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Season 1 – Spenser: For Hire

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Spenser, a Boston private eye, tackles a different case each week with the occasional assist from his buddy Hawk. At the local police department, Spenser has a friend in gruff Lt. Martin Quirk. On the rare occasions when he issn't working, Spenser spends time with his girlfriend, Susan, a school guidance counselor.
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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

Season Info

Network
ABC
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 20, 1985