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The Equalizer

The Equalizer (1985)

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

  • 7.2/10 · 70
  • 15
  • Sep 18, 1985
  • 48m
  • 4 seasons · 88 episodes
  • German, English
  • Ended
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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.

Creator
Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan
Starring
Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis
Network
CBS
Country
Canada, United States of America

Seasons

Season 1 · 22 episodes

  1. 1. Pilot: The Equalizer

    Sep 18, 1985 · 48m · ★ 7.5

    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.

  2. 2. China Rain

    Sep 25, 1985 · 48m · ★ 7.5

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

  3. 3. The Defector

    Oct 2, 1985 · 48m · ★ 8.0

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

  4. 4. The Lock Box

    Oct 9, 1985 · 48m · ★ 7.5

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

  5. 5. Lady Cop

    Oct 16, 1985 · 48m · ★ 8.5

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

  6. 6. The Confirmation Day

    Oct 23, 1985 · 48m · ★ 8.0

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

  7. 7. The Children's Song

    Oct 30, 1985 · 48m · ★ 8.0

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

  8. 8. The Distant Fire

    Nov 6, 1985 · 48m · ★ 7.5

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

  9. 9. Mama's Boy

    Nov 13, 1985 · 48m · ★ 8.5

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

  10. 10. Bump and Run

    Nov 20, 1985 · 48m · ★ 8.0

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

  11. 11. Desperately

    Dec 4, 1985 · 48m · ★ 8.0

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

  12. 12. Reign of Terror

    Dec 11, 1985 · 48m · ★ 7.0

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

  13. 13. Back Home

    Dec 18, 1985 · 48m · ★ 8.0

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

  14. 14. Out of the Past

    Jan 15, 1986 · 48m · ★ 8.0

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

  15. 15. Dead Drop

    Jan 22, 1986 · 48m · ★ 3.3

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

  16. 16. Wash Up

    Jan 29, 1986 · 48m · ★ 7.0

    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.

  17. 17. Torn

    Feb 5, 1986 · 48m · ★ 8.0

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

  18. 18. Unnatural Causes

    Feb 12, 1986 · 48m · ★ 4.0

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

  19. 19. Breakpoint

    Feb 19, 1986 · 48m · ★ 8.0

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

  20. 20. No Conscience

    Mar 5, 1986 · 48m · ★ 8.0

    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.

  21. 21. Unpunished Crimes

    Apr 1, 1986 · 48m · ★ 7.0

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

  22. 22. Pretenders

    Apr 8, 1986 · 48m · ★ 8.0

    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.

Cast

Trailer

Details

First aired
Sep 18, 1985
Last aired
Aug 24, 1989
Status
Ended
Languages
German, English, French
Production
Universal Television
Keywords
new york city, spy, vigilante, retired, ex spy
IMDb
tt0088513

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