My biggest frustration with the Scream 6 ending is how everyone seemed to forget how knives work and multiple stabs seemed to have no effect on Tara. Let's not even get started on Chad...
@yoyoshi958 ай бұрын
But people have been stabbed like that and lived. How about the girl that was sacrificed to slender man by her friends…. Go watch I survived. There was a women that killed her attacker with her guts in her hands.
@UpAllNightGaming9408 ай бұрын
Chad has the dewey magic
@tparkerevans71659 ай бұрын
I feel with Scream 5-6, once the killers’ monologue is finished they rush the finale and make the killers weaker and are easily defeated where else in 1-4 it was a challenge to defeat them
@gregory75679 ай бұрын
Like their invincible characteristics disappear after they take off the mask.
@Hear.myvoice9 ай бұрын
@@gregory7567 That's the whole point of it... It's a satire 💀
@VinylmationMaster9 ай бұрын
@@Hear.myvoicemaking excuses for crappy movies
@Hear.myvoice9 ай бұрын
@@VinylmationMaster You clearly haven't seen any Scream movie or just never paid attention to them 💀
@zer0islifing8 ай бұрын
@VinylmationMaster literally the only bad thing about VI is the fact that nobody important died. other than that, VI is arguably a well-made film
@jadegunner92349 ай бұрын
I found the final act disappointing. I don’t think the three family members put up much of a fight against the sisters. It should have lasted longer and been more of a back and forth between everybody involved. A ghostface family could have been deadly. It felt wasted.
@skandto9 ай бұрын
5 and 6 are both disappointing in general in MY opinion. sorry for anyone that doesn't agree. I don't want to fight
@YokaiStudiosOffical9 ай бұрын
same like the trailer for 6 got me excited but i felt like 6 and its ghost faces felt like a nancy loomis 2.0@@skandto
@Xxdominater9 ай бұрын
I agree with that too.
@izenah22209 ай бұрын
@@skandtoi wish sam and quinn actually had a cat fight 😭
@jaycemcqueen3069 ай бұрын
I love 6 but I wish someone died in the finale AFTER the 3 ghostfaces were revealed. Like Mindy could’ve made it to the finale and died here to show how deadly 3 are.
@abereagle779 ай бұрын
The issue I have is it was too unreal. No way no one would know that wasn’t Richie’s family. Especially Gale and Kirby, they would’ve known who the family members were of Richie. I also still have an issue with the fact that Quinn was the one doing some of the intense murder scenes like Gale. Having killers now between the ages of 18-25 don’t sell very well. Only times that really worked was Billy, Stu and Mickey
@-funzeh-22479 ай бұрын
Scream 5 and 6 are yk,, kind of requels to Scream and Scream 2 where Billy, Stu and Mickey were 18-25 like Amber, Ethan and Quinn. The older folks like Mrs Loomis, Richie and Wayne did deserve a lot more kills if u ask me tho
@4day2o9 ай бұрын
No one died in the friend group except for Anika
@staylurking44619 ай бұрын
Yeah Wayne charging at Sam with a loaded gun was a funny moment but we can only take it as he wasn't obviously thinking and in the heat of the moment he was too determined in killing Sam but I agree Wayne, Ethan and Quinn was only threatening as Ghostface not when they were revealed as Ghostface.
@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE9 ай бұрын
Not even. Ethan negated Quinn's Ghostface work by pointlessly saving Mindy. Also the 2 of them somehow couldn't handle Super Chad. They only got no named characters
@jaydonarchuleta56919 ай бұрын
@@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE unfortunately true, but you could just blame Mindy/Chad surviving because of plot armor.
@JaDversary9 ай бұрын
I remember even in theater seeing that moment of the father charging at Sam with the gun in his hand, making a face and thinking, "What the hell was that? Why would they film that?" 😆
@peterock428 ай бұрын
Yea stupid ass part that has the Sidney affect all over it when he could've just shot her in the face can't believe anyone would actually believe this would happen in real life unless your really stupid and a lame ass serial killer like every gf in the franchise smh
@ShivaLovesHalloween9 ай бұрын
You made a great point 😂 when you mentioned about the way Wayne was pointing his gun at Sam as he runs towards her. When i first watched this movie at the movie theater, i was wondering why he didn't just shoot her if she was running towards him, but i just figured it was editing error or something. Man, I thought i was the only one that noticed that. Though, it would have definitely been nice if Radio Silence stuck with the original script.
