8.3/1061 votes#1 - A Lovely Little Affair
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1985
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1071 votes#2 - We're Off to See the Wizard
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1985
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1067 votes#3 - Over the Limit
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1985
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.
Director: Alan Cooke
Writer: Tom Ropelewski
7.6/1070 votes#4 - Tail of the Dancing Weasel
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1985
The Agency's founder needs Amanda's help to retrieve a purloined letter---proof he's not a turncoat.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1070 votes#5 - Welcome to America, Mr. Brand
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1985
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.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: N/A
7.9/1060 votes#6 - Sour Grapes
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1985
Lee and Amanda investigate the fatal heroin overdoses of three top-ranking officials.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Lee Maddux
8.6/1075 votes#7 - Utopia Now
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1985
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
8.1/1062 votes#8 - Reach for the Sky
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1985
Billy, against the advice of Lee, tries to prove a friend was murdered in connection with international electronic cash transfers.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
8.0/1060 votes#9 - J. Edgar's Ghost
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1985
An ex-agent victimizes an Agency Librarian who has unearthed J. Edgar Hoover's secret files.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: N/A
8.1/1065 votes#10 - Flight to Freedom
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1985
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.
Director: James Fargo
Writer: N/A
8.5/1066 votes#11 - The Wrong Way Home
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1985
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: N/A
8.1/1066 votes#12 - Fast Food for Thought
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1985
Lee and Amanda pose as prospective buyers of a fast-food franchise to catch those responsible for poisoning a batch of hamburger sauce.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1063 votes#13 - One Bear Dances, One Bear Doesn't
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1986
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.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: N/A
7.5/1067 votes#14 - Playing for Keeps
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1986
Lee and Francine protect a tennis player who's the daughter of an international bigwig threatened by Communists.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lee Maddux
8.7/1072 votes#15 - The Pharoah's Engineer
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1986
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: N/A
8.6/1071 votes#16 - The Truimvirate
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1986
An error on her paycheck leads Amanda to a computer whiz, a secret computer file and a trio of vigilante agents.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Bielak
8.7/1065 votes#17 - The Eyes Have It
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1986
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1067 votes#18 - Wrong Number
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/3/1986
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.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
8.1/1065 votes#19 - The Boy Who Could Be King
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/10/1986
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.
Director: Sidney Hayers
Writer: Lee Maddux
8.4/1071 votes#20 - Dead Men Leave No Trails
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/31/1986
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1063 votes#21 - Three Little Spies
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/7/1986
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.
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: N/A
8.5/1064 votes#22 - All the World's a Stage
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1986
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
The Best Episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 3
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"A Lovely Little Affair" is the best rated episode of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" season 3. It scored 8.3/10 based on 61 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/23/1985. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "We're Off to See the Wizard".