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Starring Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock / Daredevil), Vincent D’Onofrio (Mayor Wilson Fisk), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page), Wilson Bethel (Bullseye), Ayelet Zurer (Vanessa Fisk), Margarita Levieva (Heather Glenn), Nikki M James (Kirsten McDuffie), Arty Froushan (Buck Cashman), Michael Gandolfini (Daniel Blake), Clark Johnson (Cherry), and Matthew Lillard (Mister Charles), with Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones) and Mike Colter (Luke Cage).
DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN – SEASON TWO
A Kevin Feige Production
Produced by Marvel Television for Disney+
Number of Episodes: 8
Initial Streaming: March 24, 2026-May 5, 2026
Rating: TV-MA
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87%
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Fun Daredevil: Born Again Facts
Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two appropriately serves as a direct follow up to Daredevil: Born Again – Season One, which followed up on the stories of several characters that were first introduced in the old version of Marvel Television’s Netflix productions from 2015-2019.
Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two sees the return of Krysten Ritter’s PI superhero Jessica Jones. Ritter debuted as Jessica in 2015’s Jessica Jones: Season One, produced by the old version of Marvel Television for Netflix. She went on to reprise her role as Jessica in The Defenders, Jessica Jones: Season Two, and Jessica Jones: Season Three. Though all of the now former Netflix shows have been confirmed to be MCU canon, Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two marks Ritter’s formal MCU debut and we learn that she has had a baby girl named Danielle since we last saw her.
Daredevil: Born Again: Season Two sees the return of Mike Colter’s powerhouse Luke Cage. Colter debuted in Jessica Jones: Season One produced by the old version of Marvel Television. He went on to reprise his role as Cage in Luke Cage: Season One, The Defenders, Luke Cage: Season Two, and Jessica Jomes: Season Three. Luke Cage fathered Jessica’s child and began working for Mr. Charles since we last saw him.
Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two marks the 9th MCU appearance for Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdoch / Daredevil following Daredevil: Season One, Daredevil: Season Two, The Defenders, Daredevil: Season Three, Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and Daredevil: Born Again – Season One.
Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two marks the 7th MCU appearance for Vincent D’Onfrio’s Wilson Fisk / Kingpin following Daredevil: Season One, Daredevil: Season Two, Daredevil: Season Three, Hawkeye, Echo, Daredevil: Born Again – Season One.
Upon the MCU (616) Timeline, Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two takes place about six-months after Daredevil: Born Again – Season One, with Marvel Studios theatrical productions Captain America: Brave New World, and Thunderbolts* taking place between Season One and Season Two. The 2027 Disney+ series Wonder Man takes place after the events of Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two and Marvel Studios’ upcoming feature films Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday will take place on the MCU Timeline after Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two.
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My Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two Review
The Northern Star – Directed by Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson. Written by Dario Scardapane
The first episode of Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two jumps right into the Daredevil vs Kingpin rivalry, as Matt suits up in a black Daredevil suit to infiltrate The Northern Star, a cargo ship carrying military-grade weapons to a Hell’s Kitchen port as ordered by Mayor Wilson Fisk.
Noting the trouble aboard, the captain and the first mate try to sink the ship as ordered, and this ends up blocking access to the port. In the meantime, Mayor Fisk finds his grip on New York threated by not only his arch-nemesis, but also by the eccentric Mister Charles; a CIA representative. Most of this first episode is spent getting viewers up to speed with characters from Season One including Karen Page (now romantically involved with Matt Murdock and working closely with him during his war against The Kingpin), Swordsman (in prison), and Heather Glenn (still working as a therapist but haunted by visions of Muse).
The episode ends with Matt’s friend Cherry being assaulted in his home by Fisk’s Anti Vigilante Task Force, prompting Daredevil to come to his aid. The AVTF overpower Daredevil however, and even unmask him, but the intruders are swiftly taken out by Bullseye, who surprisingly comes to Matt’s aid!
