7.4/1044 votes#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
- 8.0/1048 votes
#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
- 7.5/1042 votes
#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
- 7.4/1049 votes
#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
- 7.6/1035 votes
#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
- 7.4/1038 votes
#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
- 8.0/1040 votes
#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
- 7.6/1035 votes
#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
- 7.1/1039 votes
#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
- 7.2/1043 votes
#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
- 7.9/1044 votes
#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
- 7.5/1039 votes
#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
- 7.4/1034 votes
#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
- 8.0/1040 votes
#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
- 7.4/1044 votes
#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
- 8.2/1042 votes
#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
- 7.7/1038 votes
#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
- 7.6/1040 votes
#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
8.2/1051 votes#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
- 7.4/1039 votes
#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
- 8.0/1038 votes
#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
- 8.1/1040 votes
#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
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
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".