Season 1
22 episodes · Sep 20, 1985
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S1E1Promised Land
Sep 20, 198595mSpenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parker.
- S1E2
No Room at the Inn
Sep 27, 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 life of grand jury witness. When it starts to look like someone on the inside might be trying to have the witness killed, and that the witness may not be who she says she is, things get convoluted.
- S1E3
The Choice
Oct 4, 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 mouse game for Spenser and Hawk, who are determined to take them down.
- S1E4
Children of a Tempest Storm
Oct 11, 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.
- S1E5
Original Sin
Oct 18, 198560mSpenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.
- S1E6
Discord in A Minor
Oct 25, 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 tells her father what she said which he denies. After Spenser leaves, he calls Hawk, who once did a job for him, to do something for him.
- S1E7
The Killer Within
Nov 12, 198560mSpenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a split personality.
- S1E8
Autumn Thieves
Nov 19, 198560mSpenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.
- S1E9
Blood Money
Nov 26, 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.
- S1E10
Resurrection
Dec 3, 198560mSpenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.
- S1E11
Internal Affairs
Dec 17, 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 would-be killer.
- S1E12
Death By Design
Jan 7, 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 henchmen.
- S1E13
A Day's Wages
Jan 14, 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 to solve Louis' murder.
- S1E14
A Madness Most Discreet
Jan 21, 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 person of interest to dueling government agents employed by American and Russian forces.
- S1E15
Brother to Dragons
Feb 4, 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 hired by the superintendent and goes undercover as a teacher at her school to find out where the drugs are coming from. He obviously gets into it with the dealers.
- S1E16
When Silence Speaks
Feb 11, 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 gang of thieves who are trying to kill Spenser in revenge for busting up their diamond heist.
- S1E17
In a Safe Place
Feb 14, 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 workers on the waterfront.
- S1E18
Angel of Desolation
Mar 4, 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 the wife is not the target. When the wife's past comes to light, the investigation takes a whole new direction.
- S1E19
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
Mar 11, 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 investigate the dead man and find out if Belson is dirty, too.
- S1E20
At the River's Edge
Mar 25, 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.
- S1E21
Rage
Apr 1, 198660mSpenser locates a runaway, and saves her from a psychotic man—but the man escapes.
- S1E22
Hell Hath No Fury
Apr 8, 198660mPartnering with an attractive TV news reporter, Spenser investigates the reason a newly constructed building collapsed, killing a boy.