When Lily says, "Marshall Eriksen, put a baby in my belly," the Ghost-Babies of TV-Series-Blunders-Past rise up to stop the horror, or they would, were they not sons of blunders.
Marshall and Lily find Barney's doppelganger -- a brunette cabbie. Since they previously agreed to try to conceive once they found the fifth eerie match to their gang, Lily tells her eager husband, "Marshall Eriksen, put a baby in my belly," because talking like a four-year-old proves you're ready for parenthood. But the first doppelganger is just Barney scamming chicks. As is the -- but Barney wouldn't mind them having a baby, and if the Barnacle thinks it's cool, we must feel the same, right? Yeah. Right. Bottom line: Lily still isn't ready, so they decide to wait. A couple of months later, Lily spots a Barney doppelganger outside the bar. When she drags the gang out to see him, there's little resemblance, but everyone realizes Lily is now ready to conceive, so they lie, because that's what friends are for.
In the predictable B-plot, Robin gets a job offer to anchor a news program, but it's in Chicago. After thinking long and hard, she decides not to take the job, but rather to stick around and see how things progress with Don. The only thing is, she doesn't tell Don this. The same network makes him the same offer, and he accepts. Brokenhearted, Robin leaves and returns to Ted's place. Nobody cares, because we never got to know Don. It totally would have been better with a ghost baby insurrection, am I right?
Thanks to friend and colleague DeAnn Welker for covering for me last week. If I'd known what was coming this week, I would have tried to weasel out of this weecap, too.
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Dear Show, remember on Friends when Ross and Rachel took a "break" from each other? I need that. So. Bad. And don't go all Rachel on me. You're already taking a break. Hiatus. Whatever. So if I go out this summer and kiss the Xerox girl (wait, I'm straight)... If I go out this summer and kiss the Xerox boy (wait, I'm married)... If I get involved with any of the shows our lovely and talented editorial staff selects for coverage come fall, I don't want any crap from you, Rachel-- I mean, Show. It's not me; it's you. No, I didn't get that backwards. Sure I've got my own stuff, like the end of Lost and my ongoing infatuation with The Vampire Diaries, but don't blame them. And don't blame me. I'm not the one who's changed; you have -- but not in any good way. And, for the record, I'm not the only one who thinks so. Here are some thoughts from our friends in the forums:
I'm not too concerned about meeting the mother, but I will admit that it's time to progress the story. In a weird way, I feel relieved that the writers stayed away from it during the second half of the season, since they were botching up so many things. [...] The pushing of Barney's Blog makes me think that they might be course-correcting the character. [Please. Please. Please. -- Cindy] Post-Robin Barney has been far too skeevy. The Barney I wanted to see was a laser-tagging, Liberty Bell licking, flight suit-upping lover of life who was more interested in the adventure than the conquest. If we get that back, I'll be much happier. -- Baraka
It was an okay episode, but some of the early flashbacks made me realize this show is it's own doppelganger...and I thought that was a huge FU from the writers to longtime fans. -- stonehaven
This is just crap. I didn't laugh once the entire episode. Which, sadly, I can say for the majority of the entire season [...] This show has turned into Friends. -- olywriter
I enjoyed this episode waaaay more than last week's piece of crap, but I am starting to feel that, like [with] X Files or Buffy, I am now watching more out of a sense of commitment to the show than out of love. -- Erratic
I enjoyed this episode waaaay more than last week's piece of crap, but I am starting to feel that, like [with] X Files or Buffy, I am now watching more out of a sense of commitment to the show than out of love. -- Erratic
Yes, I realize you could read the episode thread for yourself, Show (and to be fair -- if you did, you'd find some faithful lovers); and I realize this is my chance to tell you how I feel. The problem is, although I enjoyed the episode well enough as a one-off, I'm not feeling you. The above-quoted Erratic goes on to say that she'll stick with you anyhow, because she cares about your characters. I remember feeling like that, Show. Heck, I remember feeling anything about you. I wish there was something I could do or say. I wish I could even get my rage on, but I just don't care. I'm done talking to you, Show. The break starts now. The rest of this is for my awesome readers, who deserve a weecap of a decent stand-alone. It's not for you.
