- 1
An Eye for an Eye
New District Attorney Rita Fiori tries to prosecute Spenser for blackmail.
- 2
Widow's Walk
A small fishing family hires Spenser to investigate the death of their father. Spenser suspects a rival fishing family, the Almeidas.
- 3
White Knight
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.
- 4
Rockabye Baby
A mobster's pregnant teenage girlfriend tries to keep her unborn son from his father.
- 5
And Give Up Show Biz?
Spenser protects a man suffering from amnesia.
- 6
The Long Hunt
Spenser travels to Maine to help hunt down an escaped murderer, but the tables are turned when the man's father stalks Spenser.
- 7
Home is the Hero
Rita hires Spenser to investigate a troubled teenager, yet another 'Spenser helps a misguided youth' episode.
- 8
One if by Land, Two if by Sea
A friend of Spenser's is shot and killed while portraying Paul Revere during a Revolutionary War re-enactment.
- 9
Shadowsight
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.
- 10
The Hopes and Fears
With the help of Hawk, a disgusted Spenser is determined to get rid of thugs who are terrorizing his Boston neighborhood.
- 11
Among Friends
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.
- 12
I Confess
A wealthy man is murdererd and, surprise, an innocent man is arrested. If you've seen one Spenser, you've seen them all.
- 13
Murder and Acquisitions
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.
- 14
Personal Demons
Spenser and Rita go after a corrupt African.
- 15
Mary Hamilton
A girl comes to Boston looking for her estranged father. Spenser decides to help her.
- 16
Trial and Error
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.
- 17
One For My Daughter
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.
- 18
My Brother's Keeper
Spenser becomes embroiled in the seamy Vietnamese organized crime racket after a Vietnamese crime boss uses Spenser to track down a former soldier.
19The Road Back
Spenser loses all feeling in his right arm after he's shot while guarding a politician.
- 20
If You Knew Sammy
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.
- 21
The Man Who Wasn't There
Rita and her old college friends are reunited when a fictional person they created 20 years ago is found dead in his apartment.
- 22
Song of Orpheus
A prison inmate with a grudge against Hawk hires outside muscle to rub him out.