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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

  • TV-14
  • 1983–1987
  • 4 seasons
  • Action & Adventure, Drama
  • 6.7

One everyday housewife who put some spies in her life!

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.

Episodes

22 episodes
  1. 1Stemwinder (1)

    60 minSep 19, 1986

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

  2. 2Stemwinder (2)

    60 minSep 26, 1986

    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.

  3. 3Unfinished Business

    60 minOct 3, 1986

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

  4. 4No Thanks for the Memory

    60 minOct 10, 1986

    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.

  5. 5It's in the Water

    60 minOct 17, 1986

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

  6. 6Night Crawler

    60 minOct 31, 1986

    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.

  7. 7Billy's Lost Weekend

    60 minNov 7, 1986

    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.

  8. 8Photo Finish

    60 minNov 14, 1986

    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.

  9. 9The Man Who Died Twice

    60 minNov 21, 1986

    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.

  10. 10Need to Know

    60 minDec 5, 1986

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

  11. 11Santa's Got a Brand New Bag

    60 minDec 19, 1986

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

  12. 12Any Number Can Play

    47 minJan 2, 1987

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

  13. 13Promises to Keep

    47 minJan 9, 1987

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

  14. 14Rumors of My Death

    60 minJan 23, 1987

    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.

  15. 15Bad Timing

    60 minFeb 6, 1987

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

  16. 16Do You Take This Spy?

    60 minFeb 13, 1987

    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.

  17. 17Mission of Gold

    60 minFeb 20, 1987

    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.

  18. 18One Flew East

    60 minFeb 27, 1987

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

  19. 19All That Glitters

    60 minMay 7, 1987

    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.

  20. 20Suitable for Framing

    60 minMay 14, 1987

    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

  21. 21A Matter of Choice

    60 minMay 21, 1987

    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.

  22. 22The Khrushchev List

    60 minMay 28, 1987

    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.

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Series cast

Kate JacksonAmanda King88 episodes
Bruce BoxleitnerLee Stetson88 episodes
Beverly GarlandDotty West88 episodes
Mel StewartBilly Melrose88 episodes
Martha SmithFrancine Desmond88 episodes
Paul StoutPhilip King88 episodes
Greg MortonJamie King88 episodes
Sam Melville6 episodes
Al Ruscio4 episodes
Frank BonnerHenry 'Buck' O'Connell4 episodes
Andrew Divoff3 episodes
Matthew FaisonHoward3 episodes
Daniel Davis2 episodes
George D. Wallace2 episodes
Earl Billings2 episodes
Paddi Edwards2 episodes
Loyda Ramos2 episodes
Michael Pataki2 episodes

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