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The Equalizer

The Equalizer
★ 7.2/10•1985•48m•15•Action & Adventure•Crime•Drama
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If the rules are against you he'll change them. If the odds are against you he'll even them.

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.

StatusEnded
Runtime48m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 18, 1985

Episodes

Episode 1 - Pilot: The EqualizerE148m

Pilot: The Equalizer

A former government agent offers his services to people facing problems too big for them to handle, such as a woman being stalked by a psychopath and a man who learns of a blackmail scheme involving government officials.

Sep 18, 1985

Episode 2 - China RainE248m

China Rain

McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.

Sep 25, 1985

Episode 3 - The DefectorE348m

The Defector

McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.

Oct 2, 1985

Episode 4 - The Lock BoxE448m

The Lock Box

McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.

Oct 9, 1985

Episode 5 - Lady CopE548m

Lady Cop

A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.

Oct 16, 1985

Episode 6 - The Confirmation DayE648m

The Confirmation Day

McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.

Oct 23, 1985

Episode 7 - The Children's SongE748m

The Children's Song

Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.

Oct 30, 1985

Episode 8 - The Distant FireE848m

The Distant Fire

A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.

Nov 6, 1985

Episode 9 - Mama's BoyE948m

Mama's Boy

A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.

Nov 13, 1985

Episode 10 - Bump and RunE1048m

Bump and Run

Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.

Nov 20, 1985

Episode 11 - DesperatelyE1148m

Desperately

A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.

Dec 4, 1985

Episode 12 - Reign of TerrorE1248m

Reign of Terror

The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.

Dec 11, 1985

Episode 13 - Back HomeE1348m

Back Home

A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.

Dec 18, 1985

Episode 14 - Out of the PastE1448m

Out of the Past

An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.

Jan 15, 1986

Episode 15 - Dead DropE1548m

Dead Drop

McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.

Jan 22, 1986

Episode 16 - Wash UpE1648m

Wash Up

A window washer witnesses the murder of his pro-union partner by their anti-union boss, who has his own witnesses to back his self-defense claim.

Jan 29, 1986

Episode 17 - TornE1748m

Torn

McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.

Feb 5, 1986

Episode 18 - Unnatural CausesE1848m

Unnatural Causes

McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.

Feb 12, 1986

Episode 19 - BreakpointE1948m

Breakpoint

McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.

Feb 19, 1986

Episode 20 - No ConscienceE2048m

No Conscience

A womanizer is abducted and threatened with death if he doesn't give his captors what they want-but he can't figure out what.

Mar 5, 1986

Episode 21 - Unpunished CrimesE2148m

Unpunished Crimes

McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.

Apr 1, 1986

Episode 22 - PretendersE2248m

Pretenders

An aspiring reporter, desperate for a scoop that will get her notice and a promotion, becomes convinced that something big is happening right in the next apartment.

Apr 8, 1986

Actors

Edward Woodward

Edward Woodward

Robert McCall

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