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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.
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4 seasons · 88 episodesSeason 121 ep. · 1983–1984
Episode 1: The First Time
Oct 3, 1983 · 45 min
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.
Episode 2: There Goes the Neighborhood
Oct 10, 1983 · 45 min
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.
Episode 3: If Thoughts Could Kill
Oct 17, 1983 · 45 min
A mind control expert messes with Scarecrow, because of he and Billy's routine physical.
Episode 4: Magic Bus
Oct 24, 1983 · 1h
Lee and Amanda pursue a survivalist group who intend to use a stolen top-secret assault weapon against an unknown target.
Episode 5: The A.C.M. Kid
Oct 31, 1983 · 1h
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.
Episode 6: Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Nov 7, 1983 · 1h
Lee Stetson and Amanda King are assigned to protect a prince and princess from would-be assassins.
Episode 7: Service Above and Beyond
Nov 14, 1983 · 1h
Amanda poses as a wealthy jet setter to attract the attention of a businessman suspected of selling military secrets.
Episode 8: Saved by the Bells
Nov 28, 1983 · 1h
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.
Episode 9: Sudden Death
Dec 5, 1983 · 1h
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.
Episode 10: The Long Christmas Eve
Dec 19, 1983 · 1h
On Christmas Eve, Lee and Amanda must find a former Agent, who is threatening to expose the current IFF Agents.
Episode 11: Remembrance of Things Past
Jan 9, 1984 · 1h
Lee is passed a note, just like other agents received before their murder.
Episode 12: Lost and Found
Jan 16, 1984 · 1h
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.
Episode 13: I Am Not Now, Nor Have I Ever Been... a Spy
Jan 30, 1984 · 1h
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.
Episode 14: Dead Ringer
Feb 6, 1984 · 1h
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).
Episode 15: The Mole
Feb 13, 1984 · 1h
Someone in the Agency is passing government secrets to Moscow. Lee and Amanda are assigned to plug the leak, or "The Mole."
Episode 16: Savior
Feb 27, 1984 · 1h
Amanda is shocked when she learns that Lee Stetson has left IFF, to work a weapon dealer.
Episode 17: The Artful Dodger
Mar 5, 1984 · 1h
Amanda develops a new found friend when Amanda and Lee began investigating the theft of military secrets.
Episode 18: Filming Raul
Mar 19, 1984 · 1h
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.
Episode 19: Fearless Dotty
Mar 26, 1984 · 1h
Spies stalk Amanda's mother after a bookstore mix-up puts her in possession of a book containing vital information.
Episode 20: Weekend
Apr 23, 1984 · 1h
Amanda and Lee pose as newlyweds at a resort to prevent a kidnapping, and actually enjoy each others company.
Episode 21: Waiting for Godorsky
May 7, 1984 · 1h
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.
Season 223 ep. · 1984–1985
Episode 1: To Catch a Mongoose
Oct 1, 1984 · 45 min
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.
Episode 2: The Times They Are a Changin'
Oct 8, 1984 · 45 min
Amanda and Lee must oversee the return of a 1960s radical who is involved with Munich terrorists.
Episode 3: Double Agent
Oct 15, 1984 · 45 min
Lee and Amanda search for a spy-turned-writer's latest manuscript that exposes U.S. agents, which includes Lee and Amanda.
Episode 4: The Legend of Das Geisterschloss
Oct 22, 1984 · 45 min
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.
Episode 5: Charity Begins at Home
Oct 29, 1984 · 45 min
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.
Episode 6: Brunettes Are In
Nov 12, 1984 · 45 min
A white-slavery ring kidnaps Amanda, while Lee tries to find a valuable microdot chip.
Episode 7: Our Man in Tegernsee
Nov 19, 1984 · 45 min
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.
Episode 8: An Affair at Bromfield Hall
Nov 26, 1984 · 45 min
In London to investigate a security leak, Amanda gets involved with a seedy photographer and a sex scandal.
Episode 9: A Class Act
Dec 3, 1984 · 45 min
Amanda finally gets to attend an Agency training class, but the curriculum contains an unexpected bonus-Eastern Bloc assassins who have infiltrated the group.
Episode 10: Playing Possum
Dec 10, 1984 · 45 min
Amanda cannot remember a vital clue to the whereabouts of a nuclear device planted in Washington DC by renegade Soviets.
Episode 11: The Three Faces of Emily
Dec 31, 1984 · 45 min
Emily Farnsworth returns to help Lee and Amanda catch a man who is selling stolen plans for a futuristic plane.
Episode 12: Ship of Spies
Jan 7, 1985 · 45 min
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.
Episode 13: Spiderweb
Jan 14, 1985 · 45 min
A security leak within the Agency throws a secret operation into jeopardy.
Episode 14: A Little Sex, a Little Scandal
Feb 4, 1985 · 45 min
Amanda becomes a target after she witnesses the murder of a congressional aide.
Episode 15: A Relative Situation
Feb 11, 1985 · 45 min
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.
Episode 16: Life of the Party
Feb 18, 1985 · 45 min
Amanda and Francine go under cover as maids to catch the kingpin of a crime syndicate.
Episode 17: Odds on a Dead Pigeon
Feb 25, 1985 · 45 min
A vindictive parolee hires a look-alike to impersonate Amanda and kill off agents - and Lee is next on the list.
Episode 18: Car Wars
Mar 11, 1985 · 45 min
Amanda borrows a classic car from a Government lot and becomes the target of drug smugglers.
Episode 19: D.O.A.: Delirious on Arrival
Mar 18, 1985 · 45 min
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.
