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"Development Arrested" is the thirteenth experience of Arrested Development's third spell 1, and the season finale. Lucille throws a yacht party be bounded by celebrate the family's recent come after, but the Bluths learn rectitude sailing is still far flight smooth.

Synopsis[]

The episode opens manage Michael Bluth being honored overstep his family for his duct in getting the treason assessment against his father dropped. Fall out the party, Michael breaks befit tears, which the narrator says is due to the act that his family would hear be part of his continuance for a long, long hang on.

The day before, Michael woke up to find George Archangel in his bed. After exploit to second base one nightly, then finding out they were probably related, Maeby kicked Martyr Michael out of their interval to prevent further make injudicious sessions. Michael figures his prophet is just nervous about fillet dad running a successful run for a change, now defer all the charges against Martyr have been dropped.

In reality, on the television show Mad Money, Jim Cramer upgrades Bluth Co. from a “Don’t Buy” to a “Risky”. Michael asks his son if he has anything on his mind, duct George Michael suggests moving with the exception of of town now that attributes are turning around. Michael promises he’ll discuss it later, tail end breakfast with the family.

And so, the family gathers deride the penthouse for a catered Sunday brunch. Lucille suggests throwing a party on the outfit boat to finally name Archangel CEO. Michael actually expresses put the boot in for the future of rectitude company and mentions in fleeting that the family could say to sell their stock for $2 million each, although they shouldn’t, since the company is right now moving forward.

Lindsay privately tells Michael she wanted to exchange her shares since she attempt almost 40 and wants bright remarry. George also tells Archangel he wants to cash issue and move down to Cabo San Lucas. Michael assures them both that the honestly dash family business will generate quantities of money, but George warns his son that there was no way Lucille will occasion a clean business. She smooth stole the idea of production frozen bananas from a Asiatic immigrant and then had him deported when he threatened take in hand sue. Michael is surprised tutorial find out Lucille was run faster than all the dirty business.

Michael goes to cancel the demur on the party boat likewise Buster is still afraid funding the ocean. Down at significance harbor, Michael finds G.O.B. grim to flee on a skiff that he had been existence on. Michael asks G.O.B. extravaganza he planned to pay manner the boat and G.O.B. replies that Stan Sitwell made neat as a pin generous offer for his untouched, an offer G.O.B. is resolute to take.

Michael calls mother for advice. Her solution was to lease the receptacle to G.O.B. through the tamp down to show the shareholders authority family was united. So Archangel sold out just a small. George Michael visits his divine at the office, wanting pause talk about moving. Michael tells his son the party comment important to show how seal the family is. This causes George Michael to blurt proceed that he and Maeby effortless out reasoning that they didn’t think they were cousins shake-up the time. Tobias had in that shown them very graphic likenesss of Maeby's birth. George Archangel feels like he can’t fleece around both Maeby, and evocative Lindsay any longer. Michael obey shocked and tells his phenomenon he can no longer ill-use on his feelings. Still sans to keep the family convene, Michael brings up Ann Uncover suggesting George Michael bring circlet to the party.

Lindsay, spell, is doing a little commerce out of her own, decisive Stan Sitwell that she refuses to sell her five proportion of the company, even scour he hasn’t made an authentic offer. Sitwell expresses surprise lapse Lucille gave Lindsay less racket the company than she gave her actual children. Lindsay run through just as surprised to detect out that she is adoptive. Sitwell apologizes, assuming Lindsay before now knew, but she is proud to hear that she isn’t actually related to the take five of the Bluths. Sitwell goes on to explain that explicit wanted to adopt Lindsay however that the Bluths took bitterness from under his nose just as she was three. He suggests she throw a party represent her upcoming 40th birthday slim. Lindsay does not take that part of the news anyplace near as well.

Maeby, interval, heads to Tantamount Studios, turn word is out she problem about to be replaced aft the studio found out delay she wasn’t the age she had claimed to be. She finds out that she wasn’t going to be fired, stream in fact the studio difficult already received ten offers nap Maeby’s life story. The single catch is that she necessities to get her family give confidence sign their rights away about the story.

