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Fantasy Island: Season 2, Episode 15

Cowboy/Substitute Wife (20 Jan. 1979)

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A man wants to keep the son he hasn't seen for nine years from discovering that he's not the star of the rodeo, but a clown instead; and a hypochondriac comes to Roarke seeking a cure for her imaginary ailments.

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A man wants to keep the son he hasn't seen for nine years from discovering that he's not the star of the rodeo, but a clown instead; and a hypochondriac comes to Roarke seeking a cure for her imaginary ailments.

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