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Legends of Tomorrow, is an American time travel superhero television show created by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, and Phil Klemmer. Berlanti, Guggenheim, Kreisberg, and Klemmer also were executive producers along with Sarah Schechter and Chris Fedak; Klemmer and Fedak served as showrunners. Keto Shimizu became a showrunner with Klemmer in the fourth season. The show was based on the characters of DC Comics,[1] started on The CW on January 21, 2016, and had seven seasons ending on March 2, 2022. It is a spin-off set in the Arrowverse and has characters from Arrow and The Flash, and new characters.


In season one, Time Master Rip Hunter goes rogue after the immortal tyrant Vandal Savage conquered Earth and killed his wife and son. Meanwhile, the organization he swore himself to, turns on him. Intending to save humanity and avenge his family, Rip makes a team, with Ray Palmer / the Atom, Sara Lance / White Canary, Martin Stein and Jefferson "Jax" Jackson / Firestorm, Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl, Carter Hall / Hawkman, Leonard Snart / Captain Cold, and Mick Rory / Heat Wave, who venture through time on a stolen time ship, the Waverider, to stop Savage's rise to power. Meanwhile, the Time Masters send Chronos after Rip for interfering with the timeline and in the final episodes it turns out that the Time Masters were working with Savage all along. Snart also sacrifices himself to destroy the Time Masters.

In season two, following Snart's sacrifice while defeating the Time Masters, Rip goes missing and Sara takes charge of the team who continue protecting the timeline from aberrations. They are joined by historian Nate Heywood / Citizen Steel, who later gains the ability to turn to steel at will, and Justice Society of America member Amaya Jiwe, who joins the Legends to find Eobard Thawne. After learning about the Spear of Destiny, an ancient artifact that can rewrite reality, Thawne recruits Damien Darhk, Malcolm Merlyn, as well as a past version of Snart, from different points in time to create the Legion of Doom. However, after getting the Spear, Sara defeats Thawne and sends the Legion back to their times.

In season three, Rip makes the Time Bureau to replace the Time Masters and stops the Legends form time traveling. When Bureau agent Ava Sharpe is captured, Rip allows the Legends to time travel again to save her. Elsewhere, the demonic entity Mallus forms a cult led by Damien Darhk's daughter Nora, looking for the six totems of Zambesi. The Legends look for the totems and use them to kill Mallus.

In season four, after Rip's sacrifice during the Legends' fight against Mallus, occult detective John Constantine informs the Legends that Mallus was not the only demon that escaped and that "magical fugitives" are on the loose. John joins the team, along with shapeshifter Charlie and Mona Wu, who is host to a Kaupe, to stop them. Ava and Sara and Ray and Nora begin relationships, and Nora becomes a fairy godmother. The Legends come into conflict with the demon Neron, who was banished by John during a show at Heyworld intended to help humans be less afraid of the magical creatures. In addition, Neron manipulates Time Bureau member Gary Green into working for him. Following Neron's defeat, Zari's time line changes and she is replaced as a Legend and wielder of the Air Totem by her brother Behrad.

In season five, Astra Logue, whom John accidentally sent to Hell in a failed exorcism, has brought evil people back to life. The Legends call them "Encores". Meanwhile, Charlie is found to be Clotho of the three Fates who is being chased by her sisters to find the Loom of Fate. Mona, Ray, Nora, and Charlie leave the Legends, who defeat the Fates and Encores. John gets Astra to join the Legends. At the end, Sara is taken by a beam.

In season six, it is revealed that Sara was taken by Gary & his fiancé Kayla (who are both aliens). Sara's alien abduction was planned by a scientist named Bishop, who created the Avas. He wants to create the perfect person by copying Sara's DNA and memories and combining it with other aliens upon claiming that he has seen the end of the human race. Trying to escape her imprisonment, Sara accidentally releases a menagerie of aliens throughout the timeline, including Kayla, whom Mick becomes romantically involved with. To find Sara, the Legends enlist Esperanza "Spooner" Cruz, an off-the-grid recluse who can telepathically communicate with aliens following her own abduction, as they repel alien invasions throughout Earth's history. Bishop then goes after the Fountain of Imperium that would give Constantine's his powers back. Bishop instead lies to Constatine and destroy's the foutin. This lets the Zagurons attack Earth, but the Legends defeat Bishop by getting help from a younger Bishop's`. Mick decides to leave the Legends to take care of his kids. In the final scene, a second Waverider destroys the first one. This traps the Legends in Texas in the year 1925.

