Spenser: For Hire (Season 2)

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.

An Eye for an Eye 0.0
Air date: 1986-09-27
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
Widow's Walk 0.0
Air date: 1986-10-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
White Knight 0.0
Air date: 1986-10-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1986-10-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
And Give Up Show Biz? 0.0
Air date: 1986-11-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
The Long Hunt 0.0
Air date: 1986-11-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A young criminal's father attacks a bus transporting convicts to the state prison.
Home is the Hero 0.0
Air date: 1986-11-22
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
One if by Land, Two if by Sea 0.0
Air date: 1986-11-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
Shadowsight 0.0
Air date: 1986-12-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1986-12-20
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
Among Friends 0.0
Air date: 1987-01-10
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1987-01-17
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1987-01-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1987-02-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
Mary Hamilton 0.0
Air date: 1987-02-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
Trial and Error 0.0
Air date: 1987-02-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1987-03-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1987-03-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1987-03-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
If You Knew Sammy 0.0
Air date: 1987-04-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1987-05-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 0.0
Air date: 1987-05-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.