The Equalizer

If the rules are against you he'll change them. If the odds are against you he'll even them.

151985•48m•7.1/10

Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

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7.1/10(69)

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.

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Production

Universal Television

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 18, 1985

Last Aired

August 24, 1989

Networks

CBS

Created By

Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Pilot: The Equalizer

Air date: 1985-09-18

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.

China Rain

Air date: 1985-09-25

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

The Defector

Air date: 1985-10-02

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

The Lock Box

Air date: 1985-10-09

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

Lady Cop

Air date: 1985-10-16

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

The Confirmation Day

Air date: 1985-10-23

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

The Children's Song

Air date: 1985-10-30

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

The Distant Fire

Air date: 1985-11-06

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

Mama's Boy

Air date: 1985-11-13

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

E10

Bump and Run

Air date: 1985-11-20

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

E11

Desperately

Air date: 1985-12-04

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

E12

Reign of Terror

Air date: 1985-12-11

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

E13

Back Home

Air date: 1985-12-18

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

E14

Out of the Past

Air date: 1986-01-15

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

E15

Dead Drop

Air date: 1986-01-22

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

E16

Wash Up

Air date: 1986-01-29

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.

E17

Torn

Air date: 1986-02-05

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

E18

Unnatural Causes

Air date: 1986-02-12

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

E19

Breakpoint

Air date: 1986-02-19

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

E20

No Conscience

Air date: 1986-03-05

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.

E21

Unpunished Crimes

Air date: 1986-04-01

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

E22

Pretenders

Air date: 1986-04-08

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.