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Spenser: For Hire: Season 3

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21 episodes · premiered Sep 27, 1987

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  1. Episode 1: Homecoming Sep 27, 1987 · 1h A cop who helped send a gangster's son to prison years ago has been hiding, cause the gangster wants to get him. But now he wants to come home, so he and his father, asks Spenser to act as…
  2. Episode 2: My Enemy, My Friend Oct 4, 1987 · 1h A streetwise young kid gets involved over his head in the underworld. Spenser and Hawk try to protect him from would-be killers.
  3. Episode 3: The Heart of the Matter Oct 11, 1987 · 1h Lt. Quirk faces his mortality when he suffers a heart attack. Spenser and Hawk protect him from revenge-minded villains as he recovers.
  4. Episode 4: On the Night he Was Betrayed Nov 1, 1987 · 1h Spenser helps an old friend, an alcoholic priest who tries to help homeless teenagers, when he gets involved over his head.
  5. Episode 5: Sleepless Dreams Nov 8, 1987 · 1h Spenser becomes obsessed with an apparently suicidal woman after a chance encounter on the street.
  6. Episode 6: Consilum Abditum Nov 15, 1987 · 1h Susan is in trouble when her claims of sexual harassment lead her college counselor to retaliate by hiring a hit man to keep her quiet. Spenser gets arrested for getting involved in a fight.
  7. Episode 7: Thanksgiving Nov 29, 1987 · 1h Spenser runs into an old friend while visiting a recreation of a Puritan village. Spenser does everything in his power to exonerate said friend when he's accused of a brutal slaying. As he…
  8. Episode 8: Gone Fishin' Dec 6, 1987 · 1h Spenser's fishing trip is interrupted when he has to protect a young man who's not allowed to marry the girl he loves.
  9. Episode 9: Child's Play Dec 20, 1987 · 1h A sniper takes some shots at Spenser and Susan, and a young boy ends up dead in the crossfire. Spenser sets out to determine why such a tragedy happened and track down the shooter.
  10. Episode 10: Skeletons in the Closet Jan 3, 1988 · 1h Spenser and Hawk find themselves on opposite sides of the same case. Spenser is hired to retrieve a stolen journal containing information damaging to a judge's career. Hawk is hired by the…
  11. Episode 11: The Siege Jan 10, 1988 · 1h Hawk and Susan along with other people are held captive in a post office. Richard Brooks later seen on Law and Order during Season's 1 & 2 plays one of the hostage takers.
  12. Episode 12: Arthur's Wake Jan 16, 1988 · 1h Spenser protects an old friend, Arthur, after he's assaulted and robbed. In the course of his investigation, Spenser comes across disturbing information connecting Arthur with racketeering.
  13. Episode 13: To the End of the Line Jan 23, 1988 · 1h When Frank's niece dies of a drug overdose, Spenser and Frank go after the men responsible.
  14. Episode 14: Play it Again, Sammy Jan 30, 1988 · 1h Sammy Backlin calls Spenser for protection when he's being hunted by a 'vicious horde of bloodthirsty assassins'.
  15. Episode 15: The Big Fight Feb 6, 1988 · 1h One of Spenser's old trainers lures Spenser to a deserted warehouse where Spenser is supposed to be killed, to get out from under a gambling debt. Spenser survives, then turns around and…
  16. Episode 16: Substantial Justice Mar 5, 1988 · 1h Spenser protects a theater owner from gangsters, but begins to suspect she's not as innocent as she appears.
  17. Episode 17: Company Man Mar 12, 1988 · 1h Spenser suspects insurance fraud when a building blows up. Susan has a possibly cancerous mass removed.
  18. Episode 18: Watercolors Mar 19, 1988 · 1h Spenser protects a child artist after the child witnesses a mob execution while painting in the forest.
  19. Episode 19: Hawk's Eyes Mar 26, 1988 · 1h Spenser investigates the death of a friend apparently involved with white supremicists. Hawk is rendered blind by an explosion.
  20. Episode 20: McAllister Apr 30, 1988 · 1h Spenser assists a lawyer in proving the innocence of his client, a Navy seaman accused of murdering the captain's daughter. The only witness is a missing Polish sailor.
  21. Episode 21: Haunting May 7, 1988 · 1h Spenser investigates an old child kidnapping case when he tries to track down a teenage girl's biological parents.