Saget!Ted reminds the kids of the doppelgangers he and the gang had found this season: Lesbian Robin, Mustache Marshall, Stripper Lily and Mexican Wrestler Ted. We cut to Marshall and Lily at MacLaren's deciding that once they find Barney's double, it will be a sign from the universe that they should start trying to conceive. I can't get past this -- not because it's ridiculous to allow a fluke of nature determine such a monumental life decision (although it is), but because I can't imagine Marshall and Lily knowing Barney like they do, seeing another Barney, and deciding that's the universe's prodding for additional procreation. I mean -- one Barney? Fluke. Plural Barneys? That's the universe's call for castration, am I right?
City Streets: Lily and Marshall spot a brunette Barney doppelganger -- driving a cab. They call Barney at work, just to make sure it's not him, scamming chicks. We cut to Barney's office. "Yes, I'm at work." He staples some papers for effect. "That's the sound of my stapler." He fiddles some more. "That's the sound of my 3-hole punch. And this is the sound of me 'filing' my corporate guidelines on sexual harassment." Whirrrrrrrr. Barney files the document in his shredder. "What is UP? Gotta go, Big Chief." As he hangs up his phone, we cut back to Cabbie-Barney, who drives off. Marshall: "Barney's at work. That was the fifth doppelganger." Lily: "Marshall Eriksen, put a baby in my belly." Audience: "Hurl." They kiss. (Marshall and Lily, not the audience, although really y'all, kissing would be a way better use of your time, as would practice-macking on the back of your hand.)
MacLaren's: The couple celebrates their decision over champagne. Marshall's all a-tingle as he anticipates telling their friends, but in what might be my favorite gag of the night, Lily points out what a bad idea that is. "Marshall, if we tell them, we're basically inviting them into the most private, intimate moment of our lives." We WHOOSH to their bedroom, full of candles, flowers and smoochies. Barney bursts in: "You guys banging?" Marshall and Lily scream and cover themselves up, but Barney takes a seat on the foot of their bed, his bowl of popcorn at the ready. "Just for the record, having a baby? Huge mistake. Now show me what you've got." in is Ted, with balloons and a stuffed bear. "Uncle Teddy's here." After Lily and Marshall stop screaming, he adds, "Quick question. How are you guys going to handle the whole Santa thing? I'm thinking just be honest." A beat. "Aw, Hell. I'll dress up." The TV then turns itself on. More screams. Robin's reading the news. "This just in... is what Marshall Eriksen is about to say to his wife as he attempts to impregnate her. Chopper 12 is live on the scene with Baby Watch 2010." Heh. The spotlight from a helicopter shines in their window, and Ted and his balloons are blown away by the rotor wash.
Back at the bar, Marshall agrees sharing is probably a bad idea, and not a moment too soon, because Robin and Ted come strolling in. Lily shows them a picture of Cabbie-Barney that she took with her phone in order to set up my second favorite gag of the night. They, too, are amazed, although Robin points out that it's weird to see him as anything other than a blond. Once the girls decide not every guy can pull off the blond look, Ted begs to differ, by way of relating a story of one summer when he was life-guarding. And while he sounds just like Duke Ted, and you might think that would make the gang tune him out, Marshall realizes the opportunity in the moment when Ted declares he'd look good as a blond. Marshall, Lily and Robin then have a telepathic conversation. Marshall's Mind: Okay people, we're in a delicate but very, very promising situation here. Lily's Mind: If we play the 30 seconds right, Ted will dye his hair blond. Robin's Mind: Guys, this is mean. We can't... whoop. Just pictured it. How do we do this? Ted's Mind: What are we all thinking about -- nachos? Marshall's Mind: Ted Mosby responds to one thing about all else. Ted's Mind: I don't know. I'm still kind of full from lunch. Marshall's Mind: A bunch of people emphatically telling him not to do something. Follow my lead. Ted's Mind: Aw, screw it. I could eat. As soon as Ted orders his muchies, Marshall takes the plunge. "I love you, buddy, but there is absolutely no way that you could pull off blond." Robin agrees, saying it would look wrong. Lily follows suit. Ted pounds his hand on the table. "I'm going blond!" The gang cries out in faux-frustration. Marshall: "That is not the outcome we were hoping for." And with that we sideways whoosh to...
