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        *                   Season 1: Episodes 14-15                   *
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14. ILLUSIONS OF GRANDEUR
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    US Airdate 1/23/94
    Written by Thania St. John
    Directed by Michael Watkins

        On a fine Sunday afternoon, two young children race down the steps of
a massive mansion.  Finally coming to a halt against a large tree in the vast
yard, Nick exclaims, "I'm faster than a speeding bullet!"  Chris points out 
the glaring error in his statement, and Nick recants -- but he still claims,
"...I'm faster than you!"  The boys begin to tussle playfully on the ground
until they notice a large box on the lawn.  Following the instructions on the
lid, Nick steps inside of the box and waits for his surprise.  When nothing
happens, Chris suggests that the lid needs to be closed.  Nick kneels down,
allowing his friend room to close the box, but when Nick fails to answer his
calls, Chris becomes suspicious.  He reopens the box to find Nick has vanished!
        The morning meeting in the Daily Planet newsroom finds Jimmy trying
to convince Perry to allow him to follow up on a story about the Queen of
England dancing in a fountain.  Perry balks on the story and turns to his star
reporters.  Lois mentions the fact that the kidnappings still haven't been
solved -- 7 children from wealthy families have all been kidnapped within the
past three months and returned when enormous ransoms were paid by their
parents.  Strangely, none of the children had any memories of the experience.
Unfortunately, Perry is tired of printing stories which consist of no new
leads.  Cat arrives fashionably late, dressed in an ultra-conservative business
suit.  After some heckling about her unusual attire, she explains that she has
a date with Arthur Chow, an extremely conservative and extremely wealthy
businessman, for a charity ball.  
        Clark's super-hearing picks up the soft sobs of a woman who has seated
herself at his desk.  He exits the meeting, tailed by Lois, and asks if he
might be able to help her.  She tells them that her son has been kidnapped by
mistake.  She further explains that her name is Rose Collins and that she works
as a housekeeper for Mr. Moskal, a wealthy developer who built many of the
buildings in Metropolis.  Their children play together regularly, and... Clark
finishes her sentence that the kidnappers took the wrong child.  She begs them
to write a story informing the kidnappers of their mistake.
        Lois and Clark proceed to the Moskal home, where they hope that Chris
can give them additional information.  At first, he is reluctant to help,
as he believes his father will take care of the situation.  But Clark convinces
him to describe the box, which he says was decorated with stars and a moon.
Before they can learn anything else, the Moskals return from the trip and tell
Lois and Clark that *they* will be paying the ransom in full tomorrow night at
the exchange point -- the Hobbs River Carnival -- and that the kidnappers will
remain free is not his problem.
        Back at the Planet, Lois and Clark seem to have hit a dead end, as the
police will not talk about the case, and none of the kidnappee's parents will
step forward to help.  Realizing that their only lead so far is the fact that
the means of the kidnapping was a magic box, Clark suggests that they attend
the charity ball to which Cat had invited them.  Lois reluctantly goes with
Clark, but makes it clear that she hates magic.  
        Inside the ball, Perry and Jimmy partake of a hypnotism exhibition,
but Perry remains quite skeptical of the whole idea.  Dr. Novak, the hypnotist,
responds to Perry's disbelief by choosing him as his next subject.  Perry is
fairly easily put under, and Jimmy volunteers a post-hypnotic suggestion.  On
stage, the extraordinary illusionist, Darren Romick, entrances the crowd with
his magic -- all but Lois, that is.  Clark finally figures out that it's the
not knowing how the tricks work and not being in control that scares her off
about magic.  For Romick's final illusion, he brings a couple and their table
up on stage, adds an audience member's mink stole, as well as a live cow, and
then makes them all disappear.  More importantly, the drapery which he uses to
cover them all is adorned with a moon and stars decoration -- the lead they
needed!
        Lois and Clark return to see Chris Moskal, but his father refuses to
let him talk to them.  He explains that he will pay the ransom that night, 
thereby ending the whole thing.  He refuses to assist them.  When they return
to the Planet, Jimmy is busy reading a story over the wire about how an owner
of a large hotel chain has decided to convert all of his hotels into shelters
for the homeless.  Meanwhile, Cat continues her charade as the clean-cut all-
American girl for Arthur Chow.  Lois mentions to Clark that Constance, Romick's
assistant, has agreed to meet with them.  Jimmy suggests that he go with them
and write a sidebar, but Lois and Clark don't think that Perry will go for it.
