The Best Episodes of Spenser: For Hire Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(53 votes)

   #1 - An Eye for an Eye

   S2:E19/27/1986

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

   Director:William Wiard

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:William Wiard

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2. 

   8.0/10(57 votes)

   #2 - Widow's Walk

   S2:E210/4/1986

   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

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   Director:William Wiard

   Writer:Juanita Bartlett
3. 

   7.6/10(51 votes)

   #3 - White Knight

   S2:E310/18/1986

   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:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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4. 

   7.5/10(58 votes)

   #4 - Rockabye Baby

   S2:E410/25/1986

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

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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5. 

   7.6/10(43 votes)

   #5 - And Give Up Show Biz?

   S2:E511/1/1986

   Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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6. 

   7.4/10(46 votes)

   #6 - The Long Hunt

   S2:E611/8/1986

   Spenser travels to Maine to help hunt down an escaped murderer, but the tables are turned when the man's father stalks Spenser.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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7. 

   7.8/10(48 votes)

   #7 - Home is the Hero

   S2:E711/22/1986

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

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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8. 

   7.7/10(44 votes)

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

   S2:E811/29/1986

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

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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9. 

   7.2/10(48 votes)

   #9 - Shadowsight

   S2:E912/13/1986

   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:Unknown

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   Director:Cliff Bole

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10. 

    7.4/10(55 votes)

    #10 - The Hopes and Fears

    S2:E1012/20/1986

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Harry Harris

    Writer:Unknown
11. 

    8.0/10(55 votes)

    #11 - Among Friends

    S2:E111/10/1987

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Cliff Bole

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12. 

    7.4/10(47 votes)

    #12 - I Confess

    S2:E121/17/1987

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

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13. 

    7.4/10(41 votes)

    #13 - Murder and Acquisitions

    S2:E131/24/1987

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Harry Harris

    Writer:Unknown
14. 

    8.1/10(49 votes)

    #14 - Personal Demons

    S2:E142/7/1987

    Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.

    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Cliff Bole

    Writer:Unknown
15. 

    7.2/10(51 votes)

    #15 - Mary Hamilton

    S2:E152/14/1987

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

    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

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16. 

    8.2/10(50 votes)

    #16 - Trial and Error

    S2:E162/21/1987

    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:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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17. 

    7.8/10(47 votes)

    #17 - One For My Daughter

    S2:E173/7/1987

    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:Unknown

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

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18. 

    7.4/10(48 votes)

    #18 - My Brother's Keeper

    S2:E183/14/1987

    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

    Writers:Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa

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    Director:Michael Vejar

    Writers:Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa
19. 

    8.2/10(59 votes)

    #19 - The Road Back

    S2:E193/21/1987

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

    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Unknown

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20. 

    7.5/10(48 votes)

    #20 - If You Knew Sammy

    S2:E204/4/1987

    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:Unknown

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21. 

    8.0/10(45 votes)

    #21 - The Man Who Wasn't There

    S2:E215/2/1987

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

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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22. 

    7.9/10(46 votes)

    #22 - Song of Orpheus

    S2:E225/9/1987

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

    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe

    Writer:Unknown