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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Drama, Adventure, Romance · 1983 · Rated 8/10

Last aired: S4 E22, "The Khrushchev List" · 1987-05-28

A single mother in suburban Washington D.C. discovers she has a talent for espionage work when she meets a dashing undercover agent--but balancing her duties as a spy with her responsibility as a parent proves constantly entertaining in this romantic-adventure series.

Cast

Bruce Boxleitner Lee Stetson

Kate Jackson Mrs. Amanda King

Mel Stewart Billy Melrose

Martha Smith Francine Desmond

Beverly Garland Dorothy 'Dotty' West

Paul Stout Philip King

Greg Morton Jamie King

Season 4

Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4

E1 "Stemwinder" Part I 1986-09-19 · 60 min In the fourth-season opener, a vindictive KGB agent traps Lee and Amanda in an elaborate sting operation, which leads the Agency to suspect the two may have sold out.

E2 "Stemwinder" Part II 1986-09-26 · 60 min Conclusion. Suspected of selling out to the Soviets, Lee and Amanda go into hiding after learning Lee is the target of an Agency manhunt.

E3 "Unfinished Business" 1986-10-03 · 60 min CIA files indicate that Lee's parents were double agents, and link the past with a current plot to assassinate a dignitary.

E4 "No Thanks for the Memory" 1986-10-10 · 60 min A frightened Soviet 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.

E5 "It's in the Water" 1986-10-17 · 60 min A chemist who once worked with Amanda on ecology issues is sought by the Agency and a terrorist after he inadvertently taps into the Capital's water-purification system.

E6 "Night Crawler" 1986-10-31 · 60 min Lee's attempts to make long range plans are interrupted when Amanda is taken hostage by an Arab terrorist, who wants to trade her to the Libyans.

E7 "Billy's Lost Weekend" 1986-11-07 · 60 min Found beaten and disoriented in an alley, Billy retraces a lost weekend with Amanda and Lee's help.

E8 "Photo Finish" 1986-11-14 · 60 min 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.

E9 "The Man Who Died Twice" 1986-11-21 · 60 min A Vietnamese double agent must fake his death twice, trying to rescue his son from captors; Lee and Amanda have second thoughts about how their marriage would affect her family.

E10 "Need to Know" 1986-12-05 · 60 min Amanda and Lee must stop a maniacal newspaper magnate who is using his considerable power as a ploy to destroy the nation's security.

E11 "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag" 1986-12-19 · 60 min Just before Christmas, a disgruntled ex-toy designer gives Lee a tip on a toy factory that's a front for sophisticated weapons development.

E12 "Any Number Can Play" 1987-01-02 · 60 min Amanda's mother turns out to be dating a man with a false name and a debt to the mob.

E13 "Promises to Keep" 1987-01-09 · 60 min The DEA provides evidence that the man connected to a drug kingpin is Lee's friend T.P. Aquinas.

E14 "Rumors of My Death" 1987-01-23 · 60 min A skeleton identified as Lee Stetson is discovered in a demolished building, exposing a phony passport ring.

E15 "Bad Timing" 1987-02-06 · 60 min When the Russians inject Lee with a lethal drug that leaves him with just hours to live, he and Amanda must find the antidote before time runs out.

E16 "Do You Take This Spy?" 1987-02-13 · 60 min A million dollar art heist and a murder get in the way of Amanda and Lee's wedding.

E17 "Mission of Gold" 1987-02-20 · 60 min Amanda and Lee's honeymoon is unexpectedly and tragically cut short when Amanda is shot by gold smuggling thieves.

E18 "One Flew East" 1987-02-27 · 60 min The Agency is blamed for the kidnapping of a famous poet and vocal critic of the United States. Lee and Amanda are charged to find him and exonerate the Agency.

E19 "All That Glitters" 1987-05-07 · 60 min Lee investigates when priceless jewels and a top-secret spy list stolen during the invasion of Grenada, are among the birthday gifts given to his former girlfriend.

E20 "Suitable for Framing" 1987-05-14 · 60 min Francine and Lee fall victim to a KGB plan to humiliate the Agency.

E21 "A Matter of Choice" 1987-05-21 · 60 min Lee links his escaped nemesis and Francine's old fiancé, who suddenly returns after five years.

E22 "The Khrushchev List" 1987-05-28 · 60 min Lee suspects that retired Agency founder Harry Thornton and former Soviet Embassy courier Christina Golitsyn are on an impossible mission: to obtain Khrushchev's spy list implicating American Government officials.

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