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Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 - 1987 6.3 (39 votes) 4 Seasons
Genres
Action & Adventure Drama Crime
Networks
CBS
Created By
Eugenie Ross-Leming
Brad Buckner

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

One everyday housewife who put some spies in her life!

Overview

Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance, after encountering one another in a train station.

Top Cast

Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson

Amanda King

Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce Boxleitner

Lee Stetson

Beverly Garland
Beverly Garland

Dotty West

Mel Stewart
Mel Stewart

Billy Melrose

Martha Smith
Martha Smith

Francine Desmond

Paul Stout

Philip King

Greg Morton

Jamie King

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1983)

No overview available.

21 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The First Time
1983-10-03

Special Agent "Scarecrow" enlists the aide of Amanda King, a divorced mother of two, for assistance in finding a leak in a D.C. organization. Mrs. King is then offered a job with IFF and continues to assist Lee Stetson.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: There Goes the Neighborhood
1983-10-10

Lee and Amanda pose as a married couple living in the Betsy Ross Estates as they investigate the supply of weapons to Central America by the areas unsuspecting Connie Beth Girls.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: If Thoughts Could Kill
1983-10-17

A mind control expert messes with Scarecrow, because of he and Billy's routine physical.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Magic Bus
1983-10-24

Lee and Amanda pursue a survivalist group who intend to use a stolen top-secret assault weapon against an unknown target.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: The A.C.M. Kid
1983-10-31

A young Russian boy, whom is under Lee and Amanda's guard, is stealing computer codes from the government to pay for the freedom of his parents.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
1983-11-07

Lee Stetson and Amanda King are assigned to protect a prince and princess from would-be assassins.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Service Above and Beyond
1983-11-14

Amanda poses as a wealthy jet setter to attract the attention of a businessman suspected of selling military secrets.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Saved by the Bells
1983-11-28

The agency refuses a deal when enemy agents kidnap Amanda in hopes for trading her for another agent. Lee takes matters into his own hands and rescues Amanda, however there is hell to pay with IFF, when he rescues her illegally.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Sudden Death
1983-12-05

Lee and Amanda pose as a football player and a writer to stop the owner of a football team from assassinating the leader of a foreign country.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: The Long Christmas Eve
1983-12-19

On Christmas Eve, Lee and Amanda must find a former Agent, who is threatening to expose the current IFF Agents.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Remembrance of Things Past
1984-01-09

Lee is passed a note, just like other agents received before their murder.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Lost and Found
1984-01-16

Amanda and Lee are asked to arrange a new identity for an old flame of Lee's and her husband, making a very uncomfortable situation for Scarecrow and Mrs. King.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: I Am Not Now, Nor Have I Ever Been... a Spy
1984-01-30

Amanda has amnesia after being kidnapped by assasins, and she no longer remembers Lee or the Agency. This only makes matters worse when she is unable to remember the next victim.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Dead Ringer
1984-02-06

The Agency decides to use Amanda King's home for the defection of a Hungarian Official, who resembles Francine Desmond (Martha Smith in a dual role).

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: The Mole
1984-02-13

Someone in the Agency is passing government secrets to Moscow. Lee and Amanda are assigned to plug the leak, or "The Mole."

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Savior
1984-02-27

Amanda is shocked when she learns that Lee Stetson has left IFF, to work a weapon dealer.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: The Artful Dodger
1984-03-05

Amanda develops a new found friend when Amanda and Lee began investigating the theft of military secrets.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: Filming Raul
1984-03-19

Agency Parking Attendant/Part time film maker, Raul hold the main clue in finding an Agency courier who disappeared when Mrs. King wrecked her station wagon.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: Fearless Dotty
1984-03-26

Spies stalk Amanda's mother after a bookstore mix-up puts her in possession of a book containing vital information.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Weekend
1984-04-23

Amanda and Lee pose as newlyweds at a resort to prevent a kidnapping, and actually enjoy each others company.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 21: Waiting for Godorsky
1984-05-07

While visiting an estate style yard sale with her mother, Amanda meets a woman targeted by Eastern Bloc assasins. She is later invited to have to with her majesty, while unknowingly getting involved with an Agency assignment.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1984)

No overview available.

