Episodes
- S1 E1 - Promised LandSeptember 26, 19851 h 35 minAn 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.Available to buy
- S1 E2 - No Room at the InnOctober 3, 198549minBoston private investigator Spenser is hired to protect a Grand Jury witness and winds up as a target for a power¬hungry woman…Available to buy
- S1 E3 - The ChoiceOctober 10, 198548minUpon 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.Available to buy
- S1 E4 - Children of a Tempest StormOctober 17, 198548minWhile 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.Available to buy
- S1 E5 - Original SinOctober 24, 198549minSpenser is hired to investigate the mysterious death of a young novice whose autopsy reveals her to have been pregnant.Available to buy
- S1 E6 - Discord in a MinorNovember 11, 198547minSpenser seeks a mobster's son who apparently has abducted his girlfriend, the daughter of a famed conductor.Available to buy
- S1 E7 - The Killer WithinNovember 18, 198548minPrivate investigator Spenser is hired to protect a woman who turns out to have a dual personality…Available to buy
- S1 E8 - Autumn ThievesNovember 25, 198547minThe heist of a treasured relic from a Boston museum involves Spenser with a crafty, gentleman-thief and a squad of high-powered thugs.Available to buy
- S1 E9 - Blood MoneyNovember 25, 198548minThe kidnapping of a high-powered industrialist propels Spenser into a world of big money, corporate infighting, extortion and murder.Available to buy
- S1 E10 - ResurrectionDecember 2, 198548minWith a former prostitute's future hanging in the balance, Spenser seeks to reawaken the ideals of an old friend…Available to buy
- S1 E11 - Internal AffairsDecember 16, 198549minWhen blackmail threatens Lt. Quirk's career and wife, Spenser joins forces with Hawk to try to topple the instigators.Available to buy
- S1 E12 - Death by DesignJanuary 13, 198647minA 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.Available to buy
- S1 E13 - A Day's WagesJanuary 13, 198649minHawk and Spenser take on a racketeer of the underworld and his cronies. Frances McDormand guest stars.Available to buy
- S1 E14 - A Madness Most DiscreetFebruary 3, 198648minSpenser gets involved with a beautiful Russian ballerina who desperately needs the detective's help to return to the Soviet Union.Available to buy
- S1 E15 - Brother to DragonsFebruary 10, 198648minSpenser aids a teenage student who has become involved with drugs, pornography and murder.Available to buy
- S1 E16 - When Silence SpeaksFebruary 13, 198649minWhile dodging bullets from disgruntled jewel thieves, Spenser comes to the aid of a deaf woman…Available to buy
- S1 E17 - In a Safe PlaceFebruary 13, 198648minSpenser 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.Available to buy
- S1 E18 - Angel of DesolationMarch 10, 198648minSpenser exposes family secrets when he investigates the murder of a wealthy banking magnate whose wife hired him because she feared for her safety.Available to buy
- S1 E19 - She Loves Me, She Loves Me NotMarch 10, 198649minSgt. 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.Available to buy
- S1 E20 - At the River's EdgeMarch 31, 198647minThe 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.Available to buy
- S1 E21 - RageApril 7, 198647minThe 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.Available to buy
- S1 E22 - Hell Hath no FuryApril 7, 198647minAn 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.Available to buy
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- Violence alcohol use smoking foul language sexual content
- Audio languages
- English English Dialogue Boost: Medium English Dialogue Boost: High
- Subtitles
- English [CC]
- Directors
- Winrich KolbeVirgil W. VogelDavid WhorfWilliam WiardRichard A. CollaHarvey HartHarry HarrisCliff BoleRay AustinBruce Bilson
- Producers
- William Robert Yates
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