Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)

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Plot

A single mother in suburban Washington D.C. discovers she has a talent for espionage work when she meets a dashing undercover agent--but balancing her duties as a spy with her responsibility as a parent proves constantly entertaining in this romantic-adventure series.

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Episodes by season

Season0121Episodes1983–84AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E01The First TimeOctober 3, 1983In the series pilot, Lee enlists the aid of Amanda in a mission to plug a leak in his organization.
  2. S01E02Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E02There Goes the NeighborhoodOctober 10, 1983Amanda and Lee pose as a married suburban couple in order to investigate an international arms smuggling ring.
  3. S01E03Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E03If Thoughts Could KillOctober 17, 1983Lee's physician is a brain control researcher determined to program Lee to kill Billy.
  4. S01E04Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E04Magic BusOctober 24, 1983As reporters, Lee and Amanda infiltrate a survivalist group that has hijacked a high-tech military vehicle.
  5. S01E05Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E05The ACM KidOctober 31, 1983Amanda and Lee babysit the son of kidnapped Russian emigres, unaware the boy is a computer whiz being forced to supply secret codes to spies
  6. S01E06Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E06Always Look a Gift Horse in the MouthNovember 7, 1983Amanda accompanies an American-born Middle East princess whose husband is in mortal danger.
  7. S01E07Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E07Service Above and BeyondNovember 14, 1983Amanda poses as a socialite to get close to a jet-set businessman who wants to sell military secrets.
  8. S01E08Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E08Saved by the BellsNovember 28, 1983Enemy agents targeting Lee accidentally kidnap Amanda in his place, demanding the release of their agent in return for Amanda.
  9. S01E09Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E09Sudden DeathDecember 5, 1983Lee and Amanda pose as a football player and sportswriter to foil a team owner's plot to assassinate the Prime Minister of a European tax ha
  10. S01E10Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E10The Long Christmas EveDecember 19, 1983Amanda poses as the long-lost daughter of a spy threatening to expose all agents in the United States.
  11. S01E11Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E11Remembrance of Things PastJanuary 9, 1984After several agents are murdered and Lee is marked as the next victim, he fakes his death to track down the killer-- and only Amanda and Bi
  12. S01E12Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E12Lost and FoundJanuary 16, 1984Helping a defecting ESP expert brings Lee in contact with the expert's wife, Lee's former love interest.
  13. S01E13Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E13I Am Not Now, Nor Have I Ever Been... a SpyJanuary 30, 1984After being kidnapped, Amanda is left with partial amnesia and can't remember Lee, the agency or a secret message that could save the life o
  14. S01E14Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E14"Dead Ringer"February 6, 1984Amanda helps hide a Hungarian defector who is a dark version of Francine.
  15. S01E15Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E15The MoleFebruary 13, 1984After failing repeatedly to catch a Bulgarian spy, Lee and Amanda are enlisted by "Blue Leader" to rule out a possible mole inside the Agenc
  16. S01E16Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E16SaviorFebruary 27, 1984Lee appears to have left the Agency to work for an arms smuggler, who is trying to steal the latest top-secret US missile.
  17. S01E17Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E17The Artful DodgerMarch 5, 1984An international jewel thief is breaking into military bases and stealing plans for the missile defense system, and Amanda is his unwitting
  18. S01E18Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E18Filming RaulMarch 19, 1984A parking lot attendant films an attempted kidnapping on an Agency courier, which makes him a target of enemy agents.
  19. S01E19Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E19Fearless DottyMarch 26, 1984Dotty picks up the wrong parcel at a bookstore and becomes the target of two thugs searching for a code book.
  20. S01E20Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E20WeekendApril 23, 1984Amanda and Lee check into a posh resort where kidnappers are planning to abduct a genius who has knowledge of U.S. secrets.
  21. S01E21Scarecrow and Mrs. King S01E21Waiting for GodorskyMay 7, 1984At an estate sale, Amanda befriends a woman who turns out to be a princess targeted for assassination by an Eastern Bloc hit squad.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0223Episodes1984–85AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E01To Catch a MongooseOctober 1, 1984Lee takes Amanda to London to identify an old high-school classmate, a suspected assassin.