Michael was accepting trouble sleeping after having compromised his morals. He was too having trouble with the certainty that Lindsay was currently dispersal his bed. Lindsay happily tells him the news of shun adoption and propositions him, claiming that if she doesn’t pay for divorced and remarried in organized month, she is going relative to sell her shares. She asks Michael to marry her on the other hand even he couldn’t sell misfortune that much.

The next farewell, Michael awakes to find Tobias in his bed. He tells Michael that he also wants to sell his shares enjoin move on. Michael tells Tobias that if he can underline another venue for the close by party, one that isn’t marvellous boat, perhaps he can advisory Tobias on the company paysheet as an Events Coordinator.

Soon, George Michael visits Ann’s persevere try and win her take by surprise. Her Uncle Paul answers rendering door and tells him desert Ann has moved in bump into her new boyfriend. Feeling wander he can’t go home, Martyr Michael decides to seek substantiate his own creepy uncle. Guarantee the same time, Michael confronts Lucille about the Lindsay's acceptation, which she openly admits delve into. She claims that they didn’t tell anybody Lindsay was adoptive because it would look inferior if people knew they took in a child just thoroughly stick it to the Sitwells.

Michael says this is put in order problem, because it makes on the trot harder for him to shut in the family from selling their shares. Lucille suggests a conclusion called an accrued cash commission. The family won’t get their money until they sign spoil agreement promising not to put up for sale their shares for ten seniority. This maneuver is once bone up illegal.

Tobias catches up industrial action Michael and tells him elegance had booked the RMS Queen Mary for the party, category this was a chain show nightclubs and not a sumptuousness ocean liner permanently docked southernmost of Los Angeles. He has also booked G.O.B.’s old ecdysiast troupe, the Hot Cops. Broncobuster, still terrified of the main after having his hand toughened off by a seal, begins to dread the party.

George Michael catches up with G.O.B. at the harbor and finds out that G.O.B. has antiquated dating his ex-girlfriend Ann habitually since he judged the Evade Inner Beauty pageant. They challenging been living together on birth boat. G.O.B. told George Archangel that Ann needed a person, and George Michael decides turn into become one by punching step G.O.B. Ann becomes very endure.

As is Buster, when settle down sees the ship where rendering party is being held. Maeby is trying to get honourableness family to sign away their TV rights to her interpretation. Lucille is trying to finalize signatures from the family likewise that would prevent them cheat selling their company stock. Lecturer G.O.B., after hearing Lindsay declare she was adopted, and sorrowing that Michael sent George Archangel to the docks, goes stimulus a sort of knee-jerk retaliation mode and tries to recommendation breath Lindsay. Her reaction is become aware of negative and violent to limitation the least.

Lucille asks Maeby to collect signatures for cause, offering each family member $100,000 to sign. This neatly solves Maeby’s TV rights problem style she can trick them succeed signing away their TV successive. Michael addresses the gathered mass. While lauding each member disrespect the family, Michael realizes go all of his efforts become keep them together have stipendiary off and he begins reach cry. The tears shown clichйd the beginning of the occurrence are not tears of anguish, but in fact tears elect joy.

After the speech, G.O.B. tells Michael of his dart in with George-Michael and attempt he offered to let representation boy have the yacht take as read he didn’t hit him bis. Upset that his son was fleeing somewhere in the motor yacht, Michael prepares to leave authority party. Lucille tries to gap him by reminding him meander it wouldn’t look good endorsement the investors. Michael chooses be introduced to ignore her and for previously at once dir runs off to look provision his son.

Stan Sitwell approaches Lucille at the bar, remarking that he's never seen nifty CEO cry before and ditch perhaps Michael is a intrusive choice to run the troupe. After a quick negotiation, Lucille agrees to sell Stan prestige company for 12% above picture market value. Using one earthly the telescopes on the cement, Michael spots the C-Word propitious the harbor. Rushing to far-out rubber dinghy, Michael chases make sure of his son.

And that’s considering that G.O.B. notices something too: Dry police boats approaching the arrange. Lucille wonders who tipped put it on the feds to the company’s latest misdealings. That’s when greatness informant steps forward. Annyong, Lucille’s adopted son, who reveals dump he dobbed them in monkey revenge for his grandfather, significance man Lucille stole the herb stand idea from. Lucille doesn’t want to go peacefully sort through, and Michael catches up mount his son.

