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Spenser: For Hire Season 1 Episode 1

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AIRED: 9/20/85

Spenser is hired by wealthy businessman Harry Patterson to find his wife after she ran away. While Spenser is looking for Harry's wife he learns that Harry is being harrassed by some men employed by crime lord King Powers and also that Pam was involved in a crime that resulted in the murder of a security guard.moreless

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Carolyn McCormick	Rita Fiore (1986-1987)
Richard Jaeckel	Lt. Martin Quirk (1985-1987)
Barbara Stock	Susan
Avery Brooks	Hawk
Ron McLarty	Frank Belson
Robert Urich	Spenser

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Ron Brice	Policeman	Guest Star
Ruth Britt	Anita Ferrer	Guest Star
Chuck Connors	King Powers	Guest Star

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- The firehouse Spenser lives in during the first season was also used in What's the Worst That Could Happen? and the Boston portion of The Real World.
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- Episodes one and two of Spenser: For Hire are based on Robert B. Parker's 4th Novel Promised Land. The first scene with a hostage in the subway is not in the book.
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