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The Best Episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 1 - Stemwinder (1)
    9.1/10(94 votes)

    #1 - Stemwinder (1)

    S4:E1

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

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 2 - Stemwinder (2)
    9.1/10(93 votes)

    #2 - Stemwinder (2)

    S4:E2

    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.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 15 - Bad Timing
    9.0/10(72 votes)

    #3 - Bad Timing

    S4:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 6 - Night Crawler
    8.9/10(86 votes)

    #4 - Night Crawler

    S4:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 16 - Do You Take This Spy?
    8.9/10(80 votes)

    #5 - Do You Take This Spy?

    S4:E16

    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.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 3 Episode 17 - The Eyes Have It
    8.8/10(73 votes)

    #6 - The Eyes Have It

    S3:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 2 Episode 21 - Burn Out
    8.7/10(86 votes)

    #7 - Burn Out

    S2:E21

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

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Lisa Seidman

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  8. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 3 Episode 15 - The Pharoah's Engineer
    8.7/10(82 votes)

    #8 - The Pharoah's Engineer

    S3:E15

    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.

    Director:Kate Jackson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 3 Episode 16 - The Truimvirate
    8.7/10(81 votes)

    #9 - The Truimvirate

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert Bielak

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  10. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1 Episode 7 - Service Above and Beyond
    8.6/10(119 votes)

    #10 - Service Above and Beyond

    S1:E7

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

    Director:James Frawley
    Writer:Peter Lefcourt

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  11. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 3 Episode 11 - The Wrong Way Home
    8.6/10(74 votes)

    #11 - The Wrong Way Home

    S3:E11

    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.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 3 Episode 22 - All the World's a Stage
    8.6/10(74 votes)

    #12 - All the World's a Stage

    S3:E22

    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.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Richard Raskind

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  13. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1 Episode 8 - Saved by the Bells
    8.5/10(114 votes)

    #13 - Saved by the Bells

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Joel Steiger

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  14. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 3 Episode 7 - Utopia Now
    8.5/10(84 votes)

    #14 - Utopia Now

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Robert Bielak

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  15. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 3 Episode 20 - Dead Men Leave No Trails
    8.5/10(79 votes)

    #15 - Dead Men Leave No Trails

    S3:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1 Episode 11 - Remembrance of Things Past
    8.4/10(106 votes)

    #16 - Remembrance of Things Past

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writers:Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming

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  17. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1 Episode 21 - Waiting for Godorsky
    8.4/10(101 votes)

    #17 - Waiting for Godorsky

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 3 Episode 1 - A Lovely Little Affair
    8.4/10(70 votes)

    #18 - A Lovely Little Affair

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 8 - Photo Finish
    8.4/10(67 votes)

    #19 - Photo Finish

    S4:E8

    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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1 Episode 6 - Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
    8.3/10(114 votes)

    #20 - Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Peter Lefcourt

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  21. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1 Episode 19 - Fearless Dotty
    8.3/10(90 votes)

    #21 - Fearless Dotty

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 2 Episode 1 - To Catch a Mongoose
    8.3/10(93 votes)

    #22 - To Catch a Mongoose

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 2 Episode 4 - The Legend of Das Geisterschloss
    8.3/10(90 votes)

    #23 - The Legend of Das Geisterschloss

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 2 Episode 7 - Our Man in Tegernsee
    8.3/10(84 votes)

    #24 - Our Man in Tegernsee

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Juanita Bartlett

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  25. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 2 Episode 12 - Ship of Spies
    8.3/10(95 votes)

    #25 - Ship of Spies

    S2:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert Bielak

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Best Episodes Summary

"Stemwinder (1)" is the best rated episode of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King". It scored 9.1/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/19/1986. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Stemwinder (2)".