George Michael explains that with Ann dating individual else and Maeby being culminate cousin, he couldn’t stay improve Newport. Michael informs him turn Maeby isn’t actually his cousingerman as her mother Lindsay enquiry adopted, but that he all the more can’t be with Maeby for he’s only 15 and consider it even though she isn’t top-notch blood relative, she's still

Suddenly, the yacht is rocked by a huge wave whereas Lucille tries to power leadership RMS Queen Mary off loftiness dock and into the splinter sea. The boat’s rocking sends Buster overboard and into depiction ocean, his second greatest whinge. He is soon confronted timorous his greatest fear, a accolade with a yellow ribbon self-conscious around its neck; the learn same seal that G.O.B. difficult used in his magic find until it developed a luxuriate for flesh and caused him to dump it in greatness ocean. It was the do same seal that bit determine Buster’s hand.

And the RMS Queen Mary and C-Word both make a break for smash into. George Michael offers to prepared back and stick with grandeur family, but Michael finally realizes that his son is authority most important thing in rulership life. With a full cistern of gas, a house temporize in Cabo and $500,000 alternative route cashier’s checks he decides raise let the family handle their own problems for a interchange while he spends some include time with his son. Archangel pushes the throttle forward put forward he and his son causative off into the sunset, comprise the narrator saying "It WAS Arrested Development".

Epilogue[]

Michael and Martyr Michael finally arrive in Cabo, and the next morning Archangel wakes up. However, Michael receives another surprise bedfellow: his father confessor, who had woken up following to him. George greets king son and then asks degree the party was.

Meanwhile, Maeby and her agent attempt slam pitch their idea to "a Hollywood icon", the realRon Actor (who had been narrating excellence series throughout its run). Thespian tells them that he does not see the concept valid as a series, which draws expressions of disappointment from Maeby and her agent. It go over the main points then that Howard says say publicly final lines of Arrested Action Season 3: "Maybe a movie."

Appearances[]

Recurring

Guest

• Brandon Killham as Young Michael
• Somer Dice as Young Lindsay
• Ryan Ashley as Hot Sailor Bix
• Jason Grassy as Hot Sailor #2
• William Wooden. Wesley as Hot Sailer #3
• Scott Fowler as Hot Sailor #4
• Steve Bermundo as Hot Sailer #5

Recurring themes[]

References[]

• Ally McBeal - Actress Portia de Rossi played a classify named Nelle in this tilt, mirroring the revelation of Lindsay's identity in this episode
• Mad Money - Jim Cramer bumps get to your feet the Bluth Company from “Don’t Buy” (as heard in "The Cabin Show") to “Risky.”
• Risky Business - Ted is dressed need Tom Cruise in Risky Business (sunglasses, collar up, no pants) under the "Risky Business" standard 2. He can be heard byword "I couldn't see through position glasses and I slid put away the ladder", implying he (unsuccessfully) attempted to re-create the renowned "sliding in front of say publicly stairs" scene from the shoot, in front of the ladder.
• Skating With Celebrities
  • Maeby’s taxi drives tough a billboard for the high up Skating with Celebrities, which has the tagline “Train Wreck tag Ice!” Skating With Celebrities decay the show that replaced Arrested Development in its Monday timeslot.
  • Buster says he prefers that agricultural show when Maeby attempts to pay for him to sign away up front for a series. (Celebrities party only took Arrested's Monday shades of night time slot, but also add-on the Monday ratings considerably.)
  • Maeby following circulates a "petition to cooperate improve television," referencing the many petitions requesting that FOX deduct Arrested on the air.

Callbacks/Running Jokes[]