Jimmy tells them that he's "got it covered," and when he asks Perry if he may
go, he calls him "Chief."  This results in Perry pointing two fingers at Jimmy
and saying, "That's brilliant, Olsen!"
        At the magician's club, Lois and Clark explain their theory that a 
magician is involved.  Curious, Lois asks how the illusion involving the cloth
in question works, but when Constance begins to explain, Dr. Novak interrupts,
telling them that Romick is the greatest ever and wouldn't want his secrets
revealed.  Recognizing Jimmy, Dr. Novak reveals their little post-hypnotic
suggestion -- every time Jimmy calls Perry "Chief," Perry will tell him he's
brilliant!  Romick then enters and tells the reporters that they are not 
welcome there during non-business hours.  He then performs a quick illusion,
which results in his vanishing.
        Back at the newsroom, they confirm that there were only two of the
box described by Chris ever made, and they both belong to Romick.  Jimmy then
finds yet another odd story, this time with a photograph -- the Pope dancing
at a Madonna concert!  He approaches Perry and asks the "Chief" is he can 
work on the story.  Of course, Perry responds that Jimmy is brilliant.  Clark
warns Jimmy that what he's doing is at least a bit unethical, but Jimmy points
out that he's not forcing Perry to print his stories.  
        That evening, Lois announces that she plans to be there for the 
exchange at the carnival.  Clark insists that it's too dangerous, and to his
surprise, Lois agrees with him.  However, as soon as he leaves, she tells
Jimmy to grab his camera.  They arrive as Moskal shows up.  He gets out of his
car and shouts that he is there.  The lights suddenly spring to life, and he
sees Nick standing beside the Merry-go-round.  Superman swoops down from the
sky and attempts to grab the boy, but his arms grasp nothing but air -- it was
only a hologram.  He then heads around to another car hidden off to the side,
but upon reaching it, a dark figure emerges and manages to rapidly hypnotize
the Man of Steel.  The villain tells him that when he hears the words "the moon
and the stars," he will not be able to tell wrong from right.  At that moment,
Nick bursts from the car and begins to run off, but under orders, Superman
rushes over, grabs Nick, and returns him to the car.  As he flies away, Lois
is stunned in disbelief.
        The next morning, Clark returns to the office and sees Lois' headline
about the incident.  After reading the article, he asks if it's all true.  When
he mumbles something about not remembering any of it, Lois points out that he
wasn't there, so he wouldn't remember anything.  They try to convince Perry
that they have enough to write some of the story, but he nixes the idea, 
claiming that they need more evidence.  Jimmy mentions that they just need to
find the kidnappers and turn them over to the police "chief," prompting another
brilliance reminder.  Jimmy is starting to be bugged by it now, however.
        Lois returns to speak with Constance again, who explains that Romick
has built up a some very large debts via gambling, but that around three months
ago, he had suddenly found money again -- he had claimed there had been an
anonymous benefactor, but Lois believes that he is the kidnapper.  As she
leaves the club, Romick steps from behind the curtains.  Meanwhile, Clark has
gotten Dr. Novak to examine each of the returned kidnappees through hypnosis.
He discovers that all of the children have been given a suggestion so strong
that he can only identify that it is there -- he can't remove it.  He mentions
that the only memory they seem to have is something about a moon and stars.
When Clark hears those words, he gets up, mutters "wrong is right," and exits
the office without a word, even ignoring the assignment to cover a story about
a rogue general about to fire his nukes in the Persian Gulf.  On her way back
to the Planet, Lois finds Superman knocking over parking meters.
        Clark, after waking up in his own bed in costume, returns home to
Smallville, where his parents suggest that it's possible that he could be
hypnotized -- his brain *was* raised to think like a human.  On the other hand,
they offer, there may be something about him which makes him able to fight off
the suggestion.  Regardless, they advise him to find the person responsible.