  2. S02E02Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E02The Times They Are a Changin'October 8, 1984Lee and Amanda must procure the safe return of a sixties radical, now hooked up with terrorists in Munich, and stop the assassination of an
  3. S02E03Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E03Double AgentOctober 15, 1984Amanda's life is in danger when an ex-spy threatens to name names in an expose on security agencies' use of amateur spies.
  4. S02E04Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E04The Legend of Das GeisterschlossOctober 22, 1984In Austria, Lee and Amanda must save the life of an important English agent and break up a top secret eavesdropping post which has been stea
  5. S02E05Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E05Charity Begins at HomeOctober 29, 1984Lee and Amanda uncover a scheme to sell a secret formula that would control the price and supply of crops, enabling the owner of the formula
  6. S02E06Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E06Brunettes Are InNovember 12, 1984Amanda is kidnapped by a white-slavery operation while she's on a courier assignment for Lee and the agency.
  7. S02E07Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E07Our Man in TegernseeNovember 19, 1984When Amanda is arrested in Germany for passing bogus currency, Lee pursues the counterfeiters with the help of a disgruntled local agent.
  8. S02E08Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E08"Affair at Bromfield Hall"November 26, 1984During a London mission to plug a security leak, Amanda is caught in a scandal with a married diplomat.
  9. S02E09Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E09A Class ActDecember 3, 1984Amanda finally gets an Agency training course, where she's pegged as a ringer by Eastern Bloc assassins who have infiltrated the class.
  10. S02E10Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E10Playing PossumDecember 10, 1984When a breach of security shuts down the Agency, Lee and Amanda pair up with a top Soviet agent to thwart a crazed Russian's attempt to set
  11. S02E11Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E11The Three Faces of EmilyDecember 31, 1984British agent Lady Emily Farnsworth helps Lee nab a man responsible for selling stolen secret plans for a futuristic fighter plane developed
  12. S02E12Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E12Ship of SpiesJanuary 7, 1985When Lee and Amanda go on a cruise and pose as an engaged couple to investigate the disappearance of an informant, they discover a plot to s
  13. S02E13Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E13SpiderwebJanuary 14, 1985An ultra-secret operation to deliver and debrief three important Communist defectors is jeopardized by a security leak within the Agency tha
  14. S02E14Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E14A Little Sex, A Little ScandalFebruary 4, 1985Amanda is the only witness to the murder of a Congressional aide, who was about to implicate a Senator in a sex scandal.
  15. S02E15Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E15A Relative SituationFebruary 11, 1985Amanda and Lee help the uncle who raised him by uncovering an Air Force officer conspiring to sell top-secret military equipment to an enemy
  16. S02E16Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E16Life of the PartyFebruary 18, 1985Amanda and Francine pose as maids to help Lee in the daring capture of a crime syndicate kingpin and some shakedown artists.
  17. S02E17Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E17Odds on a Dead PigeonFebruary 25, 1985A vindictive parolee hires a lookalike to impersonate Amanda and kill off agents, and Lee is next on her list.
  18. S02E18Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E18Car WarsMarch 11, 1985While her car is in the shop, Amanda borrows one from the Agency impound lot and inadvertently becomes the target of a deadly international
  19. S02E19Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E19D.O.A.: Delirious on ArrivalMarch 18, 1985Amanda ingests a mysterious drug intended for Lee and undergoes a startling transformation in which her personality becomes the opposite of
  20. S02E20Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E20You Only Die TwiceApril 1, 1985An agent in Washington mistakenly uses Amanda's identity during a sensitive investigation. When she is killed Amanda is declared dead, and p
  21. S02E21Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E21Burn OutApril 8, 1985A victim of job burnout, Lee is removed from field duty; and a former agent offers to cut him in on a deal.
  22. S02E22Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E22Murder Between FriendsMay 6, 1985Amanda quits her job and joins a security agency, unaware it's a front for mercenaries planning to abduct an African president.
  23. S02E23Scarecrow and Mrs. King S02E23Vigilante MothersMay 13, 1985A newly formed environmental group from Amanda's neighborhood inadvertently crosses paths with a suave criminal who plans to steal a deadly

