

Spenser: For Hire
“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.
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Seasons

1.Promised Land
20-09-198595mSpenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parker.
- Ep 2
2.No Room at the Inn
27-09-198550mSpenser'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 li...
- Ep 3
3.The Choice
04-10-198550mA 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 mou...
- Ep 4
4.Children of a Tempest Storm
11-10-198560mSpenser 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.
- Ep 5
5.Original Sin
18-10-198560mSpenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.
- Ep 6
6.Discord in A Minor
25-10-198560mSpenser'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 tel...
- Ep 7
7.The Killer Within
12-11-198560mSpenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a split personality.
- Ep 8
8.Autumn Thieves
19-11-198560mSpenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.
- Ep 9
9.Blood Money
26-11-198560mThe 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.
- Ep 10
10.Resurrection
03-12-198560mSpenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.
- Ep 11
11.Internal Affairs
17-12-198560mMarital 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...
- Ep 12
12.Death By Design
07-01-198660mSpenser 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...
- Ep 13
13.A Day's Wages
14-01-198660mA 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...
- Ep 14
14.A Madness Most Discreet
21-01-198660mSpenser 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 perso...
- Ep 15
15.Brother to Dragons
04-02-198660mSpenser 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 hir...
- Ep 16
16.When Silence Speaks
11-02-198660mA 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...
- Ep 17
17.In a Safe Place
14-02-198660mSpenser 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 wo...
- Ep 18
18.Angel of Desolation
04-03-198660mSpenser 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 th...
- Ep 19
19.She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
11-03-198660mDetective 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...
- Ep 20
20.At the River's Edge
25-03-198660mSpenser 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.
- Ep 21
21.Rage
01-04-198660mSpenser locates a runaway, and saves her from a psychotic man—but the man escapes.
- Ep 22
22.Hell Hath No Fury
08-04-198660mPartnering with an attractive TV news reporter, Spenser investigates the reason a newly constructed building collapsed, killing a boy.
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