All Episodes of Spenser: For Hire
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Season 1
N/A/100 votesPromised Land
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1985
Spenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parker.
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesNo Room at the Inn
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1985
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.
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
The Choice
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1985
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.
Director: William Wiard
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Original Sin
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1985
Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.
Director: Harvey Hart
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Discord in A Minor
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1985
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.
Director: Don Chaffey, Harvey Hart
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
The Killer Within
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1985
Spenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a split personality.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
A Madness Most Discreet
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1986
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.
Director: Ray Austin
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
Brother to Dragons
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1986
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
When Silence Speaks
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1986
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
- N/A/100 votes
Angel of Desolation
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/1986
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- N/A/100 votes
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/11/1986
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown