Hey, gods. It's Devi Vishwakumar,
β
your favorite Hindu girl
in the San Fernando Valley.
β
What's a-poppin'?
β
It's the first day of school,
and I thought we should have a check in.
β
I think we can all agree
that last year sucked
β
for a number of reasons.
β
So I thought of a few ways
you guys can make it up to me.
β
One: I'd like to be invited to a party
with alcohol and hard drugs.
β
I'm not gonna do them.
I'd just like the opportunity to say:
β
"No cocaine for me, thanks. I'm good."
β
Two: I'd love for my arm hair to thin out.
β
β
β
I know it's an Indian thing,
β
but my forearms look like
the frigging floor of a barber shop.
β
And lastly, most importantly,
β
I'd really, really like a boyfriend,
β
but not some nerd from one of AP classes.
β
Like a guy from a sports team.
β
He can be dumb. I don't care.
β
I just want him to be a stone-cold hottie,
who could rock me all night long.
β
Thanks for considering. I love you guys.
β
As she said,
this is Devi Vishwakumar.
β
She's a 15-year-old Indian-American girl
from Sherman Oaks, California,
β
and it's her first day of sophomore year.
β
And I am legendary tennis player,
John McEnroe.
β
Point to Mr. McEnroe.
β
β
β
Wow, I look great there.
β
Now, you may be asking yourself:
β
why is sports icon John McEnroe
narrating this tale?
β
-Dammit!
-It'll make sense later, I promise.
β
Her story starts
when her parents, Nalini and Mohan,
β
moved to the United States
in September 2001.
β
Not a super chill time
to be a brown person in America.
β
Yes!
β
Devi worshipped her father.
β
And while he and her mother stayed true
to their Indian roots...
β
No, no, no, thank you.
We are vegetarians.
β
...Devi was all-American.
β
But shortly after this barbecue,
β
things got complicated
for this little family.
β
At Devi's spring orchestra concert,
β
Mohan had a heart attack.
β
Mohan!
β
Somebody call 9-1-1!
β
Somebody call an ambulance.
An ambulance, please!
β
Mohan!
β
He died.
β
Devi was devastated,
β
but things were about to get even worse.
β
A week later...
β
Devi's legs stopped working.
β
There was no medical reason why,
but they were definitely not working.
β
And now, she was in a wheelchair.
β
Just because Devi is confined
to a wheelchair,
β
does not make her any less human.
β
As far as we know, it's not contagious.
β
But she wouldn't have to
go through it alone.
β
Her two best friends
took the situation in stride.
β
Well, maybe not in stride,
but definitely in character.
β
One day, you will walk again.
β
If not, I will build you legs.
β
This is Fabiola Torres,
captain of the high school robotics team.
β
And this is Eleanor Wong,
president of the drama club.
β
This is worse than
if it were happening to me.
β
In protest, I shan't use my legs either.
β
Aside from her friends,
β
there was only one other person
who could raise her spirits...
β
and also her heart rate.
β
Paxton Hall-Yoshida,
the hottest guy at Sherman Oaks High.
β
I know it's a little weird for me
to be saying that,
β
but come on, look at this kid's jawline.
β
And as it turned out,
β
three months
after Devi's paralysis set in,
β
Paxton's chiseled face
actually worked a miracle.
β
Come on, dude.
Give me a turn.
β
Just like that, she could walk again.
β
So today, Devi returns to high school.
β
Can she shed her old identity
β
as the paralyzed Indian girl,
β
whose dad dropped dead
at a school function?
β
It's not likely.
β
Those things are pretty unforgettable,
β
but with working legs
comes a whole host of new possibilities.
β
So go get 'em, Devi!
β
Devi, are you still praying?
Our gods have other stuff to do, you know?
β
I was about to ask for good grades.
β
Now, grab your textbooks. We need to go.
β
Devi,
β
that textbook has been blessed.
If it touches the ground,
β
I have to take it back to the priest.
β
I don't have the time
to go to Rancho Cucamonga today.
β
It's fine. I caught it.