        After he returns to the Planet, Lois lets him in on everything that
she learned from Constance, and about what she saw from Superman.  They decide
to return once more to the magician's club that evening.  While there, Lois
decides to snoop backstage, and begins to leave the room.  But Romick spots
her and chooses her to be his assistant for the next trick -- the sword box!
He places her snugly into the box and then begins to slide the swords in. 
With each sword, Clark uses his x-ray vision to make certain that the swords
are safe.  However, he determines that the final sword is real and is forced
to melt it with his heat vision so that Romick can't get it into the box.  He
then throws a large cloth over the box, and the whole thing disappears.  Lois
slides down a long slide, and at the bottom she finds a nearly comatose Nick,
his eyes glued to the Magic Channel.
        Lois looks for a way out, but the Magic Channel eventually ensnares
her as well.  Clark, realizing Lois to be gone, searches through the floor
until he finds her.  After changing into Superman, he bursts through the floor
and punches the TV to end the hypnotic spell.  He informs Lois and Nick that
the channel was broadcasting subliminal messages that he was able to pick up
with his vision.  As they try to leave, Lois finds Dr. Novak's body in one of
Romick's boxes, and they are all then stopped by Romick.  However, he pleads
innocent when they accuse him, and Constance steps forward as the mastermind
of the operation.  She utters the phrase "the moon and the stars," and the
four of them snap into hypnotic spells.  She reminds Romick that he had killed
Novak under a hypnotic suggestion and explains to them all that the Pope, the
Queen, etc. had been test cases for her new hypnotic program.  
        Determined to eliminate her threats, she orders Nick into the sword
box, Romick to climb to the top of the building and jump, and Lois to place
herself into a huge water tank.  Superman closes the lead and turns on the 
valve.  Constance then orders Superman to fly up to her satellite, already in
orbit, and activate the Magic Channel by simply throwing the broadcast switch.
As he proceeds towards the satellite, he begins to fight the suggestion and
remembers what his parents told him.  Breaking free from her spell, he hurries
back to the Magician's Club just in time to catch the diving Romick.  He then
quickly releases Nick and rescues Lois.  Constance tries to re-initiate the
hypnosis, but Superman explains that they don't have to do anything they don't
want to.  When her power fails, she retreats into a hall of mirrors with a gun.
        Superman follows her in, and Lois then follows him shortly thereafter.
But Constance manages to grab Lois and holds the gun to her.  Superman spots
the two and attempts to disable the gun with his heat vision, but it only
serves to shatter a mirror.  Finally, he takes a mirror and elevates it above
the others.  Then, after prompting Constance to shoot as his reflection, he
catches her by surprise and disarms her.
        Nick is reunited with his Mom and Cat loses Arthur Chow to an exotic
dancer, of all things!  Lois points out that she had already decided on a 
wedding present for Cat -- personalized stationary "from the desk of Cat Chow!"
Everyone giggles except Cat.
        Finally, Jimmy pitches his idea of a sidebar on the miscellaneous
odd behaviors all being linked to Constance, and Perry thinks that it's 
"brilliant!"  Jimmy explodes, saying that he wants an honest opinion about
his work, but then Clark tells Jimmy that he had Dr. Novak remove Perry's
post-hypnotic suggestion during his last visit.  So Perry actually did like
Jimmy's idea!
        As Jimmy goes off to work on his piece, Lois comments to Clark that
there is no such thing as magic -- it's all a trick that you just have to
figure out.  He tells her to close her eyes and count to three, and when she
finally gives in, he rushes down to the street at super-speed, buys a vase
of roses, returns to the office, and places them on her desk -- all before
she finishes counting.  (Down on the street, the vendor is puzzled as a wad
of money suddenly replaces one of his arrangements!)  She opens her eyes to
the flowers and asks how he did that.  Clark replies, "If I told you, it
wouldn't be magic!"


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15. THE IDES OF METROPOLIS
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    US Airdate 2/6/94
    Written by Deborah Joy LeVine
    Directed by Philip J. Sgriccia

        At the close of a highly publicized trial, Eugene Latterman is found
guilty of murder in the first degree.  Even as he pleads his innocence, he is
sentenced to life without possibility of parole.  Later, as Eugene is waiting
to be transported to prison, Lois attempts to convince the guard to let her 
talk to Eugene.  Finally using a bribe of football tickets, she succeeds.  But
when the guard opens the door, they find that Eugene has escaped!  Lois 
promptly retrieves her tickets.
