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| ==Premise== | ==Premise== | ||
| The show is about a boy named Malcolm and his ]. The show stars ] as ], the third of four (later five) boys, his brothers and their parents, ] (]) and ] (]). The oldest, ] (]), was sent away to ], leaving at home his three younger brothers, ] (]), Malcolm and ] (]), Malcolm being the middle child still at home (hence the show's title). In season four, the character ] (James and Lukas Rodriguez) was added to the show as the fifth son. The show's early seasons centered on Malcolm dealing with the rigors of being an adolescent and enduring the eccentricities of his life. Later seasons gradually explored the other members of the family and their friends in more depth, including others such as Craig Feldspar, Stevie Kenarban, and Stevie's dad Abe. | The show is about a boy named Malcolm and his ]. The show stars ] as ], the third of four (later five) boys, his brothers and their parents, ] (]) and ] (]). The oldest, [[Characters of Malcolm in the Middle#Francis|Franc | ||
| The series was different from many others in that Malcolm ] by talking directly to the viewer, all scenes were shot using a ] and the show employed neither a ] nor a live studio ], and there was no studio set for locations, but everything was shown in the real-life places. Emulating the style of hour-long dramas, this half-hour show was shot on film instead of video. Another unique aspect of the show is that the ] of every episode is unrelated to the main story. Exceptions were episodes which were the conclusions of "two-parters"; each part two episode opened with a recap of its part one episode. | |||
| ==Characters== | |||
| {{main|List of Malcolm in the Middle characters}} | |||
| ===The family=== | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (]): the title character of the series. Malcolm is a genius, and because of this, is placed in a class for gifted students (or Krelboynes as they are known at the school). His intelligence, as well as feelings of not fitting in, and his ego are the primary causes of most problems he faces throughout the series. As the title suggests, Malcolm is the middle child of the family, third-born of four at the start of the series, later of five after the birth of Jamie and apparently six after the last episode. His best friend is Stevie, a wheelchair-using fellow Krelboyne with a severe breathing problem. | |||
| * ] (]): the insane hot-headed and stubborn mother of the family. She struggles throughout the series to keep her badly behaved boys in check while maintaining a job at a Lucky Aide drugstore. She is seen by her sons as a somewhat tyrannical figure and a crazed control freak. | |||
| * ] (]): The somewhat childish but caring father of Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie and husband to Lois. He has a lighter touch with the boys than Lois, but can still hand out discipline when necessary. With a suppressed wild side that Lois seems to have tamed, Hal seems constantly on the edge of some kind of breakdown; when things get to be too much, he often goes into a howling, wailing state of panic and frustration. | |||
| * ] (]): the most impulsive member of the family and has little common sense. He is the older brother of Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie and younger brother to Francis. Throughout the series, he is shown to be a bully, getting much enjoyment from the misfortune of others and handing out beatings to students at school and to his younger brothers at home. Despite being unwilling to think, he enjoys cooking and baking—which he is shown to be very talented at on many occasions—and a natural born soldier. | |||
| * ] (]): the youngest brother of Malcolm, Reese, and Francis. His role is usually that of the victim to his brothers. Dewey is very intelligent, like Malcolm and he is even able to fool and manipulate Malcolm in later episodes. However, his real talent lies in music. Among other accomplishments, he has composed his own opera for his classmates to perform. Despite his intelligence, he is placed in a remedial class for slower students (or Buseys) due to a misunderstanding. This does little to affect his performance, though, and he actually makes the best of the situation by acting as their self-appointed teacher. By the seventh and final season of the show, it seemed to be implied that he was no longer in the Busey class. He was the youngest for several seasons, until Jamie was born. | |||
| * ] (]): the oldest brother. Due to his extremely bad behavior, he is sent to a military school in ], run by the strict Commandant Spangler (]). He is there when the series begins, remaining there until the beginning of the third season, when he has himself legally ] and travels to ]. Once in Alaska he works at a logging camp where he meets and marries Piama (]), a woman of Inuit heritage. When the camp closes they move to a Wild West-themed hotel and ranch in the western U.S. called the Grotto, run by kindly but eccentric German Otto Mannkusser and his wife Gretchen. Francis and his mother are in a mutual love-hate relationship. | |||