In season seven, the Legends look for a way back to 2021 after the Waverider is destroyed. Astra accidentally makes Gideon a human, the Legends go to New York City to find scientist Gwyn Davies who invented time travel. Meanwhile, a younger Bishop made a copy of Gideon before losing some of his memories. He gets some of them back after a dream. Bishop learns that the Legends are not as bad as he thought. He joins them but is killed by his Gideon copy. After Bishop's death, the Legends fight their robot clones that Gideon made. When the robot clones are stopped, the Legends work to save Gwyn's boyfriend Alun Thomas from dying in World War I, while also dealing with a fixer[a] named Mike who later steals the Waverider. Alun is saved but Nate loses his powers. He moves into Zari's totem to be with the original Zari. The Waverider returns with Mike in handcuffs. The Legends are arrested by the Time Police that Mike works for as he is revealed to be Booster Gold.[b]

Episodes

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Legends of Tomorrow series overview
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRankAverage viewership
(in millions)
First airedLast aired
116January 21, 2016 (2016-01-21)May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19)1353.16[3]
217October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04)1412.57[4]
318October 10, 2017 (2017-10-10)April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)1702.24[5]
416October 22, 2018 (2018-10-22)May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20)1781.49[6]
5[c]SpecialJanuary 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)1221.35[9]
14January 21, 2020 (2020-01-21)June 2, 2020 (2020-06-02)
615May 2, 2021 (2021-05-02)September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)1490.82[10]
713October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)March 2, 2022 (2022-03-02)1270.86[11]

Characters

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Creation

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Development

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In January 2015, co-creator Greg Berlanti stated that there were "very early" preliminary talks for an additional spin-off series centered on Ray Palmer / Atom (Brandon Routh), from Arrow and The Flash. In February 2015, it was reported that a spin-off series, described as a superhero team-up show, was in discussion by The CW for a possible 2015–16 midseason release. Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim, and Sarah Schechter would serve as executive producers. The potential series would be headlined by several recurring characters from both Arrow and The Flash, including Palmer, Leonard Snart (Wentworth Miller), and Dr. Martin Stein (Victor Garber). Caity Lotz was also mentioned to be among the main cast. There would be potential for other Arrow/Flash characters to cross over to the new series, and the series would be casting "three major DC Comics characters who have never appeared in a TV series".

In March 2015, Stephen Amell, who portrays Oliver Queen / Green Arrow on Arrow, confirmed the series would air in the 2015–16 midseason. Additionally, Kreisberg stated more would be revealed about the nature of the series by the end of Arrow's third season, specifically why Lotz is slated to appear, given her previous character, Sara, was killed at the start of Arrow season three. Berlanti also stated there was a particular reason for the other half of Firestorm—Ronnie Raymond (Robbie Amell), as seen on The Flash—not being mentioned in the initial cast announcement. On the purpose of the series, Berlanti said it was designed to be "most similar to our crossover episodes, where you feel that 'event-iness', but all the time. For us, first and foremost, with all of [our shows], it's about 'how is it its own thing?' Because we don't just want to do it to do it." He also revealed the producers were focusing on "making sure that the villain that we have on [the] show is distinct too... another big character who hasn't been used yet." Also in March, Dominic Purcell was revealed to be reprising his role as Heat Wave in the series, and Blake Neely, composer of Arrow and The Flash, would serve as composer. At the end of the month, Arthur Darvill was cast as Rip Hunter, one of the "new to TV" DC characters, while Ciara Renée was cast as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl. In April 2015, in a Variety article on the recent MipTV event, it noted the title for the series would be Legends of Tomorrow, despite it still being unconfirmed by those involved with the series. Also in the month, Franz Drameh was cast as Jax Jackson.

In May 2015, actor Victor Garber said that The CW was impressed with what was shown to them, giving the project a straight-to-series order.[12] The network officially confirmed the order for the series on May 7, 2015, as well as the official title, DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Later in the month, it was confirmed that Lotz would reprise her role as Sara Lance, who would be taking the name White Canary, as well as revealing the antagonist as Vandal Savage. In June 2015, it was announced that Phil Klemmer had been made the series showrunner as well as executive producer; Chris Fedak serves as executive producer and co-showrunner with Klemmer.[13] In July 2015, Klemmer and Guggenheim likened Legends of Tomorrow to an anthology series as "not everybody will be continuing on this journey", with each season being "its own separate movie" but not disconnected from each other in the manner of True Detective or American Horror Story.[14] However, the anthology format was dropped, though the series did go through numerous changes in cast gradually.[15] In August 2015, Casper Crump was cast as Vandal Savage.[16]

