7.8/10333 votes#1 - The First Time
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1983
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.
Director: Rod Holcomb, Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming
7.9/10127 votes#2 - There Goes the Neighborhood
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1983
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.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming
- 7.8/10108 votes
#3 - If Thoughts Could Kill
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1983
A mind control expert messes with Scarecrow, because of he and Billy's routine physical.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming
7.8/10102 votes#4 - Magic Bus
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1983
Lee and Amanda pursue a survivalist group who intend to use a stolen top-secret assault weapon against an unknown target.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming
- 7.6/1093 votes
#5 - The A.C.M. Kid
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1983
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.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: N/A
8.3/10102 votes#6 - Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1983
Lee Stetson and Amanda King are assigned to protect a prince and princess from would-be assassins.
Director: Corey Allen
Writer: Peter Lefcourt
8.5/10104 votes#7 - Service Above and Beyond
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1983
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
8.3/10100 votes#8 - Saved by the Bells
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/1983
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
- 7.3/1092 votes
#9 - Sudden Death
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1983
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Sawyer
- 8.0/1098 votes
#10 - The Long Christmas Eve
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/1983
On Christmas Eve, Lee and Amanda must find a former Agent, who is threatening to expose the current IFF Agents.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Peter Lefcourt
- 8.3/1090 votes
#11 - Remembrance of Things Past
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/1984
Lee is passed a note, just like other agents received before their murder.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming
- 7.6/1082 votes
#12 - Lost and Found
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/1984
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.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming
- 8.0/1085 votes
#13 - I Am Not Now, Nor Have I Ever Been... a Spy
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/1984
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Lefcourt
7.9/1077 votes#14 - Dead Ringer
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1984
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).
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
- 7.9/1077 votes
#15 - The Mole
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/1984
Someone in the Agency is passing government secrets to Moscow. Lee and Amanda are assigned to plug the leak, or "The Mole."
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1077 votes
#16 - Savior
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/1984
Amanda is shocked when she learns that Lee Stetson has left IFF, to work a weapon dealer.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1078 votes
#17 - The Artful Dodger
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/1984
Amanda develops a new found friend when Amanda and Lee began investigating the theft of military secrets.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1077 votes
#18 - Filming Raul
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/1984
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.
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1080 votes
#19 - Fearless Dotty
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/26/1984
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: N/A
- 8.0/1078 votes
#20 - Weekend
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/1984
Amanda and Lee pose as newlyweds at a resort to prevent a kidnapping, and actually enjoy each others company.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1090 votes
#21 - Waiting for Godorsky
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/1984
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: N/A
The Best Episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1
Every episode of Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The First Time" is the best rated episode of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 333 votes. Directed by Rod Holcomb, Burt Brinckerhoff and written by Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming, it aired on 10/3/1983. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "There Goes the Neighborhood".