The Rookie (2018) s08e10 Episode Script

His Name Was Martin

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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[PEOPLE BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GROANS SOFTLY]
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Your timing is incredible.
Remember when I thought this
job would be cool and sexy?
- Having second thoughts?
- Not really.
Two days ago, we landed
on an aircraft carrier
in the high seas.
But today is not that day.
- How are you?
- Good.
Just waking up after
a blissful night of sleep,
uninterrupted by your snoring.
Uh, I am not the one who snores.
[GASPS] Oh, yeah. That's right.
- So no aircraft carriers today?
- No.
Today is back-to-back meetings
about the technical specifications
for the next-gen tactical triage kits.
- [IMITATES SNORING]
- Very funny.
- Call me later?
- Yeah, I sure will.
It's a date. Love you.
Love you too.
[SIGHS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

You don't have clearance to be here.
- Carl likes me.
- Carl's gonna be writing
parking tickets in hell after this.
Be mad at me.
Don't take it out on Carl.
You don't get to tell me
how to process this, Luna.
You have the hots for another guy.
- That is reductionist.
- What is that, an SAT word?
We have been married 20 years.
You cannot tell me
that in all that time,
your eye never wandered.
Not in a way that will result
in you moving into a hotel.
LA is full of pretty girls,
but none of them are you, Luna.
I'm trying to figure out what to do.
Quit your job. Never see him again.
Say you're sorry.
I got more if you need them.
I am sorry.
But it's not that simple.
And I will not quit this job.

[SIGHS] Then I don't know
what there is to talk about.

All right, let's get started.
So here's what I have to report
from the overnight watch
nothing.
Here's what I have to report
from the brass
nothing.
And here's what I have to
report about today's forecast
nothing.
I'm sorry, if that's the case,
then why are we still
having roll call?
Because the nothingness
of it is alarming.
Yeah, saying things
are too quiet is a cliché,
but like most clichés, there's
a little bit of truth to it.
Jen's right. The odds
of getting no instructions
from up the food chain,
no activity from overnight
that requires follow-up,
and nothing actionable
in today's forecast
feels abnormal, and we hate abnormal.
This is all I have for you today.
Keep your heads on
a damn swivel, and stay safe.
That's it.

