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 2 Episodes

E1
An Eye for an Eye
60 min 1986

New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.

E2
Widow's Walk
60 min 1986

A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, …

E3
White Knight
60 min 1986

While Spenser and Hawk are in a small town to view a boxing match, Hawk is arrested, ostensibly for carrying a concealed…

E4
Rockabye Baby
60 min 1986

A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.

E5
And Give Up Show Biz?
60 min 1986

Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.

E6
The Long Hunt
60 min 1986

Spenser travels to Maine to help hunt down an escaped murderer, but the tables are turned when the man's father stalks S…

E7
Home is the Hero
60 min 1986

Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.

E8
One if by Land, Two if by Sea
60 min 1986

A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.

E9
Shadowsight
60 min 1986

A girl who apparently has the unique ability to 'see' through both space and time, enlists Spenser's help to solve a ras…

E10
The Hopes and Fears
60 min 1986

With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood…

E11
Among Friends
60 min 1987

Hawk is the main suspect when Lt. Quirk is shot, due to a recent fracas between the two. Spenser suspects a new man in t…

E12
I Confess
60 min 1987

A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.

E13
Murder and Acquisitions
60 min 1987

Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a philandering financier about to turn state's evidence to bring down insid…

E14
Personal Demons
60 min 1987

Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.

E15
Mary Hamilton
60 min 1987

A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.

E16
Trial and Error
60 min 1987

A pimp is wrongfully arrested for the murder of one of his girls. Spenser agonizes between pursuing the real murderer or…

E17
One For My Daughter
60 min 1987

Spenser and Hawk protect a man who owes money to men of dubious ethics. When their client, Bo Braxton tries to blackmail…

E18
My Brother's Keeper
60 min 1987

Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to t…

S2E19
E19
The Road Back
60 min 1987

Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.

E20
If You Knew Sammy
60 min 1987

NRA poster-boy Sammy Backlin breezes into town for a book signing, unwittingly involving Spenser in a shoot out. Spenser…

E21
The Man Who Wasn't There
60 min 1987

Rita and her old college friends are reunited when a fictional person they created 20 years ago is found dead in his apa…

E22
Song of Orpheus
60 min 1987

A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.

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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