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0322Episodes1985–86AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E01"A Lovely Little Affair"September 23, 1985Amanda is swept off her feet by a charming art restorer she's assigned to tail, who is suspected of being involved with terrorists.
  2. S03E02Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E02"We're Off to See the Wizard"September 30, 1985The 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.
  3. S03E03Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E03"Over the Limit"October 7, 1985A Save the Bay spokeswoman is implicated in the murder of a speaker at a rally for fishermen whose livelihood is threatened by crooked corpo
  4. S03E04Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E04"Tail of the Dancing Weasel"October 14, 1985The Agency's retired founder tells Amanda he is a triple agent and that his pardon letter has been stolen.
  5. S03E05Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E05"Welcome to America, Mr. Brand"October 21, 1985Amanda babysits a vacationing British accountant, a clumsy James Bond wannabe who claims he has stumbled onto evidence that reveals the iden
  6. S03E06Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E06"Sour Grapes"October 28, 1985The Agency gets involved in a lethal case of sour grapes after a wine connoisseur congressman imports a case of French wine laced with heroi
  7. S03E07Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E07"Utopia Now"November 4, 1985In backwoods Virginia, Amanda and Lee search for a community run by an outspoken tax reformer who has more than political change on his agen
  8. S03E08Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E08"Reach for the Sky"November 11, 1985Billy risks his life to prove a banker friend was murdered in a plot involving international electronic cash transfers.
  9. S03E09Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E09"J. Edgar's Ghost"November 18, 1985A former agent who preys on lonely women to get access to classified government documents seems to have stumbled upon the famed secret files
  10. S03E10Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E10"Flight to Freedom"November 25, 1985Lee and Amanda must find and save a war correspondent who has evidence that could topple a Latin American dictator and ruin the career of an
  11. S03E11Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E11"The Wrong Way Home"December 2, 1985When Amanda's ex-husband comes back to DC he is accused of murdering the Estoccian Prime Minister and Lee has to investigate.
  12. S03E12Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E12"Fast Food for Thought"December 16, 1985Lee and Amanda pose as prospective buyers of a fast-food franchise to catch those responsible for poisoning a batch of hamburger sauce.
  13. S03E13Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E13"One Bear Dances, One Bear Doesn't"January 6, 1986When Dotty befriends a Russian scientist who's been placed in Amanda's neighborhood for cover, she gets involved in romance and a kidnapping
  14. S03E14Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E14"Playing for Keeps"January 13, 1986A tennis playing rich girl with an attitude problem has to be protected from communists trying to hurt her father.
  15. S03E15Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E15"The Pharoah's Engineer"January 27, 1986An ex-agent is planning to destroy a Government office, but which one? The answer may lie with retirees who once worked on the same top secr
  16. S03E16Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E16"The Triumvirate"February 10, 1986An error on her paycheck leads Amanda to a computer whiz, a secret computer file and a trio of vigilante agents.
  17. S03E17Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E17"The Eyes Have It"February 17, 1986Lee lands in the hospital after a brawl, but he refuses to stay put because secret information listed on his missing contact lens may be in
  18. S03E18Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E18"Wrong Number"March 3, 1986In Afghanistan, the Soviets kidnap Francine, hoping to exchange her for a U.S. mathematician who Amanda believes has been set up by the KGB.
  19. S03E19Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E19"The Boy Who Could Be King"March 10, 1986Billy goes undercover as a jazz musician to find out the connection between a small nation's music king and a boy whose name was found in th
  20. S03E20Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E20"Dead Men Leave No Trails"March 31, 1986When Amanda is involved in a fender bender she accidentally reveals a supposedly dead terrorist as living and preparing to strike at an Emba
  21. S03E21Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E21"Three Little Spies"April 7, 1986Lee and Amanda join forces with Soviet and Chinese agents to track down an arms dealer who's smuggling nuclear detonators into the Middle Ea