- Thank you.
- There he is.
Thank you.
- Hey.
- Sorry to just drop by.
- Shouldn't you be in school?
- School is a state of mind.
Today I want to go
to the school of John Nolan.
It's a professional development day.
Can I go on a ride-along?
Because you're thinking
of becoming a police officer?
That, and I'm making a short film,
and I need some
dynamic police footage.
Ah. Because you saved
my life, I'm gonna say yes.
But I'm gonna warn you, patrol
work can be unpredictable.
Honestly, we could be
watching grass grow
at the edge of a crime scene all day.
Or you could be involved
in an epic car chase
throughout the streets of Los Angeles
with a gritty
"French Connection" vibe,
hopefully at or near sunset
or something equally cinematic.
Careful what you wish for, Dash.
Where's the fun in that?
- You take this.
- Yep.
- [LOUD THUD]
- It's heavy.
Yep.
- Off we go.
- [STRAINING] Yep.
It's gonna go great.
By all accounts,
Ryan Dearbourne
has turned his life around.
He's on the right medications,
and he's been clear
and consistent
about what Glasser did to him.
He's a Hail Mary, and we both know it.
The guy was arrested, hiding
under the floors of his RV.
He confessed to Glasser's murders,
and he knew details
only the killer could know.
Because Glasser
groomed him inside Westview.
Yeah, but at the end
of the day, it's still going
to come down to whether
the jury believes a man
who has struggled
with severe mental illness
over a family man, a model citizen.
They'll believe because
you'll make them believe.
That's sweet, but I do not
have the upper hand here.
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Sorry to interrupt.
I just wanted to tell you both
good morning.
- Someone's in high spirits.
- Are you not?
I guess I'm just a morning person.
Or maybe I'm anticipating
your latest star witness
- being another dud.
- Hmm.
I just really love watching
somebody else's train wreck.
Well, see you in there.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hey. How are you?
"Fine" is the only
answer I have time for.
Wondering if you can do me
a bit of an odd favor.
Are you gonna ask me
to do something classified?
No. Literally, I'm gonna ask
you to knock on a door
and see who opens it.
Remember the criminal Nolan
and Garza flew back from Vegas?
Everett, right?
The military contractor who
forced the aircraft to crash
and escaped?
Well, briefly escaped.
But, yes, something's come up
as we've been digging deeper
into his criminal operation
an unexplained connection
inside the Pentagon.
Literally, it's an office number
that we can't get clarity on
without making it known
that we're interested.
And you want me
to wander down the hall
and see who's in it?
Obviously, act like
it's the wrong office
if someone opens the door.
Okay, I'll do that
after my next meeting.
What is the, uh, office number?
[ENGINE REVVING]
I am not in your movie.
Right, sorry.
It's just you have a jawline
that screams "leading man."
Uh-huh.
So what time do things
usually get crazy?
I feel like most criminals sleep in.
Well, every day is different,
but most of the people we deal
with are not career criminals.
They're just ordinary citizens
who make a bad choice
in a high-stress situation.
Kind of sounds
like my mom's dating history,
although she got better
after she divorced my dad.
Now they're all just losers,
not podcast ads for toxic masculinity.
Oh, I'm sorry. That can't be easy.
It's fine. Sarcasm heals most wounds.
Just want her to be happy, you know?
7-Lincoln-15, are you
available for a wellness check
out at the old
Westview Hospital facility?
Oh, that sounds boring.
Maybe pass on that. Okay.
I thought Westview
shut down last year.
It did. They've had a
remediation crew working there
for the last six months to
make it safe for demolition.
According to the supervisor,
they haven't had contact
with the crew since yesterday.
They sent another truck this morning
and haven't heard back
from them either.
This is 7-Adam-11.
Radio and cell traffic at that
site are spotty on a good day.
It was a real issue for us
during the Glasser investigation.
I can go check it out.
No reason for you to go back there.
You heard Bradford.
We are being extra vigilant today.
It's a huge campus.
It's better for two units to respond.
All right. I'll see you there.
Hey, you know we don't have
to respond.
There's zero judgment from this seat.
I appreciate that you think
I care about your judgment
of me.
I was trying to be nice.
And yet that is the one thing
that I am not evaluating you on.
- You got something else to say?
- No, ma'am.
Oh, so now you're lying to me.
No, ma'am.
It's just, when you're in the mood,
you can start a fight
in an empty house.
[DISAPPEARS' "WEIRD HOUSE"]

What is this place?
What remains of the Westview Hospital.
Back in the 1940s and '50s,
it housed hundreds of patients,
many of them stricken with polio.
That's not even to mention the
massive mental-hospital complex
that was recently condemned.
- Is it haunted?
- No.
Is that, like, a hard no?
Or is that, like,
a "I don't believe
in that sort of thing, so"
Is that a dead body?
Control, we got a DB.
Control, this is 7-Lincoln-15.
Do you copy?
Check your phone.
- No service.
- Right. Stay in the car.
- But this is the perfect
- Stay in the car.
Okay.
See anybody else on your drive in?
No. It's a ghost town.
According to dispatch,
the original crew is 20 people.
This could be the guy
they sent in to check on them.
I think they sent more than him.
The passenger doors are wide open.
[ENGINE SPUTTERS]
- Your cell and radio out too?
- Yeah.
Is that Drone Kid in your car?
Yeah, Dash. He wanted to go
on a ride-along.
And you chose today?
You're in uniform?
I thought you were a detective.
- Story for another time.
- Stay in the car.
What happened to him?
[DISTANT SHRIEKING]
What the hell was that?
Take the kid and drop back
until we find a signal.
Call for backup.
We'll stay with the body.
- Right.
- We we will?
- I mean, yeah, we will.
- [GROWLS]
Look out!
- [GROWLING]
- Oh!
[SHOUTING]
- Easy, easy.
- [GROWLING]
[PEOPLE SHRIEKING, GROWLING]
- What do we do?
- Oh, no, oh, no.
- [SNARLS]
- Oh! Oh! Oh, no! Oh!
Come on!
[HEAVY METAL MUSIC]
What do we do? Do we shoot them?
[GRUNTING, GROWLING]
Fall back!

