Spenser: For Hire (1985) is a drama, crime, mystery web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Spenser: For Hire online in HD.
Spenser: For Hire — Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: Robert B. Parker, John Wilder
- Starring: Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Barbara Stock, Ron McLarty
Spenser: For Hire — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1985-09-20 |
| Seasons | 3 |
| Episodes | 65 |
| Genre | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Language | English |
| Network | ABC |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 6.9/10 (34 votes) |
Spenser: For Hire — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: 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.
- E2: 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 li
- E3: 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 mou
- E4: 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.
- E5: Original Sin (1985-10-18) — Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.
- E6: 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 tel
- E7: 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.
- E8: Autumn Thieves (1985-11-19) — Spenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.
- E9: 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.
- E10: Resurrection (1985-12-03) — Spenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.
- E11: 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's
- E12: 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 his
- E13: 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 up
- E14: 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 perso
- E15: 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 hir
- E16: 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
- E17: 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 wo
- E18: 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 th
- E19: 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
- E20: 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.
- E21: Rage (1986-04-01) — Spenser locates a runaway, and saves her from a psychotic man—but the man escapes.
- E22: 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.
Season 2
- E1: An Eye for an Eye (1986-09-27) — New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
- E2: Widow's Walk (1986-10-04) — A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
- E3: White Knight (1986-10-18) — 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.
- E4: Rockabye Baby (1986-10-25) — A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
- E5: And Give Up Show Biz? (1986-11-01) — Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
- E6: The Long Hunt (1986-11-08) — Spenser travels to Maine to help hunt down an escaped murderer, but the tables are turned when the man's father stalks Spenser.
- E7: Home is the Hero (1986-11-22) — Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
- E8: One if by Land, Two if by Sea (1986-11-29) — A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
- E9: Shadowsight (1986-12-13) — 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.
- E10: The Hopes and Fears (1986-12-20) — With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
- E11: Among Friends (1987-01-10) — 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.
- E12: I Confess (1987-01-17) — A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.
- E13: Murder and Acquisitions (1987-01-24) — 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 boyfrie
- E14: Personal Demons (1987-02-07) — Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
- E15: Mary Hamilton (1987-02-14) — A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
- E16: Trial and Error (1987-02-21) — 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.
- E17: One For My Daughter (1987-03-07) — 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
- E18: My Brother's Keeper (1987-03-14) — Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to track down a former soldier.
- E19: The Road Back (1987-03-21) — Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
- E20: If You Knew Sammy (1987-04-04) — 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.
- E21: The Man Who Wasn't There (1987-05-02) — Rita and her old college friends are reunited when a fictional person they created 20 years ago is found dead in his apartment.
- E22: Song of Orpheus (1987-05-09) — A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.
Season 3
- E1: Homecoming (1987-09-27) — A cop who helped send a gangster's son to prison years ago has been hiding, cause the gangster wants to get him. But now he wants to come home, so he and his father, asks Spenser t
- E2: My Enemy, My Friend (1987-10-04) — A streetwise young kid gets involved over his head in the underworld. Spenser and Hawk try to protect him from would-be killers.
- E3: The Heart of the Matter (1987-10-11) — Lt. Quirk faces his mortality when he suffers a heart attack. Spenser and Hawk protect him from revenge-minded villains as he recovers.
- E4: On the Night he Was Betrayed (1987-11-01) — Spenser helps an old friend, an alcoholic priest who tries to help homeless teenagers, when he gets involved over his head.
- E5: Sleepless Dreams (1987-11-08) — Spenser becomes obsessed with an apparently suicidal woman after a chance encounter on the street.
- E6: Consilum Abditum (1987-11-15) — Susan is in trouble when her claims of sexual harassment lead her college counselor to retaliate by hiring a hit man to keep her quiet. Spenser gets arrested for getting involved i
- E7: Thanksgiving (1987-11-29) — 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 slayin
- E8: Gone Fishin' (1987-12-06) — Spenser's fishing trip is interrupted when he has to protect a young man who's not allowed to marry the girl he loves.
- E9: Child's Play (1987-12-20) — A sniper takes some shots at Spenser and Susan, and a young boy ends up dead in the crossfire. Spenser sets out to determine why such a tragedy happened and track down the shooter.
- E10: Skeletons in the Closet (1988-01-03) — Spenser and Hawk find themselves on opposite sides of the same case. Spenser is hired to retrieve a stolen journal containing information damaging to a judge's career. Hawk is hire
- E11: The Siege (1988-01-10) — 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.
- E12: Arthur's Wake (1988-01-16) — Spenser protects an old friend, Arthur, after he's assaulted and robbed. In the course of his investigation, Spenser comes across disturbing information connecting Arthur with rack
- E13: To the End of the Line (1988-01-23) — When Frank's niece dies of a drug overdose, Spenser and Frank go after the men responsible.
- E14: Play it Again, Sammy (1988-01-30) — Sammy Backlin calls Spenser for protection when he's being hunted by a 'vicious horde of bloodthirsty assassins'.
- E15: The Big Fight (1988-02-06) — 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 arou
- E16: Substantial Justice (1988-03-05) — Spenser protects a theater owner from gangsters, but begins to suspect she's not as innocent as she appears.
- E17: Company Man (1988-03-12) — Spenser suspects insurance fraud when a building blows up. Susan has a possibly cancerous mass removed.
- E18: Watercolors (1988-03-19) — Spenser protects a child artist after the child witnesses a mob execution while painting in the forest.
- E19: Hawk's Eyes (1988-03-26) — Spenser investigates the death of a friend apparently involved with white supremicists. Hawk is rendered blind by an explosion.
- E20: McAllister (1988-04-30) — 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.
- E21: Haunting (1988-05-07) — Spenser investigates an old child kidnapping case when he tries to track down a teenage girl's biological parents.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Spenser: For Hire have? 3 season(s) with 65 episodes.
Who created Spenser: For Hire? Robert B. Parker, John Wilder.
Where can I watch Spenser: For Hire? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
