Scarecrow and Mrs. King Season 2, Episode 17: Odds on a Dead Pigeon

1

To Catch a Mongoose

Amanda is sent to London when an old high-school friend, Conrad "Connie" Barnhill, is suspected of being a murderer labeled as the "Mongoose." This homicidal killer leaves a calling card at the scene of his crimes with the Mongoose written on it. Amanda tries throughout the entire episode to convince Lee that Mr. Barnhill is not the killer. Near the very end of the show, Amanda is kidnapped by the real Mongoose, forcing Lee on a chase through a foreign country.

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2

The Times They Are a Changin'

Amanda and Lee must oversee the return of a 1960s radical who is involved with Munich terrorists.

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3

Double Agent

Lee and Amanda search for a spy-turned-writer's latest manuscript that exposes U.S. agents, which includes Lee and Amanda.

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4

The Legend of Das Geisterschloss

British Agent, Emily Farnsworth, is captured in Austria, leaving behind a sketchpad filled with drawings of nearby landmarks as clues, which Amanda and Lee must use to figure out her whereabouts.

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5

Charity Begins at Home

Amanda is the Agency's only ticket to a private fund-raiser where a wealthy auto collector plans to hold a meeting with several high-powered men regarding a secret formula to control the supply and price crops.

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6

Brunettes Are In

A white-slavery ring kidnaps Amanda, while Lee tries to find a valuable microdot chip.

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7

Our Man in Tegernsee

Lee searches for an Agency operative in the Bavarian Alps who may be able to clear Amanda after she's arrested in Munich on counterfeiting charges.

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8

An Affair at Bromfield Hall

In London to investigate a security leak, Amanda gets involved with a seedy photographer and a sex scandal.

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9

A Class Act

Amanda finally gets to attend an Agency training class, but the curriculum contains an unexpected bonus-Eastern Bloc assassins who have infiltrated the group.

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10

Playing Possum

Amanda cannot remember a vital clue to the whereabouts of a nuclear device planted in Washington DC by renegade Soviets.

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11

The Three Faces of Emily

Emily Farnsworth returns to help Lee and Amanda catch a man who is selling stolen plans for a futuristic plane.

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12

Ship of Spies

Amanda and Lee must pose as a couple on a cruise line, to find a missing informant of Lee's who was apparently uncovering something. However the catch is that once they dock on a small island, Lee and Amanda must marry. Aboard the ship of spies, Lee finds. After docking on the island and being married, Lee and Amanda find that silver is being smuggled aboard ship. The smugglers will do anything to save there fortune, include killing husband and wife, Amanda and Lee.

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13

Spiderweb

A security leak within the Agency throws a secret operation into jeopardy.

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14

A Little Sex, a Little Scandal

Amanda becomes a target after she witnesses the murder of a congressional aide.

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15

A Relative Situation

With the help of Lee's Uncle, Lee and Amanda attempt to thwart an Air Force officer's plans to sell military equipment to an enemy power.

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16

Life of the Party

Amanda and Francine go under cover as maids to catch the kingpin of a crime syndicate.

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17

Odds on a Dead Pigeon

A vindictive parolee hires a look-alike to impersonate Amanda and kill off agents - and Lee is next on the list.

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18

Car Wars

Amanda borrows a classic car from a Government lot and becomes the target of drug smugglers.

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19

D.O.A.: Delirious on Arrival

A ruthless weapons dealer holds the antidote to the drug he added for mind-bending zest to a sandwich, meant for Lee, but eaten by Amanda.

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20

You Only Die Twice

Amanda reads her own obituary in the newspaper after an agent mistakenly uses Amanda's bio as a cover and then dies in the line of duty.

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21

Burn Out

A victim of job burnout, Lee is removed from field duty; and a former agent offers to cut him in on a deal.

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22

Murder Between Friends

Amanda quits her job and joins a security agency; unaware it's a front for mercenaries planning to abduct an African president.

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23

Vigilante Mothers

Lee's efforts to find out who stole some nerve gas from a Government lab get him involved in Amanda's environmental group.

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