23 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: To Catch a Mongoose
1984-10-01

Amanda is sent to London when an old high-school friend, Conrad "Connie" Barnhill, is suspected of being a murderer labeled as the "Mongoose." This homicidal killer leaves a calling card at the scene of his crimes with the Mongoose written on it. Amanda tries throughout the entire episode to convince Lee that Mr. Barnhill is not the killer. Near the very end of the show, Amanda is kidnapped by the real Mongoose, forcing Lee on a chase through a foreign country.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: The Times They Are a Changin'
1984-10-08

Amanda and Lee must oversee the return of a 1960s radical who is involved with Munich terrorists.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Double Agent
1984-10-15

Lee and Amanda search for a spy-turned-writer's latest manuscript that exposes U.S. agents, which includes Lee and Amanda.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: The Legend of Das Geisterschloss
1984-10-22

British Agent, Emily Farnsworth, is captured in Austria, leaving behind a sketchpad filled with drawings of nearby landmarks as clues, which Amanda and Lee must use to figure out her whereabouts.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Charity Begins at Home
1984-10-29

Amanda is the Agency's only ticket to a private fund-raiser where a wealthy auto collector plans to hold a meeting with several high-powered men regarding a secret formula to control the supply and price crops.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Brunettes Are In
1984-11-12

A white-slavery ring kidnaps Amanda, while Lee tries to find a valuable microdot chip.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Our Man in Tegernsee
1984-11-19

Lee searches for an Agency operative in the Bavarian Alps who may be able to clear Amanda after she's arrested in Munich on counterfeiting charges.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: An Affair at Bromfield Hall
1984-11-26

In London to investigate a security leak, Amanda gets involved with a seedy photographer and a sex scandal.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: A Class Act
1984-12-03

Amanda finally gets to attend an Agency training class, but the curriculum contains an unexpected bonus-Eastern Bloc assassins who have infiltrated the group.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Playing Possum
1984-12-10

Amanda cannot remember a vital clue to the whereabouts of a nuclear device planted in Washington DC by renegade Soviets.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: The Three Faces of Emily
1984-12-31

Emily Farnsworth returns to help Lee and Amanda catch a man who is selling stolen plans for a futuristic plane.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Ship of Spies
1985-01-07

Amanda and Lee must pose as a couple on a cruise line, to find a missing informant of Lee's who was apparently uncovering something. However the catch is that once they dock on a small island, Lee and Amanda must marry. Aboard the ship of spies, Lee finds. After docking on the island and being married, Lee and Amanda find that silver is being smuggled aboard ship. The smugglers will do anything to save there fortune, include killing husband and wife, Amanda and Lee.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Spiderweb
1985-01-14

A security leak within the Agency throws a secret operation into jeopardy.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: A Little Sex, a Little Scandal
1985-02-04

Amanda becomes a target after she witnesses the murder of a congressional aide.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: A Relative Situation
1985-02-11

With the help of Lee's Uncle, Lee and Amanda attempt to thwart an Air Force officer's plans to sell military equipment to an enemy power.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Life of the Party
1985-02-18

Amanda and Francine go under cover as maids to catch the kingpin of a crime syndicate.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Odds on a Dead Pigeon
1985-02-25

A vindictive parolee hires a look-alike to impersonate Amanda and kill off agents - and Lee is next on the list.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Car Wars
1985-03-11

Amanda borrows a classic car from a Government lot and becomes the target of drug smugglers.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: D.O.A.: Delirious on Arrival
1985-03-18

A ruthless weapons dealer holds the antidote to the drug he added for mind-bending zest to a sandwich, meant for Lee, but eaten by Amanda.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: You Only Die Twice
1985-04-01

Amanda reads her own obituary in the newspaper after an agent mistakenly uses Amanda's bio as a cover and then dies in the line of duty.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: Burn Out
1985-04-08