Let's go!

[BANGING ON DOOR, SHOUTING]
[EERIE MUSIC]

Where's Dash?

Of course not.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[PEOPLE SNARLING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[STATIC WHIRRING ON PHONE]
[DISTANT SHOUTING]
Oh!

I-I got to go find him.
If I had to guess, these guys
got exposed to something
causing some kind
of acute neurotoxicity,
turning them into homicidal maniacs.
Which makes them victims,
no matter their current
psychological state.
That's all well and good,
but are you saying
we let them kill us if we end
up in a fight for our lives?
No, no, just that lethal force
cannot be our first option.
Right now, we have two priorities
find and protect the kid
and get a call out for backup.
All right, I'm going after Dash.
We should split up.
Increase the odds of one of us
finding a cell or radio signal.
All right, let's get gone.

Oh.
Mr. Dearbourne.
Thanks for coming in.
- I wasn't sure what to wear.
- You look great.
[CHUCKLES]
This is Malcolm Walsh.
He represents Liam Glasser.
Oh, I didn't realize
The law allows me to access
evidence prior to trial
in order to provide
an adequate defense,
which means I can participate
in your deposition.
Okay. No problem.
But you're not gonna get mad
if I tell the truth
about your client, right?
[CHUCKLES] I promise.
Only if you promise
not to get mad at me
for questioning that truth with vigor.
- Deal.
- All right.
Do you recall
confessing to the murders
- attributed to Liam Glasser?
- Yes.
I was at the police station.
And do you recall why you confessed?
I was unmedicated at the time,
in the midst of a mental breakdown.
A part of me believed that
I did those horrible things,
but now I know I didn't.
So why did a part of you believe
that you committed those murders?
I was coerced into thinking
that I hurt people
during psychotic moments
when I lost time.
- Coerced by who?
- Liam Glasser.
Over the course of the next two years,
he began to fill my head
with details of murders
- he said I committed.
- Yeah.
Whenever I would waver,
he'd threaten me.
Are you saying that you made
a false confession
because he made you believe
that you committed those crimes,
or because you were afraid of
what he would do if you didn't?
A bit of both.
You have to understand,
the voices I hear,
the faces I see
they can be scary.
But nothing terrified me
as much as Liam Glasser.
[EERIE MUSIC]
The look in his eyes
when he told me what he did,
as he described in minute detail
what it felt like
to carve a person up

It made my own demons
pale in comparison.
We should take a break.
It's creepy in here.
We didn't have none of this
in Sugar Land.

Hello. Hello.
[STATIC WHIRRING ON RADIO]
Can you hear me?
[SIGHS]
Oh, that is not okay.
Not today, playboy.
[DISTANT SHRIEKING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Hello? Testing, testing.
[STATIC WHIRRING ON RADIO]
Come on, signal.
[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]
[SHRIEKING]
[GRUNTS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GRUNTING]
Oh, you got to be kidding me.