        Meanwhile, Clark returns to his apartment after a night patrol as
Superman, where he finds his father.  Noticing that Jonathan is upset, Clark
sits down with him and asks what's wrong.  He responds that he thinks that
Martha is having an affair with a younger man -- her art teacher.  When Clark
asks for proof, he reveals a portrait of Martha done by the artist -- and
Clark's eyes bulge as he finds himself looking at his mother...nude!
        The police determine that Eugene took the door's electronic key code
from the courthouse central computer.  Furthermore, a gun is missing from the
evidence room.  Detective Reed, the officer responsible for Eugene's capture,
vents her anger at the guard and at Lois, but she allows Lois to leave.  As
Lois begins to start her car outside the courthouse, Latterman pops up from
her back seat with the gun and tells her just to drive.  Lois urges him to give
up, but he maintains his innocence, claiming to know that Lois believes him.
Finally, he convinces her to help him.
	The next morning, Lois' mind wanders during the morning conference, and
Perry asks if the Latterman decision is still weighing on her mind.  She once
again claims that he is innocent, but Perry points out that he had signed a
confession.  Lois counters that the confession was signed under duress and 
without an attorney present.  And when Clark points out that he and Lena, the
victim's wife, were having an affair, Lois claims that Henry Harrison's 
brutality toward his wife justified her affair.  The topic having hit a nerve,
Clark exclaims that there's no excuse for having an affair.  He proceeds to
think aloud, "If it's true..."  
        As the meeting begins to come to a close, Lena Harrison enters the
newsroom.  She explains to Lois and Clark that she is worried about Eugene.
She confirms that Henry was a cruel and violent man and claims that Eugene
killed him for her.  She asks them to write a story asking Eugene to turn
himself in.  As Lena is on her way out, Detective Reed finds her way to Lois'
desk, where she asks if Lois has any idea about Latterman's whereabouts.  Lois
feigns ignorance, but Detective Reed leaves unconvinced.
        After her talk with Reed, Lois finds Clark in the newsroom and orders
him to tell her his biggest secret -- she needs blackmail material for what 
she's about to tell him!  He admits that his mother may be having an affair.
Lois at first doesn't believe that to be a big enough secret, but when he 
points out that their marriage has lasted for nearly thirty years, she makes
him swear not to tell anyone what he's about to hear.  She then proceeds to
tell him that Eugene is hiding out at her apartment.  Clark backs down from
his promise almost immediately, explaining that she can't make him hold to that
kind of promise.  She pleads to him just to hear Eugene's story.  If he still
doesn't believe, then he can call the police.  She points out that he should
do it because he is her partner, and he responds, "Only when it's convenient
to you!"  But finally, he gives in.
        They proceed to her apartment, where Eugene explains that it wasn't 
really an affair, because Lena didn't want to consummate until she had left her
husband.  He also explains that there was more bad blood between him and
Harrison -- when they had both been working for LexComp, Eugene had seen an
experimental program of Harrison's called "The Ides of Metropolis."  Henry had
become livid over that simple sighting.  Clark then tells him that Lena had
fingered him as the killer, bringing a puzzled look to Eugene's face.  Lois
drags Clark into the kitchen.  Clark is ready to call the cops, but Lois begs
him to give her 48 hours.  Before he can agree, Eugene comes and tells them
that he had been protecting Lena -- *she* had killed her husband.
        The next day, after hearing nothing but praise for Harrison from his
secretary, Lois and Clark go to see Lex Luthor.  When they arrive, they find
Lex shooting skeet off his balcony.  When Clark asks him what happens if he
misses, Lex quickly calculates the speed with which a target would hit a 
bystander far below and announces that said bystander would probably be killed
instantly.  He then faces Clark and smugly adds, "I never miss."  Lex then
goes on to explain that Harrison, when he worked for LexComp, was an original
thinker who was ahead of his time.  He then confirms for Lois that Harrison
had lost his job just a month before his retirement as part of a restructuring
of LexComp.  Just before they leave, Lois admits to Lex that she believes in
Eugene's innocence.  After the two have left, Nigel confirms -- at Lex's
request -- that LexComp's technicians have still been reporting a computer
slowdown.  