@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE9 ай бұрын
Honestly they should have just had both guns blank. The awkwardness before the charge would have been hilarious and it least make sense as to why they both charged
@avaria15389 ай бұрын
When it comes to Scream 5 and 6… sure, they create intense and entertaining action pieces, but the writing is just terrible. In 5 they wasted Vince. As Stu’s nephew he would’ve made a fantastic red-herring if he was expanded upon and made it right to the reveal. Instead, he’s the first kill and you don’t even find out he’s Stu’s nephew until after his death. Then there’s Liv, a character so pointless you could remove her from the movie entirely and it would have absolutely no impact on the story at all. Then they fuck up basic continuity in regards to the Stab films and the amount of times Dewey’s been stabbed. In 6, the regressed Gale’s character from an arc THEY created just to have conflict with the sisters that lasts all of 5 minutes, they copy-and-paste not only the killer’s motive from Scream 2, but also the location (a theatre) and it still doesn’t slap like it did in 2. Then people believing Sam is the murderer from 5, despite the presence of multiple surviving witnesses from 5 who can attest otherwise. They dangle Sam’s possible descent to the dark side (in both) but she never even comes close to it being a problem. Not to mention the armor for characters they don’t have the balls to kill. In a friggin slasher movie. In 2 movies they’ve given us the least intimidating killers post-reveal. They create so much potential for these stories but have never delivered.
@RevolverVash9 ай бұрын
Yes! Thank you! I've been saying this from day one. This is just one of several issues I have with Scream 6.
@Xxdominater9 ай бұрын
I remember hearing about Wayne convincing his kids to kill their mom since she didn't want to go along with the killing.
@desireewalsh14509 ай бұрын
oh yeah. that's mentioned in one of his older videos called.... shit i can't remember lol. i'll comment the title when i find the video
@raziathar60218 ай бұрын
He convinced Ethan to kill his mother to be exact.
@desireewalsh14508 ай бұрын
@@raziathar6021 yeah and for some reason i cannot remember the name of the video
@Bruue20119 ай бұрын
I agree with everyone else too. I think the final act could have been much more guttural, macabre, horrific, and scary. i’m praying scream 7 will deliver.
@wayneturner85759 ай бұрын
Scream VI final act was mostly a train wreck. A family of incompetents, more than tough Ghostfaces. Also, the reveal made so many other characters look like complete utter morons egs: Kirby having no idea who they were. Gale us well. Just so badly written.
@holiday1979 ай бұрын
It would have been better if Bailey did try to shoot Sam but before he could pull the trigger, Tara shot at Bailey from below distracting him. I found that moment between Sam and Bailey in the rafters really dumb.
@arielperez36139 ай бұрын
I think scream 6 had the most forgettable killers in the franchise, even more than Charlie because at least he was a good actor. The three killers tried so hard to act crazy in the final act and it made me cringe
@Hear.myvoice9 ай бұрын
Most forgettable? When I rewatched Scream 3 I didn't even remember who Roman was and what was his name 🤣 But the family can be the second.
@alexchung478 ай бұрын
(In regards to Bailey running with the gun) Based on my experience on countless sets, it is most likely a result of it being rushed like you said. The directors (or someone) made a decision that changed the actors' action and either there was no time or no one spoke up (which is often the case) about why what they ended up doing made less sense.
@hawkeye96509 ай бұрын
I absolutely love the videos about an aspect of the original script. It shines light on what was originally intended and like in this video, shows us missing dialog that connects an unanswered question from the final. That being said with hearing about what the original motive was for the Bailey's, it makes their characters way more brutal even Richie. For his movies being played in the background to be real life remakes of the stab movies moves him up the totem ploe for me as one of the darkest ghostface to put on the mask. And for Ethan to kill his mother because she didn't want to avenge Richie in a murderous way makes the other three just as dark and insane as Richie. Please show more videos like this as I really enjoy seeing what was originally intended for the movie
@JoshieTube9 ай бұрын
I think not shooting makes sense. The saying if you see a gun charge, if you see a knife run. The knife is much more dangerous because you most likely will get hurt very easily, however a gun can miss and will eventually have to be reloaded, you can’t afford to waste any bullets.
