Spenser: For Hire - Season 2

Spenser: For Hire - Season 2

Season 2

Network
Episodes22
DatesSep 27, 1986 - May 9, 1987
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Episodes

An Eye for an Eye
Season 2Episode 160 min

An Eye for an Eye

Spenser loses his home and his livelihood when Boston reclaims its firehouse and the new assistant district attorney takes away his license on blackmailing charges.

Sep 27, 1986
Widow's Walk
Season 2Episode 260 min

Widow's Walk

Spenser tries to forget about Susan, who has left him and Boston, and tries to protect a widow whose fishing fleet has been plagued by "accidents."

Oct 4, 1986
White Knight
Season 2Episode 360 min

White Knight

After accepting a boxer's managerial contract as payment of a debt, Hawk finds himself at odds with a major politician.

Oct 18, 1986
Rockabye Baby
Season 2Episode 460 min

Rockabye Baby

Spenser helps a woman who wants to keep her newborn son rather than lose the child to its mobster father.

Oct 25, 1986
And Give Up Show Biz?
Season 2Episode 560 min

And Give Up Show Biz?

Spenser runs interference for a young amnesiac with a talent for stand-up comedy and a killer on his trail.

Nov 1, 1986
The Long Hunt
Season 2Episode 660 min

The Long Hunt

Spenser travels to Maine to help hunt down an escaped murderer, but the tables are turned when the man's father stalks Spenser. 

Nov 8, 1986
Home is the Hero
Season 2Episode 760 min

Home is the Hero

Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager.

Nov 22, 1986
One If by Land, Two If by Sea
Season 2Episode 860 min

One If by Land, Two If by Sea

A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.

Nov 29, 1986
Shadowsight
Season 2Episode 960 min

Shadowsight

Spenser tries to find the connection between a 12-year-old's nightmares and the real-life murders they foretell.

Dec 13, 1986
The Hopes and Fears
Season 2Episode 1060 min

The Hopes and Fears

A 13-year-old boy and a pregnant woman glimpse the face of the leader of a masked gang robbing Spenser's neighborhood at Christmas time.

Dec 20, 1986
Among Friends
Season 2Episode 1160 min

Among Friends

Hawk is the main suspect when Lt. Quirk is shot, due to a recent fracas between the two.

Jan 10, 1987
I Confess
Season 2Episode 1260 min

I Confess

A man who witnessed the murder of a bank officer is now confessing to the crime.

Jan 17, 1987
Murder and Acquisitions
Season 2Episode 1360 min

Murder and Acquisitions

Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a philandering financier about to turn state's evidence to bring down insider trading.

Jan 24, 1987
Personal Demons
Season 2Episode 1460 min

Personal Demons

A woman involved in the fight against hunger in Africa hires Spenser to prove that an administrator is stealing millions in contributions. 

Feb 7, 1987
Mary Hamilton
Season 2Episode 1560 min

Mary Hamilton

Spenser helps a young woman search for her father, but has to convince Rita and the police that she is innocent of two attempts on her father's life.

Feb 14, 1987
Trial and Error
Season 2Episode 1660 min

Trial and Error

Rita has a solid case against a pimp suspected of murdering a teen-age hooker, but Spenser thinks the man is being framed.

Feb 21, 1987
One for My Daughter
Season 2Episode 1760 min

One for My Daughter

Spenser and Hawk protect a man who owes money to men of dubious ethics.

Mar 7, 1987
My Brother's Keeper
Season 2Episode 1860 min

My Brother's Keeper

Vietnamese expatriates hire Spenser to find a recluse who wrote a manuscript about the war.

Mar 14, 1987
The Road Back
Season 2Episode 1960 min

The Road Back

Spenser is wounded during an assassination attempt on a state senate candidate and may lose the use of his right arm. 

Mar 21, 1987
If You Knew Sammy
Season 2Episode 2060 min

If You Knew Sammy

Gunfire greets an author and self-proclaimed vigilante at a promotion stop in a Boston bookstore.

Apr 4, 1987
The Man Who Wasn't There
Season 2Episode 2160 min

The Man Who Wasn't There

Rita and her old college friends are reunited when a fictional person they created 20 years ago is found dead in his apartment.

May 2, 1987
Song of Orpheus
Season 2Episode 2260 min

Song of Orpheus

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

May 9, 1987

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