Sep 1985 - May 1988
6.4
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S2 Ep12
10.0
17th Jan 1987
A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.
S2 Ep11
9.0
10th Jan 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.
S1 Ep16
9.0
11th Feb 1986
A deaf woman hires Spenser to find a man she had been corresponding with who had gone missing. As Spenser investigates, he realizes that the missing man is somehow involved with a gang of thieves who are trying to kill Spenser in revenge for busting up their diamond heist.
S3 Ep1
8.8
27th Sep 1987
A cop who helped send a gangster's son to prison years ago has been hiding, cause the gangster wants to get him. But now he wants to come home, so he and his father, asks Spenser to act as intermediary. While the gangster is unwilling to settle for nothing less than seeing him dead. Spenser tries to see what he can do. At the same time Spenser has to deal with Susan, who came back to town, and would like to see if they have a future, but this case is taking up all of his time.
S1 Ep15
8.7
4th Feb 1986
Spenser is going skiing with Susan, but when he picks her up at Smithfield High School where she works, he finds out one of her students died of a heroin overdose. Spenser gets hired by the superintendent and goes undercover as a teacher at her school to find out where the drugs are coming from. He obviously gets into it with the dealers.
S1 Ep9
8.6
26th Nov 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.
S1 Ep14
8.6
21st Jan 1986
Spenser tries to protect a former Russian ballerina, when she hires him to help her find stolen papers, but he gets more than he bargained for once he discovers that she is a person of interest to dueling government agents employed by American and Russian forces.
S1 Ep13
8.5
14th Jan 1986
A young ex-con named Louis Harper steals from his boss, John Brady. Brady hires Spenser to prove it and Harper hires Hawk to protect him from leg-breakers. Spenser and Hawk team up to solve Louis' murder.
S1 Ep8
8.5
19th Nov 1985
Spenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.
S1 Ep7
8.4
12th Nov 1985
Spenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a split personality.
S1 Ep3
8.4
4th Oct 1985
A old man whom Spenser and Hawk knows is shot. They discover that the killer are a couple who comes from an affluent background, which they hide behind. It turns into a cat and mouse game for Spenser and Hawk, who are determined to take them down.
S2 Ep1
8.4
27th Sep 1986
New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
S1 Ep11
8.4
17th Dec 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.
S1 Ep4
8.4
11th Oct 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.
S3 Ep19
8.3
26th Mar 1988
Spenser investigates the death of a friend apparently involved with white supremicists. Hawk is rendered blind by an explosion.
S3 Ep15
8.3
6th Feb 1988
One of Spenser's old trainers lures Spenser to a deserted warehouse where Spenser is supposed to be killed, to get out from under a gambling debt. Spenser survives, then turns around and protects his trainer from the goons now after him.
S1 Ep12
8.3
7th Jan 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.
S2 Ep4
7.0
25th Oct 1986
A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
S2 Ep5
7.0
1st Nov 1986
Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
S2 Ep6
7.0
8th Nov 1986
A young criminal's father attacks a bus transporting convicts to the state prison.
S2 Ep7
7.0
22nd Nov 1986
Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
S2 Ep9
7.0
13th Dec 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.
S2 Ep13
7.0
24th Jan 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.
S2 Ep14
7.0
7th Feb 1987
Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
S2 Ep15
7.0
14th Feb 1987
A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
S2 Ep19
7.0
21st Mar 1987
Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
S2 Ep20
7.0
4th Apr 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.
S3 Ep17
7.0
12th Mar 1988
Spenser suspects insurance fraud when a building blows up. Susan has a possibly cancerous mass removed.
S3 Ep21
7.0
7th May 1988
Spenser investigates an old child kidnapping case when he tries to track down a teenage girl's biological parents.
S1 Ep20
7.5
25th Mar 1986
Spenser witnesses an ex-convict murder a 19 year-old girl, then kill himself. The girl's wealthy younger sister hires Spenser to find out why her sister was killed.
S2 Ep10
7.5
20th Dec 1986
With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
S2 Ep16
7.5
21st Feb 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.
S2 Ep17
7.5
7th Mar 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.
S2 Ep18
7.5
14th Mar 1987
Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to track down a former soldier.
