The BEST episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King season 4

Every episode of Scarecrow and Mrs. King season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King season 4!

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!

Last Updated: 11/21/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Stemwinder (1)
star
8.85
41 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.

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Bad Timing
star
8.70
40 votes

#2 - 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.

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Stemwinder (2)
star
8.65
40 votes

#3 - 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.

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Do You Take This Spy?
star
8.63
40 votes

#4 - 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.

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Promises to Keep
star
8.55
40 votes

#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

Directors: Sidney Hayers
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It's in the Water
star
8.29
38 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Harvey Laidman
Writer: Tom Chehak
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Photo Finish
star
7.95
39 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Cliff Bole
Writer: David Brown
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Night Crawler
star
7.92
39 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Harvey Laidman
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The Man Who Died Twice
star
7.84
38 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.

Directors: Sidney Hayers
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Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
star
7.84
38 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Sidney Hayers
Writer: Lloyd Pye
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No Thanks for the Memory
star
7.79
38 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Harvey Laidman
Writer: Lee Maddux
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Unfinished Business
star
7.76
38 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Kate Jackson
Writer: Lynne Kelsey
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One Flew East
star
7.76
37 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: Sigmund Neufeld
Writer: David Brown
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Need to Know
star
7.71
38 votes

#14 - 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.

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Any Number Can Play
star
7.71
38 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: Harvey Laidman
Writer: Lynne Kelsey
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Billy's Lost Weekend
star
7.69
36 votes

#16 - 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.

Writer: Tom Chehak
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The Khrushchev List
star
7.64
39 votes

#17 - The Khrushchev List

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/28/1987

Lee suspects that retired Agency founder Harry Thornton and former Soviet Embassy courier Christina Golitsyn (Barbara Bain) are on an impossible mission: to obtain Khrushchev's spy list implicating American Government officials.

Directors: Oz Scott
Writer: Lee Maddux
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Rumors of My Death
star
7.63
38 votes

#18 - 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.

Writer: Tom Chehak
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All That Glitters
star
7.63
38 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.

Directors: Sascha Schneider
Writer: D. C. Black
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Mission of Gold
star
7.63
40 votes

#20 - 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.

Writer: Lynne Kelsey
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A Matter of Choice
star
7.55
40 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.

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Suitable for Framing
star
6.87
38 votes

#22 - 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

Directors: Harvey Laidman
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