Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire

Crime 1985

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Robert Urich stars as Robert B. Parker's legendary Beantown gumshoe-with-a-difference, Spenser. Spenser is cut from a very different cloth than the usual round of TV detectives, a renaissance man who isn't afraid to mix up a gourmet salad or just mix it up.

Crime 1985

TV-PG

Starring Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Barbara Stock

EPISODE 1

Promised Land

An ex-cop-turned-private detective, gourmet cook, bookworm and former boxer, straddles the line between legal and illegal to solve crimes in the exciting adventures of Spenser: For Hire.

1 hr · Sep 20, 1985 TV-PG
EPISODE 2

No Room at the Inn

Boston private investigator Spenser is hired to protect a Grand Jury witness and winds up as a target for a power-hungry woman who wants to be governor and a police lieutenant with a longing eye on the mayor's desk at City Hall.

48 min · Sep 27, 1985 TV-PG
EPISODE 3

The Choice

Upon the murder of a close personal friend, Spenser and Hawk separately seek to bring to justice the culprits: two very bright thrill-seeking college-age youths. Patricia Clarkson, William H. Macy, and Angela Bassett guest star.

47 min · Oct 4, 1985 TV-PG
EPISODE 4

Children of a Tempest Storm

While caring for the orphaned kids of the hit man he killed, Spenser follows a trail to the man's employer. Meanwhile, Susan contemplates abortion after learning she is pregnant.

47 min · Oct 11, 1985 TV-PG
EPISODE 5

Original Sin

Spenser is hired to investigate the mysterious death of a young novice whose autopsy reveals her to have been pregnant.

47 min · Oct 18, 1985 TV-PG
EPISODE 6

Discord in A Minor

Spenser seeks a mobster's son who apparently has abducted his girlfriend, the daughter of a famed conductor.

47 min · Oct 25, 1985 TV-PG

Robert Urich

Spenser
Avery Brooks

Hawk
Barbara Stock

Susan Silverman
Richard Jaeckel

Lt. Martin Quirk
Ron McLarty

Sgt. Frank Belson

About

Spenser: For Hire

CRIME

Robert Urich stars as Robert B. Parker's legendary Beantown gumshoe-with-a-difference, Spenser. Spenser is cut from a very different cloth than the usual round of TV detectives, a renaissance man who isn't afraid to mix up a gourmet salad or just mix it up.

Information

Studio: discovery plus Drama
Released: 1985
Rated: TV-PG
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.