[YELLS, GRUNTS]
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [DISTANT SHOUTING]
Oh, come on.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[DISTANT SHRIEKING]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES,
CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[DISTANT SHOUTING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[CARNIVAL MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]
[CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[SHOUTING]

[MUSIC FADES]
[PANTING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SHOUTS]

- [TASER CLICKING]
- [SNARLS]

- [HANDCUFFS CLICKING]
- That was badass.
- And I got it on camera.
- Here.
Sweet. Thanks.
- Here, cuff him.
- [GASPS]
[FENCE RATTLING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY] You okay?
I wish I'd stretched first,
but, uh, not bad.
From now on, try to stay
with the group.
Well, it wasn't exactly
on purpose, but
I'll do my best.
- Where's everybody else?
- Exactly.
- Come on.
- Okay.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[DISTANT SNARL]
[SNARLS]
[GROANS]

Come on, come on.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
Oh, come on, come on.
[GROWLS]
[SHOUTING] [TASER CLICKING]
[HANDCUFFS CLICKING]
[WATER SPLASHING]
[GASPS] Oh, thank God.
- Are you hurt?
- No, just terrified.
Were you in the truck that
came to check on the main crew?
Yeah, with Hank and Gayle.
But the crazies got him the
second he got out of the truck.
Just kept beating and tearing at him.
I don't know what happened to Gayle.
I started running. But I'm safe now.
- Yeah, safe-ish.
- That's
Thanks. There's not many of us here.
And we can't get a signal out
to call for backup.
How is that safe at all?
Because when the LAPD
doesn't hear from us,
they will send more people.
I just have to keep
you safe until then.
[SHOUTING]

[YELLS]
[HEAVY METAL MUSIC]

I got him.

Let's get out of here.
[POP. 1280'S "USS ISS"]

[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
An inside job ♪
You set the whole thing up ♪
The calls are coming ♪
From inside the house ♪
It won't come down ♪
When you wish it will ♪
- [GROWLING]
- [GUNSHOTS]
Why are you still here? ♪
[PEOPLE GROWLING]

This way!
Move.
Faster! Faster, faster, faster!
[PEOPLE SNARLING]

[POUNDING ON DOOR]
- Can I help you?
- Oh, hi.
Yeah, I was looking
for a Colonel Radcliff.
I was told his office was here.
- No.
- Okay.
There's no name on the signage,
so who exactly are you?
Sorry. Um, I'm just looking
for a little help here.
Have you been in the office long?
Maybe he used to be here?
I can't help you.
Okay, no problem.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[ALL SNARLING]
What happened to them?
Something overloaded
their limbic systems,
forcing their bodies
to produce massive amounts
of stress chemistry
cortisol, histamine, cytokines.
But they're wearing hazmat suits.
Yeah, at the cleanup site,
where we've been remediating
the Project Ultra chemicals,
but I heard they just discovered
it wasn't the only area on
campus that was contaminated.
Where our crew was staging
was also compromised,
possibly with thallium and iofetamine.
If they were exposed to both of those
in high doses over time
You manage to get a call out?
I got a brief signal next
door, but my phone got smashed.
- Where's Miles?
- [SIGHS] I don't know.
I hope he got out.
Let's move.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[BOTTLE RATTLING]
Move.
[HEAVY METAL MUSIC]

[GROWLS]
[ALL SHOUTING]

Oh, jeez!
[GUNSHOTS]
- Go! I got your back!
- [GUNSHOTS]

- You manage to get a call out?
- No.
But by this point,
dispatch would have started
additional units
when we didn't check in, right?
Right?
[DISTANT TELEPHONE RINGING,
INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Control, 7-Adam-300
arriving at Westview Hospital campus.
No sign of responding units.
Who's missing? I've been in meetings.
It's Harper, Miles, and Nolan.
[DISTORTED] Plus, he's got
a ride-along with him.
Repeat. You're breaking up.
Oh.
Hold on. We got movement.
- Did you see the blood?
- Yeah.
We're code 6 to investigate.
Something's going on here.
We got a dead body.
[DISTANT SHOUTING] We need backup.
- [SNARLS]
- Hey, look out!
Stay right there, sir.
Just stay where you are.
Hey, sir?
[YELLS]
Code alpha, Westview Hospital.
Repeat all units, code alpha,
Westview Hospital.
[ALL GROWLING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[YELPS]
Oh, God.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[BOTH SHOUT]

- [SNARLS]
- [SHOUTS]
Aah!
[STRAINING]

[BLOOD DRIPPING]
[GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]