β
Oh, Devi!
β
I made you a lunch.
β
{\an8} That's Devi's cousin, Kamala.
β
{\an8}She moved in after Mohan's passing
to complete her PhD at CalTech.
β
{\an8}Devi is not a fan.
β
{\an8}I don't bring lunch on Tuesdays.
It's square pizza day.
β
Devi, don't be rude
to your beautiful cousin.
β
I'm not that beautiful.
β
Sorry. Are you a model?
β
Oh, thank you so much.
β
{\an8}No. I'm a biologist.
β
{\an8}I could never be a model.
I'm too curvaceous.
β
{\an8}I know this sounds crazy,
but would you want to get dinner?
β
{\an8}Hey, buddy, keep it moving.
β
{\an8}Take your broke-ass bike
and get out of here.
β
This can't keep happening.
β
{\an8}Our recycling bins
can't take much more of this.
β
How long is Kamala gonna stay with us?
β
{\an8}As long as it takes for her
to finish her studies. Why?
β
{\an8}She's just so... Indian.
β
{\an8}Like, the other day,
β
{\an8}she said she was gonna open the TV
instead of turn on the TV.
β
{\an8}Devi, she's family.
She's bettering her life.
β
{\an8}You could actually learn a bit from her.
β
{\an8}I bet she doesn't let
her textbooks fall on the floor.
β
Oh, my God.
It never touched the ground!
β
{\an8} As Devi walked into school
for the first time,
β
{\an8}it was impossible not to notice
everybody staring at her.
β
{\an8}But it didn't matter,
because she had her squad.
β
{\an8}Have you seen the nurse's new haircut?
I love it.
β
No, I have to check it out.
β
{\an8}Guys, sophomore year is gonna be our year.
I can feel it.
β
{\an8}Sophomore actually means
"wise fool" in Greek,
β
{\an8}so it can really go either way.
β
{\an8}Oh, my God. I just realized
β
{\an8}that this is our last first day
of sophomore year we'll ever have.
β
{\an8}-I'm gonna cry.
-Right.
β
{\an8}This reminds me of a problem
I want to talk to you guys about.
β
{\an8}We're not cool.
β
Uh, would a not cool person wear...
one dangly earring?
β
Was that a choice,
or did you lose your earring on the bus?
β
I didn't ride the bus. I rollerbladed.
β
{\an8}Who says we're not cool?
β
{\an8}We're the only students who get to eat
in the teachers' lounge.
β
Yeah, we can't do that anymore.
β
We need to eat with kids our own age.
β
Guys, don't you want
a better high-school experience?
β
I mean, last year was
a freshmen shit-fest.
β
Are you saying that
'cause of your mobility issue?
β
What? No. Nobody even remembers that.
β
'Sup, FDR?
β
Well, nobody will remember that
once we're cool.
β
Which brings me to my plan.
β
This year, we're rebranding.
β
We are glamorous women of color,
who deserve a sexy high school life.
β
Fabiola, you are naturally snatched,
β
but you dress like a helpful Honda guy.
β
What are you talking about?
β
The janitor said I reminded him
of his nephew.
β
Favorite nephew.
β
Eleanor, could you chill out
on your spontaneous show tune singing?
β
Well, if you refuse to change
your personalities,
β
I guess we'll just move onto step two,
and get boyfriends.
β
Boyfriends?
β
I have chosen attainable,
yet status-enhancing people
β
for each of us to date.
β
Fabiola, you get Alex Gomez.
β
- Ugh!
- Suck it, Gomez.
β
I can't go out with Alex Gomez.
He's like a foot shorter than me.
β
Yeah, but he has a hot face.
β
You'll be like Zayn and Gigi.
β
-Who are they?
-Zayn and Gigi.
β
Are you out of your goddamn mind?
Forget it.
β
Eleanor, you are gonna date Boris Kozlov.
β
The Russian exchange student?
β
He's eating an onion.
β
Yeah. He's international and sexy.
β
You could write a play about it.
β
Hmm, intriguing.
