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Season 8
- Ep 13Crossing at White Feather12/7/65
Rowdy hires Jonas Bolt to guide the herd to and across the river. Rowdy finds Jonas drunk and fires him. The saloon owner tries to trick Rowdy out of a 1000 head using Jonas. - Ep 12The Testing Post11/30/65
An army lieutenant requisitions 100 prime steers and only offers a piece of paper in return. He pulls a gun and Rowdy wings him. Reinforcements come demanding the 100 head. Rowdy goes forty miles to the fort and the major says he can't pay him. - Ep 11Brush War at Buford11/23/65
Major Buford who fought for the south ties his herd in with Rowdy's. He does this so he can cross Duke Aberdeen's land. Duke was a POW in a Confederate prison, and won't let Buford cattle cross his land. The major's son Court hates anything Yankee. Union forces burned the Buford mansion in Virginia, and soon after Mrs. Buford died. Duke sends out phoney stock inspectors that claim many of the cattle are someone else's.moreless - Ep 10Duel at Daybreak11/16/65
The new drover, a young southern gentleman, Roman Bedford, has incurred the wrath of the ranch foreman they're picking up cattle from. Roman has paid attention to the ranch owner's daughter, with whom the foreman has intentions. The ranch owner has kept hidden his past from his daughter. - Ep 9The Pursuit11/9/65
Jed is being pursued by Marshal Hanson Dickson, a well known lawman. Dickson claims Jed Is James Carothers wanted dead or alive for murder in Missouri. Jed says he was cleared of the charge. - Ep 8Clash at Broken Bluff11/2/65
Rowdy must convince a young widow to allow the herd on her land to protect it from a norther. She is involved in the suffragette movement. The saloon owner will do anything to stop women from getting the vote. The drovers are allowed to vote if they stick around. The saloon owner buys their votes, but Rowdy has second thoughts.moreless - Ep 7Vasquez Woman10/26/65
Colonel Emilio Vasquez "buys" 200 head from Quince, Jed and Simon in Mexico. Jed goes to town to see if the pesos are worth anything. The gringo who runs the town says they're just paper. Emilio's wife, Maria, was left behind and is in the bar. Emilio sneaks into town and kills the gringo, but doesn't get Maria. Jed escapes with Maria. Jed and Emilio argue over the terms of her return.moreless - Ep 6Hostage for Hanging10/19/65
Rowdy is held for ransom by a family of crooked horse traders. Quince, Jed, Wish and Simon try to dicker unsuccessfully. The family is led by Ma Gufler. Her two sons are Jesse and dim-witted Max. They prepare to hang Rowdy. Jed rides in to talk things over. - Ep 5Escort to Doom10/12/65
Rowdy enlists the aid of eight Indians who have been trailing the herd to get to the Little Red River. Their leader, Yellow Sun, looks white. The drovers, particularly Wish, don't t like it. The other Indians, particularly Quadero, don't like it either.
- Ep 4Walk into Terror10/5/65
A mine cave-in traps Quince and Simon. New drover Ed says he's found some blasting gel and guncotton. He and his buddy Jerry will blow them out for $500. It is a perilous journey hauling the unstable gel to the mine in a rickety old wagon.