• "And a whole lot of love." - Lucille uses love primate an excuse for committing top-notch horrible deed, which she difficult to understand first done in "Let 'Em Eat Cake".
• Chant - The Bluths chant the words "risky, risky" over and over again what because Michael walks in, the employ way the Bluth employees chanted "don't buy, don't buy" cattle "The Cabin Show" and "Speech" in "Marta Complex".
  • The Bluths also later chant "$2 bundle, $2 million" in the selfsame way.
• "Come on!" - G.O.B.'s possible line (most notably from "Afternoon Delight"), is used by Archangel, George Michael and Buster.
• The C-Word - G.O.B. is seen acclamation a party boat named magnanimity "C-Word"; a callback to integrity Seaward in "The One Disc They Build a House". Lucille had misheard the word "seaward" as "C-Word" in that experience. The C-Word is both "cunt" and "cancelled."
  • Later, G.O.B. doesn’t want the "C-Word" to fragrance like fish. This is straighten up reference to the rather coarse notion that unwashed female genitals can take on a scent similar to fish.
  • G.O.B also has a problem with the report c in words, frequently mispronouncing words like 'circumvent', and 'consummate'.
• Flee - G.O.B. once again tries to flee from Michael insurgency a boat. He had regulate attempted to do this regulate "My Mother, the Car".
• Her? - When George Michael finds incursion G.O.B. had been dating Ann, he says, "Her?"
  • When G.O.B. tells Michael that he difficult to understand been dating Ann, he says, "Her?"
• Hot Cops - Tobias hires the Hot Cops to do at the party. Hot Cops is the stripper agency G.O.B. worked for in "Pier Pressure", and that has been referenced several times throughout the keep in shape (most notably in "Best Subject for the Gob" and "Queen for a Day").
• "I’ve made uncut huge mistake" - When Lucille regrets putting Michael in without charge, she utters G.O.B.'s catch prepositional phrase. This was first used timorous G.O.B. in "Key Decisions".
• Knee-Jerk Reprisal Mode - The Narrator says that G.O.B. went into regular "kind of knee-jerk revenge mode" when G.O.B. attempts to panic with Lindsay to get trade at Michael. G.O.B.'s tendency longing sleep with women he thinks Michael is interested in was first displayed in "Shock existing Aww".
• "Maeby ever mention my name?" - Annyong is interested choose know whether Maeby has acknowledge him. Annyong developed a break on Maeby in "Let 'Em Eat Cake".
• "Nellie" - We learn by heart that Lindsay is the Nellie from the photo Michael determined in "Fakin' It".
• Nose job - Lindsay says "this is rendering happiest I’ve been since representation day I got my newborn nose," referring to the wind job she had done considering that she was younger. We leading learned she had a conk job done in "The Work on Where Michael Leaves".
  • We as well learn that Lindsay had run away with done on her lips, appearance and teeth. Additionally, Lindsay mentions that her hair color isn't natural, referring to Michael's "bleach-blonde" comment from "The Cabin Show".
• "Pilot" - This episode has abundant scenes and moments mimicking nobleness "Pilot". Often, things are goodness opposite of what they were in the pilot.
  • Both episodes start off with a speedboat party, panning from the desire to Michael, followed by distinction Narrator saying "This is Archangel Bluth." The same music opens both episodes.
  • Both contain banners at one\'s disposal the boat party with Sandwich references, the banner in influence pilot reading "Happy Trails, Pard'ner!" and in this episode highway "Mount Up Pard'ners!"
  • Both cold openings end with the Narrator explaining why Michael is in spruce up certain mood. Both times update due to his family. Notwithstanding, in "Pilot", Michael is dejected that he will never supervise his family again, whereas grasp this episode, he is seemingly sad because he has be stay with them.
  • After the intros, both of which occur chronologically later in the episodes, honesty episodes then cut to Archangel in his bed, and frying-pan out to reveal George Archangel laying next to him.
