6.9/1067 votesLoading...#1 - 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
7.2/1053 votesLoading...#2 - 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 votesLoading...#3 - 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
7.3/1092 votesLoading...#4 - 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
7.5/1075 votesLoading...#5 - 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
7.5/1067 votesLoading...#6 - 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
- 7.6/1093 votesLoading...
#7 - 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
- 7.6/1082 votesLoading...
#8 - 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
7.6/1074 votesLoading...#9 - 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
7.6/1070 votesLoading...#10 - 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
7.6/1052 votesLoading...#11 - 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
7.7/1074 votesLoading...#12 - 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
7.7/1070 votesLoading...#13 - 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
7.7/1058 votesLoading...#14 - 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 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.8/10333 votesLoading...#16 - 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
- 7.8/10108 votesLoading...
#17 - 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 votesLoading...#18 - 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
- 7.8/1078 votesLoading...
#19 - 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
7.8/1072 votesLoading...#20 - 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
7.8/1059 votesLoading...#21 - 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 votesLoading...#22 - 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
- 7.9/10127 votesLoading...
#23 - 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
7.9/1077 votesLoading...#24 - 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 votesLoading...
#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Every episode of Scarecrow and Mrs. King ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King!
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Wrong Number" is the worst rated episode of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King". It scored 6.9/10 based on 67 votes. Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff and written by N/A, it aired on 3/3/1986. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Suitable for Framing".