- Ep 3Six Weeks to Bent Fork9/28/65
Mr. Fletcher offers Rowdy $6,000 to get 1500 head to Bent Fork in six weeks or less. There is a penalty of $30 for each head that doesn't make it. Lash Whitcomb, one of Fletcher's men is going along as Segundo (#2 man). Lash and Rowdy disagree on which trail to take. Rowdy checks his out. It leads to a box canyon. Rowdy's horse hits a chuckhole and he is thrown and breaks some ribs. Rowdy tells Lash to take over. Ten miles and three days from Bent Fork, Sheriff John Keeley, says there is a sixty day quarantine on Texas cattle.moreless - Ep 2Ride a Crooked Mile9/21/65
Rowdy and his men are caught in the middle of an evil plot when a killer decides to go to all ends to keep a stallion worth a lot of money. - Ep 1Encounter at Boot Hill9/14/65
Morgan Kane and his son Jethro hang two drifters who killed his son, Vance. Morgan kills Peters and seriously wounds Ian who tried to stop it. Rowdy takes Ian to Regis for medical attention. He tries unsuccessfully to get the law to investigate Peter's killing. Sheriff Blaine says the drifters broke Vance's neck. Blaine is blackmailing Jethro. The coroner's inquest finds the Kane's innocent. Rowdy tells Morgan he's taking him and his son to Wichita for a fair trial.moreless
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Season 7
- Ep 30The Gray Rock Hotel5/21/65
Favor brings five of his men, sick from either food or water, into a ghost town to the Gray Rock Hotel. Lottie was on the way to Fort McCloud when her horse went lame. Favor asks Lottie to help care for the five. Favor sends Quince to Gold Ridge for a doctor. Four guys are looking for Lottie. She tries to create dissension among the drovers. Lottie tells Favor she is on the run. Mushy defends Lottie from Marty's advances. Quince falls off his horse. The four find him. Lottie asks Favor to teach her to use a gun.moreless - Ep 29El Hombre Bravo5/14/65
Favor and Mushy are driving six prize bulls toward the American border in Mexico. A band of Mexicans tell Favor they are looking for El Hombre Bravo. General Velasquez's men rope a drive steer and search the wagons for El Hombre Bravo. Favor and Mushy meet Pajarito, a school teacher and eight orphans heading to a mission north of the border. Pajarito wrote pamphlets for the revolutionaries and signed them El Hombre Bravo.moreless - Ep 28The Spanish Camp5/7/65
The spring that feeds a creek, has been dammed by Dr. John Merritt and his friend Phinn Harper and their men. They are looking for the remains of a 200 year old Spanish expedition, and their treasure chest. Merritt has three to four months to live and has nothing to leave his wife and kids. He quit practicing medicine, but is teaching Phinn. The cattle need the water.moreless - Ep 27The Calf Women4/30/65
Emma Teall and her sister Betsy are following the herd. Ryan and his forty buffalo hunters won't let the herd through to needed grazing, until he pens the buffalo up. Rowdy gives him three days. Wish tells Mushy to take two calves and kill them. Emma relieves Mushy of the calves. He says there may be three more later. Wish reports the milk cows are gone. They followed the calves to Emma's camp. The drovers tip over her wagon. Emma fires a warning shot. Billy Wallace a buffalo hunter calls on Betsy and gets rough with a protesting Emma.moreless - Ep 26Mrs. Harmon4/16/65
Wish is tired of trail cooking. He quits the drive and befriends a mother and her three boys. She is married to an abusive drunk, Fred Harmon who beats her. At the hotel, Fred tries to beat Wish to within an inch of his life. Mrs. Harmon shoots her husband. Wish takes the blame. Charlie Peg the hotel clerk knows the Mrs. did it and blackmails Wish.moreless - Ep 25The Last Order4/9/65
Rowdy's ex-commanding officer, Jeff McKeever, is part of a band of confederates not willing to admit the war is over. They have stolen $50,000. Wish shoots one of them in the holdup, Decker. Decker stumbles into Favor's camp with the strongbox and dies. McKeever posing as a deputy sheriff along with Jim Newton come for the money. Wish recognizes McKeever as one of the robbers. Newton escapes. The rebel leader Colonel Reed, poisons steers, shoots one of Favor's men, poison the water hole, stampedes the herd with blasting powder, and captures Hey Soos in an attempt to get Favor to give up the money and McKeever.moreless - Ep 24Empty Sleeve4/2/65
Tom Cowan lost an arm in the war. He had a friend in the hospital write his wife, Jenny, that he died. Tom reluctantly returns to his hometown when the herd needs salt. Sam Butler, the banker, made a deal with Tom when he was caught robbing the bank. Tom enlisted under Sam's son's name, Will. Tom is shot by the sheriff and brought into town. Sam wants him snuck out. Will tells Jenny the whole story.moreless - Ep 23Retreat3/26/65
Major Cantwell can't wait to retire from the army. He was demoted from colonel for "irregularities in records". He says the charge was unfounded. He steals the $32,000 camp payroll and wraps it in a package. He asks Favor to mail it for him. Kaster, the major's aid, drummed out for drinking, sees Favor take the package. Cantwell's replacement arrives and says his demotion was reversed and he's being promoted to brigadier general. He goes after Favor and the package. Kaster steals the package from favor's saddle bag.moreless - Ep 22Prairie Fire3/19/65
