Episode guide
Spenser: For Hire: Season 2
22 episodes · premiered Sep 27, 1986
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- Episode 1: An Eye for an Eye Sep 27, 1986 · 1h New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
- Episode 2: Widow's Walk Oct 4, 1986 · 1h A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
- Episode 3: White Knight Oct 18, 1986 · 1h 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.
- Episode 4: Rockabye Baby Oct 25, 1986 · 1h A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
- Episode 5: And Give Up Show Biz? Nov 1, 1986 · 1h Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
- Episode 6: The Long Hunt Nov 8, 1986 · 1h Spenser travels to Maine to help hunt down an escaped murderer, but the tables are turned when the man's father stalks Spenser.
- Episode 7: Home is the Hero Nov 22, 1986 · 1h Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
- Episode 8: One if by Land, Two if by Sea Nov 29, 1986 · 1h A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
- Episode 9: Shadowsight Dec 13, 1986 · 1h 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.
- Episode 10: The Hopes and Fears Dec 20, 1986 · 1h With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
- Episode 11: Among Friends Jan 10, 1987 · 1h 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.
- Episode 12: I Confess Jan 17, 1987 · 1h A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.
- Episode 13: Murder and Acquisitions Jan 24, 1987 · 1h 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…
- Episode 14: Personal Demons Feb 7, 1987 · 1h Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
- Episode 15: Mary Hamilton Feb 14, 1987 · 1h A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
- Episode 16: Trial and Error Feb 21, 1987 · 1h 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.
- Episode 17: One For My Daughter Mar 7, 1987 · 1h 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.
- Episode 18: My Brother's Keeper Mar 14, 1987 · 1h Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to track down a former soldier.
- Episode 19: The Road Back Mar 21, 1987 · 1h Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
- Episode 20: If You Knew Sammy Apr 4, 1987 · 1h 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.
- Episode 21: The Man Who Wasn't There May 2, 1987 · 1h Rita and her old college friends are reunited when a fictional person they created 20 years ago is found dead in his apartment.
- Episode 22: Song of Orpheus May 9, 1987 · 1h A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.