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Shoot the Moon – Directed by Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson. Written by Dario Scardapane
The second episode of Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two sees Bullseye take out AVTF officers that are seeking to finish the job of terminating Cherry, allowing Cherry to be taken into hiding. We also see Matt and Karen training together at their hideout at Josie’s Bar. Both of these sequences are very rewarding for longtime fans of the Daredevil series, as it’s a lot of fun seeing Dex work against Kingpin and it’s awesome to see Karen working with Matt against Fisk, knowing that Matt’s Daredevil and being fully supportive of that.
Speaking of Fisk, he makes a bold chess move, deciding that rather than outing Matt Murdock as Daredevil, a more beneficial move would be publicly hailing Matt as a hero who saved his life and that is now missing. Fisk feigns concern for Matt’s well-being and encourages the public to assist him in locating his savior. This, of course, greatly complicates Matt’s activities!
Soon, we see what I can only describe as a very uncomfortable scene that is quite relevant in our current political climate. Angela del Toro and her aunt get caught up in a convivence store robbery that is infiltrated by the AVTF, who take it upon themselves to arrest everyone involved, including the store owner, who was defending his property, and Angela’s aunt, who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and was working to de-escalate the volatile situation. Watching the AVTF bully and harass was extremely disturbing and I couldn’t help but think of real-world people who have experienced similar things and feel my heart hurting for them. Anyway, her aunt’s arrest leads young Angela to reach out to Kirsten McDuffie after retrieving her late uncle’s amulet that bestowed upon him the power of the White Tiger, as seen of course, in Season One.
From there, we learn that the person behind the somewhat creepy and purposefully derogatory “Mayor Fisk” videos that were introduced in the first episode is none other than BB Urich! I had a couple of theories about these videos (which feature the perp wearing an overexaggerated latex mask in the likeness of Fisk while bashing his policies and activities) and neither of them involved BB, so that was a decent surprise, and her character arc has actually been properly elevated as these rebellious videos serve as a great backdrop to her friendship with Daniel Blake; one of Mayor Fisk’s most trusted advocates.
This episode ends with the Task Force raiding Josie’s Bar, which leads to a fantastic Daredevil / Kingpin team-up that ends with Karen taking an AVTF agent hostage while Matt incapacitates the invaders.
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The Scales and the Sword – Directed by Solvan Naim. Written by Heather Bellson.
The third episode of Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two was released on the same date as Episode Two (March 31, 2026), picking up with Karen Page and her AVTF hostage. Surprisingly, the man that she abducted was just as anti-Fisk as she and Matt are and he vows his allegiance to their cause. This ties-in to the Governor of New York confronting Fisk over the status of his port in light of the Northen Star incident, which does nothing to endear her to the Mayor.
Meanwhile, Kirsten McDuffie is representing Jack Duquesne in his upcoming trial, and she visits him in the mysterious high-security prison that he is being held. Jack’s situation has actually been one of the highlights of this Season so far, as we’ve seen Heather Glenn falsify his statements during evaluations and Fisk is looking to make a very public example out of Swordsman. His trial shows just how deep Fisk’s influence goes, as members of the court find Jack guilty despite no credible evidence being presented that he and the Swordsman are one in the same. Fisk’s gleeful reaction to the televised verdict is priceless!
With Swordsman’s trial having made a mockery of the United States Justice System, a disgusted Matt Murdock suits up as Daredevil and raids the facility. Both Karen and Angela are also involved in the raid, and so is Swordsman! Before this episode, I didn’t really have any kind of strong opinion pertaining to Swordsman one way or the other, but he won me over as a fan here, standing side-by-side by Daredevil and violently dashing his way to an escape!
With Fisk’s captives freed, Mayor Kingpin orders The Northen Star to be bombarded, killing everyone aboard that had been working on the cleanup efforts. This was surely done so that Fisk can blame the whole thing on Daredevil and his companions, and it was a good sequence to show just how cruel and evil Wilson Fisk has become, as once upon a time, loyalty and his word were things that mattered a great deal to him. They no longer do now.