Robin and Don: Over a montage of their moments together, Saget!Ted tells us the couple has become a great team both on and off the air -- because this is the season of tell, don't show. I guess this bit is "showing" but they missed the window on this couple for me. Whatever. Robin and Don are guest puppeteers on local channel 12's children's show Monty & Moo-Moo. And their puppet-characters are supposed to be delivering an anti-drug message to the kids watching at home, so Robin has her puppet go off on a tangent about how chemical drugs are bad, but "things that grow...in nature...are okay to try like once, or twice." Ugh. Fast-forward. Once the puppet show is over, Don gives Robin a warm kiss. "Before I met you, I'd given up on everything: relationships, career, pants. You made me want to try again. I love you for that." When they make their puppets start smooching, the camera mercifully cuts to..
City Street: Marshall sees Cabbie Barney in the wild and introduces himself. Of course, he's not Cabbie Barney at all, just the same old, same old (and still, perhaps, the universe's call for castration).
Meanwhile, back at Don's, Robin's fielding a mysterious phone call, and promises the caller an answer by tomorrow. She hangs up and calls Don right away, because whatever it is, it's big. NO WAIT. She calls Ted, because even the show forgets that Don is supposed to be important. "Ted, something big has just happened, and you're the most sensible person I know. I need to talk to you right now. We cut to the...
Hair Salon: Ted's in full foil, and a pink cape, because he's getting blondified. Robin second-guesses her earlier "sensible" assessment and tries to back out of the convo, but Ted insists. She's gotten a call from a station offering her their lead anchor job, starting week. Just as Robin's about to tell Ted the problem with this otherwise welcome news, the stylist comes over, lowers the dryer helmet over Ted's head and starts it up. Ted: "HELEN! Kill the dryer." Heh. The problem with this dream job is that it is in Chicago. We'll leave Ted's mouth agape as we go to commercial.
Barney's Cab: He's no longer wearing the brunette wig, but he's still got his fake sideburns on. Marshall's in back, wondering how Barney can be his own doppelganger, since Marshall called him at the GNB office the other day, while he was still looking at Cabbie-Barney. It was all a recording. Barney set it up to make his colleagues think he is "busting [his] hump, when he's really out humping busty chicks." Marshall says it couldn't have been a recording. "You called me 'Big Chief' -- my special workplace nickname." Barney oozes pity as he looks at Marshall in the rearview mirror. "Oh, buddy." Marshall's aghast. Barney tries to soothe his widdle feewings, but Marshall tells him, "Don't. Just don't." And you there, wondering why we saw Barney in his office when Marshall called him? Don't. Just don't.
Hair Salon: Robin rants about getting this opportunity just as things are going so well with Don. "It's the never-ending battle of my life: career versus romance." Ted laughs along with us and then explains to our friend from the north: "Never-ending battle? Career's been trouncing romance for years. Like the Globetrotters versus the Generals. Career is sinking hook shots from half court. Romance is just a bunch of slow, white guys who couldn't make it in the Italian league." Yes, this is the same Ted who called the Jets' uniforms "costumes."
Or maybe it isn't the same Ted. Maybe Costumes-Ted was his second doppelganger -- an evil one -- who kidnapped Ted and assumed his life, home, and place in his social circle -- hell-bent on derailing the show's premise by convincing every female Manhattanite that Ted Mosby is gay. And then maybe once Evil-Ted realized that the writers are already derailing the show's premise fine on their own, he got scared... er... straight. Costumes-Ted's last shady act was, of course, hypnotizing Ted so that he'd forget the whole kidnapping ugliness. On the upside, Ted met the mother while he was being held captive at an undisclosed location. On the downside, the hypnosis wiped all memory of the mother from his brain, so she's standing atop the Empire State building, waiting for him. And of course Barney will end up scamming her with the He's Not Coming play. Don't worry, though. After a full course of Cipro, she'll be good as new again, except for an aversion to sex, that will linger long after she's recovered from her nervous breakdown. It's sad, really, because she would have been a perfect wife for Ted, but she can't even hold a job these days. Fortunately, that doesn't rule her out as the mother. By the time Ted has finished rehabbing his Money Pit, he will have lived alone too long to attempt anything real and lasting with a woman, yet he's too fussy to live with a bunch of cats, so the gang will taunt him into getting a surrogate, so they can laugh as he fails miserably at his life's dream: being a family man. Presto change-o -- he'll meet the mother... when they sign her surrogate contract.
