The BEST episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Every episode of Scarecrow and Mrs. King ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King!
Goodbye, PTA...hello, foreign intrigue! Single mom Amanda King leads a quiet suburban life in Washington DC until the day a dashing stranger shoves a package in her hands with instructions to give it to the man in the red hat. In no time, Amanda is dodging bullets, foiling assassination plots – and finding herself drawn to the dashing stranger, agent Lee Stetson, aka Scarecrow. Of course, Scarecrow has no interest in a ditsy amateur spy, no matter how pretty. But she certainly is handy in a crisis!
#1 - Fearless Dotty
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/26/1984
Spies stalk Amanda's mother after a bookstore mix-up puts her in possession of a book containing vital information.
#2 - 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.
#3 - The Triumvirate
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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - D.O.A.: Delirious on Arrival
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1985
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.
#10 - 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.
#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.
#12 - The First Time
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1983
Special Agent ""Scarecrow"" enlist 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.
#13 - 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.""
#14 - The Three Faces of Emily
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/31/1984
Emily Farnsworth returns to help Lee and Amanda catch a man who is selling stolen plans for a futuristic plane.
#15 - Ship of Spies
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1985
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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - Odds on a Dead Pigeon
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1985
A vindictive parolee hires a look-alike to impersonate Amanda and kill off agents - and Lee is next on the list.