seen anything
like it!
Kaiko stop!
It's a dead end.
That's - -
impossible?
Where did he go?
There's no way out of here!
None of this makes sense.
There must be another way out.
What's that?
Look!
What!
( gasp )
Impossible!
Is that really...
Will, say something
to them...
uh, us... whoever they are!
What do we say to ourselves?
Someone just say something!
I got this!
( clears throat )
Hey me, how's it going?
What was that?
Let's get in and take
a closer look!
Don't! We can't touch
the other Rover!
Why not?
There's only one explanation...
Mind is open.
Listening.
Time travel.
( sigh ) I take it all back.
Bring on the mer-colony.
I want to believe.
We're seeing
our future selves.
If we touch them,
the whole space-time continuum
could collapse!
No...
"the Abyss stares back".
That was the clue.
It's not time travel.
It's like a mirror.
I saw me.
Jeffrey saw Jeffrey.
And the divers were... us?
Back up a few brain cells.
There were more
than two Jeffries.
And we all saw them.
No more half-truths,
Nereus.
Is there anything else the
Chronicle says about this place?
Nothing more
than I've told you.
Perhaps it's worth mentioning
that the other Rover now
looks... alive?
Actually, I don't want
to see that.
Can't we just turn off
all the lights
and pretend it's not there?
Ha! That's it!
You're a genius, Ant!
Which one?
Turn off the lights, Mom.
Trust me.
I hope you know
what you're doing Ant!
Wait...
Make sure you keep watching!
Three, two, one...
No way!
Wow!
Thaumoctopus mimicus.
The mimic octopus.
But not the one we know.
An entirely new sub-species.
Much more advanced than
anything else on Earth.
Remarkable.
So, they've been
down here,
evolving for thousands of years?
The normal Mimic octopuses
work alone, right?
And can only copy
animal shapes.
But these are working together,
in low light.
They must have developed this
behaviour as extreme camouflage
to hide from predators.
This must be their lair.
( shivers )
I really hate that word.
Lair.
( gasp )
Ehh!
Hunting ground, perhaps?
Not helping!
Ok, as much as I'm enjoying
the feeling of thousands of
beady eyes watching us...
Let's get out of here, slowly.
Okay.
Must have taken a wrong turn.
No.
That dead end wasn't
there before.
( worried )
Another dead end?
How many is that now?
Try another tunnel!
Kaiko, might I suggest you...
gun the engines.
Hold on tight.
Look out!
Woooww!
Whoow!
Reverse. Quickly.
On it.
Can rocks do that?
The mimicry isn't
a defense mechanism.
It's predatory.
They've herded us here.
We're the prey.
So we're...
trapped?
They can't get to us
inside the Rover.
We're safe.
Or not.
This is incredible!
Ant, not the time
for fish gazing!
Technically, they're
cephalopods.
Technically, they're trying
to eat us!
By pretending to be rocks!
Ha! How amazing is that?
It won't hold for much longer.
Everyone, put on
your scuba masks.
Agghh!
Mom!
Do the electrics still work?
They do for now! Why?
The lights.
Of course.
We'll only have a few seconds
to escape
when the lights come back on.
That's all I need.
( whispered ) They're moving
back...
Now!
That way!
I see it.
Another wall!
Not again!
Jeffrey?
Go!
Oh ho yeah!
Fontaine: They're not following
Fontaine:
They've gone back to the caves!
Jeffrey!
Tell me you lost your friends.
Attta a boy!
World Oceans Authority,
this is the Nektons.
Copy.
Yes, we discovered
a new Blue Hole.
Sending coordinates now.
Protected zone - no access,
definitely no diving.
Except to replant the kelp bed.
I quite agree.
No one should ever encounter
what's down there.
Do you mean the octopus
or the Lemurian symbol?
Ah! Perhaps both!
You are in big trouble, mister
- swimming off alone like that!
Ahh! I can't stay mad at you.
Ah ewwhhh.
Hey!
Off!
I'm not your dinner!
Eeergg!
It's okay - I've got you.
Wait - how do I know for
sure you're the real Jeffrey?
Ha ha, I knew it was you!
Good boy!
Now let's go home.
As always, Nektons,
a pleasure.
Wait.
If the Lemurian symbol is
6,000 years old,
does that mean they
had submersibles?
That would be very
advanced technology.
Maybe the Lemurian's
were just very skilled
at holding their breath?
Like mermaids?
Technically, we didn't
disprove mermaids.
Ha ha ha!
The sea is deep
and full of secrets.
You're a very frustrating guy,
you know that?
Wait - Nereus,
are you saying mermaids exist?
Excellent question.
Until next time...
( sigh ) That's not an answer!
( louder ) Not even close
to an answer!
I know!
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