Sorry. Where was I? Robin doesn't know what to do. Ted points out the obvious: talk to Don. Robin doesn't want to put this on Don until she figures out what she wants. Ted apologizes for not having better advice for her, he just can't be objective about any idea that involves her moving away. Touched, Robin grabs his hand and then takes a good look at it. "Hmm. Did you get a manicure." Ted: "No, I-- no..." Over in the chair, a woman (Bonnie Bailey-Reed) looks up from her magazine and chuckles. "Heh. He sure did." Ted scowls at her. "Flo!" I wanna know how much time Ted spends there.
Cab: Barney explains the brunette cabbie scam to Marshall by reminding him of his plan to have sex with at least one woman from every country on the planet. He pulls down a map. On it, red check marks mark his progress. Marshall: "Wow. You're doing surprisingly well in the Baltics." Barney: "Mm-hmm, so I figured, what's the quickest way to get around the world in a hundred and eighty lays? Lease a cab and wait outside the U.N. Building for hot foreign chicks. It was the perfect plan. There was only one small detail I didn't take into account." Marshall: "Chicks don't wanna bang cab drivers." Barney: "Chicks do not want to bang cab drivers! And I put a lot of work into this one." Marshall confides in Barney that he's now got to tell Lily the fifth doppelganger is a fake. He explains their conception plan and the sign Lily wanted from the universe. Barney's completely against that. "The rule is -- no kids until you're 45. Do you ever read my blog? It's gotten a lot better." Marshall ignores him; he's ready now, but Lily needs this sign. Marshall's worried that now it might take years. Barney pulls up to the curb. "I'm sorry, buddy." A beat. "That'll be $37.50"
At home in bed that night, Marshall tries to break the news to Lily and her fantastic rack. Really, Alyson Hannigan, you are rocking your post-pregnancy bod for all it's worth. I've been watching you on TV for about 13 years and you look better than ever. Marshall tries to tell the truth, but she's standing there all ready, willing and able. Marshall's a goner.
MacLaren's: Robin and blond-Ted walk in. Barney cracks up then cracks wise. He heard about the hair, so he worked up some new material. It's mostly Billy-Idol cracks. Ted argues that he's getting tons of compliments, but he's not there to show off the new 'do. Eventually, Robin breaks the news that she might be moving to Chicago week. Now, we already know she's not, so there's no suspense to this storyline, but for the record, I think I'd prefer a Robin In Chicago spin-off to this season.
Marshall & Lily's Bedroom: Marshall stops kissing to clarify whether or not they'd still be trying to conceive if they hadn't seen Cabbie Barney. Lily says it doesn't matter, since they did see him. "Which means the universe, in all its wisdom, is telling you to stick me and stick me real good." Okay, can I change my vote on "Put a baby in my belly," because shudder, Lily needs to never say that "stick me" thing again. Ever. I know she's a sensual person with a healthy sex drive, but I don't want to hear that level of pillow talk. I mean if it works for Marshall, and it may, guys are gross (sorry y'all, but you are), then I'm very happy for them, but I don't want to know about it. Marshall: "I can't." Oh, see? It squicked him, too. "I can't -- in good conscience -- stick you." Lily says she knows what's bothering him; the cabbie just didn't look enough like Barney. Marshall's eyes bug out of his head. "Well, that's just not true."
MacLaren's: Barney tells Robin that moving away is a group decision. When Ted tries to point out that it should be Robin's decision, Barney says, "Stay out of this, Brigitte Nielsen or Dolph Lundgren from Rocky IV." A beat. "We need Marshall and Lily."
Bedroom: Lily's going on about how Cabbie Barney (who, if you've drifted off, was Actual Barney) looks nothing like Actual Barney. She thinks he looked like a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig. DING DING DING on the pig part. Oh wait, that's not what she said. She thinks he was an Asian man with greying hair, a soul patch, and a pot belly." Marshall (agitated): "Have you completely forgotten what Barney looks like?" And now, we're watching Laverne & Shirley, so Barney plays Lenny or Squiggy -- barging into their BEDROOM. "You guys banging?" They scream, then Marshall asks, "Why are you in our bedroom?" , Robin enters, they scream more, and then: "Why are you in our bedroom?" Blond Ted enters to more screams, then Marshall asks, "Why is Ellen DeGeneres in our bedroom?" After he's done laughing at Ted's expense, Barney looks around and notes the candles and flowers. "I guess Marshall 'forgot' to tell you: the fifth doppelganger was me." Lily then accuses Marshall of lying to her, and rather than explain that he was trying to tell her the truth, he rationalizes it, instead. You deserve better, so let's move on.
