8.2/1084 votes#1 - To Catch a Mongoose
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1984
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: N/A
8.2/1075 votes#2 - The Times They Are a Changin'
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1984
Amanda and Lee must oversee the return of a 1960s radical who is involved with Munich terrorists.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: N/A
7.5/1075 votes#3 - Double Agent
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1984
Lee and Amanda search for a spy-turned-writer's latest manuscript that exposes U.S. agents, which includes Lee and Amanda.
Director: John Patterson
Writer: Robert Bielak
8.3/1081 votes#4 - The Legend of Das Geisterschloss
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1984
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: N/A
7.7/1074 votes#5 - Charity Begins at Home
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1984
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.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: N/A
8.1/1077 votes#6 - Brunettes Are In
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1984
A white-slavery ring kidnaps Amanda, while Lee tries to find a valuable microdot chip.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: N/A
8.3/1076 votes#7 - Our Man in Tegernsee
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1984
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
8.1/1081 votes#8 - An Affair at Bromfield Hall
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1984
In London to investigate a security leak, Amanda gets involved with a seedy photographer and a sex scandal.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
8.2/1078 votes#9 - A Class Act
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1984
Amanda finally gets to attend an Agency training class, but the curriculum contains an unexpected bonus-Eastern Bloc assassins who have infiltrated the group.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: N/A
8.0/1075 votes#10 - Playing Possum
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1984
Amanda cannot remember a vital clue to the whereabouts of a nuclear device planted in Washington DC by renegade Soviets.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1082 votes#11 - The Three Faces of Emily
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/31/1984
Emily Farnsworth returns to help Lee and Amanda catch a man who is selling stolen plans for a futuristic plane.
Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: N/A
8.1/1085 votes#12 - Ship of Spies
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1985
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: N/A
Writer: Robert Bielak
8.3/1075 votes#13 - Spiderweb
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1985
A security leak within the Agency throws a secret operation into jeopardy.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
7.6/1074 votes#14 - A Little Sex, a Little Scandal
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1985
Amanda becomes a target after she witnesses the murder of a congressional aide.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
8.3/1075 votes#15 - A Relative Situation
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1985
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.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
7.9/1070 votes#16 - Life of the Party
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1985
Amanda and Francine go under cover as maids to catch the kingpin of a crime syndicate.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: N/A
8.1/1067 votes#17 - Odds on a Dead Pigeon
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1985
A vindictive parolee hires a look-alike to impersonate Amanda and kill off agents - and Lee is next on the list.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Juanita Bartlett
7.8/1072 votes#18 - Car Wars
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1985
Amanda borrows a classic car from a Government lot and becomes the target of drug smugglers.
Director: Alf Kjellin
Writer: N/A
8.1/1068 votes#19 - D.O.A.: Delirious on Arrival
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1985
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.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Robert Bielak
8.0/1068 votes#20 - You Only Die Twice
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/1985
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.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Bill Froehlich
8.6/1079 votes#21 - Burn Out
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/1985
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
7.9/1063 votes#22 - Murder Between Friends
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/1985
Amanda quits her job and joins a security agency; unaware it's a front for mercenaries planning to abduct an African president.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
8.0/1063 votes#23 - Vigilante Mothers
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/1985
Lee's efforts to find out who stole some nerve gas from a Government lab get him involved in Amanda's environmental group.
Director: John Patterson
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 2
Every episode of Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"To Catch a Mongoose" is the best rated episode of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 84 votes. Directed by Rod Holcomb and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1984. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Times They Are a Changin'".