@geekyheadquarters9 ай бұрын
True. But I also think that from what we saw in the final cut of the film, we see a pretty much close distance between Sam and Detective Bailey/Wayne Kirsch. Moreover, there was a brief awkward pause and a perfect lapse in time for Bailey to try to attempt in taking a shot from the moment Sam realized that the gun she holds is now out of bullets and when she and Detective Bailey are even charging towards each other. Besides, if he wasn’t attempting to shoot her right away while charging her, why still hold the gun up in the first place? I think the direction they were going for that scene overall is just awkward and not well executed.
@JoshieTube9 ай бұрын
@@geekyheadquarters I see your point. I think it’s still defendable from the perspective that he really didn’t expect her to run at him. He planned for probably six months of how this would all go down, and her getting the upper hand would really mess with his logical thinking.
@peterock428 ай бұрын
Plus he's a cop he's got accuracy in shooting her in the face
@TUBE_STAR_BABE9 ай бұрын
there definitely should have been a longer fight scene between Quinn and Sam IMO
@TheAmazingAdam9 ай бұрын
Facts. I LOVE LIANA and she deserved better. I mean Quinn literally teased it by putting the knife to Sam's throat, "There's the fucking killer". FUCKING EPIC. Then they do NOTHING and just bam, shoots Quinn in the head. That killed my vibe for the final act and I was like EH. Because I'm such a big Scream and Liana fan. Radio Silence screwed BOTH Kyle Gallner and Liana Liberato over so bad and I'll never forgive them for that. Both Vince and Quinn deserved bigger roles in their movies and performances.
@Ryuha12349 ай бұрын
That final act was kind of disappointing. The bad guys didn’t really feel like a threat at the end. They were defeated way too easily. It wasn’t interesting.
@Hear.myvoice9 ай бұрын
It was the point of it... To show that Sam is more dangerous than them.
@Ryuha12349 ай бұрын
Than it’s not horror or scream movie then. Making the main character more dangerous than the killers themself. That’s not really a final girl.
@Hear.myvoice9 ай бұрын
@@Ryuha1234 Do you like these movies at all? I mean Scream have always been a Slasher/Satire which means it often jokes on slasher tropes or does the same in a better way. The references in the movie aren't just random easter eggs... They all have meanings.
@megcollier35889 ай бұрын
I love your new video style, feels more like you’re chatting with us and not to us
@patrickdempsy149 ай бұрын
I miss your videos like this. Your scream trivia videos were my favourites
@Father_of_Death9 ай бұрын
The idea of them killing their own mother pays homage to Jill Roberts. Why'd they cut this?
@boyinterrupted72049 ай бұрын
I think if Sam actually got shot by Bailey in the finale but she just ate it and continued to charge at him, I think it would've been a cool way to show that Sam is more like Ghostface than we first thought
@CineFunStudios9 ай бұрын
KZbinr 3C Films actually thought the motive of the father should have been guilt for making Richie a fan of the Stab movies and he wanted to Stop more Ghostfaces like him from happening. Which that actually would have been a better motive for the killers instead of just an EXACT copy of Scream 2’s killer motive.
@MrGothbunny9 ай бұрын
5 and 6 are so weird because they have the exact opposite flaws. 5 is boring and then has an amazing final act while 6 is great throughout and has a complete shit final act and reveal.
@Hear.myvoice9 ай бұрын
Scream 5 was boring? 🤣 Nevermind... It's because Scream 6 was directly doing the opposite as Mindy said. Scream 5 had a stealthy killer so now we have a Rambo... Scream 5 made 2 legacy characters die so they didn't kill anyone here and so on...
@lrtvhighlights36879 ай бұрын
5 and 6 both boring @@Hear.myvoice
@TheAmazingAdam9 ай бұрын
I enjoyed 6's final act more than 5's lmao. 5's felt like a remake of 4's which it was. 6's was different, yeah, maybe one reveal is predictable (Wayne) and not the most developed thanks to Scream 6 taking up the screentime to focus on Gale rather than Quinn/Ethan because fan service bullshit, but for what it was, I enjoyed the hell out of it more than Richie/Amber. Liana was so fucking good and I loved how crazy she made Quinn. Easily the craziest Kirsch family member imo. The writing in the final act was BS though. I wish we actually saw an Ethan vs. Tara and Quinn vs. Sam fight scene instead they rushed it for time because they took up ALOT of it for Gale's big scene in her apartment. Cut that out, they could of added in so much more but, fan service BS.
