Spenser: For Hire

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

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2x1
An Eye for an Eye
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27, 1986
New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
2x2
Widow's Walk
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04, 1986
A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
2x3
White Knight
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18, 1986
While Spenser and Hawk are in a small town to view a boxing match, Hawk is arrested, ostensibly for carrying a concealed weapon, but Spenser suspects racism may be involved.
2x4
Rockabye Baby
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25, 1986
A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
2x5
And Give up Show Biz?
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01, 1986
Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
2x6
The Long Hunt
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08, 1986
A young criminal's father attacks a bus transporting convicts to the state prison.
2x7
Home is the Hero
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22, 1986
Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
2x8
One if by Land, Two if by Sea
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29, 1986
A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
2x9
Shadowsight
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13, 1986
A girl who apparently has the unique ability to 'see' through both space and time, enlists Spenser's help to solve a rash of arsons.
2x10
The Hopes and Fears
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20, 1986
With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
2x11
Among Friends
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10, 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 town, trying to take Hawk down to make a name for himself.
2x12
I Confess
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17, 1987
A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.
2x13
Murder and Acquisitions
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24, 1987
Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a philandering financier about to turn state's evidence to bring down insider trading. Rita has problems of her own when an old boyfriend .. show full overview
2x14
Personal Demons
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07, 1987
Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
2x15
Mary Hamilton
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14, 1987
A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
2x16
Trial and Error
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21, 1987
A pimp is wrongfully arrested for the murder of one of his girls. Spenser agonizes between pursuing the real murderer or letting the pimp take the rap.
2x17
One for My Daughter
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07, 1987
Spenser and Hawk protect a man who owes money to men of dubious ethics. When their client, Bo Braxton tries to blackmail his creditors, he and his alcoholic teenage daughter go on the run.
2x18
My Brother's Keeper
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14, 1987
Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to track down a former soldier.
2x19
The Road Back
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21, 1987
Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
2x20
If You Knew Sammy
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04, 1987
NRA poster-boy Sammy Backlin breezes into town for a book signing, unwittingly involving Spenser in a shoot out. Spenser agrees to protect Sammy from gangland thugs.
2x21
The Man Who Wasn't There
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02, 1987
Rita and her old college friends are reunited when a fictional person they created 20 years ago is found dead in his apartment.
2x22
Song of Orpheus
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09, 1987
A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.

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