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One everyday housewife who put some spies in her life!
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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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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Episode 1
The Agency suspects Lee and Amanda of selling out after a vindictive KGB agent traps them in a sting operation.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffGuest stars Sam Melville, Al Ruscio, Rodney Saulsberry, Ezekiel Moss
Episode 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.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffGuest stars Sam Melville, Al Ruscio, Rodney Saulsberry
Episode 3
CIA files indicate that Lee's parents were double agents and link the past with a current plot to assassinate a dignitary.
Directed by Kate JacksonGuest stars Wendie Malick, Michael Durrell
Episode 4
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.
Written by Lee MadduxGuest stars Kyle T. Heffner, Allan Kolman
Episode 5
The Agency and a terrorist seek a chemist, who once worked with Amanda on ecology issues.
Guest stars Paddi Edwards, Gary Frank, Patti Yasutake
Episode 6
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.
Guest stars Robert Krimmer, Alex Henteloff
Episode 7
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.
Directed by Christopher HiblerGuest stars Roger Aaron Brown, Nancy Kulp, Dennis Haysbert, Tom Dahlgren
Episode 8
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.
Directed by Cliff BoleGuest stars Sam Hennings, Quinn K. Redeker, John Hancock, Douglas Dirkson, Richard Herd, Georgann Johnson
Episode 9
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.
Directed by Sidney HayersGuest stars Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III
Episode 10
Lee investigates corruption at a newspaper whose publisher has apparent ties to a Romanian agent and apparent interest in U.S. strategic materials.
Guest stars Josef Sommer, Michael Pataki, Rif Hutton
Episode 11
Just before Christmas, a distinguished ex-toy designer gives Lee a tip on a toy factory that's a front for sophisticated weapons development.
Directed by Sidney HayersGuest stars Reiner Schöne, Sam Melville, Lyman Ward, Larry Gelman
Episode 12
Evidence turns up that Dotty's new sweetheart is posing as a CIA agent caught in a blackmail scheme.
Guest stars James Noble, Lawrence Dobkin, Steve Eastin
Episode 13
The DEA provides evidence that the man connected to a drug kingpin is Lee's friend T.P. Aquinas.
Directed by Sidney HayersWritten by Lee MadduxGuest stars John Vernon
Episode 14
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.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffGuest stars Robin Curtis, Sam Melville, Marta Kristen, Douglas Seale, Wren T. Brown, Christian Clemenson
Episode 15
The Soviets inject Lee with a virus that leaves him only 72 hours to live.
Guest stars Jack Colvin, Andrew Divoff, Marc Alaimo, Harry Townes, John Lehne
Episode 16
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.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffGuest stars Patience Cleveland, Vaughn Armstrong, Matthew Faison, Richard Paul, William Prince, Nana Visitor, Ann Doran
Episode 17
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.
Guest stars Jack Stauffer, Peter Jason, Nancy Everhard, Jordan Christopher, Gene Evans, Bruce French, Henry Jones
Episode 18
Lee and Amanda trail a retired right-wing agent connected to the kidnapping of an outspoken poet and antinuclear activist.
Directed by Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Guest stars Michael Higgins, Jayne Modean, Conni Marie Brazelton, Mark Stevens, Art LaFleur
Episode 19
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.
Guest stars June Chadwick, Michael Currie, Blair Underwood, Diane Delano
Episode 20
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
Guest stars George D. Wallace, Loyda Ramos, Harold Sylvester, Earl Boen, Lesley Woods, John Carter, John Allen Nelson, Victor Steinbach
Episode 21
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.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffWritten by Lee MadduxGuest stars David Haskell, Carrington Garland
Episode 22
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.
Directed by Oz ScottWritten by Lee MadduxGuest stars Darlene Conley, Andrew Divoff, Al Ruscio, Barbara Bain, Richard Bakalyan, Howard Duff, Don Hood
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Kate JacksonAmanda King
Bruce BoxleitnerLee Stetson
Beverly GarlandDotty West
Mel StewartBilly Melrose
Martha SmithFrancine Desmond
Daniel Davis
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