Wish buries Tod Murdoch, his friend, who 500 head he is to take to tie up with Favor's herd at horsehead crossing. Tod's foreman Jerry and Milt and Pitts plan to steal the cattle once they get the ownership paper from Wish. Wish has hidden it plain sight. He won't tell where and they try to beat it out of him.moreless - Ep 21Winter Soldier3/12/65
Favor and Pete recommend to Kurtz, who has been traveling with the herd with his daughter, a shortcut to the San Luis crossing. Lt. Whitley gets a message to warn the ranchers of Comanches. Winter soldier, Hap Johnson deserts. He trades his army gear for cheap indian trading goods at Watson's. He asks Watson, Wish's name. Hap strides into camp telling Wish he is his old friend from Nachodoches. Favor won't hire Hap. Hap has overheard Kurtz has money. He rides after them and takes them on a "shortcut" up into the hills. The lieutenant arrests Watson, Favor and Hey Soos for having army goods. Rowdy and Quince go after Hap. They find him with Kurtz. Rowdy sends Quince to get the army and the drover.moreless - Ep 20The Violent Land3/5/65
Mace and Gorman, the new drovers, have more than cows on their minds. Mace shows Favor a reward poster for $10,000 for a white girl captured by the Apaches. Rowdy visits the grave of his sister who was killed by the indians. Rowdy refuses to sell twelve head to Yuma, the Apache chief.moreless - Ep 19Blood Harvest2/12/65
Clete Bonner and his grandson Will, posing as Jonas and Duke Williams, join the drive, to see if Will's Dad, Adam, is suitable to take Will. Adam, known as Cable now, is scheming with two others to steal 1500 head and sell to the army. - Ep 18Texas Fever2/5/65
- Ep 17Moment in the Sun1/29/65
Sheriff Royal K. Shaw plans are making a name for himself by delivering popular Robin Hoodesque outlaw, Reed McClulley. He ties up with the herd. Reed's little brother rallies the farmers to free Reed. - Ep 16A Time for Waiting1/22/65
On his way to Fort Mason Rowdy is chased by indians. Rowdy testified against Captain George Ballinger at his trial, even though they are friends. He asks Rowdy to stay until he is hung. . - Ep 15Josh1/15/65
Seventy year old Josh Breeden's pride won't let him admit he's too old to be a drover. He blames Favor for all his problems. - Ep 14The Book1/8/65
Pop Stark promotes gunfights for profit. Billy his latest boy just lost. Carl Hatcher loaned Pop money. His brothers are coming to collect. Pop arranges a gunfight between Rowdy and Austin Ware, a professional gunfighter. - Ep 13The Meeting1/1/65
Favor and another trail boss are forced to go to meet Rian Powers. Powers has assembled a group of outlaws. He has a plan to take over the beef industry, buy scaring off legitimate buyers so the trail bosses must sell to his men at low prices. - Ep 12No Dogs or Drovers12/18/64
Gil Favor's cattlemen arrive at a town after a long,hard cattle''drive and find that the town isn't receptive to cattle drivers. - Ep 11The Photographer12/11/64
A photograher leads an unsuspecting Rowdy into a den of thieves. - Ep 10Corporal Dasovik12/4/64
- Ep 9Backshooter11/27/64
Sam Jefferson aids Rowdy after his horse takes a spill. Sam is a wanted man. He asks Rowdy to turn him in and give the $5000 to his wife. - Ep 8Damon's Road (2)11/30/64
Damon has Favor's crew believing the railroad is the future. Favor escapes and goes to his crew, who want to be railroaders. Favor gets Quince to send a false telegram that Damon's payroll arrived a week ago. Favor tells Damon's old crew. They go for a showdown with Damon. - Ep 7Damon's Road (1)11/13/64
Jonathan Damon is building the C&L Railroad. His crew has quit due to lack of pay. The store says no more credit. Goldie, his girl, and the three girls in her act are leaving. He needs to dig up 20 men. Favor shows up with 2400 cattle and 28 men. Damon tricks the drovers into signing work contracts and having Favor arrested for abducting Goldie.moreless - Ep 6Canliss10/30/64
Gurd Canliss, an aging hired gun, has Don Miguel as his next target. Gurd's wife Augusta and Favor try to stop it. - Ep 5A Man Called Mushy10/23/64
Mushy is swindled out of the wagons and the remuda. He is fired, kidnapped by gypsies, sold into slavery and rescued by his new girlfriend. - Ep 4Lost Herd10/16/64
Favor loses the whole herd except nine, taking a shortcut thru Devil's Patch Quilt trying to beat another herd in. He must face Mr. Teisner of the cattleman's association. - Ep 3Piney10/9/64
A cattle baron has lost everything and has filed bankruptcy. He decides to get the money he needs to rebuild his ranch by stealing money from the bank. - Ep 2Enormous Fist10/2/64
When Fred Grant slugs Favor he hits him back. Fred falls, hitting his head against a fencepost, and dies. There is an inquest. Favor has to deal with the widow and her three kids. - Ep 1Race9/25/64
Rowdy quits and gets his own herd and races Favor to the railhead.