[SIRENS WAILING]
[GROWLING]
[IN SLOW MOTION] [GROWLING]
[GUNSHOT]
[NORMALLY] Where's Lucy?
[DISTANT GROANING]
Lucy?
[WEAKLY] Here.
I'm over here.
Are you hurt?
- Lucy.
- No. I
He's he's dead. I couldn't I
- I know.
- Oh!
[CRYING]
Officer Chen, I'm gonna have
to ask you a few questions,
and then we will get you
to the hospital, okay?
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Did you fire any shots?
- [MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY]
- No.
Did you use deadly force
against anyone else?
Is there anyone still outstanding?
No, it's it's just him.
We got separated.
Stop. This isn't a conversation, okay?
I have to do this by the book.
Because you used deadly force,
I'm gonna have to take
your duty belt and any other weapons
you might have on you
and book them into evidence.
I wouldn't speak to anyone
until you've spoken to your
attorney and your union rep.
- Do you understand?
- [SOFTLY] Yeah, yeah.
Oh, is is Nolan and Harp
Oh!
No, hey, they're banged up,
but they're fine.
- [SOBS]
- Campus is secured.
- We're code 4.
- Okay.
Now, I'm gonna put you
into an ambulance.
We'll get you to the hospital
so you can get checked out
before I take you to the station,
where your clothes will be bagged
and you'll be photographed
in front and back.
I know all of this.
But you've never been
through this before.
You're in shock.
Come on.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Hey, it's gonna be okay.
Okay.
I'm sorry. It's gonna be okay.
I know. I know. It's late.
I'm finishing up now.
You're not in trouble.
It's crazy over here too.
There was some kind of riot
at Westview earlier.
Harper was involved, but she's okay.
A riot? How could there be
a riot? It's closed.
I don't know. I don't have
all the facts yet.
Something to do with a cleanup
crew that got poisoned.
But that's not why I'm calling.
What could be more pressing than that?
Dispatch alerted me
to a call that came in.
A caregiver from
Hillwood Supportive Housing
called 911 half an hour ago.
Ryan Dearbourne had an incident.
- What kind of incident?
- It's not clear.
His room was trashed. There was blood.
He might have hurt himself
during some kind of episode.
- And now he's missing.
- Angela.
- I know.
- He was doing so well.
His testimony was strong.
I mean, the deposition today
was the first time
that I felt hope since I learned
what Harper said to Glasser.
I know, but try not to panic.
We don't know what happened yet.
Look, whatever happened,
Malcolm Walsh will use it
to undermine Ryan's testimony
on the stand.
And I will be back
at square one on this case.
Wesley?
What's wrong?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
- Wesley.
- He's here.
Who?
Ryan?
Are you in danger?

[CRYING] I don't know what to do.

That's okay with me.
You don't have to do anything.
- Wesley, get out of there.
- Hey, Ryan, Ryan.
You're safe here, Ryan,
so why don't you put
- the broken glass down?
- No, no, no.
I need every available unit
to the DA's office,
6th floor, code 3.
- I'm never safe.
- Okay.
They're in my head.
I thought they were gone,
but they're back!
- They're back.
- Okay.
I-I can't imagine
how you feel, Ryan
the nightmare
that you've gone through,
that you're still going through.
I need it to stop.
Okay. I understand.
I-I want to help you.
Nobody can help me.
Nobody!

I know you must feel
that way right now.

And I know how exhausted you must be.

But you deserve more than this.
You can have more than this.
You are more than this.
But I need you to put
that broken glass down
and let me help you, please.

Just put it down.
It's okay.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[DISTANT SIREN WAILS]
[CRYING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIO]
Hey, it's okay. We're okay.

