No Room at the Inn
Season 1, Episode 1 Unrated
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Boston private investigator Spenser is hired to protect a Grand Jury witness and winds up as a target for a power-hungry woman who wants to be governor and a police lieutenant with a longing eye on the mayor's desk at City Hall.
The Choice
Season 1, Episode 2 Unrated
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Upon the murder of a close personal friend, Spenser and Hawk separately seek to bring to justice the culprits: two very bright thrill-seeking college-age youths. Patricia Clarkson, William H. Macy, and Angela Bassett guest star.
Children of a Tempest Storm
Season 1, Episode 3 Unrated
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While caring for the orphaned kids of the hit man he killed, Spenser follows a trail to the man's employer. Meanwhile, Susan contemplates abortion after learning she is pregnant.
Original Sin
Season 1, Episode 4 Unrated
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Spenser is hired to investigate the mysterious death of a young novice whose autopsy reveals her to have been pregnant.
Discord in a Minor
Season 1, Episode 5 Unrated
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Spenser seeks a mobster's son who apparently has abducted his girlfriend, the daughter of a famed conductor.
The Killer Within
Season 1, Episode 6 Unrated
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Private investigator Spenser is hired to protect a woman who turns out to have a dual personality, and the strange assignment leads him to a government official who is hiding his identity as another man, a double agent.
Autumn Thieves
Season 1, Episode 7 Unrated
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The heist of a treasured relic from a Boston museum involves Spenser with a crafty gentleman-thief and a squad of high-powered thugs.
Blood Money
Season 1, Episode 8 Unrated
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The kidnapping of a high-powered industrialist propels Spenser into a world of big money, corporate infighting, extortion and murder.
Resurrection
Season 1, Episode 9 Unrated
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With a former prostitute's future hanging in the balance, Spenser seeks to reawaken the ideals of an old friend, a once successful criminal lawyer now fallen on tough times and threatened by a mobster.
Internal Affairs
Season 1, Episode 10 Unrated
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When blackmail threatens Lt. Quirk's career and wife, Spenser joins forces with Hawk to try to topple the instigators.
Death By Design
Season 1, Episode 11 Unrated
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A troubled scientist hires Spenser to find her missing jewelry and elusive boyfriend but Spenser soon discovers the scientist is involved in something more dangerous than a failed romance.
A Day's Wages
Season 1, Episode 12 Unrated
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Hawk and Spenser take on a racketeer of the underworld and his cronies. Frances McDormand guest stars.
A Madness Most Discreet
Season 1, Episode 13 Unrated
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Spenser gets involved with a beautiful Russian ballerina who desperately needs the detective's help to return to the Soviet Union.
Brother to Dragons
Season 1, Episode 14 Unrated
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Spenser aids a teenage student who has become involved with drugs, pornography and murder.
When Silence Speaks
Season 1, Episode 15 Unrated
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While dodging bullets from disgruntled jewel thieves, Spenser comes to the aid of a deaf woman, writing an advice column, who wants him to locate the man whose letters to the column led to a personal relationship before the man disappeared.
In a Safe Place
Season 1, Episode 16 Unrated
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Spenser gains insight into the plight of illegal aliens when he is hired to find the husband of an illegal alien who abandoned her injured child to Susan. Jimmy Smits and Nancy Marchand guest star.
Angel of Desolation
Season 1, Episode 17 Unrated
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Spenser exposes family secrets when he investigates the murder of a wealthy banking magnate whose wife hired him because she feared for her safety. Guest starring Eriq La Salle and Leigh Taylor-Young.
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
Season 1, Episode 18 Unrated
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Sgt. Belson is charmed by a lady named Frankie, whom Spenser discovers is a syndicate killer out to pry from the cop the whereabouts of a cache of live, very valuable, black sables.
At the River's Edge
Season 1, Episode 19 Unrated
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The pursuit of a murder investigation leads Spenser to the Rev. Bobby Freemont, a popular evangelist who's being groomed for bigger things in television and politics. John Davidson guest stars.
Rage
Season 1, Episode 20 Unrated
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The kidnapping of a runaway teenage girl and the brutal execution murder of a pawnshop clerk pit private cop Spenser against a young killer seeking vengeance. Brad Dourif guest stars.
Hell Hath No Fury
Season 1, Episode 21 Unrated
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An apartment building collapses, with tragic consequences, and sets off a violent chain of death that only Boston's tough private cop, the erudite Spenser, can break. Paul Butler guest stars.