A victim of job burnout, Lee is removed from field duty; and a former agent offers to cut him in on a deal.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Murder Between Friends
1985-05-06

Amanda quits her job and joins a security agency; unaware it's a front for mercenaries planning to abduct an African president.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: Vigilante Mothers
1985-05-13

Lee's efforts to find out who stole some nerve gas from a Government lab get him involved in Amanda's environmental group.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1985)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: A Lovely Little Affair
1985-09-23

Amanda is swept off her feet by a charming art restorer she's assigned to tail---a man Lee suspects may be involved with terrorists.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: We're Off to See the Wizard
1985-09-30

The link in the murders of six female agents seems to be Lee, but he suspects they may be tied to the burned-out agent he once idolized.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Over the Limit
1985-10-07

A Save the Bay spokeswoman is implicated in the murder of a speaker at a rally for fishermen whose livelihood is threatened by crooked corporations.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Tail of the Dancing Weasel
1985-10-14

The Agency's founder needs Amanda's help to retrieve a purloined letter---proof he's not a turncoat.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Welcome to America, Mr. Brand
1985-10-21

Amanda rolls out the red carpet for a British accountant who fancies himself a spy and who has evidence of a Soviet plot to destroy the U.S. economy.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Sour Grapes
1985-10-28

Lee and Amanda investigate the fatal heroin overdoses of three top-ranking officials.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Utopia Now
1985-11-04

In the backwoods of Virgina, Amanda draws on her scoutting expertise to help her and Lee find utoptan communtty run by an outspoken tax reformer who may have more political change on his agenda.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Reach for the Sky
1985-11-11

Billy, against the advice of Lee, tries to prove a friend was murdered in connection with international electronic cash transfers.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: J. Edgar's Ghost
1985-11-18

An ex-agent victimizes an Agency Librarian who has unearthed J. Edgar Hoover's secret files.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Flight to Freedom
1985-11-25

A foreign correspondent believes her fiancé is still alive after an ambush in Latin America and may be in Washington to testify against a diplomat in a Senate subcommittee hearing.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: The Wrong Way Home
1985-12-02

Amanda tries to locate her ex-husband, Joe, after receiving a call from him - then learns that he's the prime suspect in the murder of an African Prime Minister.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Fast Food for Thought
1985-12-16

Lee and Amanda pose as prospective buyers of a fast-food franchise to catch those responsible for poisoning a batch of hamburger sauce.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: One Bear Dances, One Bear Doesn't
1986-01-06

When Dotty befriends a Russian scientist, who's been placed in Amanda's neighborhood for cover, she gets involved in romance and a kidnapping plot.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Playing for Keeps
1986-01-13

Lee and Francine protect a tennis player who's the daughter of an international bigwig threatened by Communists.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: The Pharoah's Engineer
1986-01-27

IFF discovers that a government building is being threatened by terrorists. They race against time and "night pirates" to discover who is threatened. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Mr. Jackson, Kate Jackson's real father.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: The Truimvirate
1986-02-10

An error on her paycheck leads Amanda to a computer whiz, a secret computer file and a trio of vigilante agents.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: The Eyes Have It
1986-02-17

Lee lands in the hospital after a brawl, but he refuses to stay put because secret information listed on his missing contact lenses may be in enemy hands.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: Wrong Number
1986-03-03

In Afghanistan, the Soviets kidnap Francine, hoping to exchange her for a U.S. mathematician who Amanda believes has been set up by the KGB.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: The Boy Who Could Be King
1986-03-10

Billy goes undercover as a jazz musician to find out the connection between a small nation's music king and a boy whose was found in the pocket of a dead man.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Dead Men Leave No Trails
1986-03-31

Amanda uses the diary of a violin player to find a man she hit in a car accident, who turns out to be a terrorist.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 21: Three Little Spies
1986-04-07

Lee and Amanda are assigned to work with rival spies from China and the Soviet Union, as the spies work their way across the nation, to see who's using an international star's non-profit organization for illegal activities.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 22: All the World's a Stage
1986-05-12