[SIGHS]
[CRYING]
[SIGHS]
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
Good, 'cause I'm gonna kill you.
Angela.
You don't try to reason with someone
who's in the throes
of a psychotic episode.
And when your wife says,
get out of there,
- you get out of there.
- I'll do better next time.
It's not funny.
- I was scared.
- [SIGHS]
Do they know what happened to him?
Not fully.
Doctor said that Ryan's
pupils are massively dilated,
like he did a huge dose
of amphetamines,
which would induce psychosis
in a healthy patient.
For a schizophrenic, it's
like sending a-a wrecking ball
- through their brain.
- That doesn't make sense.
He's in a managed-care
situation at the halfway house.
A nurse administers his meds.
They could have made a mistake.
And gave him speed? No way.
Wesley.
You okay? I came as soon as I heard.
I'm fine. Thanks.
It's tragic.
He was doing so well today.
Which wasn't good for your client.
I don't know
why that's relevant right now.
- Sure, you do.
- Angela.
All I'm saying is that
Ryan Dearbourne's misfortune
is Liam Glasser's blessing.
If you're implying I had
something to do with this
I'm not implying anything.
I'm putting you on notice.
I will find out exactly
what happened with Ryan.
And if you had anything
to do with it
I didn't.
And I'd advise your wife
to be very careful
about making wild accusations
in these litigious times.
And I would advise you
that the quickest way
to end up in one of these beds
is to disrespect her.
Thanks for coming by.
Of course.
And, again,
I'm glad you're doing okay,
even if your case isn't.
[CHUCKLES]
- [SIGHS] He did this.
- Maybe.
But he's not wrong.
We need ironclad evidence,
or he will sue us into poverty.
- If it exists, I will find it.
- I have no doubt.
So what exactly happened at Westview?
Zombies, apparently.
Oh.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Thank you very much.

Stop today ♪
Well, I hope you were
satisfied with your ride-along.
[CHUCKLES] No offense,
but I can't exactly
- give you five stars.
- That's fair.
You sure you don't want me
to call your mom?
And spoil the look on her face
when I show her this footage?
Listen, what you went through today
could haunt you for a bit.
I'm happy to recommend a trauma
therapist if you need one.
I appreciate that.
And, hey, thanks for putting
my life in jeopardy
- and then immediately saving it.
- I guess that makes us even.
- Totally.
- I'll check on you tomorrow.
Looking forward to it.
And, hey, man,
I'm telling you, jawline.

Detective Harper said
that I proved myself today.
- Really?
- I did not.
I said that he
did not embarrass himself.
Ah, well, it was almost six
months before she told me that.
- You, um, heard about Lucy?
- Yeah.
Lopez said she saw her
at the hospital.
Said she's still pretty out of it.
She's on her way here.
She's gonna need her union rep
to look out for her.
- I'll have her back.
- Everyone all right?
In the most basic sense, yes.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Your wife is calling me.
I asked her to do a thing.
No need to tell her about my day.
- I don't want to worry her.
- No problem.
Go get cleaned up.
Chen should be here in 20.
Right.
Hey. What'd you find out?
Honestly, I don't know.
The office has no occupants listed.
A very unfriendly woman
answered the door,
which set off my Spidey sense.
I couldn't get a name, but I did see
a Special Operations tattoo
with the phrase Ego inimicus.
It's Latin for "I am the enemy."
I made a drawing. I'll send it to you.
- Great. I owe you.
- No, you don't.
I hope things are okay with Luna.
Yeah, thanks.
Okay. Bye.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- [SHOUTING]
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
[GROWLING]

[YELLING]

Nolan.
I'm sorry. Did you say something?
I did.
But it's okay.
We can go over it again later.
- Time is doing funny things.
- I know.
It did that for me too.
It'll get better
when you get some sleep.
Wait, John, um, do you know his name?
I
I don't know his name.
It's Martin.
His name was Martin.
Tea's ready.
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
You ready for bed?
- Yeah.
- Come on.
No.
I think I'm just gonna
stay up for a little bit.
All right.
You know, listen, Celina's right.
It's gonna be okay.
I know.
I'll be in a bit.
All right.
[FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING]

[CRIES, SNIFFLES]

[CRYING]
sync & corrections awaqeded
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Damn it.
[FANFARE]
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