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Gloves Off – Directed by Solvan Naim. Written by Chantelle M. Wells
The fourth episode of Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two had an incredible opening sequence that centered around Bullseye. We first see him in his apartment making his bed and having breakfast in a scene that was awesomely reminiscent of some of those early Kingpin sequences in the now former Daredevil Netflix series. From there, he politely feeds the neighbor’s cat before venturing to a local diner where ne nonchalantly orders a milkshake before making a call to the police and reporting that he’d seen Frank Castle enter the diner. This is, of course, all a ruse to lure AVTF agents to the diner, and when the get there, Dex unleashes absolute hell, killing all who dared come before casually leaving and chastising a customer for having a dog in the restaurant and then insisting that he wasn’t going to hurt him because he’s “One of the good guys.” Meanwhile, Wilson Fisk and Mister Charles have a tension-filled meeting over the time it is taking to move weapons efficiently, with Fisk insisting the delays are due to Daredevil’s ongoing interference.
Moving on, Daredevil utilizes his unique talents as a “very good lawyer” to locate Bullseye’s apartment. There, a fierce fight ensues between the two, with Bullseye using his surroundings as weapons (a compact disc throw stands out) while rambling about “one good dead” as he looks for absolution for his role in Foggy Nelson’s death and he believes the best way to achieve this is to murder Wilson Fisk.
In the meantime, Fisk has Vanessa make nice with the Governor while Buck kills the first mate of The Northern Star to keep him from talking. On top of all that, Karen and Angela are working with BB in an effort to build a case against Fisk, who has a charity boxing event on deck. The fight takes place at Fogwell’s gym, and it is ruthlessly dominated by Fisk. The pain that he unleashes against his unfortunate opponent is too much for many in the audience to stomach and the entire series of events take a dramatic turn when Fisk realizes that Vanessa, (against Fisk’s wishes) is in attendance.
As Fisk surely figured, Bullseye makes his presence known as well, but so does Daredevil, on a mission to keep Dex from killing Fisk. Then, in a stunning turn of events, Bullseye slings a glass ornament at Fisk, who manages to deflect the object, which shatters mid-air. As Fisk gathers his composure, he turns around to hear Vanessa (who shot Bullseye) say his name. Fisk then notices that a piece of the ornament had pierced Vanessa in the side of head and she falls to the canvas, painting it red with her blood as she bleeds out leaving us with a shocking cliffhanger.
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The Grand Design – Directed by Angela Barnes. Written by Jesse Wigutow
The previous episode of Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two left me as a viewer with a serious case of dread for the “good guys.” The potential death of Vanessa Fisk felt sure to unleash a much more unhinged Kingpin. As losing his own “North Star” would be too much to handle. Entering into this episode it felt inevitable that he was going to blame both Bullseye and Daredevil, but on top of that, and in light of the ornament being deflected by him, felt like he was probably going to blame himself too, and if we know anything about Wilson Fisk, it’s that he doesn’t process his emotions very well at all.
This week, we got a great deal of flashbacks that featured Elden Henson’s Foggy Nelson as well as Toby Leonard Moore’s Wesley. I appreciate any and all callbacks to the now former Netflix series, so I enjoyed all of this, especially seeing Wesley again.
In the present, Vanessa is rushed to the emergency room by a panicked Fisk, and Vincent D’Onofrio was amazing in this sequence, emitting so much emotion that I actually felt kind of sorry for him. Meanwhile, Daredevil tends to a wounded Bullseye, who wants to be left to die. Thinking back to his and Foggy’s early lawyer days and the notion of second chances, Matt begrudgingly decides to assist Foggy’s murderer as AVTF agents move in.
Back to Fisk, Vanessa actually regains consciousness at the hospital but repeatedly asks Wilson to tell her the story of how she met. Vincent D’Onofrio is again amazing in these scenes. Their final moments together are fleeting however, as Vanessa soon succumbs to her wouunds and passes away.
