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Spenser: For Hire

Season 1 1985 - 1986

  • 1985-09-21T02:00:00Z on ABC
  • 1h
  • 22h (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • 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.

22 episodes

Series Premiere

1985-09-21T02:00:00Z

1x01 Promised Land

Series Premiere

1x01 Promised Land

  • 1985-09-21T02:00:00Z1h

Spenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parker.

1985-09-28T02:00:00Z

1x02 No Room at the Inn

1x02 No Room at the Inn

  • 1985-09-28T02:00:00Z1h

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.

1985-10-05T02:00:00Z

1x03 The Choice

1x03 The Choice

  • 1985-10-05T02:00:00Z1h

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.

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.

1985-10-19T02:00:00Z

1x05 Original Sin

1x05 Original Sin

  • 1985-10-19T02:00:00Z1h

Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.

1985-10-26T02:00:00Z

1x06 Discord in A Minor

1x06 Discord in A Minor

  • 1985-10-26T02:00:00Z1h

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.

1985-11-13T03:00:00Z

1x07 The Killer Within

1x07 The Killer Within

  • 1985-11-13T03:00:00Z1h

Spenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a split personality.

1985-11-20T03:00:00Z

1x08 Autumn Thieves

1x08 Autumn Thieves

  • 1985-11-20T03:00:00Z1h

Spenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.

1985-11-27T03:00:00Z

1x09 Blood Money

1x09 Blood Money

  • 1985-11-27T03:00:00Z1h

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.

1985-12-04T03:00:00Z

1x10 Resurrection

1x10 Resurrection

  • 1985-12-04T03:00:00Z1h

Spenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.

1985-12-18T03:00:00Z

1x11 Internal Affairs

1x11 Internal Affairs

  • 1985-12-18T03:00:00Z1h

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.

1986-01-08T03:00:00Z

1x12 Death By Design

1x12 Death By Design

  • 1986-01-08T03:00:00Z1h

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.

1986-01-15T03:00:00Z

1x13 A Day's Wages

1x13 A Day's Wages

  • 1986-01-15T03:00:00Z1h

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.

1986-01-22T03:00:00Z

1x14 A Madness Most Discreet

1x14 A Madness Most Discreet

  • 1986-01-22T03:00:00Z1h

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.

1986-02-05T03:00:00Z

1x15 Brother to Dragons

1x15 Brother to Dragons

  • 1986-02-05T03:00:00Z1h

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.

1986-02-12T03:00:00Z

1x16 When Silence Speaks

1x16 When Silence Speaks

  • 1986-02-12T03:00:00Z1h

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.

1986-02-15T03:00:00Z

1x17 In a Safe Place

1x17 In a Safe Place

  • 1986-02-15T03:00:00Z1h

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.

1986-03-05T03:00:00Z

1x18 Angel of Desolation

1x18 Angel of Desolation

  • 1986-03-05T03:00:00Z1h

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.

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.

1986-03-26T03:00:00Z

1x20 At the River's Edge

1x20 At the River's Edge

  • 1986-03-26T03:00:00Z1h

Spenser witnesses an ex convict murder a 19 year girl then kill himself. The girl's wealthy younger sister hires Spenser to find out why her sister was killed. Clues lead Spenser to a crusading preacher that had a secret relationship with the 19 year old.

1986-04-02T03:00:00Z

1x21 Rage

1x21 Rage

  • 1986-04-02T03:00:00Z1h

When Spenser is trying to locate a runaway. The girl meets a psychotic man but Spenser saves her but the man escapes. He then wants to get back at Spenser and he starts by holding Susan hostage.

Season Finale

1986-04-09T03:00:00Z

1x22 Hell Hath No Fury

Season Finale

1x22 Hell Hath No Fury

  • 1986-04-09T03:00:00Z1h

Partnering with an attractive TV news reporter, Spenser investigates the reason a newly constructed building collapsed killing a boy. He suspects the building company after data samples show suspect concrete core strength results.

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