The Orville
TV Show • 2017 • Comedy
ReportFollows the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.
This tv show contains 35 potentially triggering events.
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Some people have sex under the influence of alien pheremones that influence their decision making. The alien giving off the pheremones is aware of this effect and doesn't inform anyone but pursues sex with them anyway, repeatedly.
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One alien species divorces by stabbing each other with a knife
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S3e7 an alien with very intense strength bc of greater gravity on her home planet has a sexual relationship with a human that results in many injuries to him. This is played for laughs throughout the episode, but there's a very dark scene about 18 min before the end of the ep where the woman (talla) is in bed crying about the relationship having to end. When the camera pans out we see the man (john) in bed with her with an extremely bloodied, bruised, and swollen face and body. This is played for laughs but it is very, very dark and this moment in particular with its graphic depiction of bloody injuries was very upsetting to watch. The button on the joke is him spitting out bloody teeth, which is also very upsetting.
Also s3e7 there's a kind of upsetting dynamic when claire gives isaac an ultimatum to undergo the alteration to feel emotions bc isaac didn't want this but did it for her.
SPOILERS AHEAD
S3e7 an alien with very intense strength bc of greater gravity on her home planet has a sexual relationship with a human that results in many injuries to him. This is played for laughs throughout the episode, but there's a very dark scene about 18 min before the end of the ep where the woman (talla) is in bed crying about the relationship having to end. When the camera pans out we see the man (john) in bed with her with an extremely bloodied, bruised, and swollen face and body. This is played for laughs but it is very, very dark and this moment in particular with its graphic depiction of bloody injuries was very upsetting to watch. The button on the joke is him spitting out bloody teeth, which is also very upsetting.
Also s3e7 there's a kind of upsetting dynamic when claire gives isaac an ultimatum to undergo the alteration to feel emotions bc isaac didn't want this but did it for her.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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gonzogm
I suppose the captain is gaslighted about how he got his job, but it's more like a "lie by omission" type of thing.
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gonzogm
In season 3/New Horizons episode 8 a child is tortured. The child had arguably been abused by one of her fathers in previous episodes (certainly verbally, at the least).
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Cigarettes, simulator porn, etc.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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There's a lot of casual but heavy drinking on the show; I wouldn't call any of it abuse.
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Are animals abused?
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There's a zoo where many species are trapped
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Are there spiders?
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E10
Starts when they’re all in the conference room. First part is a lot of tarantulas which starts around 25:30, and ends around 26:00 when Ed opens the gun compartment. Around 27:00 Gordon starts talking about them, not the nicest, ends around 27:20. Last part is around 27:45, Alara and Gordon are stood still talking, elevator doors open to reveal a big CGI spider, this ends around 28:20 when Alara is running alone in the corridor. All good for the rest of the episode.
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Are there bugs?
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Spiders in s1e10
Also cgi firefly type bugs in s3e8
Also cgi firefly type bugs in s3e8
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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Character restrained to a chair
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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S1e12 lots of cutting hands and arms slowly and on camera - aliens who believe cutting open wounds is a way to see if their god will heal it, kind of like salem witch trials
S3e5 topa in a simulation hits a glass console w their fist and there's a closeup of the hand wound
S3e5 topa in a simulation hits a glass console w their fist and there's a closeup of the hand wound
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Is there cannibalism?
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S1e8 in particular
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Is someone burned alive?
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People frequently die in ship explosions in battle scenes, typically w ship bursting into flames, but no specific onscreen person on fire that I recall. There is a moment in s2e3 where someone is forced at gunpoint to badly scald their hand in boiling liquid and we see the burnt hand afterwards.
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Is there amputation?
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It's a "practical joke"
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Is there a hanging?
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There is a public execution where a man is beaten to death and others are harmed in the process
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Are any teeth damaged?
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S3e7 about 19 min before end of ep john bloodied in bed w talla spits up his own teeth
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Does someone break a bone?
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S3e7 during sex, john breaks many bones - we hear vivid sound effects throughout the episode
Earlier in early s2 when ed is on selaya, the gravity breaks his shins and we hear sound effects
Generally broken bones are easily fixed in this universe and time so they happen with frequency
Earlier in early s2 when ed is on selaya, the gravity breaks his shins and we hear sound effects
Generally broken bones are easily fixed in this universe and time so they happen with frequency
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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S3e3 gordon gets punched and kicked in crotch by bullies
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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It’s threatened in s2e3 to alara’s sister when they are held captive
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Is someone tortured?
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In season 3 episode 8 a child is tortured
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Yes, but out an airlock into space, so no gravity
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Crew members in s3e2 morph into another species and the process involves growing graphic new eyes on their face, and their face/eyes generally being mutilated in the mutations, several of which happen onscreen.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Only in a select few eps and usually played for laughs. In particular s3e7
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Children
Does a kid die?
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S2e2 the ship can save less than half the s2e2 survivors of a small colony about to be destroyed by a star, and the refugees draw lots. Many children are left behind and die.
S3e14 in alternate timeline it's implied topa dies
Also s3e6 there's a time travel situation where they erase a kid from the timeline, so sort of depends on your interpretation of their quantum mechanics explanations
S3e7 kaylon kills his builder family including 2 kids, but after we see them mercilessly torture him
S3e14 in alternate timeline it's implied topa dies
Also s3e6 there's a time travel situation where they erase a kid from the timeline, so sort of depends on your interpretation of their quantum mechanics explanations
S3e7 kaylon kills his builder family including 2 kids, but after we see them mercilessly torture him
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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SPOILER s3e9 charlie sacrifices herself to blow up the device when it can't be shut down, preventing genocide
Also it's a show w a lot of war in space scenes where folks work in a military capacity and are on ships or shuttles or fighter planes that get blown up by enemy fire. S3e9 we see at least 3 fighter pilots lose their lives in battle.