@TheAmazingAdam9 ай бұрын
@@Hear.myvoice Scream 6 made Scream 5 a better movie imo thanks to the connections. 5 felt like a remake of 4 except Jill did it better. 5 lacked character developed and fucked Kyle Gallner over which I'll never forgive Radio Silence for, then again, they fucked Liana Liberato over in 6 so F Radio Silence lol. They just needed better writers. 6 was completely different than any of the others. Sure, it wasn't MTV Scream amazing (imo the Scream TV Show had the most brutal kills and story by far), but it was something and Jenna freaking killed it. Fact is, you don't need to kill a whole cast to make a great Slasher. You just need character development and story. I'd rather them torture my hero's instead of killing them off. That's why I hate Halloween Kills. Brings back legacy characters and kills off great minor characters like Cameron just to add to the kill count with no development behind it. Scream 6 was more of a feel good movie like the first one and it didn't need to kill anyone big off after losing Dewey. I mean, I don't mind if Gale died. But Love the fact that Chad's the new Dewey because let's face it. The movies need another strong male character. MTV Scream does it with Noah and he's by far the best character imo in the franchise. The movies need strong male characters after Dewey at this point.
@izzyxxhughes91379 ай бұрын
I personally don’t mind the final act. Jenna and Melissa help keep the intensity going with their exceptional acting. However, I will agree that the three ghost faces aren’t really much of a threat which is crazy to say because when they were masked this was the most ruthless and brutal ghostface has ever been! And as soon as they take off their masks it’s like they were severely less threatening😅 Take Jill for example. Even when she was unmasked she never lost her intensity, mind you, she got even crazier! So to compare Ethan, Bailey, and Quinn to past ghostfaces they unfortunately missed the mark. But that doesn’t mean I don’t like their motive it was a nice twist to have it been Richie’s family.
@user-fb4sb1zi8g9 ай бұрын
Can we just pretend 5 and 6 never happened?
@BlameMovies3 ай бұрын
Yeah scream 7 should be a direct sequel to scream 4
@karimafisher90508 ай бұрын
The script version seems to make more sense and has more context. I never gave much thought to Dt Bailey running at her with the gun. Is there a chance he was in two minds? Whilst yeah, he wants to shoot her to end her life, maybe he also had a stronger urge to brutally kill her as that was how she killed Richie in S5. Overall, I do like how S6 came to a close. One of the major things about S6 is that Dt Bailey was too obvious of a choice for a killer jn my opinion. Knew it was him who was gonna be one of them as soon as it was released he was cast in the movie as a cop
@Blondie4729 ай бұрын
The Scooby-Doo reveal made me laugh. Otherwise a fun Scream movie.
@icaliver9 ай бұрын
Matricide, Material abandonment comes full circle. I think it goes back to the production didn’t want take chances with that installment in fear of triggering the audience. I kind wish they made Ethan Conflicted as an accomplice to add a little more drama to final act take after Mrs. Bailey unwilling to become crazy like Nancy Loomis.
@halloweenmovies16279 ай бұрын
See I absolutely loved scream 6 I think it’s the best in out of all the sequels besides the original. But they made the hype for this trailer so good and it felt like we were finally gonna have something different like it said in the trailer and was never said in the actual film and to find out it was related to Richie felt lame if they wanted a ghost face family they should have done amber’s family she had more kills and also Richie’s. In the end the whole final act felt rushed but it was still great I loved how they referenced scream original with Sam putting on the mask I thought that part was amazing!
@BrokTheLoneWolf9 ай бұрын
Oh man I completely forgot it was a revenge plot over Ritchie. Thee. Worst. Ghostface. Ever.
@michaelkelsay45598 ай бұрын
Yeah it’s weird that ghost face wearing the mask has way better control of the situations in general than the end. It’s just silly because I had a mask years ago and it wasn’t easy to see in for sure.
@entertainmentwizard27039 ай бұрын
I have to disagree the writers for Scream 2022 and Scream 6 are OK at best and they are not good enough for Scream! I agree the script version is better but the movie is still full of issues that the final act causes to stick out big time and Scream is just not at the quality it use to be!
