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Spenser: For Hire

A lot of people think I like to get even. They're dead right.

  • 1985 – 1988
  • Ended
  • Drama · Crime · Mystery
  • ~48m / ep
  • 3 seasons
  • 6.9/10

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.

Latest: Season 3 · 1987

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  1. E1. Homecoming

    Sep 27, 1987 · 60m

    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.

  2. E2. My Enemy, My Friend

    Oct 4, 1987 · 60m

    A streetwise young kid gets involved over his head in the underworld. Spenser and Hawk try to protect him from would-be killers.

  3. E3. The Heart of the Matter

    Oct 11, 1987 · 60m

    Lt. Quirk faces his mortality when he suffers a heart attack. Spenser and Hawk protect him from revenge-minded villains as he recovers.

  4. E4. On the Night he Was Betrayed

    Nov 1, 1987 · 60m

    Spenser helps an old friend, an alcoholic priest who tries to help homeless teenagers, when he gets involved over his head.

  5. E5. Sleepless Dreams

    Nov 8, 1987 · 60m

    Spenser becomes obsessed with an apparently suicidal woman after a chance encounter on the street.

  6. E6. Consilum Abditum

    Nov 15, 1987 · 60m

    Susan is in trouble when her claims of sexual harassment lead her college counselor to retaliate by hiring a hit man to keep her quiet. Spenser gets arrested for getting involved in a fight.

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