β
Who are you going for?
β
Jonah Sharpe.
β
Oh, my God, Tiffany.
Where did you get that top? I'm gagged.
β
Uh... Jonah Sharpe is gay.
β
But technically, he's not out yet,
and he's pretty popular,
β
so I'll be his beard
until I can springboard off of him
β
to a straight boyfriend.
β
You know you sound
like a sociopath, right?
β
Sociopaths get shit done, Fab.
β
Now, go sit next to your marks,
and lock 'em down.
β
Hi.
β
Hi.
β
Hey, Jonah. You smell great today.
β
Thank you. It's Forever by Mariah Carey.
β
Oh.
β
This disgusted reaction
belongs to Ben Gross, Devi's nemesis.
β
Because Devi and her friends
were an ethnically diverse group
β
of academically-focused, um...
β
I can't think of a better word
for "dorks."
β
The rest of the school called them
the gently racist nickname, the UN.
β
It was widely known
to have been created by Ben.
β
Do you know when you can't use your legs
for no medical reason,
β
it's called psychosomatic?
β
Which, my dad says, means fake.
β
Ben Gross's father, Howard,
whom he idolized,
β
was a top entertainment attorney
in Beverly Hills.
β
This allowed Ben Gross
to dine out for years
β
on the fact that Blake Griffin
was at his Bar Mitzvah.
β
And he and Devi had been vying
for the number one spot in the class
β
every year since the first grade.
β
You might call them
the John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors
β
of Sherman Oaks High School.
β
Not to make this about me.
β
Good morning, you young, brilliant minds.
β
Welcome to Facing History...
β
and Ourselves.
β
This is not gonna be
your typical history class.
β
We are going to be unpacking
some very difficult subjects...
β
like, uh... slavery,
β
and the Holocaust.
β
Think of this as a ride on a tour bus
β
through some of the darkest moments
of our history.
β
Just then, the high school gods
chose to smile down on Devi.
β
Thanks to Paxton's extreme apathy
toward school,
β
he was forced to retake this class,
which he failed as a sophomore.
β
Maybe this year was looking up after all.
β
Damn.
β
"Damn" is right, Devi.
This is some really heavy stuff.
β
Genocide is not 100.
β
And systemic racism is not litty.
β
As we travel through all of humanity's
most horrific atrocities,
β
I want you to feel shooketh.
β
Thank you.
β
Trust.
β
But even though she told her friends
that Jonah was the one she was after,
β
Paxton Hall-Yoshida
just seemed so much more,
β
I don't know... hot?
β
Devi, Ben.
Can you come back in here, please?
β
I am honored to have powerful voices
in my class,
β
but in the past,
the competition between the two of you
β
has not been... useful
to the learning environment of others.
β
Devi has,
what you might consider, a short fuse,
β
and sometimes, she's a straight up psycho,
β
which I find pretty admirable.
β
So do you think you can
set aside your rivalry
β
for the good of the class?
β
Well, of course, Mister Shapiro.
β
A great idea, as always.
β
I agree. In fact, I liked your idea
even more than he did.
β
Okay.
β
Man, David, watching you flirt with Jonah
β
was just about the saddest thing
I've ever seen,
β
and I saw my dad run over our cat.
β
You know he's gay, right?
β
Your cat? No, I didn't.
β
That's so cool.
β
Word of advice: just give up.
β
Plenty of amazing people
have died as virgins.
β
You and the rest of the UN
are in good company.
β
You know?
You shouldn't call us the UN.
β
-It's racist, and offensive, and--
-What?
β
Oh, like the United Nations?
β
No. We call you the UN,
because you are unfuckable nerds.
β
Can you believe he said that?
β
What do you think, Doctor Ryan?
Do you agree with him?
β
This is Doctor Jamie Ryan,
a child psychologist
β
from Toluca Lake, California.
β
She's Devi's therapist,
β
and this morning,
the woman Devi is shouting at.
β
Wait, you're asking me to tell you
if I think you're bangable?
β
-Yeah.
