The BEST episodes of Spenser: For Hire season 2

Every episode of Spenser: For Hire season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Spenser: For Hire season 2!

Spenser: For Hire is a mystery/suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new mystery each episode. Using his years of experience, his natural talents for observation and reasoning, and the occasional bit of help from his friend Hawk, Spenser never fails to crack the case.

Last Updated: 1/31/2025Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
I Confess
star
10.00
1 votes

#1 - I Confess

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/1987

A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.

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Among Friends
star
9.00
2 votes

#2 - Among Friends

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/1987

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.

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An Eye for an Eye
star
8.40
5 votes

#3 - An Eye for an Eye

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1986

New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.

Directors: William Wiard
Writer: Stephen Hattman
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Widow's Walk
star
8.00
1 votes

#4 - Widow's Walk

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1986

A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.

Directors: William Wiard
Writer: Joe Smoke, Juanita Bartlett
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White Knight
star
8.00
1 votes

#5 - White Knight

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1986

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.

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One if by Land, Two if by Sea
star
8.00
1 votes

#6 - One if by Land, Two if by Sea

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/1986

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

Directors: Virgil Vogel
Writer: William Robert Yates
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Trial and Error
star
7.50
2 votes

#7 - Trial and Error

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/1987

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.

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One for My Daughter
star
7.50
2 votes

#8 - One for My Daughter

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/1987

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.

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My Brother's Keeper
star
7.50
2 votes

#9 - My Brother's Keeper

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/1987

Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to track down a former soldier.

Directors: Mike Vejar
Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon
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The Man Who Wasn't There
star
7.50
2 votes

#10 - The Man Who Wasn't There

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/1987

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

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Song of Orpheus
star
7.50
4 votes

#11 - Song of Orpheus

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/1987

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

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The Hopes and Fears
star
7.03
31 votes

#12 - The Hopes and Fears

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/1986

With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.

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Rockabye Baby
star
7.00
2 votes

#13 - Rockabye Baby

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1986

A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.

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And Give up Show Biz?
star
7.00
2 votes

#14 - And Give up Show Biz?

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1986

Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.

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The Long Hunt
star
7.00
2 votes

#15 - The Long Hunt

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1986

A young criminal's father attacks a bus transporting convicts to the state prison.

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Home is the Hero
star
7.00
2 votes

#16 - Home is the Hero

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/1986

Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.

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Shadowsight
star
7.00
2 votes

#17 - Shadowsight

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/1986

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.

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Murder and Acquisitions
star
7.00
2 votes

#18 - Murder and Acquisitions

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/24/1987

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.

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Personal Demons
star
7.00
2 votes

#19 - Personal Demons

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/1987

Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.

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Mary Hamilton
star
7.00
2 votes

#20 - Mary Hamilton

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/1987

A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.

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The Road Back
star
7.00
2 votes

#21 - The Road Back

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/1987

Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Stephan Hattman
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If You Knew Sammy
star
7.00
2 votes

#22 - If You Knew Sammy

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/4/1987

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.

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