Spenser: For Hire (1985)
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.
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2x01 An Eye for an Eye
28 September, 1986 6:00 am
New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
2x02 Widow's Walk
05 October, 1986 6:00 am
A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
2x03 White Knight
19 October, 1986 6:00 am
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.
2x04 Rockabye Baby
26 October, 1986 5:00 am
A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
2x06 The Long Hunt
09 November, 1986 6:00 am
A young criminal's father attacks a bus transporting convicts to the state prison.
2x07 Home is the Hero
23 November, 1986 6:00 am
Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
2x08 One if by Land, Two if by Sea
30 November, 1986 6:00 am
A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
2x09 Shadowsight
14 December, 1986 6:00 am
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
21 December, 1986 6:00 am
With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
2x11 Among Friends
11 January, 1987 6:00 am
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
18 January, 1987 6:00 am
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
25 January, 1987 6:00 am
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 shows up. Belson hires Spenser to find his missing wallet containing a winning lottery ticket.
2x15 Mary Hamilton
15 February, 1987 6:00 am
A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
2x16 Trial and Error
22 February, 1987 6:00 am
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
08 March, 1987 6:00 am
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
15 March, 1987 6:00 am
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
22 March, 1987 6:00 am
Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
2x20 If You Knew Sammy
05 April, 1987 7:00 am
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
03 May, 1987 6:00 am
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
10 May, 1987 6:00 am
A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.
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