Basada en la serie de novelas de Robert B. Parker. Spenser, un investigador privado que vive en Boston, se ve envuelto en un misterio de asesinato nuevo en cada episodio. Usando sus años de experiencia, su talento natural para la observación y el razonamiento, y la ayuda de su amigo Hawk, Spenser no para hasta resolver el caso.
An Eye for an Eye (Episodio 1)
Fecha de emisión: 1986-09-27
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
Widow's Walk (Episodio 2)
Guionista: Juanita Bartlett
Fecha de emisión: 1986-10-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
White Knight (Episodio 3)
Fecha de emisión: 1986-10-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Rockabye Baby (Episodio 4)
Fecha de emisión: 1986-10-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
And Give Up Show Biz? (Episodio 5)
Fecha de emisión: 1986-11-01
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
The Long Hunt (Episodio 6)
Fecha de emisión: 1986-11-08
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A young criminal's father attacks a bus transporting convicts to the state prison.
Home is the Hero (Episodio 7)
Fecha de emisión: 1986-11-22
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
One if by Land, Two if by Sea (Episodio 8)
Fecha de emisión: 1986-11-29
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
Shadowsight (Episodio 9)
Fecha de emisión: 1986-12-13
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: 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.
The Hopes and Fears (Episodio 10)
Fecha de emisión: 1986-12-20
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
Among Friends (Episodio 11)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-01-10
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: 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.
I Confess (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-01-17
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.
Murder and Acquisitions (Episodio 13)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-01-24
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: 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 up. Belson hires Spenser to find his missing wallet containing a winning lottery ticket.
Personal Demons (Episodio 14)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-02-07
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
Mary Hamilton (Episodio 15)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-02-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
Trial and Error (Episodio 16)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-02-21
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: 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.
One For My Daughter (Episodio 17)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-03-07
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: 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.
My Brother's Keeper (Episodio 18)
Guionista: Howard Gordon
Fecha de emisión: 1987-03-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to track down a former soldier.
The Road Back (Episodio 19)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-03-21
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
If You Knew Sammy (Episodio 20)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-04-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: 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.
The Man Who Wasn't There (Episodio 21)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-05-02
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rita and her old college friends are reunited when a fictional person they created 20 years ago is found dead in his apartment.
Song of Orpheus (Episodio 22)
Fecha de emisión: 1987-05-09
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.