Spenser: For Hire
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Spenser: For Hire

"A lot of people think I like to get even. They're dead right."

6.9/10 1985 3 Seasons 65 Episodes Ended

Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.

Season: 1 2 3

Season 1 Episodes

S1E1
E1
Promised Land
95 min 1985

Spenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parke…

E2
No Room at the Inn
50 min 1985

Spenser's apartment burns down, but he's allowed to move into an old fire station as thanks for saving a firefighter's l…

E3
The Choice
50 min 1985

A old man whom Spenser and Hawk knows is shot. They discover that the killer are a couple who comes from an affluent bac…

E4
Children of a Tempest Storm
60 min 1985

Spenser kills a would-be thief in the course of thwarting a robbery. He and Susan take in the man's two children while i…

E5
Original Sin
60 min 1985

Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.

E6
Discord in A Minor
60 min 1985

Spenser's been hired by a conductor to find his daughter who ran away with her boyfriend. When he finds them, she tells …

E7
The Killer Within
60 min 1985

Spenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a…

E8
Autumn Thieves
60 min 1985

Spenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.

E9
Blood Money
60 min 1985

The wife of a kidnapped oil tycoon hires Spenser to deliver $1 million in ransom money to a ring of terrorists while pol…

E10
Resurrection
60 min 1985

Spenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.

E11
Internal Affairs
60 min 1985

Marital infidelity and suspected involvement in a gambling ring lead to Lt. Quirk's suspension. Belson is shot during a …

E12
Death By Design
60 min 1986

Spenser and Hawk blame themselves for failing to protect their respective clients from the clutches of the underworld, a…

E13
A Day's Wages
60 min 1986

A young ex-con named Louis Harper steals from his boss, John Brady. Brady hires Spenser to prove it and Harper hires Haw…

E14
A Madness Most Discreet
60 min 1986

Spenser tries to protect a former Russian ballerina, when she hires him to help her find stolen papers, but he gets more…

E15
Brother to Dragons
60 min 1986

Spenser is going skiing with Susan, but when he picks her up at Smithfield High School where she works, he finds out one…

E16
When Silence Speaks
60 min 1986

A deaf woman hires Spenser to find a man she had been corresponding with who had gone missing. As Spenser investigates, …

E17
In a Safe Place
60 min 1986

Spenser searches for the father of an undocumented boy killed by an unhinged unemployed man. The trail leads Spenser int…

E18
Angel of Desolation
60 min 1986

Spenser is hired by the fashion model wife of a rich bank owner who says her life is in danger. After multiple attempted…

E19
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
60 min 1986

Detective Belson's ex-partner is murdered during his daughter's wedding reception. The dead cop is suspected of being in…

E20
At the River's Edge
60 min 1986

Spenser witnesses an ex-convict murder a 19 year-old girl, then kill himself. The girl's wealthy younger sister hires Sp…

E21
Rage
60 min 1986

Spenser locates a runaway, and saves her from a psychotic man—but the man escapes.

E22
Hell Hath No Fury
60 min 1986

Partnering with an attractive TV news reporter, Spenser investigates the reason a newly constructed building collapsed, …

Cast

Robert Urich
Robert Urich
Spenser
Avery Brooks
Avery Brooks
Hawk
Barbara Stock
Barbara Stock
Susan Silverman
Ron McLarty
Ron McLarty
Frank Belson

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