Also it's a show w a lot of war in space scenes where folks work in a military capacity and are on ships or shuttles or fighter planes that get blown up by enemy fire. S3e9 we see at least 3 fighter pilots lose their lives in battle.
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Does a non-human character die?
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Isaac “dies” several times, including by suicide
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Disability
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Horizons Chapter 8 - a child is kidnapped
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Does a parent die?
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There's an episode where the orville cannot rescue everyone in danger and a child and her father escape but the mother dies. It's very sad.
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Does someone cheat?
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Literally the first scene is someone walking in on their spouse cheating
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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S1e8 isaac throws and shoots marcus' video game when they are marooned. It's written to be funny, not sad.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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S3 E10- Around 1hr into the episode a mutant woman jumps out suddenly without warning.
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Is someone possessed?
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An act described as possession occurs but it is more like a severe parasite.
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Are there clowns?
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S1EP10 a creepy clown roaming the ship features predominantly throughout the first half of the episode.
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Does someone vomit?
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S1 E2- Alara vomits due to nerves @ 12mins after drinking a shot a tequila. Off screen. No visuals but graphic sound.
S1 E11- John is sick several times around 38mins (goes for about 30secs) when the shuttle towing the Orville transitions into 2D space. No visuals but graphic audio.
S3 E3- Bortus looks like he is going to be sick around 31mins in when the Orville is doing rapid evasive manuvoures in space. But he doesn't.
S3 E7- Around 55mins in John gags and spits up blood and teeth. Not technically vomit but pretty triggering.
S1 E11- John is sick several times around 38mins (goes for about 30secs) when the shuttle towing the Orville transitions into 2D space. No visuals but graphic audio.
S3 E3- Bortus looks like he is going to be sick around 31mins in when the Orville is doing rapid evasive manuvoures in space. But he doesn't.
S3 E7- Around 55mins in John gags and spits up blood and teeth. Not technically vomit but pretty triggering.
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Is there audio gore?
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In particular sound effects in s3e2 when crew members mutate into aliens. And broken bones in scenes involving selayans or humans on selaya.
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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There is a torture device used in multiple episodes which appears to be electrical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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A torture serum injected in the neck and then the antidote the same
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Many scenes in sickbay
A hospital scene on a planet
A hospital scene on a planet
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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A character is triggered by fire not realizing she had a traumatizing childhood experience in a fire
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E1
Someone attempts suicide in New Horizons episode one. SPOILER: They succeed, but are revived.
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Is there misophonia?
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There's a character in s2 who eats noisily
Also a scene w gum
S3e7 kissing scene
Also a scene w gum
S3e7 kissing scene
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Stereotypical unpleasant conversation between 3 women about trying not to gain weight s2e6
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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S3E5 could be a bit triggering. The phrase isn't mentioned, but Topah has some thoughts in the first third of the episode.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Many scenes w ppl crawling through jeffries tubes as is typical of space ship tv shows
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No, but a main character attempts suicide.
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Noxious
Is there obscene language/gestures?
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S1
E7
mild but frequent adult language
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Anonymous
Opening sequence of s3e1 in particular
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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S2e5 born in a labor prison camp
Also an egg hatches in s1
Also an egg hatches in s1
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Are there abortions?
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In episode 4, a set of parents are taken to a facility after obtaining an abortion. The facility shows them a sulation of their child which speaks to them. It is very disturbing and the parents react with anguish.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Well in s3e6 SPOILER leighton meester is pregnant but then they go and remove gordon from earlier in the timeline against her and gordon's wishes and we don't know exactly what happens to that timeline but if it disappears rather than splitting into an alternate universe, then in a way a pregnant lady dies. Either way, it's emotional and sad.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Lots of weird throw away jokes about characters going on diets, in sitcom fashion, unfortunately.
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gonzogm
Yes, a child is born a girl which is considered a malformity. The baby is surgically altered to have a male body and the truth about the gender is hidden from the child.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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The moclans are a homonormative alien culture and many episodes explore their prejudice, which are allegories for our own culture's heteronormativity and prejudice, including slurs and cruel language.
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Is there hate speech?
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There are a lot of jokes and social critiques about race via alien species
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Does an LGBT person die?
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In alternate timelines mostly
Although the moclans are mostly homosexual as their culture is homonormative, arguably every battle where a moclan dies.
And then season 3 SPOILERS charly is revealed to be queer and later dies
Although the moclans are mostly homosexual as their culture is homonormative, arguably every battle where a moclan dies.
And then season 3 SPOILERS charly is revealed to be queer and later dies
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Many jokes about Yaphit, a gelatinous crew member, are explicitly social critiques and satire about ableism and other kinds of prejudice, sometimes more successfully executed than othertimes.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Gordon & leighton meester
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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GarrettDavidson
Nothing explicit, but sex is referenced a lot
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Mostly not in a traditional sense but in various alien planet situations, including two brief shots of a krill beggar in s3e4
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Well, a lot of belief systems are debunked via allegories of backwards alien species
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
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S3e3 on screen and the characters are trapped inside flying it
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Anonymous
No but there are many other big, scary, dramatic, impactful explosions
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
Very little for the most part w a few notable exceptions, usually taken to an extreme and played for laughs as with s3e7
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Does someone drown?
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No but in s3e3 gordon's head is stuck in a toilet repeatedly by bullies
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Is there gun violence?
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There are also many eps with traditional guns and bullets when visiting less developed societies. And the kaylon head guns in the fladhbacks to their history with the builders, function like trafitional guns.
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