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SPENSER: FOR HIRE

Robert Urich stars as Robert B. Parker’s legendary Beantown gumshoe-with-a-difference, Spenser.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Promised Land
    September 26, 1985
    1 h 35 min
    18+
    An ex-cop-turned-private detective, gourmet cook, bookworm and former boxer, straddles the line between legal and illegal to solve crimes in the exciting adventures of Spenser: For Hire.
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  2. S1 E2 - No Room at the Inn
    October 3, 1985
    49min
    13+
    Boston private investigator Spenser is hired to protect a Grand Jury witness and winds up as a target for a power¬hungry woman…
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  3. S1 E3 - The Choice
    October 10, 1985
    48min
    13+
    Upon the murder of a close personal friend, Spenser and Hawk separately seek to bring to justice the culprits: two very bright thrill-seeking college-age youths.
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  4. S1 E4 - Children of a Tempest Storm
    October 17, 1985
    48min
    13+
    While caring for the orphaned kids of the hit man he killed, Spenser follows a trail to the man's employer. Meanwhile, Susan contemplates abortion after learning she is pregnant.
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  5. S1 E5 - Original Sin
    October 24, 1985
    49min
    13+
    Spenser is hired to investigate the mysterious death of a young novice whose autopsy reveals her to have been pregnant.
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  6. S1 E6 - Discord in a Minor
    November 11, 1985
    47min
    16+
    Spenser seeks a mobster's son who apparently has abducted his girlfriend, the daughter of a famed conductor.
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  7. S1 E7 - The Killer Within
    November 18, 1985
    48min
    13+
    Private investigator Spenser is hired to protect a woman who turns out to have a dual personality…
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  8. S1 E8 - Autumn Thieves
    November 25, 1985
    47min
    13+
    The heist of a treasured relic from a Boston museum involves Spenser with a crafty, gentleman-thief and a squad of high-powered thugs.
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  9. S1 E9 - Blood Money
    November 25, 1985
    48min
    13+
    The kidnapping of a high-powered industrialist propels Spenser into a world of big money, corporate infighting, extortion and murder.
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  10. S1 E10 - Resurrection
    December 2, 1985
    48min
    13+
    With a former prostitute's future hanging in the balance, Spenser seeks to reawaken the ideals of an old friend…
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  11. S1 E11 - Internal Affairs
    December 16, 1985
    49min
    13+
    When blackmail threatens Lt. Quirk's career and wife, Spenser joins forces with Hawk to try to topple the instigators.
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  12. S1 E12 - Death by Design
    January 13, 1986
    47min
    13+
    A troubled scientist hires Spenser to find her missing jewelry and elusive boyfriend but Spenser soon discovers the scientist is involved in something more dangerous than a failed romance.
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  13. S1 E13 - A Day's Wages
    January 13, 1986
    49min
    13+
    Hawk and Spenser take on a racketeer of the underworld and his cronies. Frances McDormand guest stars.
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  14. S1 E14 - A Madness Most Discreet
    February 3, 1986
    48min
    13+
    Spenser gets involved with a beautiful Russian ballerina who desperately needs the detective's help to return to the Soviet Union.
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  15. S1 E15 - Brother to Dragons
    February 10, 1986
    48min
    13+
    Spenser aids a teenage student who has become involved with drugs, pornography and murder.
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  16. S1 E16 - When Silence Speaks
    February 13, 1986
    49min
    13+
    While dodging bullets from disgruntled jewel thieves, Spenser comes to the aid of a deaf woman…
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  17. S1 E17 - In a Safe Place
    February 13, 1986
    48min
    13+
    Spenser gains insight into the plight of illegal aliens when he is hired to find the husband of an illegal alien who abandoned her injured child to Susan.
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  18. S1 E18 - Angel of Desolation
    March 10, 1986
    48min
    13+
    Spenser exposes family secrets when he investigates the murder of a wealthy banking magnate whose wife hired him because she feared for her safety.
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  19. S1 E19 - She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
    March 10, 1986
    49min
    13+
    Sgt. Belson is charmed by a lady named Frankie, whom Spenser discovers is a syndicate killer out to pry from the cop the whereabouts of a cache of live, very valuable, black sables.
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  20. S1 E20 - At the River's Edge
    March 31, 1986
    47min
    13+
    The pursuit of a murder investigation leads Spenser to the Rev. Bobby Freemont, a popular evangelist who's being groomed for bigger things in television and politics.
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  21. S1 E21 - Rage
    April 7, 1986
    47min
    13+
    The kidnapping of a runaway teenage girl and the brutal execution murder of a pawnshop clerk pit private cop Spenser against a young killer seeking vengeance. Brad Dourif guest stars.
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  22. S1 E22 - Hell Hath no Fury
    April 7, 1986
    47min
    16+
    An apartment building collapses, with tragic consequences, and sets off a violent chain of death that only Boston's tough private cop, the erudite Spenser, can break.
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Content advisory
Violencealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content
Audio languages
EnglishEnglish Dialogue Boost: MediumEnglish Dialogue Boost: High
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Winrich KolbeVirgil W. VogelDavid WhorfWilliam WiardRichard A. CollaHarvey HartHarry HarrisCliff BoleRay AustinBruce Bilson
Producers
William Robert Yates
Starring
Robert UrichAvery BrooksBarbara Stock

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