        Back at the Planet, Lois' doubts about the verdict are augmented when
Jimmy plays for them a videotape he made that afternoon -- of Lena Harrison
meeting someone for a rendezvous at the Lexor Hotel!  Meanwhile, Clark takes
his father to the gym -- Jonathan thinks that Martha wants him to change -- 
for a workout.  They are approached by an attractive young woman, who offers
to show them around.  Though Clark refuses, Jonathan accepts.  Later, Clark
shows his father to a bench-press machine, but before he can begin the 
exercise, a muscle-bound jerk comes up and informs them that they have to
move -- he *always* uses this machine at this time.  When Jonathan gives up
the machine, Clark tells him that they'll wait, and the guy tells them they
may have to wait some time -- once he gets going, it's hard to stop.  But as
he tries to begin, Clark presses down on the weights with his finger, making 
it impossible for the man to lift.  He eventually gives up in frustration,
claiming the machine is broke, but Clark tells Jonathan to get in and try.
With Clark's unseen assistance, he proceeds to easily press the weight.  The
woman from before is duly impressed and asks Jonathan to spot her on her next
exercise.
        Later, Lois and Clark meet back at her place, where they find that
Eugene has been straightening out the directories on her personal computer.  
She asks how he got in, but he points out that "Superman" was a much too 
obvious password.  Upon Clark's request, Eugene continues the story from the
previous day.  When he saw the program, Harrison had become very angry and
told Eugene that he knew about the affair.  When Harrison began talking badly
about Lena, Eugene had threatened him.  Suddenly, there is a knock on the 
door, prompting Clark to peek through the door with his x-ray vision.  He
announces that it's Detective Reed -- "it sounded like a police kind of knock."
Clark and Eugene head to the back room to hide.  When Lois answers the door,
Reed presents a search warrant.  However, since Clark has Eugene hiding out
on the ledge (Clark is floating behind him, pressing him against the wall),
the police find nothing.  Reed apologizes and heads out the door.  Lois stops
her on the way out and announces that Lena killed her husband, but Reed replies
that Lena has an airtight alibi.
        At the newsroom, Lois tells Clark that everyone lies, but Clark tells
her that he would *never* lie to his wife.  Lois then gives him a scenario: 
his wife has just had her hair completely redone, and it's ghastly.  She did 
it just to please him, and she hopefully asks him what he thinks!  Clark at
first responds that his wife would never change herself to make him happy, but
when Lois calls it a cop out answer, he replies that he would tell her that he
loves her and that he liked her hair better the way it was, but all that 
matters is that she is happy.  Lois disgustedly pities the poor woman for 
being married to "Mr. Always Right!"  Perry then calls the two of them into
his office, where he lets them know that he knows about Latterman.  But as
soon as they leave his office, he no longer knows nor wants to know anything
more.
        Back at Lois' apartment, Eugene tells them that he noticed a slow down
of her software, so he tapped into the Daily Planet system, where he discovered
the same slowdown.  He then explains that Harrison's program was actually a 
virus designed to destroy all other existing software.  Such a virus would be
a disaster as almost everything in the country depends on computers -- banks,
the stock market, air traffic control systems, and even nuclear weapons.  He
then tells them that his only hope of stopping the virus is for them to get
him into MUT, Metropolis University of Technology.
        Meanwhile, after playing on Lex's hunch, Nigel reports that LexComp
has discovered that the slowdown is the result of a virus.  Lex solemnly 
points out that truly no one is invulnerable.  He'd often wondered about just
such a sort of the ultimate terrorism -- the nation's entire infrastructure
could collapse.  He remarks that everyone is a slave to the systems that we
create, and wonders if he could, or would, be able to drive away and leave 
it all behind...  Nigel responds, "I think not."
        Martha finally shows up at Clark's apartment, but Jonathan is not
there when she arrives.  She neither confirms or denies the affair to Clark,
but she is interrupted by Jonathan's entrance.  He comes in carrying peonies --
her favorite -- and she asks if they are for her.  He tells her that there's
no one else, and she tells him that the same is true for her.  She continues
by telling him that her age won't stop her from growing, trying new things,
or meeting new and interesting people.  All she expects of him is to be there
for her and understand her needs.  