-Devi, I can't do that.
β
Ethically, legally, and most importantly,
it's creepy.
β
So you agree with Ben Gross
and the whole school
β
and think I'm a disgusting troll?
β
Hey, I am not going to tell you
I think you're sexy.
β
I will tell you that kid sucks,
and you should ignore him.
β
Doctor Ryan, you know how much trouble
I have taking the high road.
β
I do. Why don't you sit down?
β
So, you're back up on your feet.
β
That's gotta feel good.
β
Yeah. That part was good.
β
It was so nice not to be in a wheelchair,
β
but people were still staring at me.
β
They all think I was faking
being paralyzed.
β
Why would I fake that?
β
Because it's such a cool look
β
to have your cousin
help you onto the toilet?
β
Listen, I think I've got something
that could really help you.
β
Paxil, Lexapro, Xanax, Zoloft?
I'll try anything.
β
Whoa! Knock it off, wannabe pill popper.
β
It's a grief journal.
β
Sometimes, the pain we feel
is too hard to say out loud.
β
This way,
you don't actually have to say it.
β
And if this doesn't work,
you can always prescribe me some Klonopin.
β
Girl, bye.
β
Devi, how was your first day at school?
β
I'll be honest. It was mixed.
β
I got all the classes I wanted.
β
Prime locker location.
Ben Gross is still a dick.
β
Are we allowed to say "dick" now?
β
No one can say "dick" in this house.
β
Why do let that Ben Gross
rile you up so much? He's like 5'2".
β
Damn, Mom! That was savage. Up top.
β
Ah, okay. I do not like high-fiving.
It's violent.
β
Can we please not do that again?
β
On a more civilized note,
β
I received some
very exciting information today.
β
Kamala, your parents
have found you a match...
β
for marriage.
β
They did?
β
Yes! His name is Prashant.
He's an engineer.
β
Isn't that fantastic?
β
Kamala was expected
to have an arranged marriage
β
after she finished her studies abroad,
β
but she felt less than enthusiastic
about this idea.
β
Oh, that's so wonderful.
β
A husband from India?
Someone I've never met before.
β
Perfect stranger.
How exciting.
β
I know!
β
Finally, some good news for this family.
β
Yeah. That's frigging great.
β
Kamala does nothing
and gets a full husband in the mail.
β
Meanwhile, I'm trying to trick a gay guy
into going to Johnny Rockets with me.
β
You know what? I'm just too jealous
to eat with you right now.
β
Devi...
β
Devi.
β
Devi, come here.
β
-Dad?
-Come, come. Sit down.
β
I want to show you something.
β
This is John McEnroe.
β
He is my favorite player of all time.
β
Hey, look at that! It's me.
β
I told you it would all make sense.
β
He doesn't let anyone push him around.
β
Look at him,
giving it back to that umpire.
β
He's a firecracker... just like you.
β
Kanna, what is it?
β
Dad, am I ugly?
β
What nonsense.
I'm looking at you right now.
β
You're the most beautiful girl
in the world.
β
No. Kamala is beautiful,
β
and a boy at school
said that I was an un--
β
He said something mean to me.
β
This boy is clearly an idiot,
like this umpire.
β
Do you think John McEnroe
would let that umpire tell him
β
that he's not beautiful?
β
No. He would stand up for himself.
β
So I should beat up Ben Gross?
β
What? No, no, no.
β
You fight back
with your spirit, little one.
β
You stand up for yourself, just like him.
β
Answer my question!
The question, jerk!
β
Thanks, Dad. I'll try.
β
Wait. What are you doing here?
β
This is my living room.
β
No, I mean, you died.
β
Oh, that? I'm better now.
β
So the next morning,
Devi took her dad's advice
β
and decided to fight back with her spirit,
AKA she would be serving a damn look.
β
Ben Gross better get ready
to eat his words.
β
Woah, Devi, you look
like an Indian Kardashian.
β
Thanks, Fab, but I thought
we were dressing hot today.
β
This is my boys' medium polo
instead of my usual large.
