Avery brooks first said " fortune favors the bold" on "spenser for hire" not "star trek deep space nine" ... i always hated that phrase'..
I think Spenser for Hire is the best shows I've ever watched. The books that Robert Parker wrote are excellent.
During 1997 and 1998, our national television blessed us with another good work form the 1980s, where big part of being good is just by belonging to the 1980s and its TV values.Spenser was a prince.
Why does Spenser always park by fire hydrants?Also why never a REMAKE?
I love(d) this series. When this was on regular TV I videotaped every episode.
Several weeks before posting this review, I visited Boston for the first time. While riding the city's MBTA Red Line across the Longfellow Bridge, I could not help but hum variations of the theme song from "Spenser: For Hire," which aired over 25 years ago.
This was and is the best series about PI's ever, Robert Urich and Avery Brooks where what made this series great also Richard Jaeckal and Ron McLarty were great support, The episodes of the first season were the best of the series, the 2nd season had standout episodes, but was not as good as the first, the third season started to show the shows age but I can't think of a bad episode, I love a show which surprises you and causes the hair on the back of your neck to stand up!!, and this show did, Hawk was such a great character and there is only one Hawk!!
I don't remember too much about this as a child, only that I used to like it, then I watched it on one of the many re-runs and it really is special. I always found Robert Ulrich to be a high quality actor.
Fans: Quite often I go on-line to check for the much anticipated release of this intelligent detective series. So far my face is dragging the ground.
