Synopsis: He was a hotshot reporter hunting the biggest cocaine operation in the Northeast until he was found castrated with a bullet in his brain and Spenser's girlfriend's business card in his pocket. Now Spenser (Robert Urich) and Susan Silverman (Barbara Williams) investigate a small New England town where the local cops keep deadly secrets, a Columbian drug lord keeps things snowy and the most unwelcome strangers of all are a wisecracking sleuth and his lady shrink lover. But with Hawk (Avery Brooks) on the trigger and time running out, can Spencer turn up the heat until the whole truth explodes?