So, that feeling of dread is back. The Kingpin is about to be unhinged.
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Requiem – Directed by Angela Barnes. Written by Jesse Wigutow and Devon Kliger.
While he mourns the loss of his one true love, Wilson Fisk violently murders one of the surgeons that failed to save her in a very disturbing sequence. In the meantime, the Anti Vigilante Task Force takes charge of Mr. Charles’ arsenal which puts Charles and Fisk in greater conflict with one another, with Charles looking to have Fisk removed from office. In the meantime, Charles sends his men to take down Jessica Jones and yes, Krysten Ritter, who portrayed the character so well in the now former Netflix series makes her MCU return, which I was very excited to see!
In the time that we last saw her, Jessica has had a child, and we soon learn that the power of her punch has significantly been reduced since we last saw her in the Third Season of her show. Pissed that Mr. Charles (who she refused to work for in the past) had the audacity to send men to her home and endanger her child, Jessica meets up with Matt Murdock, and the two former “Defenders” destroy the AVTF weapons that the unit took from Mr. Charles.
As all this is going on, Bullseye, still recovering from the wounds that he suffered during the Vanessa incident, is lashed out at by Karen. Essentially, Karen has seen enough, and she finds the math simple enough: Bullseye killed Foggy. Karen should kill Bullseye. This is the familiar superhero trope that we’ve seen before; the “should a hero kill” or should the hero trust the system. A very fair case can be made that had Daredevil killed Fisk when he had the chance, Foggy would still be alive. As Karen sees it, killing Bullseye both avenges Foggy and ensures that Bullseye never hurts anyone again.
Matt has wrestled with this before, but hearing Karen make the argument is beyond appalling to him. She knows him better than any other living person and she knows what his moral code is as well as the conviction of his faith and Karen making this argument deeply wounds him, not just because she is defending the notion of murder, but also because in the deepest part of his soul, he knows that she may be right.
From there, Karen attends a protest at city hall while Matt suits up as Daredevil and confronts the Kingpin. Fisk is in no mood for talking or debating anything however, and he unleashes his inner rage upon Matt in what is a brutal fight. Fisk seems to want Matt to kill him here. He has lost Vanessa and his political career is being actively threatened as his popularity plummets. Fisk is mentally and emotionally exhausted and I believe he wanted Matt to put him out of his misery here, but as already stated, Matt does not want to lose his soul. This is both frustrating and empowering for Fisk; knowing that Daredevil will never kill him. Really great stuff.
Back to the protest, it all goes to hell when the lead AVTF agent (Connor Powell) shoots and kills the agent that conspired with Karen and Daredevil against the Task Force. This causes all hell to break lose and Karen is arrested by the AVTF as the episode ends. Stellar episode!
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The Hateful Darkness – Directed by Ian B. MacDonald. Written by Heather Bellson
A still perturbed Jessica Jomes confronts Mr. Charles in-person to warn him against ever threatening her again. Mr. Charles doesn’t seem too rattled however, as he knows Jessica isn’t as strong as she used to be, but he still informs her that Fisk will be targeting Governor McCaffrey in order to retain his political power. Jessica takes this information back to Matt, who comes up with a rather crazy idea.
Knowing that Bullseye is still looking to perform “one good dead” as an act of redemption, Matt daringly offers him that: protect Governor McCaffrey. This conversation between Matt and Bullseye was quite good. Matt openly tells Dex that he hates him for murdering Foggy, and he hates him for murdering Father Lantom, and he hates him for murdering Ray Nadeem. He offers Bullseye the chance that he has been longing for and then tells him to disappear after the deed is done.
So, Dex does exactly what Matt asked him to do. He takes down the Governor’s would-be attacker as only he can.