β
-The janitor said--
-No. Just, no.
β
- Stop.
- Well, I know I did a good job.
β
Get a load of sexy flapper girl.
β
My grandmother died
in this dress.
β
Okay. Let's just stick to the plan.
β
What's our goal for today?
β
- To make conversation.
- Right.
β
We're talking to the boys.
β
I'm gonna ask Jonah to come over and watch
unreleased Ariana Grande footage.
β
Before you know it,
we'll all be boinking at prom. Okay.
β
Boyfriend, here I co--
β
Hey, Jonah.
β
Ew, you're bleeding.
β
You're getting knee blood
on the chair. It's unsanitary.
β
You could have AIDS.
β
I thought no one would bang me.
How could I have AIDS?
β
Easy. Blood transfusion.
β
Or sharing needles.
β
You wish you were cool enough
for intravenous drugs.
β
Oh. Drugs are, like, cool now?
I didn't realize
β
you were a hillbilly tweaker.
I guess you're skinny enough.
β
Uh, I'm not skinny. I'm jacked.
β
Hmph, for now, until you morph
into your big fat dad.
β
Shut up. My dad's hot.
β
You've no idea what he's been through.
He has thyroid issues.
β
Enough! We talked about this yesterday.
β
How can we mend the conflict of our past
when the conflict of our present rages on?
β
-Boo.
-That doesn't mean anything.
β
Those responses were very hurtful.
β
Go to the principal's office.
β
Look who it is.
Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Idiot.
β
You will both report here after school
to do some unpaid labor in the office.
β
Like an internship?
β
No. Like a punishment.
β
You're in trouble!
β
I can't.
β
I'm supposed to go cheer on
my girlfriend's field hockey practice.
β
You know, I support women.
β
Is that why, Mister Feminist?
β
Or is it to watch a bunch
of teenage boobs bounce around?
β
Field hockey is a beautiful sport.
β
Busted. You're a perv.
β
And what are you laughing at,
Erin Brockovich?
β
Is that a skirt or a headband?
β
You know, get your acts together,
β
or I will personally call all the Ivies
and tell them not to admit you.
β
You're dismissed.
β
Your stupid heels are slowing us down.
Take them off.
β
Yeah, I'm sure you'd like to see
my bare feet, sicko.
β
Foot fetish much?
β
Oh, my God! Oliver Martinez?
β
Stop molesting my friend!
β
He's not molesting me.
He's caressing me.
β
He's my boyfriend.
β
Wait. You have a boyfriend?
β
We had to keep it a secret.
β
I mean, can you imagine the shock waves
it would send through drama club?
β
An actress dating tech crew?
β
I just... I didn't want to upstage you
β
while you were trying to get
a boyfriend of your own.
β
I can't believe
you didn't tell me and Fabiola.
β
Fabiola knows.
β
Wow.
β
I guess I was wrong when I said
no one would date anyone in the UN.
β
They just won't date you.
β
-Shut up, Ben!
-Ow.
β
I'm sorry. I just didn't know
β
how you would react
with your legs and everything.
β
I didn't want to upset you.
β
Me? Upset?
β
No. You should be upset
for your weird taste in men.
β
Me? I'm cool. Cool as ice.
β
Peace.
β
You guys saw her hit me, right?
You know, my dad's a lawyer.
β
When you're a normal person
β
with genuinely balanced reactions
to things,
β
it may be hard to understand
why we hotheads fly off the handle.
β
For me, it's a reasonable reaction
β
to the general blindness
of most tennis umpires.
β
For Devi, it's a logical response
β
to being betrayed
by her supposed best friends.
β
How could Eleanor have a boyfriend
and not tell her about it?
β
And why would she tell Fabiola?
β
Does she think Devi's too unhinged
to handle it?
β
Or that Devi would be jealous of her?
β
Do both of her friends think
β
she's just a pitiful, lonely,
wheelchair girl without a freaking dad?
β
What the hell?
β
{\an8}And that's how it happens, folks.
β
That's how we hotheads boil over.