| * ] (James and Lukas Rodriguez): the youngest brother until the very last episode. Despite his infancy, he is already shown to have some of his brothers' habits such as stealing and rudeness to his mother; he is also the only brother who tried to kill her<!-- This doesn't even make sense ... (by throwing down shelves to her, but she managed to roll out in the last second -->). | |||
| ===Recurring characters=== | |||
| *] as Stevie Kenarban, Malcolm's best friend who's in the Krelboyne class and uses a wheelchair. He has lung problems, so he can only speak few words in one breath, which puts some funny pauses into the conversation. | |||
| *] as Craig Feldspar, Lois' overweight coworker, who has a crush on Lois. He is very geeky and self-absorbed. In the rare event he is given actual power, he can also be as bossy as Lois. | |||
| *] as Piama Tananahaakna, Francis' wife. She is an ] Native American and does not get along well with Lois likely because they are both rather controlling. She is a good wife to Francis and helps him resolve troublesome situations. | |||
| *] as Eric Hanson, Francis' somewhat naive friend from military school who precedes Francis to Alaska. It is his call which brings Francis to Alaska. | |||
| *] as Caroline Miller, Malcolm's "overly earnest" teacher. She ardently adores Malcolm due to his intelligence. Francis uses her adoration to pay a medical bill to stitch up Malcolm in one episode. | |||
| *] as Otto Mannkusser, Francis' boss who owns the ranch he works at after he leaves Alaska. He is of German descent, and he is kind-hearted person. | |||
| *], ], ], ] and ] all play Krelboynes from Malcolm's class. | |||
| *] as Abe Kenarban, Stevie's overprotective father and Hal's best friend. | |||
| *] as Commandant Edwin Spangler, the head of Marlin Academy. He is missing his right eye, his left hand, and his ring finger on his right hand, and he actually never served war time. He despises Francis because he fought against him. In the end, he loses his other hand. | |||
| *] as Grandma Ida, Lois' mother and Malcolm's grandmother. She despises Francis and Lois. The whole family hates her. She lost her leg saving Dewey from being hit by a truck. | |||
| *] as Gretchen Mannkusser, Otto's wife who helps out at the ranch. | |||
| *] as Cadet Stanley, Marlin Academy student and Francis' best friend and informal bodyguard during the show's first season. | |||
| *], ] and ] all play Francis' friends at Marlin Academy. | |||
| *], ], ] and ] all play Francis' friends at the Alaskan logging camp. | |||
| *], ], ] and ] all play Hal's poker friends. | |||
| *] as Lionel Herkabe, the second teacher of the Krelboyne class and a former Krelboyne himself. Despite sharing many of the same personality traits, he and Malcolm hate each other. He is also bossy, stubborn and sadistic. | |||
| *] as Lavernia, Francis' first boss, a malevolent woman. | |||
| *] played two different, unrelated characters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Merrin Dungey Filmography |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242257/|accessdate=November 21, 2011|publisher=]}}</ref> In the pilot episode Dungey plays Malcolm's teacher before he transfers to the Krelboyne class. Later in the first season, she appears as Kitty Kenarban, Stevie's mother who left him and Abe, but then returned. | |||
| *] as Richie, Francis' friend. | |||
| *], ] and ] as Dewey's special-ed class friends. | |||
| *] as Cynthia, a Krelboyne girl who had a crush on Malcolm but left for Europe and later returned. Her dad is played by ]. | |||
| *] as Jessica, a girl hired to babysit Reese, Malcolm, and Dewey who later ends up living on their couch after her dad is arrested. | |||
| *] as Julie Houlerman, a girl who Malcolm had a crush on. | |||
| *] as Polly, Jamie's babysitter. | |||
| *] as Mr. Hodges, the school principal (season 7). | |||
| *] as a friend (season 7). | |||
| ==Episodes== | |||
| {{Main|List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes}} | |||
| {{:List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes}} | |||
| ==Production== | |||
| ===Opening titles=== | |||
| The opening titles feature short clips from cult films or television shows, edited together with clips from the early seasons of the TV series. The original opening includes, in order of appearance: | |||
| * Three men fighting a giant turtle: From '']'' (1966)<ref name="trivia">{{cite web |url = http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0212671/trivia |title = IMDB Trivia |accessdate =January 5, 2008 |publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| * Grinning animated man in rain: Shiogami from the ] '']''<ref name="trivia" /> | |||
| * The monster rising out of the ocean is the ]: From '']'' (1981)<ref name="trivia" /> | |||
| * Woman being held above a nest of hungry pterodactyls: From '']'' (1966)<ref name="trivia" /> | |||
| *'' ] ''-like lizard crawling on rocks: From '']''<ref name="trivia" /> | |||
| * Anime boy skateboarding: From the ] '']''<ref name="trivia" /> | |||
| * Mud-monster grabbing a woman as she kisses a man: From '']'' (1961)<ref name="creature_from_the_haunted_sea">{{cite web |url = http://www.bmonster.com/jan2005.shtml |title = | |||
| B Monster Bulletin |accessdate =January 5, 2008 |publisher=The Astounding B Monster Archive}}</ref> | |||