@kevlarkev79 ай бұрын
These writers sucked. That is the sole problem with these newer ones.
@Hear.myvoice9 ай бұрын
I think the directors sucked not the writers... Every problem came from them to be honest.
@n3rdy979 ай бұрын
The one thing about ghostface. They always fail after their little speech. How about plant seeds in the calls so we can get a full on epic battle for the final scene?
@stunningprincess38489 ай бұрын
I wish gale was in the final and her and Sam took detective bailey out but after sam stabbed him gale shit him in the head that would of been iconic I want a killer get killed by gale weathers also we need a few gale focus sequels
@omarslayz9 ай бұрын
gales the kind of person to not have much blood on her hands anyways. she’s assisted in killing the gf’s like billy, mickey, and amber but she’s never directly done the final blow like sam or sidney do because she’s too classy. i like that about her however i would give ambers death to her even if tara did the final blow bc it’s so important for her to kill dewey’s killer.
@thedragon129 ай бұрын
At first the Sam vs Bailey rushing at eachother, I thought it was a Godzilla vs Ghidorah (from Godzilla King of The Monsters) reference lol
@tommyosborne55229 ай бұрын
I had no problem with the final act and loved the film as a whole. The killer reveal was fun and the 3 worked well together
@Skdndnsmsm9 ай бұрын
Felt like jill alone can kill this 3 ghostface lol ,
@ShaneWroe8 ай бұрын
Jill was insane....she was vicious
@joydeepmetia45213 ай бұрын
Disclaimer all 3 of this ghostface solos jill
@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE9 ай бұрын
The ending was definitively the worst in the franchise. No consistency. Thanksgiving points out why the confession monologues make no sense especially in 2022. The first end where I had 0 interest. Even 3 was at least fresh with it being a character Sid didn't genuinely know was her bro or even existed. 5 at LEAST we got SOME misdirection and a somewhat back and forth fight. And yeah the charging with a loaded gun really should have been expounded on
@YoungBlood0859 ай бұрын
I enjoyed the third act, but I just wish that dialog was kept in about the mother
@romanseano9 ай бұрын
The scenery-chewing, over the top portrayals of Wayne / Ethan / Quinn, I thought right away, were nods to the OTT acting by Laurie Metcalf & Timothy Olyphant in the reveal / finale of Scream 2. And I wasn't crazy about that performance, either.
@IamQuietKrys9 ай бұрын
Yeah that third act was pretty weak. There are things that should've and could've been handled better but unfortunately they dropped the ball. Maybe they've released a director's cut but I'm not gonna hold my breath for it.
@shavonlynn93179 ай бұрын
I love the videos like this and I love the Scream movies❤
@billymoore71829 ай бұрын
I heard it was changed because Neve left the sequel. Which to me kinda said something.
@leamason90069 ай бұрын
Unpopular opinion but I actually liked the Bailey family
@Speed_hunter9 ай бұрын
Their okay
@Niklarus20109 ай бұрын
I agree.
@TheAmazingAdam9 ай бұрын
Huh? You mean Kirsch? Bailey was the fake name they went by lmao. Their real last name is Kirsch but couldn't go by that name for obvious reasons. Quinn was my fave and easily the craziest Kirsch Ghostface killer. Probably one of my favorite ghostfaces too and it's Liana 😍. Loved her callbacks to NOES and IKWYDLS. I just wish the final act wasn't so rushed and she had a good fight with Sam after it was teased.
@tobys.hatchet7 ай бұрын
Same
@10oneluv105 ай бұрын
I think the better thing would have been to remove the "there's the f**king killer" line than to add all of the context before that into the movie. The idea of killing the mom because she didn't want to take part in the plan defeats the purpose of avenging the son. Now another family member is killed 🤷♂.
@JasonKerr-xj3og5 ай бұрын
I think in the baileys minds they were thinking family protects each other so since the mom didn’t want to avenge Richie she was considered an enemy
@mr.checkyourself46729 ай бұрын
I still wish Quinn and Ethan mother went along with her husband in trying to kill the Carpenter sisters.
@07foxmulder9 ай бұрын
Scream 5 and 6 make Halloween Kills look like a masterpiece.
