
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
View all seasonsE1. 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.
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.
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.
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.
E5. Sleepless Dreams
Nov 8, 1987 · 60m
Spenser becomes obsessed with an apparently suicidal woman after a chance encounter on the street.
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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