        Meanwhile, a dark figure enters Harritech, Harrison's company, after
hours and fires up the main system.  At the same time, Reed finds Lois at the
Daily Planet and tells her that when Harrison's body was exhumed, it turned
out to actually be the body of a homeless man who had lived in the basement
of the Harritech building.  She points out that computer records *can* be
falsified and that Lena had been the one who identified the body.  However,
she still will continue to search for Eugene -- for all she knows, he might
have killed *two* people!  Just then, all of the Daily Planet computers freeze,
and "The Ides of Metropolis" appears on all the screens.
        Just a little later, newscasts report that the world's financial
markets are collapsing and banks and airports are closing down as a result of
the disastrous virus.  At MUT, Eugene is trying to break into the virus'
programming in order to develop a cure.  After his other ideas fail, Lois
suggests that he work with the literary reference -- "beware the Ides of
March" from "Julius Caesar."  Before they can fully explore the avenue, Reed
burst into the room.  Lois kicks her gun away, and Clark picks it up.  She
and Lois face off in a series of karate moves, neither of them actually 
accomplishing anything, until Clark brings them back to the reality of the
situation.  Finally, they convince Reed to let Eugene at least try to stop
the virus.  
        Lois and Detective Reed head over to Harritech, where the dark figure
gets the drop on them and introduces himself as Henry Harrison.  Lena joins
him and they explain how they faked his death to place him beyond suspicion
of responsibility for the virus.  Then, in her typical smart-mouthed manner,
Lois barbs, "So what are you going to do now?  Kill us?"
        Back at MUT, Eugene has broken into the virus with the password "Et Tu,
Brute?" and has managed to manufacture a cure.  However, he explains to Clark
that there is not enough time, as the antidote disk must be manually inserted
in three centers located at points across the country.  Clark claims to know
a way and leaves with the disk.
        Lois and Reed are thrown into some sort of refuse room, where Reed
comments on Lois' inane "kill us" remark.  Lois then points out that Reed had
failed to call for backup.  Even as they continue to bicker, Superman reaches
the first site, and the antidote begins to take effect.  Lois and Reed sit
down and "bond," with Reed asking Lois how she gets her hair so bouncy.  Lois
tells her that she wishes she could get her nails to look as good.  To Lois'
disbelief, Reed points out that she can -- they're $1.98 at LexSave!  Superman
reaches the second site, and Henry and Lena begin frantically trying to 
re-initiate the virus.  Lois and Reed meanwhile begin discussing how they each
had to overcome difficult odds since their professions are very much "boys'
clubs," but they are interrupted as the walls begin to close in on them!  They
try unsuccessfully to brace the walls, and then they scream for help.  But
as Superman reaches the third and final site, the cleansing of the virus 
results in a power outage at Harritech, releasing Lois and Reed.  [Huh?]  
Reed grabs her gun, Lois grabs a flashlight, and together they apprehend the
Harrisons.
        In the wake of the scare, Lex and Nigel celebrate the fact that, with
all things considered, LexCorp came out relatively unscathed.  Lex then
comments that another such virus could be found which could not be stopped.
Such a virus would be horrible -- unless he were the one in control of it!  He
then turns and shoots at a recently released target, but he misses.  As he
watches it fall rapidly toward the ground fall below, he mutters, "Oops...
Nigel!  Better call..."  Then Nigel finishes the thought with him, "the
lawyers."
        At the Planet, Perry congratulates Lois on her great story and her
instincts.  Both she and Clark thank him for not blowing the whistle on them.
After Perry leaves, Clark simply sits there and waits for the "I told you so!"
Lois doesn't quite use those words, but the message is clearly there as she
tells Clark that sometimes a reporter must follow his instincts and not just
the facts.  As they leave the newsroom, she mentions that she somehow doesn't
believe that he told her his biggest secret.  Grinning, he replies, "Well just
to put your little mind at ease...you're right!"


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        Jeffery D. Sykes                                              
        University of Kentucky                       sykes@ms.uky.edu  
        Department of Mathematics                      (606) 257-6806  
                                                                        
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