• Air date: 27 Sep '86 22 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. An Eye for an Eye

      27 Sep '86
      New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
    • 2. Widow's Walk

      04 Oct '86
      A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
    • 3. White Knight

      18 Oct '86
      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

      25 Oct '86
      A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
    • 5. And Give Up Show Biz?

      01 Nov '86
      Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
    • 6. The Long Hunt

      08 Nov '86
      A young criminal's father attacks a bus transporting convicts to the state prison.
    • 7. Home is the Hero

      22 Nov '86
      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

      29 Nov '86
      A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
    • 9. Shadowsight

      13 Dec '86
      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

      20 Dec '86
      With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
    • 11. Among Friends

      10 Jan '87
      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

      17 Jan '87
      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

      24 Jan '87
      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

      07 Feb '87
      Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
    • 15. Mary Hamilton

      14 Feb '87
      A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
    • 16. Trial and Error

      21 Feb '87
      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

      07 Mar '87
      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

      14 Mar '87
      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

      21 Mar '87
      Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
    • 20. If You Knew Sammy

      04 Apr '87
      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

      02 May '87
      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

      09 May '87
      A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.