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Season 6
- Ep 32Episode# 32 - Incident at Dawson Flats
- Ep 31Incident of the Peyote Cup5/14/64
Hey Soos is captured by a small secretive tribe of Indians, and forced to drink peyote liquid. An indian girl helps him escape. The new drover, Mister Brothers was a missionary and tried to convert this tribe. They came to believe if they crucified white men they dead ancestors would come back to life.moreless - Ep 30Incident at Seven Fingers5/7/64
Sam Turner steals Rowdy's horse. Sam is an escapee from the army guardhouse, charges with breaking and running in the face of fire. Rowdy's horse goes lame. Rowdy catches Sam and offers him a job. Captain Coulter and his men rush into camp and arrests Sam. Favor says things don't add up and comes to his defense.moreless - Ep 29Incident of the Gilded Goddess4/30/64
Rowdy's old acquaintance, Louise Temple is on the run for killing a sheriff. She ran the Temple Of Gold gambling hall. - Ep 28Incident at Deadhorse (2)4/23/64
- Ep 27Incident at Deadhorse (1)4/16/64
- Ep 26Incident of El Toro4/9/64
Art Fuller is sent to kill a wild bull. - Ep 25Incident of the Banker4/2/64
An old friend of Favor's, a banker, backs him into a corner and is allowed to take over as trail boss, while Favor runs his bank. - Ep 24Incident at the Odyssey3/26/64
Favor is pushing hard to outrun hoof and mouth disease just as he had seven years earlier. Pan an ex-circus performer searches for a lady he heard singing eleven years earlier. - Ep 23Incident at Hourglass3/12/64
The herd needs to get through Hourglass pass where the army is preparing to blast for a dam. Favor's hometown friend is married to the Post Adjutant. When she kills an officer, she lies to get Favor convicted of the murder. - Ep 22Incident at Zebulon3/5/64
Favor goes to Zebulon, Johnny Larkin is taken by a group of masked riders and charged with a woman's death. When Favor is horse whipped he is determined to find out the identity of the major, the head of the regulator. - Ep 21Incident of the Wanderer2/27/64
Michob, a peddler, comes out of a rain storm, bone dry. Things begin to go wrong and he is labeled a jinx. - Ep 20Incident of the Swindler2/20/64
An old "friend" of Wish's tells him he is a wanted man for a murder in New Orleans thirteen years ago. - Ep 19Incident of the Pied Piper2/6/64
- Ep 18Incident at Gila Flats1/30/64
While helping the Army deliver cattle to an Apache tribe, Favor, Wishbone and Quince run into a band of renegade Indians determined to stop them. - Ep 17Incident of the Dowry Dundee1/23/64
Rowdy and Quince come across a wee lass, with four huge Scottish bulls and a wagon of heirlooms. - Ep 16Incident of the Midnight Cave1/16/64
Wish nearly falls off the high trail and awakes blind. - Ep 15Incident of the Rusty Shotgun1/9/64
Three brothers think Wish is their sister's intended. - Ep 14Incident at Ten Trees1/2/64
The drovers find a young white woman dressed as an indian, babbling. - Ep 13Incident of the Geisha12/19/63
After Rowdy tells Hey Soos to let a wild stallion go, Hey Soos tries to saddle it again. It bolts knocking Rowdy down and injuring his back. The remuda is stampeded. Out collecting the horses Hey Soos sees the stallion. He tries to lasso it. He is knocked of his horse by a limb and rolls down a hill into a stream. He awakes with his clothes drying overhead. He is in a kimona and a geisha kneels nearby.moreless - Ep 12Incident of the Wild Deuces12/12/63
When Mushy wins $1500 from saloon-owner Lorelie Mears, his troubles begin. - Ep 11Incident of the Death Dancer12/5/63
Carlock has been tracking an African lion for four years. Favor hires him to get the lion. Mushy wants to be a hunter. - Ep 10Incident at Confidence Creek11/28/63
