Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

7 | TV-14 | en | Drama

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.

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EP22  The Khrushchev List
May. 28,1987
The Khrushchev List

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.

EP21  A Matter of Choice
May. 21,1987
A Matter of Choice

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.

EP20  Suitable for Framing
May. 14,1987
Suitable for Framing

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

EP19  All That Glitters
May. 07,1987
All That Glitters

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.

EP18  One Flew East
Feb. 27,1987
One Flew East

Lee and Amanda trail a retired right-wing agent connected to the kidnapping of an outspoken poet and antinuclear activist.

EP17  Mission of Gold
Feb. 20,1987
Mission of Gold

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.

EP16  Do You Take This Spy?
Feb. 13,1987
Do You Take This Spy?

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.

EP15  Bad Timing
Feb. 06,1987
Bad Timing

The Soviets inject Lee with a virus that leaves him only 72 hours to live.

EP14  Rumors of My Death
Jan. 23,1987
Rumors of My Death

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.

EP13  Promises to Keep
Jan. 09,1987
Promises to Keep

The DEA provides evidence that the man connected to a drug kingpin is Lee's friend T.P. Aquinas.

EP12  Any Number Can Play
Jan. 02,1987
Any Number Can Play

Evidence turns up that Dotty's new sweetheart is posing as a CIA agent caught in a blackmail scheme.

EP11  Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
Dec. 19,1986
Santa's Got a Brand New Bag

Just before Christmas, a distinguished ex-toy designer gives Lee a tip on a toy factory that's a front for sophisticated weapons development.

EP10  Need to Know
Dec. 05,1986
Need to Know

Lee investigates corruption at a newspaper whose publisher has apparent ties to a Romanian agent and apparent interest in U.S. strategic materials.

EP9  The Man Who Died Twice
Nov. 21,1986
The Man Who Died Twice

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.

EP8  Photo Finish
Nov. 14,1986
Photo Finish

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.

EP7  Billy's Lost Weekend
Nov. 07,1986
Billy's Lost Weekend

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.

EP6  Night Crawler
Oct. 31,1986
Night Crawler

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.

EP5  It's in the Water
Oct. 17,1986
It's in the Water

The Agency and a terrorist seek a chemist, who once worked with Amanda on ecology issues.

EP4  No Thanks for the Memory
Oct. 10,1986
No Thanks for the Memory

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.

EP3  Unfinished Business
Oct. 03,1986
Unfinished Business

CIA files indicate that Lee's parents were double agents and link the past with a current plot to assassinate a dignitary.

EP2  Stemwinder (2)
Sep. 26,1986
Stemwinder (2)

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.

EP1  Stemwinder (1)
Sep. 19,1986
Stemwinder (1)

The Agency suspects Lee and Amanda of selling out after a vindictive KGB agent traps them in a sting operation.

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Released: 1983-10-03 | Released Producted By: Warner Bros. Television , Shoot the Moon Enterprises Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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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.

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Kate Jackson , Bruce Boxleitner , Beverly Garland

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ShelbyTMItchell No if people are expecting to see Charlie's Angels as it used to star Kate Jackson. Then you are dead wrong. She plays "normal" mom Amanda King, divorced and looking for a job. And with two boys and a nagging mother to defend with.Lee Stetson aka Scarecrow as the handsome and sometimes arrogant spy. Wants Amanda to give a package to a man in a red hat but she can't complete the task without knowing who the person in the red hat is and due to that. Stetson must have her complete it.They do and gets her involved with the so-called Agency either FBI, CIA, NSA, etc. But later, after being annoyed by a rookie or a normal person.But then they make a good team. And that they begin to really become good friends and then marry in the fourth and final season.Very funny and really with action and great acting!
PTAG46 I used to watch Scarecrow and Mrs. King when I was a little girl and I was immediately drawn to it and still love it to this day. It is a terrific show and very entertaining.It is with Kate Jackson as Amanda King a divorced mother of two who gets a package from a total stranger and her life is never the same as it draws her into a very secretive business as she becomes a part time spy and Bruce Boxleitner as Lee Stetson the very dashing stranger who hands her the package who works for the government as a spy.They have to team up together.Amanda and Lee start off not knowing what to think of each other, they build a close friendship that eventually turns into an everlasting love.Unfortunately, the show is cut short because Kate Jackson became too ill to act on it anymore so the show never had a ending to it.
ecc123 I discovered Scarecrow and Mrs King showing on PAX TV this past fall (2001). I really fell in love with it - the characters - the co-stars - the cast. Everybody does a great job. A show for the whole family to enjoy. UPDATE for 2010. They finally released the show on DVD -at least Season One. The video quality if great. I do have to turn the audio up quite a bit, but that may be my VCR/DVD combo player, rather than the DVD itself. It's so nice to have the original CBS versions - not cut to fit in those extra 4+ minutes of commercials! Although Best Buy and Target have not seen fit to advertise the DVDs, I have read from others that both stores carry it. And it is available through Warner Bros, Amazon and Walmart - I got it from their WebSite. It's faster if they have it in your local store. The prices vary, but it's well worth whatever your nearest store is charging. They way this Site formats all submissions - you have to keep writing in order to get the ten line minimum for them to actually DISPLAY the review. ENJOY!
ALittaM I watched this show when I was a little girl. And it soon turned up to be one of my favorite shows ever: the leading characters are great, and they interact in the cutest way.Kate Jackson plays Amanda King, the most ordinary, suburban mother whose greatest hope is a special discount at the grocery store. Bruce Boxleitner plays Lee Stetson, a secret agent who loves being a spy and being a Don Giovanni.Their meeting happens at the train station, when Lee is forced to ask Amanda for help. From that day,these two become the most unlikely pair of secret agent, and more than often Lee wonders just what the hell Amanda is here for: she has no clue about anything concerning spies, guns, or secret weapons. On the other hand, she has a lot of common sense, and she uses a special intuit that more than once saves them both.As seasons pass by, Lee and Amanda develop a very special friendship, that eventually turns into love. It takes three whole years, though, to see them show their feeling for each other. And this, for fans (or for me at least), was like a secret hope, just like what happened for X-Files ten years later.Technically speaking, this show is just like any other 80s TV show: poorly directed, badly edited and with stunt over-using (most of the time causing embarrassing shots where anyone could see it wasn't them!). It was set in DC, but filmed in California, so they mixed long-range shot of DC monuments with street shots of the WB lot. Bruce and Kate acted pretty well, Bruce being the best of the pair and giving on the whole a very charismatic portrait of Lee (which caused a lot of women to fall for the actor AND the character - as I did!). On the last season, though, Kate Jackson cut her appearances on the show due to a sudden illness, and after a few episodes without Amanda the show stopped. Too bad they didn't get a chance to film a decent end to a very nice show.I recommend it to those who suffer old-times nostalgia, and to those who haven't forgotten Bruce Boxleitner in his glory days. Plus it has a great theme tune!