S1 Ep1
7.9
20th Sep 1985
Spenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parker.
S1 Ep2
7.7
27th Sep 1985
Spenser's apartment burns down, but he's allowed to move into an old fire station as thanks for saving a firefighter's life. Meanwhile, Spenser and Hawk are hired to protect the life of grand jury witness. When it starts to look like someone on the inside might be trying to have the witness killed, and that the witness may not be who she says she is, things get convoluted.
S1 Ep3
8.4
4th Oct 1985
A old man whom Spenser and Hawk knows is shot. They discover that the killer are a couple who comes from an affluent background, which they hide behind. It turns into a cat and mouse game for Spenser and Hawk, who are determined to take them down.
S1 Ep4
8.4
11th Oct 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.
S1 Ep5
8.3
18th Oct 1985
Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.
S1 Ep6
8.0
25th Oct 1985
Spenser's been hired by a conductor to find his daughter who ran away with her boyfriend. When he finds them, she tells him that her father has been molesting her. Spenser then tells her father what she said which he denies. After Spenser leaves, he calls Hawk, who once did a job for him, to do something for him.
S1 Ep7
8.4
12th Nov 1985
Spenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a split personality.
S1 Ep8
8.5
19th Nov 1985
Spenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.
S1 Ep9
8.6
26th Nov 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.
S1 Ep10
8.1
3rd Dec 1985
Spenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.
S1 Ep11
8.4
17th Dec 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.
S1 Ep12
8.3
7th Jan 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.
S1 Ep13
8.5
14th Jan 1986
A young ex-con named Louis Harper steals from his boss, John Brady. Brady hires Spenser to prove it and Harper hires Hawk to protect him from leg-breakers. Spenser and Hawk team up to solve Louis' murder.
S1 Ep14
8.6
21st Jan 1986
Spenser tries to protect a former Russian ballerina, when she hires him to help her find stolen papers, but he gets more than he bargained for once he discovers that she is a person of interest to dueling government agents employed by American and Russian forces.
S1 Ep15
8.7
4th Feb 1986
Spenser is going skiing with Susan, but when he picks her up at Smithfield High School where she works, he finds out one of her students died of a heroin overdose. Spenser gets hired by the superintendent and goes undercover as a teacher at her school to find out where the drugs are coming from. He obviously gets into it with the dealers.
S1 Ep16
9.0
11th Feb 1986
A deaf woman hires Spenser to find a man she had been corresponding with who had gone missing. As Spenser investigates, he realizes that the missing man is somehow involved with a gang of thieves who are trying to kill Spenser in revenge for busting up their diamond heist.
S1 Ep17
7.7
14th Feb 1986
Spenser searches for the father of an undocumented boy killed by an unhinged unemployed man. The trail leads Spenser into a conspiracy involving the exploitation of undocumented workers on the waterfront.
S1 Ep18
8.0
4th Mar 1986
Spenser is hired by the fashion model wife of a rich bank owner who says her life is in danger. After multiple attempted murders and one successful murder, Spenser realizes that the wife is not the target. When the wife's past comes to light, the investigation takes a whole new direction.
S1 Ep19
8.1
11th Mar 1986
Detective Belson's ex-partner is murdered during his daughter's wedding reception. The dead cop is suspected of being involved in criminal activities, so Lt. Quirk asks Spenser to investigate the dead man and find out if Belson is dirty, too.
S1 Ep20
7.5
25th Mar 1986
Spenser witnesses an ex-convict murder a 19 year-old girl, then kill himself. The girl's wealthy younger sister hires Spenser to find out why her sister was killed.
S1 Ep21
8.2
1st Apr 1986
Spenser locates a runaway, and saves her from a psychotic man—but the man escapes.
S1 Ep22
8.0
8th Apr 1986
Partnering with an attractive TV news reporter, Spenser investigates the reason a newly constructed building collapsed, killing a boy.
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.
The first episode of Spenser: For Hire aired on September 20, 1985.
The last episode of Spenser: For Hire aired on May 07, 1988.
There are 65 episodes of Spenser: For Hire.
There are 3 seasons of Spenser: For Hire.
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Spenser: For Hire has ended.
