Spenser: For Hire
7.3
1985
Drama
, Crime
, Mystery
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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- Cast:
- Robert Urich , Avery Brooks , Barbara Stock , Ron McLarty
Episode 22 : Song of Orpheus
May. 09,1987
A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.
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Episode 21 : The Man Who Wasn't There
May. 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.
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Episode 20 : If You Knew Sammy
April. 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.
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Episode 19 : The Road Back
March. 21,1987
Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
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Episode 18 : My Brother's Keeper
March. 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.
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Episode 17 : One For My Daughter
March. 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.
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Episode 16 : Trial and Error
February. 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.
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Episode 15 : Mary Hamilton
February. 14,1987
A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
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Episode 14 : Personal Demons
February. 07,1987
Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
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Episode 13 : Murder and Acquisitions
January. 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 shows up. Belson hires Spenser to find his missing wallet containing a winning lottery ticket.
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Episode 12 : I Confess
January. 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.
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Episode 11 : Among Friends
January. 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.
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Episode 10 : The Hopes and Fears
December. 20,1986
With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
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Episode 9 : Shadowsight
December. 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.
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Episode 8 : One if by Land, Two if by Sea
November. 29,1986
A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
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Episode 7 : Home is the Hero
November. 22,1986
Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
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Episode 6 : The Long Hunt
November. 08,1986
A young criminal's father attacks a bus transporting convicts to the state prison.
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Episode 5 : And Give Up Show Biz?
November. 01,1986
Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
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Episode 4 : Rockabye Baby
October. 25,1986
A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
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Episode 3 : White Knight
October. 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.
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Episode 2 : Widow's Walk
October. 04,1986
A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
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Episode 1 : An Eye for an Eye
September. 27,1986
New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
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