Elwood P. Gilroy and his assistant Crystal Simpson steal the ownership papers for the herd, and sell the herd to Orville Tippet at a large loss. Elwood ditches Crystal. Rowdy and Crystal follow Elwood to bring him back to justice. - Ep 9Incident of the Prophecy11/21/63
The drovers have a Saturday off for the first time in a long time. To wake up the dead town. Rowdy and his friend Rabbit shoot at a schoolhouse bell. A bullet ricochets and kills Jud Hilton. His brother, Brother William, a tetched self proclaimed minister, puts a curse on them and say they can't outrun death.moreless - Ep 8Incident of the Rawhiders11/14/63
- Ep 7Incident at Two Graves11/7/63
Wish volunteers Rowdy to fight Jeremiah O'Neal for money. O'Neal gives the fight away and Rowdy wins $50. The losers are ready to tar and feather O'Neal. Rowdy helps him escape. O'Neal has a cross made by the indians for the Spaniards. He speaks of a lost mine. - Ep 6Incident at Farragut Pass10/31/63
In return for crossing her land to water, E.J. Farragut wants Favor to hire her grandson Billy. - Ep 5Incident at Paradise10/24/63
Rowdy rescues nester Higgins from being used for target practice and gets involved in his fight to stay on his farm. - Ep 4Incident of the Travellin' Man10/17/63
Jagger is fished out of the river with leg irons on. His story doesn't match that of Matt Harger. - Ep 3Incident at El Crucero10/10/63
Rose Cornelius and her ten brothers have fenced off the trail Favor needs to cross to get the herd to water. - Ep 2Incident of Iron Bull10/3/63
Joseph, a Comanche, is hired after returning the remuda. Colonel Macklin and Sergeant Grogan are accompanying the herd as far as Waycross. - Ep 1Incident of the Red Wind9/26/63
Favor tells Rowdy to let Lou Bowdark drive the herd up the San Marcos trail.
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Season 5
- Ep 29Incident at Alkali Sink5/24/63
Burt Harvey is accused of cowardice at Gettysburg by his new father-in-law. - Ep 28Incident at Rio Doloroso5/10/63
Don Francisco Maldonaldo sentences Favor and Rowdy to die for the death of his son. - Ep 27Incident of White Eyes5/3/63
Favor and Hey Soos rescue Domingo, Lt. Carter and the Butlers from a runaway stage. The make to a stage station and fight off indians. - Ep 26Incident of the Hostages4/19/63
Rowdy buys three white children from the Arapahos that have been raised by the Apache. - Ep 25Incident of the Black Ace4/12/63
A gypsy tells Wish's fortune he draws the death card three times. - Ep 24Incident of the Clown3/29/63
Morris G. Stevens, a failed actor, toured the world as a clown. Now a philologist he wants to create a Comanche dictionary. - Ep 23Incident of the Comanchero3/22/63
Sisters Benaventura and Teresa cut Maria Jose Chappela off an indian torture rack. - Ep 22Incident of the Pale Rider3/15/63
The new man is a dead ringer for the man Rowdy shot in a Wells Fargo holdup. - Ep 21Incident of the Married Widow3/1/63
In Calvin, Miss Abigail owns The Silver Slipper Salon, a very posh saloon. There Rowdy sees the picture of the dead war hero, Gil Favor, Abigail's husband. - Ep 20Incident of the Gallows Tree2/22/63
In Cottonwood, at the Pair-A-Dice Saloon, Qunice gets in a fight with Major Courtney. Jim swears he'll kill him. - Ep 19Incident of Judgement Day2/8/63
Rowdy's ex-commanding officer, Captain Cabot convenes a make shift courts-martial for him in a ghost town. He and some of Rowdy's old army buddies believes that Rowdy's betrayed their attempted escape from a Union prison camp. - Ep 18Incident at Crooked Hat2/1/63
Gil stands by his old friend Jack Jennings. Jack's a gunfighter who has decided to turn over a new leaf. But Sam Talbot recognizes him and forces him into a showdown. Jack is forced to defend himself and he kills Sam. But Sam's brother is the most powerful man in town and wants revenge.moreless - Ep 17Incident of the Mountain Man1/25/63
