Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 20, 1985
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 65
Networks: ABC
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

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Spenser: For Hire(1985)

A lot of people think I like to get even. They're dead right.

TMDB Rating: 6.7 (30 votes)

Overview

Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1985

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Promised Land	Sep 20, 1985
2	No Room at the Inn	Sep 27, 1985
3	The Choice	Oct 4, 1985
4	Children of a Tempest Storm	Oct 11, 1985
5	Original Sin	Oct 18, 1985
6	Discord in A Minor	Oct 25, 1985
7	The Killer Within	Nov 12, 1985
8	Autumn Thieves	Nov 19, 1985
9	Blood Money	Nov 26, 1985
10	Resurrection	Dec 3, 1985
11	Internal Affairs	Dec 17, 1985
12	Death By Design	Jan 7, 1986
13	A Day's Wages	Jan 14, 1986
14	A Madness Most Discreet	Jan 21, 1986
15	Brother to Dragons	Feb 4, 1986
16	When Silence Speaks	Feb 11, 1986
17	In a Safe Place	Feb 14, 1986
18	Angel of Desolation	Mar 4, 1986
19	She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not	Mar 11, 1986
20	At the River's Edge	Mar 25, 1986
21	Rage	Apr 1, 1986
22	Hell Hath No Fury	Apr 8, 1986

Season 2

22 episodes • 1986

#	Episode	Air Date
1	An Eye for an Eye	Sep 27, 1986
2	Widow's Walk	Oct 4, 1986
3	White Knight	Oct 18, 1986
4	Rockabye Baby	Oct 25, 1986
5	And Give Up Show Biz?	Nov 1, 1986
6	The Long Hunt	Nov 8, 1986
7	Home is the Hero	Nov 22, 1986
8	One if by Land, Two if by Sea	Nov 29, 1986
9	Shadowsight	Dec 13, 1986
10	The Hopes and Fears	Dec 20, 1986
11	Among Friends	Jan 10, 1987
12	I Confess	Jan 17, 1987
13	Murder and Acquisitions	Jan 24, 1987
14	Personal Demons	Feb 7, 1987
15	Mary Hamilton	Feb 14, 1987
16	Trial and Error	Feb 21, 1987
17	One For My Daughter	Mar 7, 1987
18	My Brother's Keeper	Mar 14, 1987
19	The Road Back	Mar 21, 1987
20	If You Knew Sammy	Apr 4, 1987
21	The Man Who Wasn't There	May 2, 1987
22	Song of Orpheus	May 9, 1987

Season 3

21 episodes • 1987

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Homecoming	Sep 27, 1987
2	My Enemy, My Friend	Oct 4, 1987
3	The Heart of the Matter	Oct 11, 1987
4	On the Night he Was Betrayed	Nov 1, 1987
5	Sleepless Dreams	Nov 8, 1987
6	Consilum Abditum	Nov 15, 1987
7	Thanksgiving	Nov 29, 1987
8	Gone Fishin'	Dec 6, 1987
9	Child's Play	Dec 20, 1987
10	Skeletons in the Closet	Jan 3, 1988
11	The Siege	Jan 10, 1988
12	Arthur's Wake	Jan 16, 1988
13	To the End of the Line	Jan 23, 1988
14	Play it Again, Sammy	Jan 30, 1988
15	The Big Fight	Feb 6, 1988
16	Substantial Justice	Mar 5, 1988
17	Company Man	Mar 12, 1988
18	Watercolors	Mar 19, 1988
19	Hawk's Eyes	Mar 26, 1988
20	McAllister	Apr 30, 1988
21	Haunting	May 7, 1988

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