So yeah, the gang has just burst into their married friends' bedroom to announce Robin's Chicago job opportunity. Barney begs everyone to talk Robin into refusing the job, but Robin says she's already come to her decision. She has to take it. Commercial. Don't worry. The episode is only halfway through, she's not taking it. This is just the precursor to more predictable sitcom glurge.
MacLaren's: Barney, Blond Ted, Lily and Marshall sit around the table. As Ted bemoans the potential loss of Robin (that will not come to pass), the gang starts having another telepathic conversation. Lily's Mind: Guys, maybe this is the depression talking, but is Ted's hair starting to look kinda good? Marshall's Mind: Thank God. I thought I was the only one. Barney's Mind: He looks like a freaking movie star. Ted (aloud): "Oh, and by the way, this [indicates hair] was a huge mistake. I'm changing my hair back." The gang winces and agrees.
Robin arrives, announcing that she just turned down the Chicago job. In the flashback, she looks at a photo of Don and her as she refuses. Back in the bar, the gang greets her news with applause and hugs, because this is now a hugging and learning show, heaven help me.
City Streets: Marshall calls Lily out on the fact that she thought bewigged Actual Barney was a petite, pot-bellied, Asian man. He realizes she's not ready and apologizes for trying to rush things, saying they'll wait for the real doppelganger. As they embrace, something catches Marshall's eye. Across the street, a Barney Doppelganger in a red wig juggles knives. Some people juggle geese.
Don's: Don arrives home to find Robin setting the table and laying out pizza and a salad. She talks in a goofy voice that he -- thank goodness -- stops, by kissing her. And then he breaks the bad news. He's been offered a job as lead anchor in Chicago. And he has taken it. Robin's cheeks are flushed as she nods and he explains how long he's been waiting for this opportunity.
City Streets: Juggler-Barney juggles. Marshall and Lily approach him. He tries to play it off like he is Kristof Doppelganger -- Estonian street performer. Marshall cocks his head as he smiles indulgently. "Bro."
Don's: Robin tries to beat a hasty retreat. He grabs her wrist. "Put yourself in my shoes. Can you imagine what it's like to have the phone ring and it's your dream job on the other end?" Robin fights back the tears as she nods. "Yes... I can. Good luck in Chicago, Don." And with that, she's gone. Goodbye, Rabbit McDuck. We hardly knew ye.
City Streets: Lily and Marshall try to get Barney to admit that he's not an Estonian street performer. After he plugs his blog, Lily breaks him down. "Yesterday, 'Barney' thought he had to say goodbye to someone he truly loves. Then it got him thinking: maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing if a baby joined our little group." Still in character, Kristof-Barney admits: "Babies... can be... cute." Lily: "Someday, he's gonna make the best uncle in the world, because this Barney -- he's family to us." At that, she puts her hand on his shoulder and kisses his cheek. Marshall places a dollar in Barney's busker bucket and the couple walks off. Barney is swayed, and ready to pack up and leave, until a beautiful, blond Estonian woman approaches. Barney checks his map. "Estonia would close out the Baltics." Once he rises, Blondie says she's a street performer, like he is, and proceeds to swallow the blade of his sword -- whole. Barney faints. My over-active gag reflex activates again. At this point, the only reason I'm not putting him in a timeout is for your sake, gentle reader.
Ted's: Robin knocks at the door and asks to move back in. Ted embraces her as she cries. "Yes."
Later, on Ted's couch, Ted and Robin have obviously been drinking for a while. She asks if she's the biggest idiot in the world. Ted says something that feels so wrong to me that I'm just going to transcribe it, so I don't add my impressions to it. "Look, think about all of us five years ago, when we first met." During this, we flash back to random scenes. The first one is Marshall and Lily's post-engagement kitchen sex aftermath. "Marshall and Lily were just boyfriend and girlfriend. Now they're married and thinking about kids. And Barney? Barney was never going to commit to anyone, ever, and last year, he fell in love." We watch as Barney and Robin walk hand in hand down the street, long ago, back at the beginning of the season. "And me? I was chasing some girl." Cut to a flashback of Season 1 Robin in that green turtleneck. "...I was convinced was The One."
