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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

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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 top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance, after encountering one another in a train station.

Created by:
Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming
Cast:
Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
CBS

Episode guide

Seasons

4 available

Season 2

Episodes

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Episode 1

To Catch a Mongoose

1984-10-01 · 45m

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.

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Episode 2

The Times They Are a Changin'

1984-10-08 · 45m

Amanda and Lee must oversee the return of a 1960s radical who is involved with Munich terrorists.

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Episode 3

Double Agent

1984-10-15 · 45m

Lee and Amanda search for a spy-turned-writer's latest manuscript that exposes U.S. agents, which includes Lee and Amanda.

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Episode 4

The Legend of Das Geisterschloss

1984-10-22 · 45m

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.

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Episode 5

Charity Begins at Home

1984-10-29 · 45m

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.

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Episode 6

Brunettes Are In

1984-11-12 · 45m

A white-slavery ring kidnaps Amanda, while Lee tries to find a valuable microdot chip.

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Episode 7

Our Man in Tegernsee

1984-11-19 · 45m

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.

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Episode 8

An Affair at Bromfield Hall

1984-11-26 · 45m

In London to investigate a security leak, Amanda gets involved with a seedy photographer and a sex scandal.

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Episode 9

A Class Act

1984-12-03 · 45m

Amanda finally gets to attend an Agency training class, but the curriculum contains an unexpected bonus-Eastern Bloc assassins who have infiltrated the group.

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Episode 10

Playing Possum

1984-12-10 · 45m

Amanda cannot remember a vital clue to the whereabouts of a nuclear device planted in Washington DC by renegade Soviets.

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Episode 11

The Three Faces of Emily

1984-12-31 · 45m

Emily Farnsworth returns to help Lee and Amanda catch a man who is selling stolen plans for a futuristic plane.

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Episode 12

Ship of Spies

1985-01-07 · 45m

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.

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Episode 13

Spiderweb

1985-01-14 · 45m

A security leak within the Agency throws a secret operation into jeopardy.

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Episode 14

A Little Sex, a Little Scandal

1985-02-04 · 45m

Amanda becomes a target after she witnesses the murder of a congressional aide.

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Episode 15

A Relative Situation

1985-02-11 · 45m

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.

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Episode 16

Life of the Party

1985-02-18 · 45m

Amanda and Francine go under cover as maids to catch the kingpin of a crime syndicate.

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Episode 17

Odds on a Dead Pigeon

1985-02-25 · 45m

A vindictive parolee hires a look-alike to impersonate Amanda and kill off agents - and Lee is next on the list.

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Episode 18

Car Wars

1985-03-11 · 45m

Amanda borrows a classic car from a Government lot and becomes the target of drug smugglers.

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Episode 19

D.O.A.: Delirious on Arrival

1985-03-18 · 45m

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.

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Episode 20

You Only Die Twice

1985-04-01 · 45m

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.

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Episode 21

Burn Out

1985-04-08 · 45m

A victim of job burnout, Lee is removed from field duty; and a former agent offers to cut him in on a deal.

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Episode 22

Murder Between Friends

1985-05-06 · 45m

Amanda quits her job and joins a security agency; unaware it's a front for mercenaries planning to abduct an African president.

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Episode 23

Vigilante Mothers

1985-05-13 · 45m

Lee's efforts to find out who stole some nerve gas from a Government lab get him involved in Amanda's environmental group.

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Cast

Kate Jackson

Kate Jackson

Amanda King

Bruce Boxleitner

Bruce Boxleitner

Lee Stetson

Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland

Dotty West

Mel Stewart

Mel Stewart

Billy Melrose

Martha Smith

Martha Smith

Francine Desmond

Paul Stout

Philip King

Greg Morton

Jamie King

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