Scarecrow and Mrs. King 

The adventures of a housewife and a spy, with whom she fell in love.

Creators:

Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming

Stars:

Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Kate Jackson	...	Mrs. Amanda King 89 episodes, 1983-1987
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Lee Stetson / ... 89 episodes, 1983-1987
Beverly Garland	...	Dorothy 'Dotty' West 89 episodes, 1983-1987
Mel Stewart	...	Billy Melrose 89 episodes, 1983-1987
Martha Smith	...	Francine Desmond / ... 89 episodes, 1983-1987
Greg Morton	...	Jamie King 72 episodes, 1983-1987
Paul Stout	...	Philip King 72 episodes, 1983-1987

Storyline

A housewife, Mrs. King, is handed a package by a secret agent who is being pursued by bad guys. The secret agent, Lee Stetson, then has to track down the housewife before the bad guys do. Later episodes involve similar plots as Stetson and Mrs. King are teamed up together.

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Plot Keywords:

woman | housewife | spy | helicopter | famous theme | 

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Taglines:

One everyday housewife who put some spies in her life!

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 October 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Agentin mit Herz

Filming Locations:

North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shoot the Moon Enterprises, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (88 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sam Melville played Kate Jackson's ex-husband in the series. He also played Glen Tucker in season two, episode twenty-two, "Murder Between Friends". In The Rookies (1972), the two had played a married couple.

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Quotes

Amanda: Once on the lips, forever on the hips

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Connections

Referenced in True Lies (1994)

User Reviews

My childhood's most treasured memory

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!