E1 - An Eye for an Eye

Aired: September 27, 1986

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

E2 - Widow's Walk

Aired: October 04, 1986

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

E3 - White Knight

Aired: October 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.

E4 - Rockabye Baby

Aired: October 25, 1986

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

E5 - And Give Up Show Biz?

Aired: November 01, 1986

Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.

E6 - The Long Hunt

Aired: November 08, 1986

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

E7 - Home is the Hero

Aired: November 22, 1986

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

E8 - One if by Land, Two if by Sea

Aired: November 29, 1986

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

E9 - Shadowsight

Aired: December 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.

E10 - The Hopes and Fears

Aired: December 20, 1986

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

E11 - Among Friends

Aired: January 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.

E12 - I Confess

Aired: January 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.

E13 - Murder and Acquisitions

Aired: January 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.

E14 - Personal Demons

Aired: February 07, 1987

Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.

E15 - Mary Hamilton

Aired: February 14, 1987

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

E16 - Trial and Error

Aired: February 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.

E17 - One For My Daughter

Aired: March 07, 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.

E18 - My Brother's Keeper

Aired: March 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.

E19 - The Road Back

Aired: March 21, 1987

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

E20 - If You Knew Sammy

Aired: April 04, 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.

E21 - The Man Who Wasn't There

Aired: May 02, 1987

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

E22 - Song of Orpheus

Aired: May 09, 1987

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