TV series
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.
Streaming, rental and purchase options
Checked Jul 22, 2026
You can also rent or buy it from Google Play, Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
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.
Choose an episode, then use the watch options above for the show.
Episode 1
Amanda is swept off her feet by a charming art restorer she's assigned to tail---a man Lee suspects may be involved with terrorists.
Guest stars Lucy Lee Flippin, Allan Rich, Bill Sorrells, Ben Murphy, Pierrino Mascarino
Episode 2
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.
Guest stars Catherine McGoohan, Michael Pataki, Stephen Macht, Henry G. Sanders
Episode 3
A Save the Bay spokeswoman is implicated in the murder of a speaker at a rally for fishermen whose livelihood is threatened by crooked corporations.
Directed by Alan CookeWritten by Tom RopelewskiGuest stars Kim Darby, Herta Ware, Mike Muscat, Mary Jackson, Ritch Brinkley, Kevin McCarthy
Episode 4
The Agency's founder needs Amanda's help to retrieve a purloined letter---proof he's not a turncoat.
Guest stars James Cromwell, Kevin Nealon, Frank Bonner, Art Hindle, Howard Duff
Episode 5
Amanda rolls out the red carpet for a British accountant who fancies himself a spy and who has evidence of a Soviet plot to destroy the U.S. economy.
Directed by Winrich KolbeGuest stars Harvey Jason, Joel Polis, Keone Young
Episode 6
Lee and Amanda investigate the fatal heroin overdoses of three top-ranking officials.
Directed by Winrich KolbeWritten by Lee MadduxGuest stars Roy Stuart, Ken Foree, Molly Hagan, Fern Fitzgerald, Stuart Pankin, Matt Frewer, Carla Borelli, Frank Bonner
Episode 7
In the backwoods of Virgina, Amanda draws on her scoutting expertise to help her and Lee find utoptan communtty run by an outspoken tax reformer who may have more political change on his agenda.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffWritten by Robert BielakGuest stars Jack Murdock, David Faustino, Geoffrey Lewis, Frank Bonner, William Allen Young, Dan Lauria, Mark Casella
Episode 8
Billy, against the advice of Lee, tries to prove a friend was murdered in connection with international electronic cash transfers.
Directed by James FrawleyGuest stars Michael Preston, Liam Sullivan, John Calvin
Episode 9
An ex-agent victimizes an Agency Librarian who has unearthed J. Edgar Hoover's secret files.
Directed by Winrich KolbeGuest stars Bo Hopkins, Dorothy Fielding, Raymond J. Barry
Episode 10
A foreign correspondent believes her fiancé is still alive after an ambush in Latin America and may be in Washington to testify against a diplomat in a Senate subcommittee hearing.
Directed by James FargoGuest stars Rick Jason, Veronica Redd, Nancy Stafford
Episode 11
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.
Directed by Winrich KolbeGuest stars Sam Melville, Ray Reinhardt
Episode 12
Lee and Amanda pose as prospective buyers of a fast-food franchise to catch those responsible for poisoning a batch of hamburger sauce.
Guest stars Pamela Susan Shoop, Barney Martin
Episode 13
When Dotty befriends a Russian scientist, who's been placed in Amanda's neighborhood for cover, she gets involved in romance and a kidnapping plot.
Directed by Sigmund Neufeld Jr.Guest stars Harold Gould, Gary Bayer, Linden Chiles, Arthur Taxier
Episode 14
Lee and Francine protect a tennis player who's the daughter of an international bigwig threatened by Communists.
Written by Lee MadduxGuest stars Brian Markinson, Matthew Faison, Tracy Austin
Episode 15
IFF discovers that a government building is being threatened by terrorists. They race against time and "night pirates" to discover who is threatened. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Mr. Jackson, Kate Jackson's real father.
Directed by Kate JacksonGuest stars Ian Wolfe, George Murdock, Mary Jackson, Thalmus Rasulala, Ray Wise, Nedra Volz
Episode 16
An error on her paycheck leads Amanda to a computer whiz, a secret computer file and a trio of vigilante agents.
Written by Robert BielakGuest stars Beau Billingslea, Stephen Elliott, Billy Vera, Michael Cavanaugh, Jordan Christopher
Episode 17
Lee lands in the hospital after a brawl, but he refuses to stay put because secret information listed on his missing contact lenses may be in enemy hands.
Guest stars Gary Lockwood, Beulah Quo
Episode 18
In Afghanistan, the Soviets kidnap Francine, hoping to exchange her for a U.S. mathematician who Amanda believes has been set up by the KGB.
Directed by Burt BrinckerhoffGuest stars Peter Jurasik, James Cromwell, Andrew Divoff, Jana Marie Hupp, Lee Wilkof, Charlie Brill
Episode 19
Billy goes undercover as a jazz musician to find out the connection between a small nation's music king and a boy whose was found in the pocket of a dead man.
Directed by Sidney HayersWritten by Lee MadduxGuest stars Danny Goldman, Michael Bell, William Schallert
Episode 20
Amanda uses the diary of a violin player to find a man she hit in a car accident, who turns out to be a terrorist.
Guest stars Earl Billings, Reid Shelton, Stanley Kamel, Frank Bonner, Jenny O'Hara, John Lafayette
Episode 21
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.
Directed by Oz ScottGuest stars Ann Turkel, Robert Picardo, James Pax
Episode 22
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.
Directed by Sidney HayersWritten by Richard RaskindGuest stars Daniel Davis, Matt Clark, Norbert Weisser, Albert Paulsen, Allan Miller, Daniel McVicar, Faith Ford, Bruce Wright
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Kate JacksonAmanda King
Bruce BoxleitnerLee Stetson
Beverly GarlandDotty West
Mel StewartBilly Melrose
Martha SmithFrancine Desmond
Daniel Davis
CBSUnited States
Warner Bros. TelevisionUnited StatesMore shows like Scarecrow and Mrs. King.
