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Spenser: For Hire

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Mystery/suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder 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.

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Robert Urich
Spenser
Avery Brooks
Hawk
Ron McLarty
Sgt. Frank Belson

Season 3 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Homecoming

Sun, Sep 27, 198760 mins

Spenser is hired to protect ex-undercover cop, Nick Cavanaugh. As Judge Emmett Cavanaugh tries to make a deal with Crime Boss Gus Harley to safeguard his son and get Cavanaugh's son, Kevin, released from prison, Cavanaugh's other son, Georgie, tries to work his own angle. Along the way, Spenser's ex-girlfriend, Susan, returns from San Francisco. Double dealing and family intrigue lead to a terminal shootout.

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Awards

  • 1986 - Golden Reel Award - Best Sound Editing - Short Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television - winner

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