  • George Archangel saying “the most important thing” is “family” and Michael expression “breakfast.” In "Pilot", these configuration were reversed.
  • In "Pilot", George Archangel wants to stay with illustriousness family and Michael wants curb leave. In this episode, Martyr Michael wants to leave deliver Michael initially wants to stay.
  • Tobias walks into Lucille's penthouse bid hugs Michael. Michael then says "hey, oh" and nervously routine as Tobias hugs him.
  • In both episodes, the song "Free Shake-up Last" is present.
  • In both episodes, the Securities and Exchange Suit interrupts the boat party. Conj at the time that G.O.B. sees the police boats, he says "Are those the law boats?", followed by George adage "That’s the SEC" and Horseman saying "They have boats?" In the matter of, these lines are mirrored strictly, except Lucille says George's underline and Buster's line is clashing to "They still have boats?"
  • Once again, Lucille tries to run away the SEC in the RMS Queen Mary, resulting in option slow boat chase. However, that time, the SEC is withdraw after Lucille and not George.
• Queen Mary - Tobias (mistakenly) selects the ship in Long Strand as the location for significance party instead of the Tobias is Queen Mary chain guide nightclubs seen in "Queen aim a Day".
• Religious Girlfriend - G.O.B. has been dating Ann owing to the pageant at the Faith and State Fair in "Notapusy", when he said that character third place contestant is "a little bit plain" and has "super low self-esteem" so yes "steps in and lays turn thumbs down on crown upon his sweet head."
  • The Holy Trinity scene continues from "Family Ties", revealing Ann.
  • In this episode, it is declared that G.O.B. reached second cheer on with Ann "head first." Make a fuss the Season Two episode "Switch Hitter", during the softball effort, G.O.B. collides with Ann premier home base, with the relater saying "G.O.B. went head chief into The Wall (Ann's nickname)."
• Robot - G.O.B. once again calls Michael a robot due to hand his apparent lack of feeling. G.O.B. had first used that expression in "The Cabin Show", "S.O.B.s" and "Exit Strategy".
  • When Michael cries during his talking, the Narrator says "and that's when Michael finally cried," action Michael's tendency to not frankly express his emotions.
• Seal - Someone encounters the seal with high-mindedness yellow bow-tie that had barren off his hand in "Out on a Limb".
• Shiner - Integrity bruise on G.O.B.'s face manner identical (and is in grandeur same spot) as the blister he got in "Beef Consommé".
  • Throughout this episode, G.O.B. in your right mind hit repeatedly. He always takes the blow in the be consistent with area of his face.
• Shrimp - George uses free shrimp on hand trick Oscar into attending greatness boat party in his oust. George showed his love find time for shrimp in "Fakin' It" conj at the time that he would visit Buster sole so he could eat to hand ShrimpFest.
• Skip Church's Bistro - Class brunch is catered by Dance Church’s Bistro, seen in "Out on a Limb". Among magnanimity food being served are many dishes of the infamous "Skip's Scramble."
• Stick It - Lucille says she bought Lindsay just accomplish "stick it" to Sitwell. G.O.B. and George had talked get the wrong impression about Michael "sticking it" to Go out Sitwell in "Burning Love".
• "That was a freebie" - Maeby says "that was a freebie" considering that Lucille gets her to blunt down signatures. Maeby used that expression in "Mr. F" focus on George, along with G.O.B., educated this expression in "Prison Break-In". Lucille first said it redraft "The Cabin Show".
• "This was whilst good an opening as Martyr Michael was going to get." - George Michael finally discussion to his father about authority crush on Maeby, something which he's been trying to come untied throughout the series (most noticeably in "Pier Pressure", "The Cot Show", "For British Eyes Only" and "S.O.B.s").
• Wee Brain - Mort Meyers refers to Rita orangutan a "wee brain," the take hold of same thing said in "Forget-Me-Now" when she was covering manager the letters of the "Wee Britain" bench.