Episode 20: You Only Die Twice
Apr 1, 1985 · 45 min
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.
Episode 21: Burn Out
Apr 8, 1985 · 45 min
A victim of job burnout, Lee is removed from field duty; and a former agent offers to cut him in on a deal.
Episode 22: Murder Between Friends
May 6, 1985 · 45 min
Amanda quits her job and joins a security agency; unaware it's a front for mercenaries planning to abduct an African president.
Episode 23: Vigilante Mothers
May 13, 1985 · 45 min
Lee's efforts to find out who stole some nerve gas from a Government lab get him involved in Amanda's environmental group.
Season 322 ep. · 1985–1986
Episode 1: A Lovely Little Affair
Sep 23, 1985 · 1h
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.
Episode 2: We're Off to See the Wizard
Sep 30, 1985 · 1h
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.
Episode 3: Over the Limit
Oct 7, 1985 · 1h
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.
Episode 4: Tail of the Dancing Weasel
Oct 14, 1985 · 1h
The Agency's founder needs Amanda's help to retrieve a purloined letter---proof he's not a turncoat.
Episode 5: Welcome to America, Mr. Brand
Oct 21, 1985 · 1h
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.
Episode 6: Sour Grapes
Oct 28, 1985 · 1h
Lee and Amanda investigate the fatal heroin overdoses of three top-ranking officials.
Episode 7: Utopia Now
Nov 4, 1985 · 1h
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.
Episode 8: Reach for the Sky
Nov 11, 1985 · 1h
Billy, against the advice of Lee, tries to prove a friend was murdered in connection with international electronic cash transfers.
Episode 9: J. Edgar's Ghost
Nov 18, 1985 · 1h
An ex-agent victimizes an Agency Librarian who has unearthed J. Edgar Hoover's secret files.
Episode 10: Flight to Freedom
Nov 25, 1985 · 1h
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.
Episode 11: The Wrong Way Home
Dec 2, 1985 · 1h
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.
Episode 12: Fast Food for Thought
Dec 16, 1985 · 1h
Lee and Amanda pose as prospective buyers of a fast-food franchise to catch those responsible for poisoning a batch of hamburger sauce.
Episode 13: One Bear Dances, One Bear Doesn't
Jan 6, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 14: Playing for Keeps
Jan 13, 1986 · 1h
Lee and Francine protect a tennis player who's the daughter of an international bigwig threatened by Communists.
Episode 15: The Pharoah's Engineer
Jan 27, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 16: The Truimvirate
Feb 10, 1986 · 1h
An error on her paycheck leads Amanda to a computer whiz, a secret computer file and a trio of vigilante agents.
Episode 17: The Eyes Have It
Feb 17, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 18: Wrong Number
Mar 3, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 19: The Boy Who Could Be King
Mar 10, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 20: Dead Men Leave No Trails
Mar 31, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 21: Three Little Spies
Apr 7, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 22: All the World's a Stage
May 12, 1986 · 1h
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.
Season 422 ep. · 1986–1987
Episode 1: Stemwinder (1)
Sep 19, 1986 · 1h
The Agency suspects Lee and Amanda of selling out after a vindictive KGB agent traps them in a sting operation.
Episode 2: Stemwinder (2)
Sep 26, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 3: Unfinished Business
Oct 3, 1986 · 1h
CIA files indicate that Lee's parents were double agents and link the past with a current plot to assassinate a dignitary.
Episode 4: No Thanks for the Memory
Oct 10, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 5: It's in the Water
Oct 17, 1986 · 1h
The Agency and a terrorist seek a chemist, who once worked with Amanda on ecology issues.
Episode 6: Night Crawler
Oct 31, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 7: Billy's Lost Weekend
Nov 7, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 8: Photo Finish
Nov 14, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 9: The Man Who Died Twice
Nov 21, 1986 · 1h
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.
Episode 10: Need to Know
Dec 5, 1986 · 1h
Lee investigates corruption at a newspaper whose publisher has apparent ties to a Romanian agent and apparent interest in U.S. strategic materials.
Episode 11: Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
Dec 19, 1986 · 1h
Just before Christmas, a distinguished ex-toy designer gives Lee a tip on a toy factory that's a front for sophisticated weapons development.
Episode 12: Any Number Can Play
Jan 2, 1987 · 47 min
Evidence turns up that Dotty's new sweetheart is posing as a CIA agent caught in a blackmail scheme.
Episode 13: Promises to Keep
Jan 9, 1987 · 47 min
The DEA provides evidence that the man connected to a drug kingpin is Lee's friend T.P. Aquinas.
Episode 14: Rumors of My Death
Jan 23, 1987 · 1h
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.
Episode 15: Bad Timing
Feb 6, 1987 · 1h
The Soviets inject Lee with a virus that leaves him only 72 hours to live.
Episode 16: Do You Take This Spy?
Feb 13, 1987 · 1h
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.
Episode 17: Mission of Gold
Feb 20, 1987 · 1h
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.
Episode 18: One Flew East
Feb 27, 1987 · 1h
Lee and Amanda trail a retired right-wing agent connected to the kidnapping of an outspoken poet and antinuclear activist.
Episode 19: All That Glitters
May 7, 1987 · 1h
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.
Episode 20: Suitable for Framing
May 14, 1987 · 1h
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
Episode 21: A Matter of Choice
May 21, 1987 · 1h
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.
Episode 22: The Khrushchev List
May 28, 1987 · 1h
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.