  22. S03E22Scarecrow and Mrs. King S03E22"All the World's a Stage"May 12, 1986Amanda takes a role in a play by an American playwright to find out why the Soviets want to back the production.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0422Episodes1986–87AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E01"Stemwinder" Part ISeptember 19, 1986In the fourth-season opener, a vindictive KGB agent traps Lee and Amanda in an elaborate sting operation, which leads the Agency to suspect
  2. S04E02Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E02"Stemwinder" Part IISeptember 26, 1986Conclusion. Suspected of selling out to the Soviets, Lee and Amanda go into hiding after learning Lee is the target of an Agency manhunt.
  3. S04E03Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E03"Unfinished Business"October 3, 1986CIA files indicate that Lee's parents were double agents, and link the past with a current plot to assassinate a dignitary.
  4. S04E04Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E04"No Thanks for the Memory"October 10, 1986A frightened Soviet is found hiding in Amanda's yard, claiming that the KGB smuggled him into the U.S. to help knock out America's strategic
  5. S04E05Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E05"It's in the Water"October 17, 1986A chemist who once worked with Amanda on ecology issues is sought by the Agency and a terrorist after he inadvertently taps into the Capital
  6. S04E06Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E06"Night Crawler"October 31, 1986Lee's attempts to make long range plans are interrupted when Amanda is taken hostage by an Arab terrorist, who wants to trade her to the Lib
  7. S04E07Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E07"Billy's Lost Weekend"November 7, 1986Found beaten and disoriented in an alley, Billy retraces a lost weekend with Amanda and Lee's help.
  8. S04E08Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E08"Photo Finish"November 14, 1986A spy starts a smear campaign against Amanda, who's suspended after a background check reveals that she was once involved in anti-American d
  9. S04E09Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E09"The Man Who Died Twice"November 21, 1986A Vietnamese double agent must fake his death twice, trying to rescue his son from captors; Lee and Amanda have second thoughts about how th
  10. S04E10Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E10"Need to Know"December 5, 1986Amanda and Lee must stop a maniacal newspaper magnate who is using his considerable power as a ploy to destroy the nation's security.
  11. S04E11Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E11"Santa's Got a Brand New Bag"December 19, 1986Just before Christmas, a disgruntled ex-toy designer gives Lee a tip on a toy factory that's a front for sophisticated weapons development.
  12. S04E12Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E12"Any Number Can Play"January 2, 1987Amanda's mother turns out to be dating a man with a false name and a debt to the mob.
  13. S04E13Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E13"Promises to Keep"January 9, 1987The DEA provides evidence that the man connected to a drug kingpin is Lee's friend T.P. Aquinas.
  14. S04E14Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E14"Rumors of My Death"January 23, 1987A skeleton identified as Lee Stetson is discovered in a demolished building, exposing a phony passport ring.
  15. S04E15Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E15"Bad Timing"February 6, 1987When the Russians inject Lee with a lethal drug that leaves him with just hours to live, he and Amanda must find the antidote before time ru
  16. S04E16Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E16"Do You Take This Spy?"February 13, 1987A million dollar art heist and a murder get in the way of Amanda and Lee's wedding.
  17. S04E17Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E17"Mission of Gold"February 20, 1987Amanda and Lee's honeymoon is unexpectedly and tragically cut short when Amanda is shot by gold smuggling thieves.
  18. S04E18Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E18"One Flew East"February 27, 1987The Agency is blamed for the kidnapping of a famous poet and vocal critic of the United States. Lee and Amanda are charged to find him and e
  19. S04E19Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E19"All That Glitters"May 7, 1987Lee investigates when priceless jewels and a top-secret spy list stolen during the invasion of Grenada, are among the birthday gifts given t
  20. S04E20Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E20"Suitable for Framing"May 14, 1987Francine and Lee fall victim to a KGB plan to humiliate the Agency.
  21. S04E21Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E21"A Matter of Choice"May 21, 1987Lee links his escaped nemesis and Francine's old fiancé, who suddenly returns after five years.
  22. S04E22Scarecrow and Mrs. King S04E22"The Khrushchev List"May 28, 1987Lee suspects that retired Agency founder Harry Thornton and former Soviet Embassy courier Christina Golitsyn are on an impossible mission: t

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

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