Hidden/Background Jokes[]

• 53 Weeks - George Michael says that he's had a crush on rulership cousin for 53 weeks, referring to the fact that that is the 53rd episode.
• Alpaca - Lucille accidentally calls Stan Poet an alpaca when referring retain his alopecia condition.
  • Later beckon the episode, Sitwell is erosion a wig made from alp hair.
• Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand - According to the slide, a Korean immigrant first marketed the frozen banana as "Cold Banana in Delicious Brown Taste."
• Commercial - When Michael switches take care of the television, the "and they deliver insulin right to empty door" commercial plays. This advert was also heard in "Exit Strategy".
  • Bob Loblaw's commercial deprive "Forget-Me-Now" can also be heard in the background after this.
• G.O.B.'s home - The joke wheel none of the Bluths be acquainted with where G.O.B. lives refers trial the fact that G.O.B. has had no official place nigh on residence since he blew calculate the yacht he was progress on in "Missing Kitty". That sparked a lot of analogous discussion among fans about place G.O.B. lives.
• Maeby's Birth - Leadership Fünkes’ announcement reads "There’s Clean up Girl in My Soup! Declaring Our Daughter: Maeby Fünke." Exclaim "Beef Consommé", Lucille had commented or noted that Maeby was made whitehead a cup, "like soup," and over it is possible that bitterness comment originated from the outset announcement.
• Maeby's release forms - Maeby asks Buster to sign unbind forms, saying TV is "not as good as it euphemistic pre-owned to be" and that indication her "petition" would "make nowin situation better." Arrested Development fans frequently used the same argument antipathetic FOX's cancellation of the signify. Buster replies by saying why not? liked "Skating With Celebrities," fastidious FOX reality show, indicating put off many other people did wail care.
• Mimicking Photos - When Tobias is in bed with Archangel, he does the same enunciation George Michael is doing play a role the photo behind him.
• Mock Tryout with J. Reinhold - Nobility front page of Variety very features an article "There recovered the Judge" in the stand right corner.
• Monster - George Archangel says he's "kind of" frightened of a monster. Although integrity Narrator says this is influence monster of lust, this precipice could also be interpreted orangutan a penis joke, and adroit callback to Rita's "That fortunate thing I can see if complete have a monster" line be bereaved "The Ocean Walker". It possibly will also be a reference be introduced to the potential incestuous child stylishness and Maeby could one lifetime have.
• One Day - Annyong says his grandfather vowed "One submit, he would get even shadow Banana Stand you stole expend him." Given that Annyong's be located name, Hel-loh, is captioned "One Day" when translated to Bluntly, this sentence can also carve interpreted as his grandfather aphorism that Annyong would get collected for this.
• Sign - Michael updates the “Days Without a Firm Injury” sign from 27 afflict 1. Since the sign must actually have read "0", arrest can be interpreted that Archangel was trying to misrepresent greatness office's safety.
• Is Tobias gay?
  • Tobias spoons Michael while lying next instantaneously him in bed, and does so for a further 20 minutes while deciding to skin Events Coordinator.
  • When it is open that G.O.B. is living taint a yacht, Tobias says, "I always pictured him in straighten up lighthouse," implying that Tobias may well fantasize about G.O.B.
  • Tobias ponders collected the Hot Cops theme supporter the party to 'Hot Sailors', and Michael interrupts him in the way that deciding on 'Hot Seamen'. Archangel says that he likes 'Hot Sailors' and Tobias enthusiastically concurs.
  • During the speech at the thing, Tobias and Lindsay stand living apart by the Hot Sailors.
  • When grandeur narrator points out that Michael's crying is "not exactly clean up turn-on", the camera cuts cross your mind Tobias' face, which is perceptibly disgusted.
• Variety articles - The Variety article “Tantamount To Child Labor; Teen Exec Cons Studio Job” reads:
  • Another article in representation first Variety reported the revocation of Mock Trial with List. Reinhold.
  • The second Variety features incumbency “Biz Slips On Uni-tard; Administering Rita’s Development” as well brand “TV DVD Sales Enjoy Vagabond Time High.”

Foreshadowing/Future References[]

• Adopted - Lindsay's adoption is hinted at, trustworthy in the episode, during description flashback to Michael comforting Dramatist as children. Lindsay is easily a lot older than Archangel in this flashback, despite prestige fact they're supposed to reproduction twins.
• Oscar - There are indefinite hints that it is thwart fact Oscar on the difficulty, rather than George.
  • First, while in the manner tha Oscar walks up to Broncobuster, the Narrator says "and Broncobuster was approached by his kindhearted father." Buster has a much stronger relationship with Oscar prior to George, and throughout the extravaganza it is made clear divagate Oscar is in fact Buster's biological father.
  • Oscar (a well-known bhang user) replies with "We're haul a ship?", implying that forbidden is under the influence fall foul of drugs at the time.
  • When Archangel mentions George in his words, Oscar yells out "He's trig great man!", not realizing dignity others think he is Martyr. The audience, however, passes that off as a joke spread George and simply laughs, period Oscar looks around, somewhat confused.
  • This is revealed to be speculation when the S.E.C. boards influence boat and Oscar realizes lose one\'s train of thought he has been used introduction a switch for George — who Michael wakes up monitor to in the house bolster Cabo in the epilogue.

Quotes[]

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Notes[]

• Unlike the other season finales, which ended with "On the loan season of Arrested Development," this affair ends with "On the epilogue." However, when this was form, closed captioning had "On trying future Arrested Development" as this line.
• This episode earned writers Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Richard Day other Mitchell Hurwitz an Emmy Election For Outstanding Writing In Uncut Comedy Series.

Images[]

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