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21 Episodes 1987 - 1988
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 27, 1987 60 mins
Susan's return distracts Spenser, who's protecting an informant from the mob. Script by Robert B. Parker (author of the "Spenser" novels). Gus Harley: William Hickey. Emmett: George N. Martin. Nick: Jamey Sheridan. Susan: Barbara Stock. Hawk: Avery Brooks.
Episode 2
Sun, Oct 4, 1987 60 mins
Spenser and Hawk (Robert Urich, Avery Brooks) come to blows over the protection of a young murder witness. Bobby Waters: Kadeem Hardison. Greg Bronson: Daryl Roach. Mac Dickerson: Cleavant Derricks. Ned: Samuel Jackson. Susan: Barbara Stock.
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 11, 1987 60 mins
Quirk (Richard Jaeckel) is stressed out and Spenser and Belson (Robert Urich, Ron McLarty) try to find out who's been threatening him. Katie: Shirley Knight. Sean Winston: Gary McCleery. Clay: William Converse-Roberts. Dr. Dartman: Tanya Berezin.
Episode 4
Sun, Nov 1, 1987 60 mins
With his mind on the death of a childhood buddy, Spenser (Robert Urich) tries to help a priest (James Rebhorn) who thinks he killed someone during an alcoholic blackout. Champ: Jack Gwaltney. Ramos: Giancarlo Esposito. Charlie Moon: David Seaman.
Episode 5
Sun, Nov 8, 1987 60 mins
Spenser (Robert Urich) witnesses a young woman's suicide attempt and becomes obsessed with finding out why she tried to kill herself. Laurie Kincaid: Trini Alvarado. Keith Kincaid: John Bedford Lloyd. Harry Slade: Ron Ryan. Tracy Kincaid: Cherry Jones.
Episode 6
Sun, Nov 15, 1987 60 mins
Susan fights her professor's sexual harassment, but when the threat turns violent, she welcomes help from Spenser and Hawk. Peter Michael Goetz. Carl Shearson: David Schramm. Ruth Shawolsky: Ellen Foley. Spenser: Robert Urich.
Episode 7
Sun, Nov 29, 1987 60 mins
Spenser and Susan (Robert Urich, Barbara Stock) interrupt their Thanksgiving trip to Plymouth when an old Army buddy is arrested for murder. Mike Kaminski: Robert Swan. Tony Romano: David Groh. Alfred Devon Sr.: George Ede. Huntley: Ron Frazier.
Episode 8
Sun, Dec 6, 1987 60 mins
A romantic weekend for Spenser and Susan turns into Shakespearean tragedy when two lovers seek protection from a dangerously overprotective father. Thad: Steve Drury. Janet: Marita Geraghty. De Franco: David Marguiles. Susan: Barbara Stock.
Episode 9
Sun, Dec 20, 1987 60 mins
Spenser is devastated when his bullet takes down a teen, but he's determined to find the weapon he's sure the youth had. Gerry Bamman. Jimmy Reed: Peter Smith. Mrs. Fontana: Helen Carey. Susan: Barbara Stock.
Episode 10
Sun, Jan 3, 1988 60 mins
Spenser (Robert Urich) finds himself up against Hawk in a deadly race to find a corrupt judge's stolen diary. Judge Jason Kingsley: E.G. Marshall. Alfie Cates: Boyd Gaines. Eileen Kingsley: Judith Hoag. Annie: Liz Whitcraft. Hawk: Avery Brooks.
Episode 11
Sun, Jan 10, 1988 60 mins
A siege at the post office finds Spenser (Robert Urich) trying to deliver Susan and Hawk from the hands of their trigger-happy captors. Mickey: John Shepard. Robert: Richard Brooks. Sal: Andrew Davis. Higgins: MacIntyre Dixon. Larry Jones: Leonard Jackson.
Episode 12
Sat, Jan 16, 1988 60 mins
When his ex-partner (Fredrick Neumann) is mugged with several thousand dollars on him, Spenser reluctantly investigates his mentor's possible ties to the mob. Robert Urich. Solomon Trench: Peter Crombie. Brian Melchior: Kent Broadhurst. Hawk: Avery Brooks.
Episode 13
Sat, Jan 23, 1988 60 mins
After Belson's niece dies of a cocaine overdose, Spenser helps him trace the route of drug traffic, which ends with a test of Spenser's friendship. Ron McLarty. Roger Thornwood: Charles Kimbrough. Fred Mullens: Fred J. Scollay. Ned Cleary: Andrew Bloch.
Episode 14
Sat, Jan 30, 1988 60 mins
Spenser becomes a target for revenge in a 10-year-old kidnapping case---and the recipient of a bullet meant for a former client (Sal Viscuso). Randy Lofficier: Kate Burton. Efrem Connors: W.H. Macy. Dorothy Winsome: Jean De Baer. Spenser: Robert Urich.
Episode 15
Sat, Feb 6, 1988 60 mins
In trying to help his former boxing trainer, Spenser (Robert Urich) must enter the ring for a battle with a man he once sent to prison. Joey Falocci: Cliff Gorman. K.C.: John McGinley. Professor: Austin Pendleton. Ralph: Robert Krom. Hawk: Avery Brooks.
Episode 16
Sat, Mar 5, 1988 60 mins
Spenser (Robert Urich) sets out to prove that a theater producer (Margaret Whitton) is innocent of murder, despite her own lawyer's doubts. David McVane: Philip Bosco. George Lynnwood: Harry Groener. Sam Reynolds: Dylan Baker. Hawk: Avery Brooks.
Episode 17
Sat, Mar 12, 1988 60 mins
Spenser tracks down dynamite missing from a construction site, while Susan hopes to avoid an explosion of emotion by keeping a secret. Louis Zorich. William Wright: Michael Mantell. J.D. Hayes: Eddie Jones. Spenser: Robert Urich.
Episode 18
Sat, Mar 19, 1988 60 mins
Spenser protects a teenage hockey player who says he witnessed a murder. Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr appears as himself. Rene "R.C." Camden: Jordan Marder. Donovan: John Juback. Mrs. Durrant: Pauline Flanagan. Spenser: Robert Urich. Hawk: Avery Brooks.
Episode 19
Sat, Mar 26, 1988 60 mins
Hawk is blinded in an explosion and depends on Susan for protection, while Spenser stays one step behind a radical political group. Martha Prince: Andrea Thompson. Willard Prince: David Leary. Professor Freed: Omar Shapli. Julia Child has a cameo.
Episode 20
Sat, Apr 30, 1988 60 mins
Spenser and a tenacious lawyer (Steve Inwood) defend a black Naval officer accused of killing his white captain's daughter. Darnell Lewis: Victor Love. Capt. Warren Sears: John Seitz. Carl Westmore: James Eckhouse. Judge: Tom Urich. Spenser: Robert Urich.
Episode 21
Sat, May 7, 1988 60 mins
When someone claims to have been the subject of a missing-child search, Spenser (Robert Urich) reopens the case that cost him his badge. Valentine: Barbara Garrick. Rose O'Keefe: Celeste Holm. LeClerc: Alan Vint.