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The Best Episodes of Spenser: For Hire Season 2

Every episode of Spenser: For Hire Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Spenser: For Hire Season 2!

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...
Genres:DramaCrimeMystery
Network:ABC
Episodes
22
Avg. Rating
7.7
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.4
8.0
7.5

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"An Eye for an Eye" is the best rated episode of "Spenser: For Hire" season 2. It scored 7.4/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by William Wiard and written by N/A, it aired on 9/27/1986. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Widow's Walk".

  • An Eye for an Eye
    7.4/10(44)

    #1 - An Eye for an Eye

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/27/1986

    New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: N/A

  • Widow's Walk
    8.0/10(48)

    #2 - Widow's Walk

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 10/4/1986

    A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.

    Director: William Wiard

    Writer: Juanita Bartlett

  • White Knight
    7.5/10(42)

    #3 - White Knight

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/18/1986

    While Spenser and Hawk are in a small town to view a boxing match, Hawk is arrested, ostensibly for carrying a concealed weapon, but Spenser suspects racism may be involved.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rockabye Baby
    7.4/10(49)

    #4 - Rockabye Baby

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 10/25/1986

    A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • And Give Up Show Biz?
    7.6/10(35)

    #5 - And Give Up Show Biz?

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 11/1/1986

    Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Long Hunt
    7.4/10(38)

    #6 - The Long Hunt

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 11/8/1986

    A young criminal's father attacks a bus transporting convicts to the state prison.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Home is the Hero
    8.0/10(40)

    #7 - Home is the Hero

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/22/1986

    Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • One if by Land, Two if by Sea
    7.6/10(35)

    #8 - One if by Land, Two if by Sea

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 11/29/1986

    A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shadowsight
    7.1/10(39)

    #9 - Shadowsight

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 12/13/1986

    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.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hopes and Fears
    7.3/10(44)

    #10 - The Hopes and Fears

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 12/20/1986

    With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: N/A

  • Among Friends
    7.9/10(44)

    #11 - Among Friends

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 1/10/1987

    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.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: N/A

  • I Confess
    7.5/10(39)

    #12 - I Confess

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 1/17/1987

    A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: N/A

  • Murder and Acquisitions
    7.4/10(34)

    #13 - Murder and Acquisitions

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 1/24/1987

    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.

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: N/A

  • Personal Demons
    8.0/10(40)

    #14 - Personal Demons

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 2/7/1987

    Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.

    Director: Cliff Bole

    Writer: N/A

  • Mary Hamilton
    7.4/10(44)

    #15 - Mary Hamilton

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 2/14/1987

    A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: N/A

  • Trial and Error
    8.2/10(42)

    #16 - Trial and Error

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 2/21/1987

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • One For My Daughter
    7.7/10(38)

    #17 - One For My Daughter

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 3/7/1987

    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.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: N/A

  • My Brother's Keeper
    7.6/10(40)

    #18 - My Brother's Keeper

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 3/14/1987

    Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to track down a former soldier.

    Director: Michael Vejar

    Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

  • The Road Back
    8.2/10(51)

    #19 - The Road Back

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 3/21/1987

    Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: N/A

  • If You Knew Sammy
    7.4/10(39)

    #20 - If You Knew Sammy

    Season 2 Episode 20

    Aired 4/4/1987

    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.

    Director: Bruce Bilson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man Who Wasn't There
    8.0/10(38)

    #21 - The Man Who Wasn't There

    Season 2 Episode 21

    Aired 5/2/1987

    Rita and her old college friends are reunited when a fictional person they created 20 years ago is found dead in his apartment.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Song of Orpheus
    8.1/10(40)

    #22 - Song of Orpheus

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 5/9/1987

    A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.

    Director: Winrich Kolbe

    Writer: N/A