| * Man ] while ignited in flames: ''''<ref name="thrillseekersref">{{cite web |url = http://www.malcolminthemiddle.co.uk/forum/faq.php?faq=mitm#faq_openingclips |title = Malcolm in the Middle Voting Community – FAQ: Malcolm in the Middle |accessdate =June 23, 2008 }}</ref> | |||
| * Wrestling match: ] locking ] in the ] during the ] Match at '']'' ] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | |||
| * Robot head being assembled: From the BBC series '']'' episode '']'' (1969)<ref name="out_of_the_unknown">{{cite web |url = http://www.zetaminor.com/cult/out_unknown/ootu_clips_guide_s3.htm |title = | |||
| Out of the Unknown – Clips guide |accessdate =January 5, 2008 |publisher=Zeta Minor}}</ref> | |||
| * Man attacking giant brain with an axe: From '']'' (1957)<ref name="trivia" /> | |||
| * Boxer ] referee: ]n Pedro Cardenas fighting Canadian ] but accidentally KOing referee Bert Lowes instead, during the 1982 North American Championships in Las Vegas.<ref name="trivia" /> | |||
| ===Locations=== | |||
| '''Possible locations.''' | |||
| * In season 4 episode 15 at 11 minutes a map that is shown briefly indicates that they live very close to ] which is outside of Chicago Il. | |||
| * In season 1 episode 10 is set at a NASCAR track, a brief scene at 14 minutes reveals the track is the Irwindale speedway located in Los Angeles county. | |||
| * In season 6 episode 6 the blue mustang Louis hits is shown with a license plate that says "Cherokee State" which could be Iowa | |||
| * Chicago is also an 8 hour drive to Alabama where Francis was enrolled in military school. | |||
| However, the possibility of the setting being in or near Chicago is often disputed by features such as visible Palm Trees and mostly outdoor schools. Also in the episode "Standee", Hal tells Dewey that it hasn't snowed in their area in a year and a half, as even light snow is a feature of all Chicago winters. | |||
| ===Filming=== | |||
| ] | |||
| The house that was used for external shots is privately owned, and is situated in the ] district of Los Angeles, at 12334 Cantura Street;<ref>{{cite web| coauthors = Wando| title = The actual House location | publisher=Malcolm in the Middle Voting Community| url = http://www.malcolminthemiddle.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1210}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2008/04/02/malcolm-in-the-middle/ |title=The "Malcolm in the Middle" House |date=April 2, 2008 |accessdate=March 10, 2011}}</ref> it can be seen in ].<ref>{{cite web| title = Google Street View of the actual house, however the house has been heavily remodeled on the exterior |publisher=Google | url = http://maps.google.com/maps?q=12334+Cantura+Street,+studio+city+ca&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=12334+Cantura+St,+Los+Angeles,+California+91604&ll=34.14207,-118.40188&spn=0.013231,0.01929&z=16}}</ref> Although the show always depicted the house as being in a quiet suburban neighborhood, in reality it is only one block away from a busy, pedestrian-friendly stretch of the famous ]. | |||
| Filming also took place at ] – 10201-Pico Boulevard in the ] district of Los Angeles; at ] in Los Angeles and in ].<ref>{{cite web| title = Filming locations for Malcolm in the Middle| publisher=IMDB| url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212671/locations}}</ref> There are several instances where California license plates are visible, including the family vehicle in "(Traffic Jam)". In "Stock Car Races," when Hal and the boys are entering a race track, the billboard behind the entrance displays the place as ], a real ] in Southern California. In seasons six and seven, however, the license plates on the cars are from ] ("Hal's Christmas Gift" and "Malcolm Defends Reese"). The last episode in the first season ("Waterpark") was filmed at a waterpark called "Wild Rivers" located in Irvine, California, but in the episode the waterpark was called "Wavetown USA". Many of the "Lucky Aide" store scenes were done at a Drug Emporium that used to be at 6020 ] in the ] district of Los Angeles. | |||
| ===Music=== | |||
| The show's ], "]", was written and recorded by the alternative rock group ]. The song won the "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" award at the 2002 ].<ref name="awards" /> The band also performed nearly all of the ] for the show in its first two seasons. | |||
| Mood setting music is sprinkled throughout the series, in replacement of the laugh track, in a way that resembles feature film more than other TV sitcoms. Some examples of this highly varied music include ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] whose song "Better Days" is played at the end of both the pilot episode and the series finale. The Southern California pop-punk band ] have many of their songs featured in several episodes. Lit songs that were never released as singles were also used. | |||
| A soundtrack, '']'', was released on November 21, 2000.<ref>{{cite web| title =Malcolm in the Middle SoundTrack| publisher=SoundTrackNet| year = 2001| url = http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=2648}}</ref> | |||
| ==Home media== | |||
| Only the first season of ''Malcolm in the Middle'' has been released on DVD. Season 2 was going to be released in autumn 2003, but was cancelled due to high costs of ].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=870 |title = Malcolm in the Middle – Season 2 (plus Other Shows) Hamstrung by Music Clearances |accessdate =April 24, 2007 |author=Lambert, David |date = November 30, 2003 |publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
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| |The Complete First Season||October 29, 2002||September 24, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0073V2GIS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=malcinthemidd-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B0073V2GIS |title=Malcolm in the Middle – Season 1 [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Masterson, Erik Per Sullivan, Justin Berfield, Jane Kaczmarek, Todd Holland: Film & TV |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=April 26, 2012}}</ref>|| style="text-align:center;"|16||3|| Extended pilot episode, ''A Stroke of Genius'' featurette, commentary on select episodes, gag reel, deleted scenes, alternate show openings, bloopers, ''Dewey's Day Job'' featurette. | |||
| |- | |||
| |The Complete Second Season||N/A||November 19, 2012<ref>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Malcolm-Middle-Season-2-DVD/dp/B009G248AG/ref=sr_1_4?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1348602141&sr=1-4</ref>||25||4 | |||
| |} | |||
| In February 2012, it was announced that ] would be releasing the first season of the show in the UK in April, as well as releasing each subsequent season the following month, ending with a complete series set near Christmas 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.malcolminthemiddle.co.uk/2012/02/01/exclusive-malcolm-in-the-middle-seasons-1-7-coming-to-dvd-starting-april-2012 |title = EXCLUSIVE: Malcolm in the Middle Seasons 1–7 Coming to DVD Starting April 2012! |accessdate =February 4, 2012 |date = February 1, 2012}}</ref> However, in late March, 2012, several retailers had removed the release date from their websites, this was later revealed to be because of "technical issues with the Masters" and that the release date had been pushed back to June.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfilms/posts/10150773464933755 |title=Has MITM S1 been... |publisher=Facebook |date=April 20, 2012 |accessdate=April 26, 2012}}</ref> Other seasons will now follow on either a monthly or bi-monthly basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfilms/posts/10150787121798755 |title=I heard that all... |publisher=Facebook |date=April 1, 2012 |accessdate=April 26, 2012}}</ref> | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| ===Ratings=== | |||
| The show quickly gained a large viewer base, starting off with ratings of 23 million for the debut episode<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117760956.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title = Sitcom savior? |accessdate =April 25, 2007 |author=Josef Adalian and Michael Schneider |date = January 18, 2000 |publisher=]}}</ref> and 26 million for the second episode.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://malcolminthemiddle.tktv.net/news.html |title = News |author=Matt Webb Mitovich }}</ref> | |||
| Fox shuffled the show's air time repeatedly to make room for other shows, eventually giving it a free pass{{Clarify|date=March 2009}} in its seventh and last season. On January 13, 2006, Fox announced that the show would be moving to 7:00 pm on Sundays effective January 29, 2006. On January 17, 2006, Fox announced the cancellation of the series, with the 151st and ] airing at 8:30 pm ET/PT (the show's original timeslot) on May 14, 2006. The finale was watched by 7.4 million. | |||
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| | May 15, 2005 | |||
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| In Australia, in 2001 ''Malcolm in the Middle'' premiered on ], Monday nights at 8:00 pm It rated strongly, with the help from its lead in '']'', which at the time rated 2,279,000, 2,031,000 and 2,410,000 as the night's most watched show, and year's 2nd most watched TV program. ''Malcolm in the Middle'''s ratings included 1,952,000, | |||
| 1,925,000, 1,712,000, 1,644,000, and sometimes rating over the 2 million mark: 2,002,000, 2,008,000. | |||
| In France, the show first aired daily at 8 pm in December 2001, on ], but did not find its public and was quickly off schedule. Then, when the show made its comeback in the summer of 2003 at noon, it had a big success. The last seasons had over 1.5 million viewers and a share sometimes over 30%. Due to the show's popularity, the network is currently still broadcasting reruns. | |||
| In the UK, in April 2001, 6 months after it was shown on ] it premiered on terrestrial television on ] at 6:45 pm on Fridays, where the first episode gained 3.3 million. With the success of the first season, season 2 was moved to prime-time the following year at 8:30 pm. It is now shown weekdays on ] which began January 3, 2011. | |||
| In ], the national channel Canal 5 still plays reruns of the series daily from 7:00 pm to 9:20 pm, five episodes in a row. The show first aired back on 2001 at 3:00 pm and have had many changes since then, crossing over the channel 4 of the same network, and gained high ratings ever since and still. | |||
