Seasons & Episodes
Promised Land
Spenser is hired to find the runaway wife of a wealthy businessman. Based on a story by Spenser novelist Robert B. Parke
No Room at the Inn
Spenser's apartment burns down, but he's allowed to move into an old fire station as thanks for saving a firefighter's l
The Choice
A old man whom Spenser and Hawk knows is shot. They discover that the killer are a couple who comes from an affluent bac
Children of a Tempest Storm
Spenser kills a would-be thief in the course of thwarting a robbery. He and Susan take in the man's two children while i
Original Sin
Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a young nun, and stumbles onto a corrupt landlord.
Discord in A Minor
Spenser's been hired by a conductor to find his daughter who ran away with her boyfriend. When he finds them, she tells
The Killer Within
Spenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a
Autumn Thieves
Spenser stumbles onto a ring of thieves while investigating a relic stolen from a museum.
Blood Money
The wife of a kidnapped oil tycoon hires Spenser to deliver $1 million in ransom money to a ring of terrorists while pol
Resurrection
Spenser investigates a crooked vice cop involved in the mugging of one of Susan's friends.
Internal Affairs
Marital infidelity and suspected involvement in a gambling ring lead to Lt. Quirk's suspension. Belson is shot during a
Death By Design
Spenser and Hawk blame themselves for failing to protect their respective clients from the clutches of the underworld, a
A Day's Wages
A young ex-con named Louis Harper steals from his boss, John Brady. Brady hires Spenser to prove it and Harper hires Haw
A Madness Most Discreet
Spenser tries to protect a former Russian ballerina, when she hires him to help her find stolen papers, but he gets more
Brother to Dragons
Spenser is going skiing with Susan, but when he picks her up at Smithfield High School where she works, he finds out one
When Silence Speaks
A deaf woman hires Spenser to find a man she had been corresponding with who had gone missing. As Spenser investigates,
In a Safe Place
Spenser searches for the father of an undocumented boy killed by an unhinged unemployed man. The trail leads Spenser int
Angel of Desolation
Spenser is hired by the fashion model wife of a rich bank owner who says her life is in danger. After multiple attempted
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
Detective Belson's ex-partner is murdered during his daughter's wedding reception. The dead cop is suspected of being in
At the River's Edge
Spenser witnesses an ex-convict murder a 19 year-old girl, then kill himself. The girl's wealthy younger sister hires Sp
Rage
Spenser locates a runaway, and saves her from a psychotic man—but the man escapes.
Hell Hath No Fury
Partnering with an attractive TV news reporter, Spenser investigates the reason a newly constructed building collapsed,
An Eye for an Eye
New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
Widow's Walk
A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family,
White Knight
While Spenser and Hawk are in a small town to view a boxing match, Hawk is arrested, ostensibly for carrying a concealed
Rockabye Baby
A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
And Give Up Show Biz?
Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
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 S
Home is the Hero
Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
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.
Shadowsight
A girl who apparently has the unique ability to 'see' through both space and time, enlists Spenser's help to solve a ras
The Hopes and Fears
With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood
Among Friends
Hawk is the main suspect when Lt. Quirk is shot, due to a recent fracas between the two. Spenser suspects a new man in t
I Confess
A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.
Murder and Acquisitions
Spenser investigates the apparent suicide of a philandering financier about to turn state's evidence to bring down insid
Personal Demons
Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
Mary Hamilton
A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
Trial and Error
A pimp is wrongfully arrested for the murder of one of his girls. Spenser agonizes between pursuing the real murderer or
One For My Daughter
Spenser and Hawk protect a man who owes money to men of dubious ethics. When their client, Bo Braxton tries to blackmail
My Brother's Keeper
Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to t
The Road Back
Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
If You Knew Sammy
NRA poster-boy Sammy Backlin breezes into town for a book signing, unwittingly involving Spenser in a shoot out. Spenser
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 apa
Song of Orpheus
A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.
Homecoming
A cop who helped send a gangster's son to prison years ago has been hiding, cause the gangster wants to get him. But now
My Enemy, My Friend
A streetwise young kid gets involved over his head in the underworld. Spenser and Hawk try to protect him from would-be
The Heart of the Matter
Lt. Quirk faces his mortality when he suffers a heart attack. Spenser and Hawk protect him from revenge-minded villains
On the Night he Was Betrayed
Spenser helps an old friend, an alcoholic priest who tries to help homeless teenagers, when he gets involved over his he
Sleepless Dreams
Spenser becomes obsessed with an apparently suicidal woman after a chance encounter on the street.
Consilum Abditum
Susan is in trouble when her claims of sexual harassment lead her college counselor to retaliate by hiring a hit man to
Thanksgiving
Spenser runs into an old friend while visiting a recreation of a Puritan village. Spenser does everything in his power t
Gone Fishin'
Spenser's fishing trip is interrupted when he has to protect a young man who's not allowed to marry the girl he loves.
Child's Play
A sniper takes some shots at Spenser and Susan, and a young boy ends up dead in the crossfire. Spenser sets out to deter
Skeletons in the Closet
Spenser and Hawk find themselves on opposite sides of the same case. Spenser is hired to retrieve a stolen journal conta
The Siege
Hawk and Susan along with other people are held captive in a post office. Richard Brooks later seen on Law and Order du
Arthur's Wake
Spenser protects an old friend, Arthur, after he's assaulted and robbed. In the course of his investigation, Spenser com
To the End of the Line
When Frank's niece dies of a drug overdose, Spenser and Frank go after the men responsible.
Play it Again, Sammy
Sammy Backlin calls Spenser for protection when he's being hunted by a 'vicious horde of bloodthirsty assassins'.
The Big Fight
One of Spenser's old trainers lures Spenser to a deserted warehouse where Spenser is supposed to be killed, to get out f
Substantial Justice
Spenser protects a theater owner from gangsters, but begins to suspect she's not as innocent as she appears.
Company Man
Spenser suspects insurance fraud when a building blows up. Susan has a possibly cancerous mass removed.
Watercolors
Spenser protects a child artist after the child witnesses a mob execution while painting in the forest.
Hawk's Eyes
Spenser investigates the death of a friend apparently involved with white supremicists. Hawk is rendered blind by an exp
McAllister
Spenser assists a lawyer in proving the innocence of his client, a Navy seaman accused of murdering the captain's daught
Haunting
Spenser investigates an old child kidnapping case when he tries to track down a teenage girl's biological parents.
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