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The Best Episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4

Every episode of Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4!

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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
    Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 1 - Stemwinder (1)
    9.2/10(90 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)
    9.2/10(88 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 3 - Unfinished Business
    8.4/10(72 votes)

    #3 - Unfinished Business

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Kate Jackson
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 4 - No Thanks for the Memory
    7.9/10(64 votes)

    #4 - No Thanks for the Memory

    S4:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Maddux

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  5. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 5 - It's in the Water
    7.8/10(64 votes)

    #5 - It's in the Water

    S4:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 6 - Night Crawler
    9.1/10(82 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 7 - Billy's Lost Weekend
    8.2/10(67 votes)

    #7 - Billy's Lost Weekend

    S4:E7

    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.

    Director:Christopher Hibler
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 8 - Photo Finish
    8.4/10(63 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 9 - The Man Who Died Twice
    8.1/10(57 votes)

    #9 - The Man Who Died Twice

    S4:E9

    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.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 10 - Need to Know
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #10 - Need to Know

    S4:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 11 - Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
    7.9/10(62 votes)

    #11 - Santa's Got a Brand New Bag

    S4:E11

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

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 12 - Any Number Can Play
    8.2/10(60 votes)

    #12 - Any Number Can Play

    S4:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 13 - Promises to Keep
    8.4/10(56 votes)

    #13 - Promises to Keep

    S4:E13

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

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Lee Maddux

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  14. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 14 - Rumors of My Death
    8.3/10(59 votes)

    #14 - Rumors of My Death

    S4:E14

    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.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 15 - Bad Timing
    9.1/10(68 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 16 - Do You Take This Spy?
    8.8/10(75 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 17 - Mission of Gold
    8.0/10(63 votes)

    #17 - Mission of Gold

    S4:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 18 - One Flew East
    8.2/10(61 votes)

    #18 - One Flew East

    S4:E18

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

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 19 - All That Glitters
    7.5/10(58 votes)

    #19 - All That Glitters

    S4:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 20 - Suitable for Framing
    7.1/10(58 votes)

    #20 - Suitable for Framing

    S4:E20

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 21 - A Matter of Choice
    7.2/10(55 votes)

    #21 - A Matter of Choice

    S4:E21

    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.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Lee Maddux

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  22. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 4 Episode 22 - The Khrushchev List
    8.0/10(61 votes)

    #22 - The Khrushchev List

    S4:E22

    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.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Lee Maddux

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Stemwinder (1)" is the best rated episode of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" season 4. It scored 9.2/10 based on 90 votes. Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/19/1986. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Stemwinder (2)".