| ===Awards and nominations=== | |||
| {{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Malcolm in the Middle}} | |||
| ] and ] gained the highest honors in the cast for being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award every year they appeared on ''Malcolm in the Middle''. Cloris Leachman succeeded in winning 2002 and 2006. The show won a total of 7 Emmys during its seven year run.<ref name="awards" /> | |||
| ==Syndication== | |||
| The show entered local syndication one month before the sixth season premiered on ] and was later aired on ] in the fall of 2007 until the fall of 2010. When the show entered syndication all of the TV-14 episodes had to be changed to TV-PG since they did not meet the syndication standards for a TV-14 rating. However ] categorizes the show under TV-14. The show was launched on ] on July 5, 2009 at 8:00 pm with an all night marathon. However, Nick at Nite used the changed ratings to keep the show family friendly and remove adult content from the episodes. When Nick at Nite pulled ''Malcolm'' it began airing on ] from November 26, 2010 and continued until December 2010. On July 18, 2011, the show returned to TeenNick's line-up. On September 26, 2011, ''Malcolm in the Middle'' began airing on ]. | |||
| In the UK, the show was originally aired on ] from October 24, 2000 until December 2010, and was also shown on ] from April 6, 2001 until around 2009. As of January 3, 2011, it is currently being shown on Fiver (now ]) (at 6:00 pm and again at about 7:30 pm). | |||
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Revision as of 18:35, 1 January 2013
2000 American TV series or program
| Malcolm in the Middle | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Linwood Boomer |
| Starring | Jane Kaczmarek Bryan Cranston Christopher Masterson Justin Berfield Erik Per Sullivan Catherine Lloyd Burns Frankie Muniz |
| Opening theme | "Boss of Me" by They Might Be Giants |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 151 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Panavision; Single-camera |
| Running time | 21–23 minutes |
| Production companies | Satin City Regency Television Fox Television Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | January 9, 2000 (2000-01-09) – May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14) |
Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000; it ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006 after seven seasons and 151 episodes. The series received critical acclaim and won a Peabody Award, seven Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award and was nominated for seven Golden Globes.
The series follows a family of six (later seven), and stars Frankie Muniz in the lead role of Malcolm, a more-or-less normal boy who tests at genius level. He enjoys being smart, but he despises having to take classes for gifted children, who are mocked by the other students who call them "Krelboynes." Jane Kaczmarek is Malcolm's overbearing, authoritarian mother, Lois, and Bryan Cranston plays his disengaged but loving father Hal. Christopher Masterson plays eldest brother Francis, a former rebel who, in earlier episodes, was in military school, but eventually marries and settles into a steady job. Justin Berfield is Malcolm's dimwitted older brother Reese, a schoolyard bully who tortures Malcolm at home even while he defends him at school. Younger brother Dewey, genius musician, is portrayed by Erik Per Sullivan. For the first several seasons, the show's focus was on Malcolm. As the series progressed, however, it began to explore all six members of the family rather equally. A fifth son—Jamie—was introduced as a baby towards the middle of the series.
"Malcolm in the Middle" was produced by Satin City and Regency Television in association with Fox Television Studios (syndicated by Fox corporate sibling 20th Television).
The show has proven popular worldwide and has been syndicated in 57 countries. In the United States, it had been syndicated during the day on FX and at night on Nickelodeon's sister channel TeenNick, as well as local stations. In the United Kingdom, it originally aired on BBC Two before moving to Sky1, its HD counterpart and Sky2, however after Sky stopped airing repeats of the show, the rights were bought by Channel 5 and are now shown on 5*. It had also been syndicated on Network Ten in Australia (originally airing on the Nine Network) and on Comedy Central In India. In Canada, episodes were shown on the Global Television Network.
The show placed No. 88 on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list, and was named by Alan Sepinwall of Hitfix.com as one of the 10 best shows in Fox network history.
Premise
The show is about a boy named Malcolm and his dysfunctional family. The show stars Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, the third of four (later five) boys, his brothers and their parents, Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) and Hal (Bryan Cranston). The oldest, [[Characters of Malcolm in the Middle#Francis|Franc
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