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Spenser: For Hire: Season 1

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22 episodes · premiered Sep 20, 1985

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  1. Episode 1: Promised Land Sep 20, 1985 · 1h 35m Spenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parker.
  2. Episode 2: No Room at the Inn Sep 27, 1985 · 50m 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 life of…
  3. Episode 3: The Choice Oct 4, 1985 · 50m 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 mouse game…
  4. Episode 4: Children of a Tempest Storm Oct 11, 1985 · 1h 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.
  5. Episode 5: Original Sin Oct 18, 1985 · 1h Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.
  6. Episode 6: Discord in A Minor Oct 25, 1985 · 1h 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 tells her…
  7. Episode 7: The Killer Within Nov 12, 1985 · 1h Spenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a split personality.
  8. Episode 8: Autumn Thieves Nov 19, 1985 · 1h Spenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.
  9. Episode 9: Blood Money Nov 26, 1985 · 1h 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.
  10. Episode 10: Resurrection Dec 3, 1985 · 1h Spenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.
  11. Episode 11: Internal Affairs Dec 17, 1985 · 1h 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…
  12. Episode 12: Death By Design Jan 7, 1986 · 1h 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 henchmen.
  13. Episode 13: A Day's Wages Jan 14, 1986 · 1h 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 to…
  14. Episode 14: A Madness Most Discreet Jan 21, 1986 · 1h 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 person of…
  15. Episode 15: Brother to Dragons Feb 4, 1986 · 1h 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 hired by…
  16. Episode 16: When Silence Speaks Feb 11, 1986 · 1h 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 gang of…
  17. Episode 17: In a Safe Place Feb 14, 1986 · 1h 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 workers on…
  18. Episode 18: Angel of Desolation Mar 4, 1986 · 1h 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 the wife…
  19. Episode 19: She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not Mar 11, 1986 · 1h 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…
  20. Episode 20: At the River's Edge Mar 25, 1986 · 1h 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.
  21. Episode 21: Rage Apr 1, 1986 · 1h Spenser locates a runaway, and saves her from a psychotic man—but the man escapes.
  22. Episode 22: Hell Hath No Fury Apr 8, 1986 · 1h Partnering with an attractive TV news reporter, Spenser investigates the reason a newly constructed building collapsed, killing a boy.