The Equalizer

1985–1989 · Ended · 4 seasons · 88 episodes · Action & Adventure, Crime · Canada

Creator Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan · Channel CBS · Starring Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing

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.
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Episodes

22 episodes · September 1985 – April 1986
  1. Episode 1: 1. Pilot: The EqualizerSeptember 18, 1985 · 48 min
    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. Episode 2: 2. China RainSeptember 25, 1985 · 48 min
    McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
  3. Episode 3: 3. The DefectorOctober 2, 1985 · 48 min
    McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
  4. Episode 4: 4. The Lock BoxOctober 9, 1985 · 48 min
    McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
  5. Episode 5: 5. Lady CopOctober 16, 1985 · 48 min
    A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.
  6. Episode 6: 6. The Confirmation DayOctober 23, 1985 · 48 min
    McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.
Show 16 more episodes
  1. Episode 7: 7. The Children's SongOctober 30, 1985 · 48 min
    Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.
  2. Episode 8: 8. The Distant FireNovember 6, 1985 · 48 min
    A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.
  3. Episode 9: 9. Mama's BoyNovember 13, 1985 · 48 min
    A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.
  4. Episode 10: 10. Bump and RunNovember 20, 1985 · 48 min
    Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.
  5. Episode 11: 11. DesperatelyDecember 4, 1985 · 48 min
    A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.
  6. Episode 12: 12. Reign of TerrorDecember 11, 1985 · 48 min
    The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
  7. Episode 13: 13. Back HomeDecember 18, 1985 · 48 min
    A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
  8. Episode 14: 14. Out of the PastJanuary 15, 1986 · 48 min
    An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.
  9. Episode 15: 15. Dead DropJanuary 22, 1986 · 48 min
    McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
  10. Episode 16: 16. Wash UpJanuary 29, 1986 · 48 min
    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.
  11. Episode 17: 17. TornFebruary 5, 1986 · 48 min
    McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.
  12. Episode 18: 18. Unnatural CausesFebruary 12, 1986 · 48 min
    McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.
  13. Episode 19: 19. BreakpointFebruary 19, 1986 · 48 min
    McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
  14. Episode 20: 20. No ConscienceMarch 5, 1986 · 48 min
    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.
  15. Episode 21: 21. Unpunished CrimesApril 1, 1986 · 48 min
    McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
  16. Episode 22: 22. PretendersApril 8, 1986 · 48 min
    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.

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Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
48 minutes
FIRST AIRED
September 18, 1985
LAST AIRED
August 24, 1989
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Universal Television

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