β
What was that?
What happened to the window?
β
A bird hit it.
β
Bird?
β
This is my fault
for keeping the windows so clean.
β
Where is the poor bird?
β
It flew away.
β
It flew away?
β
After breaking the window with its body?
β
Devi, that book was blessed by God!
β
The bird must have done it.
β
Devi, you are lying
to your mother,
β
and then bringing shame
on an innocent bird?
β
Just leave me alone!
β
Doctor Ryan?
β
Devi, we don't have an appointment.
β
I know, but I need your help.
β
Wait. Why do you look hot?
β
Do you have a date?
β
Uh... yes, I do.
And don't look so shocked.
β
I do have a life
outside of being your therapist.
β
Not right now, you don't.
I need your help.
β
Okay.
β
What's going on?
β
Eleanor has a secret boyfriend
β
that her and Fabiola
have been keeping from me,
β
because they thought I was unhinged
and would have a nervous breakdown.
β
Which, it seems like you are.
β
Yeah, I'm losing it, Doc.
β
Okay. All right.
β
Talk to me.
How does their lie make you feel?
β
It doesn't matter how it makes me feel.
β
It matters how it makes me look.
β
Well, all right. How do you want to look?
β
Normal. I just want to be a normal girl,
who isn't called mean names,
β
and could actually have a boyfriend.
β
I don't even care who he is,
as long as he wanted to be with me.
β
Devi, look, can I be honest with you?
β
Having just any boyfriend,
no matter who he is,
β
is not gonna make you happier
or change who you are.
β
Trust me,
but after all you've been through,
β
maybe you shouldn't be so focused
on having a boyfriend.
β
I mean, do you really think you'd make
a good girlfriend right now?
β
Probably not.
β
Okay.
β
So what is it you can do this year
to succeed at something
β
that would actually make you happy...
β
and make you feel good about yourself?
β
I think I know what I need to do.
β
All right. My girl.
β
Now get to gettin'. I got a hot date.
β
Good luck on your date.
β
Later, man.
β
Hi, Paxton.
β
You don't know me,
but my name is Devi Vishwakumar.
β
I'm a sophomore.
β
I sit behind you in history class.
β
I was also paralyzed last year?
β
Oh, okay, great.
You are familiar with that.
β
So here's the thing.
β
I'm into you.
β
Like, I could name every class you've had
for the last two years.
β
But I won't do that.
β
And I know you'd never be my boyfriend,
β
because you're you, and I'm me,
β
but I was wondering
if you would ever consider...
β
h--having sex with me?
β
Oh, my God. I'm such an idiot.
I'm so sorry.
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-I can't believe I just did that.
-Yeah.
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Okay.
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What?
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What? That actually worked?
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Just sex, right?
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Just sex.
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I'm down, but I can't tonight.
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Wow, okay!
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Twist. This is surprising.
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Looking forward to it.
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Will circle back about it.
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Okay!
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Devi couldn't believe it.
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For the first time, she had something
she wanted to write in her grief journal.
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#neverhaveiever #μμ΄κ³΅λΆλ² #μμ΄λ Ένμ° #λ―Έλμλμ
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#μμ΄λͺ μΈ #λͺ μΈ #νμ€λͺ μΈ #μ’μκΈ #κΈμ #μμ΄κ³΅λΆνΌμνκΈ° #λ·νλ¦μ€λ―ΈλμΆμ²
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#λ―Έλμμ΄κ³΅λΆ #λ―ΈλμΆμ² #λ―Έκ΅λ¬Έν #μμ΄κ³΅λΆνκΈ°μ’μλ―Έλ #μμ΄ν΄μ
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#μμ΄κ³΅λΆνΌμνκΈ° #μμ΄νν #μμ΄ννλ¬Έμ₯ #κΈ°μ΄μμ΄
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#λ―Έλμλ§ #λ―Έλμ€ν¬λ¦½νΈ #script
'netflex _script' μΉ΄ν κ³ λ¦¬μ λ€λ₯Έ κΈ
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