Meanwhile, Karen is in jail and receives a visit from Fisk. After writing about how unhinged I thought he would be after Vanessa’s death, Fisk was shockingly calm as he addressed Page here, emphasizing that he wants to restore the city to order and that he is willing to watch her case play itself out in the courts (that he of course is actively manipulating). After Karen mocks Fisk, he does briefly turn violent, grabbing her throat through the bars of her jail, but resisting the urge to kill her.
Moving on, we see the return of Officer Mahoney (a welcome surprise) from the now former Netflix shows and he arranges for Karen to meet with Daredevil. They apologize to each other for their previous hostility. From there, as Karen’s televised trial begins, none other than Mat Murdock arrives to defend her! Kierston McDuffy is defending Karen as well, and she does a fine job of forcing tough questions to the AVTF agents that she interrogates. Fisk is of course fuming over Matt’s return to the public eye. Not surprisingly, Kirsten and Matt are ambushed by the AVTF as they leave the court and Matt is wounded.
There are some other plot threads with show that I haven’t really mentioned yet, but I will get to them here. The first concerns Heather Glenn. We have been meticulously watching Matt’s ex-girlfriend slipping into madness over the course of this Season and her interview with Karen during this episode was really good. Heather appropriately came across as a total asshole here, actually turning to physical assault against poor Katren. As for Karen, she shined as a badass here, refusing to let Heather bask in the glory of intimidating her. Heather looks like she is going to become the new Muse following the trauma that she endured last Season, as hinted at during a later scene with Fisk. I think Margarita Levieva is doing some great work with the character this Season.
The second plot I want to discuss are the characters Buck Cashman and Daniel Blake, whose relationship with each other as well as the Kingpin has been playing out in the background of this show dating back to last Season. Cashman is more or less the new Wesley; loyal to a fault and never afraid to get his hands dirty, while Daniel had emerged as a sort of son to Wilson Fisk. Daniel’s friendship with reporter BB Ulrich has also been focused on this Season, and that is because BB has been leaking information that she retrieved from Daniel. For a while, Daniel had felt this was no big deal but became suddenly a very big deal once Buck put together that Daniel was BB’s source. Throughout this series, Daniel has believed in Fisk and Buck has believed in Daniel and Buck therefore decided that the best way to spare Daniel from the Kingpin’s unforgiving wrath would be for Daniel to hand over BB, but Daniel, who has had an obvious crush on BB cannot bring himself to do it.
Daniel instead tells BB to leave and to not tell him where she is going. When he reconvenes with Cashman, Buck is none too thrilled with Daniel’s actions. Buck therefore begins torturing Daniel, who can’t tell him where BB is because he doesn’t know where she went. There is a really great moment here where Daniel simply and defiantly says “Fuck you, Buck”, but the rest of it was hard to watch, as the sequence ends with Buck shooting Daniel in the head, killing him.
I really hated that Daniel was killed off! I’m not mad at the show over it, I just thought he was a great character, and that Michael Gandolfini was really good in the role. However, I totally get why this decision was made, though I am kind of mad at BB (who has been the character that I like least in this show) because her idiot reporting and ignorant carelessness pretty much got Daniel killed. She treated Daniel the exact opposite of how her dear Uncle Ben Urich treated Karen Page. The source should be protected at all costs, but her career and story wer more important to her than Daniel who clearly would have done anything for her.
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The Southern Cross – Directed by Ian B. MacDonald. Written by Jesse Wigutow and Dario Scardapane
The trial of Karen Page continues in this episode with a wounded Matt finally making his way to court to defend Karen and once there, not only does he push the envelope, but he also shockingly calls Wilson Fisk to the stand! The motion of Matt and Fisk going back-in-forth in the courtroom was really exciting and their banter called back to last Season’s meeting between the two at the diner in a way that the court sequence feel all the more powerful.
And things escalate quickly! Matt pokes and prods Kingpin, rattling Wilson significantly and he provokes Fisk to threaten Matt in a hushed whisper while Matt meets with the judge. Knowing his best witness is dead combined with his knowledge of just how deep Fisk’s manipulations go, Matt outs himself as Daredevil, stunning onlookers and shocking me as a viewer! This makes Matt a witness to the Northern Star incident and serves as a proverbial checkmate that leaves Fisk with very few options.
