Spenser: For Hire

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  • : 1985
  • : 65
  • : 6
  • ABC (US)
  • 22
  • Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

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1x1
Promised Land
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20, 1985
Spenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parker.
1x2
No Room at the Inn
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27, 1985
Spenser is given an old station as a gift from the fire department for a service rendered them. The police department hires to protect a mysterious witness.
1x3
The Choice
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04, 1985
A pair of young thrill-killers target Spenser, accidentally shooting a bystander. Susan's ex-husband visits.
1x4
Children of a Tempest Storm
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11, 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 investigating his past. Susan discovers she's pregnant.
1x5
Original Sin
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18, 1985
Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.
1x6
Discord in A Minor
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25, 1985
Spenser is fired from a bodyguard job after his young charge is kidnapped. Spenser suspects the girl he was to protect, arranged the 'kidnapping' to escape her father, a famous conductor, who may have been molesting his daughter.
1x7
The Killer Within
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12, 1985
Spenser is a Private Detective who is hired by a woman to watch her sister and protect her from an old boyfriend. Susan Silverman is Spenser's girlfriend, a research assistant in a .. show full overview
1x8
Autumn Thieves
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19, 1985
Spenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.
1x9
Blood Money
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26, 1985
The wife of a kidnapped oil tycoon hires Spenser to deliver $1 million in ransom money to a ring of terrorists while police have the drop-off area surrounded.
1x10
Resurrection
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03, 1985
Spenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.
1x11
Internal Affairs
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17, 1985
Marital infidelity and suspected involvement in a gambling ring lead to Lt. Quirk's suspension. Belson is shot during a raid. Spenser works to clear Quirk's name and catch Belson's would-be killer.
1x12
Death by Design
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07, 1986
Spenser walks into a death trap when a beautiful university scientist who makes so-called 'designer drugs' hires him to track down her gigolo boyfriend and recover $50,000.
1x13
A Day's Wages
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14, 1986
Spenser and Hawk blame themselves for failing to protect their respective clients from the clutches of the underworld, and vow to settle the score with a big-time racketeer and his henchmen.
1x14
A Madness Most Discreet
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21, 1986
Spenser is dazzled by the beauty and grace of a former Bolshoi ballerina who appeals for his help and tempts him with her love.
1x15
Brother to Dragons
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04, 1986
Spenser goes undercover at a private high school to investigate heroin use on campus, but discovers something far more serious.
1x16
When Silence Speaks
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11, 1986
Spenser is retained to locate a missing scientist who'd just discovered a major breakthrough in laser techniques by a deaf newspaper columnist with whom the scientist had been corresponding.
1x17
In a Safe Place
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14, 1986
Spenser and Susan look for a Mexican labor organizer who has suspiciously disappeared. ('On the Waterfront' redux.)
1x18
Angel of Desolation
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04, 1986
While working for a wealthy woman, Spenser is caught up in a deadly murder mystery complete with an illicit love story.
1x19
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
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11, 1986
Sgt. Frank falls in love with a white supremicist.
1x20
At the River's Edge
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25, 1986
Spenser is hired by a 12-year-old to investigate the murder of her older sister. The brutal slaying of an ex-convict, and the machinations of a popular preacher with political ambitions factor into the investigation.
1x21
Rage
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01, 1986
A teenage girl's agitated condition following a rape gets her into deeper trouble when she's kidnapped by an ex-con bent on shooting Spenser.
1x22
Hell Hath No Fury
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08, 1986
A troubled TV news anchor helps Spenser investigate a building collapse that killed a child.

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