Episode 1
Aired Sep 20, 1985
Promised Land
A wealthy businessman hires Spenser to find his missing wife.
Details
Episode 1
Aired Sep 20, 1985
Pilot
Spenser is hired by a real estate developer to track down his wife; when it becomes obvious that the wife has gotten herself in over her head with some crusading acquaintances, he tries to reconcile the estranged couple and get them out of trouble.
Details
Episode 2
Aired Sep 20, 1985
Promised Land
A wealthy businessman hires Spenser to find his missing wife.
Details
Episode 3
Aired Sep 27, 1985
No Room at the Inn
Mobsters plan to escape justice by killing bodyguard Spenser and his charge, a grand-jury witness.
Details
Episode 4
Aired Oct 4, 1985
The Choice
The influential connections of two young psychopaths foil Spenser's attempts to arrest them.
Details
Episode 5
Aired Oct 11, 1985
Children of the Tempest Storm
Spenser learns two children are orphaned by his self-defense killing of a hit man; pregnant Susan faces a moral dilemma.
Details
Episode 6
Aired Oct 18, 1985
Original Sin
Spenser probes the death of a novitiate who left the convent to join a ghetto fight against power brokers; guest Erica Gimpel.
Details
Episode 7
Aired Oct 25, 1985
Discord in a Minor
A symphony director hires Spenser to prevent his teenage daughter from running away with her lover, a crime boss' son.
Details
Episode 8
Aired Nov 12, 1985
The Killer Within
A woman (Nancy Paul in a dual role) hires Spenser to protect her elusive sister, a former secret agent.
Details
Episode 9
Aired Nov 19, 1985
Autumn Thieves
Criminals battling over a stolen museum piece turn Susan and Spenser's romantic Berkshire holiday into a nightmare.
Details
Episode 10
Aired Nov 26, 1985
Blood Money
A wife hires Spenser to deliver a $1 million ransom to terrorists holding an oil tycoon.
Details
Episode 11
Aired Dec 3, 1985
Resurrection
Spenser tries to save the parole of an ex-prostitute (Kasi Lemmons) charged with weapons possession.
Details
Episode 12
Aired Dec 17, 1985
Internal Affairs
When Quirk refuses to discuss a bungled gambling raid, Spenser suspects blackmail; guest Shirley Knight.
Details
Episode 13
Aired Jan 7, 1986
Death by Design
A researcher (Robin Groves) studying "designer" drugs hires Spenser to find a gigolo and recover $50,000.
Details
Episode 14
Aired Jan 14, 1986
A Day's Wages
Bodyguards Spenser and Hawk accept blame when security methods fail, but they vow to make a racketeer pay.
Details
Episode 15
Aired Jan 21, 1986
A Madness Most Discreet
A former Bolshoi ballerina hires Spenser to recover a tape stolen from her murdered cosmonaut husband.
Details
Episode 16
Aired Feb 4, 1986
Brother to Dragons
A student's heroin death traumatizes high-school counselor Susan, so Spenser investigates.
Details
Episode 17
Aired Feb 11, 1986
When Silence Speaks
An advice columnist (Phyllis Frelich) hires Spenser to locate and protect a letter writer with whom she has fallen in love.
Details
Episode 18
Aired Feb 14, 1986
In a Safe Place
Spenser clashes with an ex-convict (Gerry Cooney), the muscle behind a dockyard boss exploiting illegal aliens.
Details
Episode 19
Aired Mar 4, 1986
Angel of Desolation
Complications arise after an ex-model hires Spenser to protect her, and her Boston patrician husband is shot.
Details
Episode 20
Aired Mar 11, 1986
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
Spenser investigates old friend Sgt. Belson, whose partner, now dead, may have been taking bribes.
Details
Episode 21
Aired Mar 25, 1986
At the River's Edge
Spenser discovers a murdered debutante was a follower of a charismatic evangelist (John Davidson).
Details
Episode 22
Aired Apr 1, 1986
Rage
Susan and Spenser get involved in a hostage situation when a killer abducts a teenager who witnessed his crime.
Details
Episode 23
Aired Apr 8, 1986
Hell Hath No Fury
Spenser takes up the cause of a man whose son died in the collapse of an apartment building; guest Linda Thorson.
Details