So, Karen Page is found innocent of the crimes that she had been charged with, and I thought the way that Deborah Ann Wole reacted in this sequence was brilliant, as she conveyed relief, jubilance, and concern all at the same time.
Outside, Bullseye has positioned himself for a kill-shot on Kingpin, but his bullet hits Buck. A panicked Fisk heads back inside the courthouse as chaos ensues. Daredevil supporters surround the courthouse, many of them wearing physical tributes to the Devin of Hell’s Kitchen. Inside, Fisk is offered a deal to avoid chargers so long as he exiles himself and leaves the city. This proposition infuriates Fisk and at long last the wait for an unhinged Kingpin was over as Fisk just starts murdering protesters left and right in violent and horrendous ways. The strength of the Kingpin as well as his twisted resolve were on full display despite being outnumbered. Meanwhile, Matt suits up as Daredevil and he and Karen and Jessica Jones take the fight to AVTF officers, and there are some great back-and-forth action scenes here with Fisk and Daredevil each unleashing their respective violence. Finally, Daredevil and Fisk collide and after Wilson rebelliously screams about how much he had done to improve the city, Matt calmly convinces him to stand down and accept the plea deal. And surprisingly, that is what Fisk does.
From there, Fisk’s loyal AVTF officers are taken into custody and imprisoned, Heather Glenn finally puts on the Muse mask, Bullseye is recruited by Mr. Charles, BB is hired by the New York Bulletin and sets up shop in her late Uncle Ben’s former office, Luke Cage returns and reunites with Jessica and their daughter Danielle, and …. Matt Murdoch gets arrested for his crimes as Daredevil. What a finale!
I’m going to just go ahead and say that I have very few things negative things to say about this show overall. There were things I enjoyed about Season One, but Season Two took this show to another level! This is top tier MCU stuff and I think the Finale of Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two is the best finale for any show set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Such care was taken to create things that fans of the now former Netflix shows loved, but care was also taken to move these characters forward in compelling ways. Mattr Murdock being in jail is an extremely promising development. So much can be done with that! Also, being publicly outed as Daredevil is a very exciting development as well.
There were so many things that I loved about this show. The writing, the direction, the intensity, the unabashed violence, the acting performances by so many actors, getting Kristen Ritter and Mike Colter back as Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, Wilson Bethel’s amazing performance as Bullseye, and all of the drama and emotion that surrounded the death of Vanessa.
Did things a little political at times? Yes. Did that hinder the show for me? No. While I often enjoy the MCU as an escape from reality, the late Stan Lee always said that Marvel is a “reflection of the world outside your window”, and I think that was leaned into a lot here, without being too preachy, and I appreciated that.
It’s going to be a long year before we get Daredevil: Born Again – Season Three, which has already been shooting. I think there are a lot of riveting things that can be done moving forward, including a full-fledged “Defenders” reunion and the introduction of some new villains from Daredevil’s rogue’s gallery.
Wrapping this up, this Season was everything that I hoped it would be, and more. I can’t wait to see what comes next!
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Highlights of Daredevil: Born Again – Season Two
Wilson Bethel as Bullseye
Charlie Cox is Matt Murdock / Daredevil
Vincent D’Onofrio is Mayor Wilson Fisk
Chemistry Between Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio
Daredevil / Bullseye Team-Up!
The Death of Vanessa Fisk
Kristen Ritter as Jessica Jones
Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page
Michael Gandolfini as Daniel Blake
Arty Froushan as Buck Cashman
Bullseye at the Diner
Kingpin Unhinged
Daredevil Outs Himself
Fisk’s Boxing Match
Daredevil’s (mostly) Black Costume
One of the best Season Finale’s in the History of the MCU!
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Continue following the MCU journey of Daredevil in Daredevil: Born Again – Season Three (2027).
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