A Man Called Hawk (1989)
A Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between January 1989 and May 1989. The series is a spin-off of the crime drama series Spenser: For Hire, and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land, the fourth in the series of Spenser novels by mystery writer Robert B. Parker. Brooks reprised the role of Hawk in four subsequent TV movies: Spenser: Ceremony, Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes, Spenser: The Judas Goat, and Spenser: A Savage Place. Each is considered a sequel to Spenser: For Hire.
A Man Called Hawk: Season 1 - 13 Episode s
1x1 - The Master's Mirror
January 28, 1989
Hawk searches for an old friend and fellow Vietnam War vet turned stressed-out government operative named David Tracton, who has become a killing machine. Hawk's old boss, Col. Edward Stoller, director of covert field operations in U.S. Intelligence asks Hawk to look for Tracton and bring him in before it's too late. Hawk enlists the help of Tracton's half-Vietnamese daughter to save his friend. Tracton is ultimately shot to death at the Jefferson Memorial after Hawk, unaware that he's being followed, leads him there. In this episode, Hawk gives the Old Man a signed, first-edition copy of WEB DuBois' 1903 book ""Souls of Black Folk."" Angela Bassett also appears in this episode as a high school teacher who could become Hawk's love interest.
1x2 - A Time and a Place
February 4, 1989
1x3 - Hear No Evil
February 11, 1989
1x4 - Passing the Bar
February 18, 1989
1x5 - The Divided Child
February 25, 1989
1x6 - Vendetta
March 4, 1989
1x7 - Choice of Chance
March 11, 1989
1x8 - Poison
March 25, 1989
1x9 - Never My Love
April 1, 1989
1x10 - Intensive Care
April 15, 1989
1x11 - If Memory Serves
April 29, 1989
1x12 - Beautiful Are the Stars
May 6, 1989
1x13 - Life after Death
May 13, 1989