9.2/1086 votes#1 - Stemwinder (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1986
The Agency suspects Lee and Amanda of selling out after a vindictive KGB agent traps them in a sting operation.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
9.2/1083 votes#2 - Stemwinder (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1986
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: N/A
8.3/1066 votes#3 - Unfinished Business
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1986
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: N/A
- 7.7/1058 votes
#4 - No Thanks for the Memory
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1986
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: N/A
Writer: Lee Maddux
7.7/1058 votes#5 - It's in the Water
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1986
The Agency and a terrorist seek a chemist, who once worked with Amanda on ecology issues.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.1/1075 votes#6 - Night Crawler
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1986
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1062 votes#7 - Billy's Lost Weekend
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1986
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: N/A
8.2/1059 votes#8 - Photo Finish
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1986
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: N/A
8.0/1052 votes#9 - The Man Who Died Twice
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1986
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: N/A
7.8/1059 votes#10 - Need to Know
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1986
Lee investigates corruption at a newspaper whose publisher has apparent ties to a Romanian agent and apparent interest in U.S. strategic materials.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1058 votes#11 - Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/1986
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: N/A
8.0/1055 votes#12 - Any Number Can Play
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/2/1987
Evidence turns up that Dotty's new sweetheart is posing as a CIA agent caught in a blackmail scheme.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1052 votes#13 - Promises to Keep
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/1987
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
8.1/1055 votes#14 - Rumors of My Death
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/1987
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: N/A
9.0/1064 votes#15 - Bad Timing
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/1987
The Soviets inject Lee with a virus that leaves him only 72 hours to live.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1071 votes#16 - Do You Take This Spy?
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/13/1987
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: N/A
8.0/1059 votes#17 - Mission of Gold
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/1987
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1057 votes#18 - One Flew East
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 2/27/1987
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: N/A
7.6/1052 votes#19 - All That Glitters
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 5/7/1987
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1053 votes#20 - Suitable for Framing
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/14/1987
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1051 votes#21 - A Matter of Choice
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/21/1987
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
8.1/1055 votes#22 - The Khrushchev List
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/28/1987
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
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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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 86 votes. Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff and written by N/A, it aired on 9/19/1986. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Stemwinder (2)".