Amanda uses her community theater and college experience, taking a role in a play by an American playwright, to find out why the Soviets want to back the production. Lee poses as a journalist as they try to find investigative leads.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (1986)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Stemwinder (1)
1986-09-19

The Agency suspects Lee and Amanda of selling out after a vindictive KGB agent traps them in a sting operation.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Stemwinder (2)
1986-09-26

Suspected of selling out to the Soviets, Lee and Amanda go into hiding after learning Lee is the target of an Agency D-1 manhunt.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Unfinished Business
1986-10-03

CIA files indicate that Lee's parents were double agents and link the past with a current plot to assassinate a dignitary.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: No Thanks for the Memory
1986-10-10

A frightened Soviet Agent is found hiding in Amanda's yard, claiming that the KGB smuggled him into the U.S. to help knock out America's strategic-command system.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: It's in the Water
1986-10-17

The Agency and a terrorist seek a chemist, who once worked with Amanda on ecology issues.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Night Crawler
1986-10-31

Lee's attempt to make long-range plans with Amanda is interrupted when she is taken hostage by an Arab terrorist, who wants to trade her to the Libyans.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Billy's Lost Weekend
1986-11-07

Lee and Amanda help Billy retrace his steps to remember details of a lost weekend during which he may have compromised agents working in Africa.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Photo Finish
1986-11-14

A spy starts a smear campaign against Amanda, who's suspended, after a background check reveals that she was once involved in anti-American demonstrations.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: The Man Who Died Twice
1986-11-21

Lee's top Vietnamese contact fakes his own death to protect his family and prevent a terrorist bloodbath. Lee and Amanda have second thoughts about how their marriage would affect her family.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Need to Know
1986-12-05

Lee investigates corruption at a newspaper whose publisher has apparent ties to a Romanian agent and apparent interest in U.S. strategic materials.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
1986-12-19

Just before Christmas, a distinguished ex-toy designer gives Lee a tip on a toy factory that's a front for sophisticated weapons development.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Any Number Can Play
1987-01-02

Evidence turns up that Dotty's new sweetheart is posing as a CIA agent caught in a blackmail scheme.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 13: Promises to Keep
1987-01-09

The DEA provides evidence that the man connected to a drug kingpin is Lee's friend T.P. Aquinas.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 14: Rumors of My Death
1987-01-23

A skeleton with Lee's identification is found in a construction site, grounding the Agent when a copy of his high security passport goes up on the black market.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 15: Bad Timing
1987-02-06

The Soviets inject Lee with a virus that leaves him only 72 hours to live.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 16: Do You Take This Spy?
1987-02-13

Before departing for their secret wedding ceremony, Lee and Amanda have to wrap up a case that involved an art theft and murder. They race to wrap up the case in order to be on time for the wedding ceremony.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 17: Mission of Gold
1987-02-20

Amanda is shot while on her honeymoon. Lee tracks down the shooter as he helps a retired marine archaeologist prove that doubloons salvaged from an 18th century Spanish ship are counterfeit.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 18: One Flew East
1987-02-27

Lee and Amanda trail a retired right-wing agent connected to the kidnapping of an outspoken poet and antinuclear activist.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 19: All That Glitters
1987-05-07

A security breach may be tied to a jewel collection, so Lee is assigned to "get next to" the jewels' current owner---an old flame.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 20: Suitable for Framing
1987-05-14

Lee and Francine are stripped of their Agency credentials after passing top-secret documents to a youth, who turns out to be a Soviet spy

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 21: A Matter of Choice
1987-05-21

Lee is consumed with capturing an old nemesis who killed two of Lee's top contacts and now plots to sell Stealth radar plans to Tehran.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 22: The Khrushchev List
1987-05-28

Lee suspects that retired Agency founder Harry Thornton (Howard Duff) and former Soviet Embassy courier Christina Golitsyn (Barbara Bain) are on an impossible mission: to obtain Khrushchev's spy list implicating American Government officials.

Runtime: 60 min

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