Back in the present, Ted adds, "Now, she's one of my closest friends. And you? Five years ago, you never would have chosen love over your career, but today you did." Robin says that means she's getting dumber. Ted: "No -- just more courageous. Look, we've all been searching for the five doppelgangers, right? But eventually, over time, we all become our own doppelgangers -- you know, these completely different people who just happen to look like us. Five years ago, Robin, that girl, she was pretty great. But Doppelganger Robin -- she's amazing." Robin starts moving her face toward him. Ted's hesitant at first, but soon follows her lead. Just before their lips meet, he tries to stop her. "We've... um... we've had a lot to drink." Robin: "I don't care." She reaches for his chin, but finds the visor on his baseball cap is getting in the way of their lips meeting, so she reaches up and pushes it off. Their lips are millimeters away from each other when Robin laughs with a giant snort. She's breathless, but Ted gets what's going on. "I forgot. I'm blond. I have blond hair." Robin continues to laugh. Ted joins her. Saget!Ted narrates: "And that's the story of how dying my hair blond kept us from doing something we both would have regretted. Kids, the universe is funny."
City Streets; Four Months Later: As Lily approaches MacLaren's she is stopped dead in her tracks by a pretzel vendor who looks just like Barney. She runs into the bar and back to the booth, and when she finds Barney in the booth with Robin, Marshall and Ted, she cries, "Yes, you're here. This is fantastic." Barney: "Lady, simmer. Your husband is right here. At least attempt to hide it." Lily can't contain her excitement. She drags them outside to see the pretzel guy. "Guys, look -- the fifth doppelganger!" The gang eyes him and finds he looks nothing like the Barnacle. Robin and Barney are both ready to correct her, until Marshall employs telepathy to shut them up. Marshall's Mind: "Guys, go with it." Saget!Ted tells the kids that they can ask the universe for signs all they want, but ultimately, people only see what they want to see. The gang corrects their actions. Marshall: "It's...uncanny." Robin: "Just like Barney." Ted: "Amazing." Barney: "Like looking in the mirror." Lily's back is to him, so he then cringes. Marshall steps forward from the gang and approaches his wife. "So, uh... does this mean..." Lily smiles as she grabs him 'round the waist. "Marshall Eriksen, put a baby in my belly." As they kiss, Ted, Robin and Barney rejoice quietly in the background.
There's no end tag, so that's it for this episode and this season. I'm not sure whether or not I'll see you, in this space, come fall. I'm going to take my nice, long break and think it over. That said, I've had a wonderful time covering this show. It's great when a recapper loves the show she's covering. It can also be great when a recapper hates the show, but loves recapping it. Right now, I don't hate the show, but I hate recapping it with a fiery passion. Thank you all for all of your e-mails, tweets and forum feedback. Were it not for you and my sneaking (and sadly wrong) suspicion that we'd meet the mother in this episode, I'd have been gone earlier this season. You're bright, thoughtful, funny, generous, supportive, and kind. Enjoy your summer, and keep your fingers crossed that season picks up.
I'm not sure season will pick up. I think when the show got its guarantee, the Powers-that-Be decided they had to set aside the premise for a while. In theory, I'm okay with any given season not being primarily focused on mother-meeting, but this season, the characters seemed to regress -- particularly Barney and Ted. Usually, when a season ends, I have to deal with a week or two weeks' worth of letdown. Right now, all I'm feeling is relief. And the fan in me? Feels nothing. I hope I'm wrong. This show has always been my go-to decompression show, where I could just sit back, laugh, and bask in the love. I want that back.
Thanks to friend and colleague DeAnn Welker for covering for me last week. If I'd known what was coming this week, I would have tried to weasel out of this weecap, too. Come on over to the forums, and convince me I'm wrong to be looking at the show with leaving on my mind.
After hitting up the forums, see why we think HIMYM should have quit while it was ahead. Then see what made the cut in this list of TV's 50 most shocking moments ever.
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