Robert B. Parker
Director
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
Season 2
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.
Released Sept. 20, 1985
Episode 60 min
None+
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Watch Providers: Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - An Eye for an Eye
New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
Sept. 27, 1986, midnight
S2E2 - Widow's Walk
A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
Oct. 4, 1986, midnight
S2E3 - White Knight
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.
Oct. 18, 1986, midnight
S2E4 - Rockabye Baby
A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
Oct. 25, 1986, midnight
S2E5 - And Give Up Show Biz?
Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
Nov. 1, 1986, midnight
S2E6 - The Long Hunt
A young criminal's father attacks a bus transporting convicts to the state prison.
Nov. 8, 1986, midnight
S2E7 - Home is the Hero
Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
Nov. 22, 1986, midnight
S2E8 - One if by Land, Two if by Sea
A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
Nov. 29, 1986, midnight
S2E9 - Shadowsight
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.
Dec. 13, 1986, midnight
S2E10 - The Hopes and Fears
With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
Dec. 20, 1986, midnight
S2E11 - Among Friends
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.
Jan. 10, 1987, midnight
S2E12 - I Confess
A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.
Jan. 17, 1987, midnight
S2E13 - Murder and Acquisitions
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.
Jan. 24, 1987, midnight
S2E14 - Personal Demons
Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
Feb. 7, 1987, midnight
S2E15 - Mary Hamilton
A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
Feb. 14, 1987, midnight
S2E16 - Trial and Error
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.
Feb. 21, 1987, midnight
S2E17 - One For My Daughter
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 the run.
March 7, 1987, midnight
S2E18 - My Brother's Keeper
Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to track down a former soldier.
March 14, 1987, midnight
S2E19 - The Road Back
Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
March 21, 1987, midnight
S2E20 - If You Knew Sammy
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.
April 4, 1987, midnight
S2E21 - The Man Who Wasn't There
Rita and her old college friends are reunited when a fictional person they created 20 years ago is found dead in his apartment.
May 2, 1987, midnight
S2E22 - Song of Orpheus
A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.
May 9, 1987, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 3915 min.
Released: Sept. 20, 1985
Last Air Date: May 7, 1988, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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