Spenser: For Hire — Season 2
A lot of people think I like to get even. They're dead right.
About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. An Eye for an Eye
Aired 27 September 1986 • 60 min
New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
2. Widow's Walk
Aired 4 October 1986 • 60 min
A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
3. White Knight
Aired 18 October 1986 • 60 min
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.
4. Rockabye Baby
Aired 25 October 1986 • 60 min
A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
5. And Give Up Show Biz?
Aired 1 November 1986 • 60 min
Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
6. The Long Hunt
Aired 8 November 1986 • 60 min
Spenser travels to Maine to help hunt down an escaped murderer, but the tables are turned when the man's father stalks Spenser.
7. Home is the Hero
Aired 22 November 1986 • 60 min
Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
8. One if by Land, Two if by Sea
Aired 29 November 1986 • 60 min
A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
9. Shadowsight
Aired 13 December 1986 • 60 min
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.
10. The Hopes and Fears
Aired 20 December 1986 • 60 min
With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
11. Among Friends
Aired 10 January 1987 • 60 min
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.
12. I Confess
Aired 17 January 1987 • 60 min
A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.
13. Murder and Acquisitions
Aired 24 January 1987 • 60 min
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.
14. Personal Demons
Aired 7 February 1987 • 60 min
Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
15. Mary Hamilton
Aired 14 February 1987 • 60 min
A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
16. Trial and Error
Aired 21 February 1987 • 60 min
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.
17. One For My Daughter
Aired 7 March 1987 • 60 min
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.
18. My Brother's Keeper
Aired 14 March 1987 • 60 min
Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to track down a former soldier.
19. The Road Back
Aired 21 March 1987 • 60 min
Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
20. If You Knew Sammy
Aired 4 April 1987 • 60 min
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.
21. The Man Who Wasn't There
Aired 2 May 1987 • 60 min
Rita and her old college friends are reunited when a fictional person they created 20 years ago is found dead in his apartment.
22. Song of Orpheus
Aired 9 May 1987 • 60 min
A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.