Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire

1985 3 Seasons ⭐ 6.9
Drama Crime Mystery

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 episode.

Seasons

1. Promised Land

1985-09-20

Spenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parker.

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2. No Room at the Inn

1985-09-27

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 l…

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3. The Choice

1985-10-04

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 mo…

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4. Children of a Tempest Storm

1985-10-11

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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5. Original Sin

1985-10-18

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

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6. Discord in A Minor

1985-10-25

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 te…

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7. The Killer Within

1985-11-12

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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8. Autumn Thieves

1985-11-19

Spenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.

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9. Blood Money

1985-11-26

The wife of a kidnapped oil tycoon hires Spenser to deliver $1 million in ransom money to a ring of terrorists while police have the drop-off area surrounded.

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10. Resurrection

1985-12-03

Spenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.

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11. Internal Affairs

1985-12-17

Marital infidelity and suspected involvement in a gambling ring lead to Lt. Quirk's suspension. Belson is shot during a raid. Spenser works to clear Quirk's name and catch Belson'…

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12. Death By Design

1986-01-07

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 hi…

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13. A Day's Wages

1986-01-14

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 u…

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14. A Madness Most Discreet

1986-01-21

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 pers…

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15. Brother to Dragons

1986-02-04

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 hi…

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16. When Silence Speaks

1986-02-11

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…

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17. In a Safe Place

1986-02-14

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 w…

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18. Angel of Desolation

1986-03-04

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 t…

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19. She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

1986-03-11

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…

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20. At the River's Edge

1986-03-25

Spenser witnesses an ex-convict murder a 19 year-old girl, then kill himself. The girl's wealthy younger sister hires Spenser to find out why her sister was killed.

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21. Rage

1986-04-01

Spenser locates a runaway, and saves her from a psychotic man—but the man escapes.

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22. Hell Hath No Fury

1986-04-08

Partnering with an attractive TV news reporter, Spenser investigates the reason a newly constructed building collapsed, killing a boy.

Top Cast

Robert Urich
Robert Urich
Avery Brooks
Avery Brooks
Barbara Stock
Barbara Stock
Ron McLarty
Ron McLarty

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