@joydeepmetia45213 ай бұрын
No lol scream 5 and 6>>>>cringe dead movies
@BlameMovies3 ай бұрын
So then Ethan had 4 kills: Mrs. Kirsch, Dr. Christopher Stone (Therapist), Paul, Anika,
@1bwash9 ай бұрын
I don't really mind some of the dialogue being cut. It just feels pointless that they killed their mom. We didn't know her and never saw her, so who cares? It's also maybe a bridge too far, like you're going to be upset about your brother and then kill your mom because she didn't think you should go on a revenge spree? Then when it comes to the Carpenter mom, it's just confusing. They're alluding to the stuff the audience doesn't know but the way it was written is sounds like we are supposed to. In terms of opening up plot points, it needs to be more showing and less telling. For example, Sam should have kept the mask at the end. That way, even if she's not in the next few movies, you could still have the thought in the back of your head that she might return as a twist and be a secret killer.
@daisydargan93369 ай бұрын
The most frustating thing about the scream franchise is that of how good it is, without all the freaking changes of all 6 films just how much better could it of all been
@tatjana_autistic5 ай бұрын
Does anyone know who the woman is in the ending of Scream 6, she is standing on the side with the media/reporters? She pops up for a second, and she looks so weird. It's something strange with that scene. 🤔
@billymoore71829 ай бұрын
#NeveCampbellforScream7
@chocolateice249 ай бұрын
I would luv to see Stu and Jill come back as cult leaders and to come back and get revenge on Sidney in Scream 7💯💯💯
@TheAmazingAdam9 ай бұрын
I've been on the Jill Train for so long. Fuck yes.
@TheLobster999 ай бұрын
Wasn’t Chad originally supposed to die and they did reshoots to keep him alive?
@mo6live8 ай бұрын
You do realize the scenes could have been filmed yet cut down
@jacksonwayneputnam15999 ай бұрын
The new Scream movies are just terrible. Totally nonsensical, obvious and boring. Nothing really clever or fun about them, either.
@myersfan50439 ай бұрын
I loved scream 6
@robertcoyle39829 ай бұрын
I would've ended the movie with sam getting a call from another ghostface
@sandragoth82939 ай бұрын
I’m gonna miss Sam and tara
@jeffreeves31379 ай бұрын
I actually enjoyed the finale and scream 6 as a whole. Definitely up there for me, might be my 2nd favorite scream film
@HellfireClub2429 ай бұрын
Carpenter sisters were a breath of fresh air in the franchise. Don't get me wrong, Scream 4 was good. But 5/6 were really good. The writing was excellent. But more importantly, the characters were developed well. I loved that Sam was on the brink of being a killer. I also liked that Tara was her opposite in a few ways. Sam is the dark, protective yet ambiguous. Tara is the opposite. Gutted that they won't be in Scream 7. But it's Spyglass loss. Their ignorance will be their undoing in the movie.
@Almostfamous3219 ай бұрын
carpenter sisters were almost the worst characters in the entire franchise , only behind randies niece and nephew. Without there connection to billy and randy they are useless diversity characters
@arielperez36139 ай бұрын
@@Almostfamous321Don’t even get me started on Mindy 🙄 her dialogue was so annoying throughout the whole movie. She made me cringe
@drewhaase45909 ай бұрын
Yes they were. Finally we had a final girl who didn’t need someone else to save her. Sam destroys her attackers all on her own.
@Almostfamous3219 ай бұрын
you mean like every other final girl in every horror movie oh but wait gayle sydney and her sister did nothing to help
@Ashley11519 ай бұрын
I would have liked for Sam to get killed in Scream 6 that would been better for the final act
@ChrisZajacwhatchriswore9 ай бұрын
were can I view the script
@Mxsteryninja9 ай бұрын
Wow
@robertcoyle39829 ай бұрын
The movie would've been better if danny was ghostface
@NightOwl_308 ай бұрын
Who fucked with that script???? Urgh.
@qase4u859 ай бұрын
Instead of poorly picking apart a movie that has a cast that we won’t get a genuine ending from with another film, maybe just be happy we got this awesome film? Nope, to difficult to enjoy something that you are heavily basing your KZbin channel on? 🙄
@davidostrowski6799 ай бұрын
The whole thing was rushed because of channels like this encouraging toxic fandom. You are responsible for how bad 6 was.