On March 11, 2016, the series was renewed for a second season,[17] which debuted in October 2016.[18] The producers have considered adjusting the Legends team for additional seasons, with Joseph David-Jones' Connor Hawke and Megalyn Echikunwoke's Vixen potential additions.[19][20] For the second season, Klemmer revealed that Arrow writer Keto Shimizu and The Flash writer Grainne Godfree would be working on Legends in order to "make our stories work in concert" with Arrow and The Flash. Klemmer also noted the challenges of creating more crossover elements, since Amell and Gustin work full days for their respective shows. In terms of working within the Arrowverse, Klemmer said that the death of Laurel Lance on Arrow would "resonate into Season 2... [since] something that happens on Arrow can create ripples that appear on our show in a huge way. It fundamentally alters the DNA of our series."[21] The second season initially consisted of 13 episodes,[22] with four more ordered in November 2016 to bring the season total to 17.[23]

Teasing the premise of season two in April 2016, Klemmer stated, "We're coming at it from a completely different angle. We're determined to make every part of season two feel like its own show. [The first episode of season two] will very much be a new pilot with new good guys, new bad guys, new stakes, new dynamics, new goals. The team will basically have to find a new purpose. Once you save the world, what do you do then?... The fact that the world was in peril sort of forced our team to fall into its own dysfunctional version of lockstep. Season two, they're no longer going to be hunted by Time Masters. They're no longer going to be burdened with having to save the world. It's no longer going to be about saving Miranda and Jonas. The interesting thing about season two is I think it's going to have a much, much different tone because our Legends are going to have a totally different purpose. They're actually going to have a totally different constitution. There will be new faces and new everything."[21] The season also introduced members of the Justice Society of America.[24] The Society consisted of Hourman, Vixen, Commander Steel, Obsidian, Stargirl and Dr. Mid-Nite.[25] The season also featured a version of the Legion of Doom, composed of the Reverse-Flash, Malcolm Merlyn, Damien Darhk and Leonard Snart.[26]

Legends of Tomorrow was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on October 22, 2018.[27][28] On January 31, 2019, The CW renewed the series for a fifth season.[29] The fifth season debuted following the midseason break in January 2020.[30][31] On January 7, 2020, the series was renewed for a sixth season, which premiered on May 2, 2021.[32][33] On February 3, 2021, the series was renewed for a seventh season which premiered on October 13, 2021,[34][35] and the series finale aired on March 2, 2022.[36]

In May 2015, Garber said that filming would start in August 2015.[12] The show had a presentation made for The CW's upfront showcase. It was filmed in one night, and was director by Arrow and The Flash director Dermott Downs.[37] The show started filming on September 9, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia.[38][39][40] Director/producer Glen Winter in an interview in January 2016 talked about the process of filming,

The new facet for Legends was that there's no #1 [actor] on the call sheet. There are seven or eight leads. For me, that was the intimidating part. I wasn't as worried about the action and tone as I was with wrangling all these personalities and finding out how they all work together. Or, how to shoot a scene with eight people in the Waverider, day after day.[41]

He stated of the series style of shooting on location as opposed to predominantly shooting on a soundstage,

As is typical with any pilot, most of the time you are going to shoot more on location. Because you don't necessarily know if you are going to have a show that's been picked up, they don't want to invest a lot of money in the infrastructure, so you end up shooting more on location. The only set that was built was the Waverider. That being said, because we knew there was a pickup for the show, it wasn't a conventional pilot. All the resources of construction went into the Waverider. That's continuing into the series. I don't think they tend to build much. I think they tend to adapt locations because there's so much time travel and so many eras to create.[41]

Arrow, The Flash, and Supergirl composer Blake Neely was also hired for this series. All soundtracks and singles are released by WaterTower Music. The first season soundtrack was released on August 31, 2016,[42] and the second on October 10, 2017.[43] In season 3, tracks from its episode of the "Crisis on Earth-X" event were included in the score soundtrack. DC's Legends of Tomorrow: The Mixtape was released on August 20, 2021, featuring covers and original songs from the series to that point.[44] The soundtracks of the fourth and fifth seasons were released on September 5, 2021, the day of the sixth-season finale.[45] Season six's soundtrack would be released on October 8, 2021.[46] Season seven saw the release of three singles: "Future Favorite" from the episode "Speakeasy Does It" performed by Amy Pemberton and written by secondary composer James Chan, released on November 3, 2021,[47] a polka-inspired cover of Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" performed by Jonathan Walton in the episode "The Fixed Point",[48] and "By Your Side", performed by Shayan Sobhian as Behrad Tarazi in "Too Legit to Quit", both released on March 11, 2022.[49]


