Series · 1985 – 1988 · Drama
A lot of people think I like to get even. They're dead right.
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.
3 seasons · 65 episodes

Episode 01
Promised Land
Spenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parker.

Episode 02
No Room at the Inn
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 grand jury witness. When it starts to look like someone on the inside might be trying to have the witness killed, and that the witness may not be who she says she is, things get convoluted.

Episode 03
The Choice
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 for Spenser and Hawk, who are determined to take them down.

Episode 04
Children of a Tempest Storm
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.

Episode 05
Original Sin
Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.

Episode 06
Discord in A Minor
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 father what she said which he denies. After Spenser leaves, he calls Hawk, who once did a job for him, to do something for him.

Episode 07
The Killer Within
Spenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a split personality.

Episode 08
Autumn Thieves
Spenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.

Episode 09
Blood Money
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.

Episode 10
Resurrection
Spenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.

Episode 11
Internal Affairs
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 would-be killer.

Episode 12
Death By Design
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.

Episode 13
A Day's Wages
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 solve Louis' murder.

Episode 14
A Madness Most Discreet
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 interest to dueling government agents employed by American and Russian forces.

Episode 15
Brother to Dragons
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 the superintendent and goes undercover as a teacher at her school to find out where the drugs are coming from. He obviously gets into it with the dealers.

Episode 16
When Silence Speaks
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 thieves who are trying to kill Spenser in revenge for busting up their diamond heist.

Episode 17
In a Safe Place
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 the waterfront.

Episode 18
Angel of Desolation
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 is not the target. When the wife's past comes to light, the investigation takes a whole new direction.

Episode 19
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
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 investigate the dead man and find out if Belson is dirty, too.

Episode 20
At the River's Edge
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.

Episode 21
Rage
Spenser locates a runaway, and saves her from a psychotic man—but the man escapes.

Episode 22
Hell Hath No Fury
Partnering with an attractive TV news reporter, Spenser investigates the reason a newly constructed building collapsed, killing a boy.
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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.
4 principal cast
Spenser: For Hire is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The drama from Robert B. Parker, John Wilder has 3 seasons and 65 total episodes, rated 6.9/10 by 34 viewers.
Spenser: For Hire has 3 seasons with 65 episodes in total.
Spenser: For Hire has ended and is no longer in production.
Spenser: For Hire airs on ABC.
Spenser: For Hire first aired on September 20, 1985.
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