Thomas and the men of the wagon train are ready to string up Scout Josh Green for killing Thomas's boy. Josh is a mountain man lost in the modern world. - Ep 16Incident at Spider Rock1/18/63
The drive stops near High Divide for a welcome break but then they find out Lola's saloon is watering the booze and cheating the drovers. On top of that, the supplies Wishbone bought are bad. - Ep 15Incident at the Trail's End1/11/63
Gil Favor offers his old trail boss, Harry Maxton a job. Harry takes the job but doesn't tell Gil that a doctor has just told him he is going blind. - Ep 14Incident of the Buryin' Men1/4/63
Favor and Rowdy see two Cheyenne. They are watching a hearse wagon. It's owner, Pomeroy K. Tollliver (Poke) surrenders to Favor thinking they're a posse. The wagon is broken. Favor will have the wagon fixed and Poke can ride to Rock City with the herd. - Ep 13Incident of Decision12/28/62
When Rowdy buys eighteen cattle for the next drive he has to contend with a young would be drover with a crooked leg and banditos. - Ep 12Incident at Quivira12/14/62
Monty Fox comes stumbling up to the night camp playing the concertina, saying he's found the promised land. He says he's found Quivera, Coronado's golden city. He says he'll share with those who help him against those who chased him out. - Ep 11Incident of the Querencias12/7/62
Gil's old friend, Lije Crowning, has had his ranch foreclosed on by the bank. Lije wants to take his thirty head with the drive to Colorado. - Ep 10Incident of the Reluctant Bridegroom11/30/62
Rowdy gets drugged in a bar with Shelia, the bar owner's girl and wakes up married to her. - Ep 9Incident at Sugar Creek11/23/62
When one of the drovers, Sam Garrett is injured on the trail, Rowdy takes him to a nearby town called Sugar Creek. But the town doctor refuses to treat him and Sam may die. - Ep 8Incident of the Wolvers11/16/62
When the herd is threatened by a large pack of wolves, Rowdy hires wolfers Abner Cannon and his children. - Ep 7Incident of the Dogfaces11/9/62
Rowdy, Quince and Clay help out three soldiers being attacked by by a small band of Comanches. The Indians flee but soon return with reinforcements. - Ep 6Incident of the Lost Woman11/2/62
Favor finds a woman, Lissa Hobson, and her baby, barely alive. She says her husband was killed in a wagon accident. - Ep 5Incident of the Four Horsemen10/26/62
Favor and Clay are witnesses at a the wedding of Amy Gault and Frank Louden. Gus Marsdon provokes Frank into shooting Amy's brother Carl. Tom Gault, Amy's father, sends Ben Kerran after them. Frank and Tom claim the same 100,000 acres. - Ep 4Incident of the Prodigal Son10/19/62
Sam Hargas finds a half baked, half starved greenhorn, Ben Whitney IV. His horse stepped in a chuck hole. He's heir of a very wealthy family. - Ep 3Incident at Cactus Wells10/12/62
A man has been following the drive for days and the men are getting edgy. The man finally rides into camp, says he is Simon Royce and says he is just looking for a job. - Ep 2Incident of the Portrait10/5/62
Frank Trask enters the Curtis' at night through a window. He's hungry and takes a picture of a woman. Raymond Curtis hears a noise and checks it outs. Trask knocks him out. Marion, the woman in the picture, "sees" Trask leave. - Ep 1Incident of the Hunter9/28/62
A new man joins the drovers and Rowdy recognizes him as John Shepard, a former Confederate who was a POW along with Rowdy. Clay says he knows the man but as Rankin, a boundy hunter. Tensions are high as the men wonder who he is after.
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