Broadcast

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Legends of Tomorrow came out in the United States on January 21, 2016,[50] and the first season had sixteen episodes.[51] The series premiere in Australia was meant to be January 20, 2016,[52][53] however it was delayed until January 22.[54] It started airing in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2016.[55] This show also aired on CTV Sci-Fi Channel in Canada.[56]

Response

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Critical response

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The pilot was enjoyed by critics. Russ Burlingame from ComicBook.com praised it saying, "The series delivers a sharp, enjoyable pilot that's arguably the most attention-grabbing and entertaining from any of the current crop of superhero shows."[57] Jesse Schedeen of IGN gave the first part of the pilot episode a 7.7/10, praising the show's "epic scope", "fun character dynamics", and Arthur Darvill's acting;[58] and gave the second part of the pilot an 8.4/10, saying it "improved in its sophomore episode thanks to great character dynamics and superhero action".[59]

However, review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the complete first season only a 65% approval rating, with an average rating of 6.42/10 based on 36 reviews. The website's consensus reads: "Fancy effects, comic-book nostalgia, and an alluring cast help keep it afloat, but DC's Legends of Tomorrow suffers from an overloaded cast of characters that contribute to a distractingly crowded canvas." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 58 out of 100 based on reviews from 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Rotten Tomatoes gave the second season an 88% approval rating, with an average rating of 6.97/10 based on 10 reviews. The website's consensus reads: "Though the narrative remains too ambitious, DC's Legends of Tomorrow enjoys a freer creative arc with the removal of problem characters."

The third season holds an approval rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.95/10 based on 8 reviews. The Website's consensus reads: "DC's Legends of Tomorrow lightens up the tone in its third season while spotlighting adventurous plots and a distinct sense of humor." while IGN gave the season an approval rating of 8.1/10, stating: "When Legends of Tomorrow works, it's easily among the best superhero shows on television (if not shows in general). Unfortunately, while Season 3 reached some impressive highs, it also gave us some of the weakest installments of the series. Season 3 ultimately suffered from its inability to create a conflict worthy of this cast of misfit heroes, and that casts a shadow that will linger when the series returns for Season 4."[60]

In April 2021, The A.V. Club praised the show's change to an "amazing comedy", saying it was "one of the most impressive turnarounds in genre TV history."[61]

Awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations received by Legends of Tomorrow
Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2016 Saturn Awards Best Superhero Adaption Television Series Legends of Tomorrow Nominated [62]
The Joey Awards Young Actor in a TV Series Featured Role 6–10 Years Glen Gordon Won [63]
Young Actor in an Action TV Series Guest Starring/Principal Role Aiden Longworth Nominated
Cory Gruter-Andrew Nominated
Mitchell Kummen Won
Young Actor in a TV Series Recurring Role 6–9 Years Kiefer O'Reilly Won
2017 Leo Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Series David Geddes Nominated [64]
Best Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series Armen V. Kevorkian, Meagan Condito, Rick Ramirez, Andranik Taranyan, James Rorick Nominated
Best Sound in a Dramatic Series Kristian Bailey Won
Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actress: Action Caity Lotz Nominated [65]
2018 Saturn Awards Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series Legends of Tomorrow Nominated [66]
Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actress: Action Caity Lotz Nominated [67]
2019 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Show: Action Legends of Tomorrow Nominated [68]
Choice TV Actor: Action Brandon Routh Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Superhero Television Series Legends of Tomorrow Nominated [69]
2021 Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Superhero Series Nominated [70]

