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The Worst Episodes of Spenser: For Hire

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...

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  1. Background image for Play it Again, Sammy
    5.9/10(44 votes)

    #1 - Play it Again, Sammy

    S3:E14

    Sammy Backlin calls Spenser for protection when he's being hunted by a 'vicious horde of bloodthirsty assassins'.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Big Fight
    6.6/10(36 votes)

    #2 - The Big Fight

    S3:E15

    One of Spenser's old trainers lures Spenser to a deserted warehouse where Spenser is supposed to be killed, to get out from under a gambling debt. Spenser survives, then turns around and protects his trainer from the goons now after him.

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for When Silence Speaks
    6.8/10(52 votes)

    #3 - When Silence Speaks

    S1:E16

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Children of a Tempest Storm
    6.9/10(85 votes)

    #4 - Children of a Tempest Storm

    S1:E4

    Spenser kills a would-be thief in the course of thwarting a robbery. He and Susan take in the man's two children while investigating his past. Susan discovers she's pregnant.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Killer Within
    7.1/10(68 votes)

    #5 - The Killer Within

    S1:E7

    Spenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a split personality.

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    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Death By Design
    7.1/10(52 votes)

    #6 - Death By Design

    S1:E12

    Spenser and Hawk blame themselves for failing to protect their respective clients from the clutches of the underworld, and vow to settle the score with a big-time racketeer and his henchmen.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Shadowsight
    7.1/10(44 votes)

    #7 - Shadowsight

    S2:E9

    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.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Discord in A Minor
    7.2/10(75 votes)

    #8 - Discord in A Minor

    S1:E6

    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.

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  10. Background image for Mary Hamilton
    7.2/10(47 votes)

    #9 - Mary Hamilton

    S2:E15

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

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Siege
    7.2/10(41 votes)

    #10 - The Siege

    S3:E11

    Hawk and Susan along with other people are held captive in a post office. Richard Brooks later seen on Law and Order during Season's 1 & 2 plays one of the hostage takers.

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    Director:Bill Duke
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for No Room at the Inn
    7.3/10(114 votes)

    #11 - No Room at the Inn

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Original Sin
    7.3/10(83 votes)

    #12 - Original Sin

    S1:E5

    Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.

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    Director:Harvey Hart
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for In a Safe Place
    7.3/10(54 votes)

    #13 - In a Safe Place

    S1:E17

    Spenser searches for the father of an undocumented boy killed by an unhinged unemployed man. The trail leads Spenser into a conspiracy involving the exploitation of undocumented workers on the waterfront.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Long Hunt
    7.3/10(43 votes)

    #14 - The Long Hunt

    S2:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Hopes and Fears
    7.3/10(49 votes)

    #15 - The Hopes and Fears

    S2:E10

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

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for I Confess
    7.3/10(43 votes)

    #16 - I Confess

    S2:E12

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

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    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Murder and Acquisitions
    7.3/10(37 votes)

    #17 - Murder and Acquisitions

    S2:E13

    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.

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for If You Knew Sammy
    7.3/10(41 votes)

    #18 - If You Knew Sammy

    S2:E20

    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.

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    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Thanksgiving
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    #19 - Thanksgiving

    S3:E7

    Spenser runs into an old friend while visiting a recreation of a Puritan village. Spenser does everything in his power to exonerate said friend when he's accused of a brutal slaying. As he uncovers more and more, Spenser begins to think it might be hard to clear the name of a guilty man.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for To the End of the Line
    7.3/10(37 votes)

    #20 - To the End of the Line

    S3:E13

    When Frank's niece dies of a drug overdose, Spenser and Frank go after the men responsible.

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    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for A Day's Wages
    7.4/10(53 votes)

    #21 - A Day's Wages

    S1:E13

    A young ex-con named Louis Harper steals from his boss, John Brady. Brady hires Spenser to prove it and Harper hires Hawk to protect him from leg-breakers. Spenser and Hawk team up to solve Louis' murder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Brother to Dragons
    7.4/10(51 votes)

    #22 - Brother to Dragons

    S1:E15

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for An Eye for an Eye
    7.4/10(50 votes)

    #23 - An Eye for an Eye

    S2:E1

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

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    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for My Brother's Keeper
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #24 - My Brother's Keeper

    S2:E18

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

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    7.4/10(47 votes)

    #25 - McAllister

    S3:E20

    Spenser assists a lawyer in proving the innocence of his client, a Navy seaman accused of murdering the captain's daughter. The only witness is a missing Polish sailor.

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    Director:Harvey Hart
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Play it Again, Sammy" is the worst rated episode of "Spenser: For Hire". It scored 5.9/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/30/1988. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Big Fight".