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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Season 1

21 listed hours · 1983–1987 · CBS

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How this season is filed

Filed by Max Sterling · Streaming Confidential

Kate Jackson's post-Angels reinvention: a divorced suburban mom gets drafted into Agency work and never quite stops packing school lunches between dead drops. Bruce Boxleitner's Scarecrow supplies the trench-coat glower; the chemistry supplies the show. Espionage as domestic farce, with enough real tradecraft to keep the will-they from going cute.

TV Flash files Season 1 of Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987) on CBS as the first listed season of 4 — 21 listed hours, 1983-10-03–1984-05-07 from “The First Time” (S01E01) to “Waiting for Godorsky” (S01E21). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S01E01 The First Time

    The First Time is Kate Jackson's post-Angels contract: divorced mom drafted by the Agency, Boxleitner's Scarecrow already glowering.

  2. S01E02 There Goes the Neighborhood

    There Goes the Neighborhood is early-run suburban title: tradecraft next to carpools, the will-they not yet cute.

  1. S01E01

    The First Time

    In the series pilot, Lee enlists the aid of Amanda in a mission to plug a leak in his organization.

  2. S01E02

    There Goes the Neighborhood

    Amanda and Lee pose as a married suburban couple in order to investigate an international arms smuggling ring.

  3. S01E03

    If Thoughts Could Kill

    Lee's physician is a brain control researcher determined to program Lee to kill Billy.

  4. S01E04

    Magic Bus

    As reporters, Lee and Amanda infiltrate a survivalist group that has hijacked a high-tech military vehicle.

  5. S01E05

    The ACM Kid

    Amanda and Lee babysit the son of kidnapped Russian emigres, unaware the boy is a computer whiz being forced to supply secret codes to spies.

  6. S01E06

    Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

    Amanda accompanies an American-born Middle East princess whose husband is in mortal danger.

  7. S01E07

    Service Above and Beyond

    Amanda poses as a socialite to get close to a jet-set businessman who wants to sell military secrets.

  8. S01E08

    Saved by the Bells

    Enemy agents targeting Lee accidentally kidnap Amanda in his place, demanding the release of their agent in return for Amanda.

  9. S01E09

    Sudden Death

    Lee and Amanda pose as a football player and sportswriter to foil a team owner's plot to assassinate the Prime Minister of a European tax haven.

  10. S01E10

    The Long Christmas Eve

    Amanda poses as the long-lost daughter of a spy threatening to expose all agents in the United States.

  11. S01E11

    Remembrance of Things Past

    After several agents are murdered and Lee is marked as the next victim, he fakes his death to track down the killer-- and only Amanda and Billy know the truth.

  12. S01E12

    Lost and Found

    Helping a defecting ESP expert brings Lee in contact with the expert's wife, Lee's former love interest.

  13. S01E13

    I Am Not Now, Nor Have I Ever Been... a Spy

    After being kidnapped, Amanda is left with partial amnesia and can't remember Lee, the agency or a secret message that could save the life of the assassins' target.

  14. S01E14

    "Dead Ringer"

    Amanda helps hide a Hungarian defector who is a dark version of Francine.

  15. S01E15

    The Mole

    After failing repeatedly to catch a Bulgarian spy, Lee and Amanda are enlisted by "Blue Leader" to rule out a possible mole inside the Agency.

  16. S01E16

    Savior

    Lee appears to have left the Agency to work for an arms smuggler, who is trying to steal the latest top-secret US missile.

  17. S01E17

    The Artful Dodger

    An international jewel thief is breaking into military bases and stealing plans for the missile defense system, and Amanda is his unwitting accomplice.

  18. S01E18

    Filming Raul

    A parking lot attendant films an attempted kidnapping on an Agency courier, which makes him a target of enemy agents.

  19. S01E19

    Fearless Dotty

    Dotty picks up the wrong parcel at a bookstore and becomes the target of two thugs searching for a code book.

  20. S01E20

    Weekend

    Amanda and Lee check into a posh resort where kidnappers are planning to abduct a genius who has knowledge of U.S. secrets.

  21. S01E21

    Waiting for Godorsky

    At an estate sale, Amanda befriends a woman who turns out to be a princess targeted for assassination by an Eastern Bloc hit squad.

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