Spenser: For Hire (1985)
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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.
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Spenser investigates an old child kidnapping case when he tries to track down a teenage girl's biological parents.
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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.
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Spenser investigates the death of a friend apparently involved with white supremicists. Hawk is rendered blind by an explosion.
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Spenser protects a child artist after the child witnesses a mob execution while painting in the forest.
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Spenser suspects insurance fraud when a building blows up. Susan has a possibly cancerous mass removed.
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Spenser protects a theater owner from gangsters, but begins to suspect she's not as innocent as she appears.
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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 protects his trainer from the goons now after him.
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Sammy Backlin calls Spenser for protection when he's being hunted by a 'vicious horde of bloodthirsty assassins'.
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When Frank's niece dies of a drug overdose, Spenser and Frank go after the men responsible.
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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.
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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.
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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 thief to extort money from the judge.
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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.
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Spenser's fishing trip is interrupted when he has to protect a young man who's not allowed to marry the girl he loves.
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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 uncovers more and more, Spenser begins to think it might be hard to clear the name of a guilty man.
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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.
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Spenser becomes obsessed with an apparently suicidal woman after a chance encounter on the street.
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Spenser helps an old friend, an alcoholic priest who tries to help homeless teenagers, when he gets involved over his head.
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Lt. Quirk faces his mortality when he suffers a heart attack. Spenser and Hawk protect him from revenge-minded villains as he recovers.
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A streetwise young kid gets involved over his head in the underworld. Spenser and Hawk try to protect him from would-be killers.
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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.
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