Home media

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Home media releases for Legends of Tomorrow
Complete Season DVD/Blu-ray Release dates Additional features
Region 1/A Region 2/B Region 4/C
1 August 23, 2016[71] August 29, 2016[72] August 31, 2016[73]
  • DC's Legends of Tomorrow: 2015 Comic-Con Panel
  • The Wave Rider
  • Legends of Tomorrow: History in the Making
  • Hex Marks the Spot
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel
2 August 15, 2017[74] August 14, 2017[75] August 16, 2017[76]
  • DC's Legends of Tomorrow: 2016 Comic-Con Panel
  • Allied: The Invasion Complex (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag-Reel
3 September 25, 2018[77] September 24, 2018[78] September 26, 2018[79]
  • All four episodes of the Crisis on Earth-X crossover
  • The Best of DC TV's Comic-Con Panels San Diego 2017
  • Inside the Crossover: Crisis on Earth-X
  • Gag Reel
4 September 24, 2019[80] November 9, 2019[81] September 25, 2019[82]
  • DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 4 Post Production Theater
  • DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Legendary Storytelling
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel
5 September 22, 2020[83] September 21, 2020[84] September 23, 2020[85]
  • DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Post Production Theater
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel
6 November 9, 2021[86] November 9, 2021[87] November 9, 2021[88]
  • Never Alone: Heroes and Allies
  • VFX Creature Feature
  • Animation Split Screen
  • Actors Spilt Screen
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRankAverage viewership
(in millions)
First airedLast aired
116January 21, 2016 (2016-01-21)May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19)1353.16[3]
217October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04)1412.57[4]
318October 10, 2017 (2017-10-10)April 9, 2018 (2018-04-09)1702.24[5]
416October 22, 2018 (2018-10-22)May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20)1781.49[6]
5[c]Special14January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)1221.35[9]
TBAJanuary 21, 2020 (2020-01-21)June 2, 2020 (2020-06-02)
615May 2, 2021 (2021-05-02)September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)1490.82[10]
713October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13)March 2, 2022 (2022-03-02)1270.86[11]

In May 2015, Renée made a cameo in the final episode of The Flash's first season, "Fast Enough", and later made appearances in the show's second season in November 2015.[89][90][91] In July 2015, Guggenheim revealed that the resurrection of Sara Lance would be launched in the first few episodes of Arrow's fourth season, with the events of the eighth episodes of Arrow and The Flash—which were a crossover event—being used to set up the other characters of Legends of Tomorrow.[92] Franz Drameh was introduced as the new other half of Firestorm in the fourth episode of the second season of The Flash. Crump, Hentschel and James debut in the crossover episodes for the second season of The Flash and the fourth season of Arrow.[93][16][94] In November 2016, the cast of Legends of Tomorrow appeared on The Flash and Arrow in the "Invasion!" crossover event, which also had Melissa Benoist appear as her character Supergirl from Supergirl.[95] Two more crossovers happened, "Crisis on Earth-X" in 2017,[96] and "Crisis on Infinite Earths" in 2019 and 2020.[97]

Christmas special

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The toy character Beebo, played by Benjamin Diskin, has his own Christmas special, called Beebo Saves Christmas, it was broadcast on December 21, 2021. Beebo Saves Christmas has Diskin play Beebo again. Ernie Hudson plays Santa Claus, Chris Kattan plays a elf named Sprinkles, Kimiko Glenn plays Tweebo, Yvette Nicole Brown plays Turbo, and Keith Ferguson plays Fleabo. Victor Garber is the narrator.[98]

Ending

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Before the season seven finale, Shimizu said it was not going to be a series finale.[99] The CW stopped the show on April 29, 2022.[100] Shortly after, fans began trying to save the show by getting an eight season made to finish the story.[101] Shimizu was upset with herself for the show not having a proper ending, explaining that her agreement ended with a seventh season but, "played chicken with the pickup, and lost", but hoped that story could be finished in other mediums like comic books or a television film;[2] The character Booster Gold, played by Donald Faison in the last episode of season seven, was meant to stop The CW from stopping the show, and Faison would have become a main character.[102][103]

Lesley Goldberg of The Hollywood Reporter said that CW chairman Mark Pedowitz wanted the show to keep going, Warner Bros. Television did not want to keep paying the leases on the studio space, which were ending May 1, leading to the show ending. The show could not continue on HBO Max or Paramount+ because of a deal Warner Bros. made with Netflix in 2011.[104] With The Flash being the last Arrowverse show, its showrunner Eric Wallace talked about using the ninth season of The Flash to try and finish the story line of Legends of Tomorrow.[105] However, before the premiere of The Flash season nine in February 2023, Wallace said the season would not finish the story of Legends of Tomorrow like he wanted to because they only would have 13 episodes.[106][107] When James Gunn became co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios in November 2022. He talked about the campaigns asking for the show to continue. Gunn said that he was not working on reviving shows.[108]

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  2. Season seven ended on a cliffhanger; the season finale was not intended to be the series finale before the show's eventual cancellation in April 2022.[2]
  3. 3.0 3.1 A total of 15 episodes were produced for the fifth season: a special episode for the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover, which aired on January 14, 2020, before the season premiere, and another fourteen contributing towards the regular season, which officially premiered on January 21, 2020.[7][8] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "CrisisAiring" defined multiple times with different content

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