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 · October 1986 – May 1987
  1. Episode 1: 1. PreludeOctober 8, 1986 · 48 min
    Men working for a dictator McCall helped put into power kidnap an American journalist.
  2. Episode 2: 2. NocturneOctober 15, 1986 · 48 min
    A blind music critic asks for help when she hears the voice of the man who raped her years before.
  3. Episode 3: 3. A Community of Civilized MenOctober 22, 1986 · 48 min
    McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts.
  4. Episode 4: 4. JoyrideOctober 29, 1986 · 48 min
    Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.
  5. Episode 5: 5. Shades of DarknessNovember 5, 1986 · 48 min
    McCall helps a National Guardsman who faces a murder charge and threats from the real killer.
  6. Episode 6: 6. NightscapeNovember 12, 1986 · 48 min
    A rape victim asks McCall to stop her husband from tracking down her attackers.
Show 16 more episodes
  1. Episode 7: 7. CounterfireNovember 19, 1986 · 48 min
    The odds are against McCall when he's framed for the murder of a blind man.
  2. Episode 8: 8. The LineNovember 26, 1986 · 48 min
    The mother of a youth killed while being harassed by an overzealous citizen's patrol appeals to McCall for help.
  3. Episode 9: 9. Tip On a Sure ThingDecember 3, 1986 · 48 min
    A bookie that doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps the son of the jockey and demands the father throw the race.
  4. Episode 10: 10. The CupDecember 10, 1986 · 48 min
    Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.
  5. Episode 11: 11. HeartstringsDecember 17, 1986 · 48 min
    A woman asks McCall for help recovering her kidnapped newborn son.
  6. Episode 12: 12. High PerformanceJanuary 7, 1987 · 48 min
    A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.
  7. Episode 13: 13. Beyond ControlJanuary 14, 1987 · 48 min
    Control becomes McCall's client when a KGB agent who infiltrated a think tank is murdered.
  8. Episode 14: 14. Carnal PersuasionJanuary 21, 1987 · 48 min
    A wife appeals to the judge sentencing her husband and is offered her husband's freedom for sexual favors.
  9. Episode 15: 15. Memories of Manon (1)February 4, 1987 · 48 min
    Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.
  10. Episode 16: 16. Memories of Manon (2)February 11, 1987 · 48 min
    Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.
  11. Episode 17: 17. SoloFebruary 18, 1987 · 48 min
    McCall gets involved romantically and professionally with a woman wanted in Pennsylvania for killing a cop.
  12. Episode 18: 18. A Place To StayFebruary 25, 1987 · 48 min
    A young girl runs away from her quarreling parents and into the hands of a child pornographer.
  13. Episode 19: 19. Coal Black SoulMay 6, 1987 · 48 min
    McCall is torn between a lovely psychiatrist and a man who calls and says he can't stop himself from murdering women.
  14. Episode 20: 20. First LightMay 13, 1987 · 48 min
    While McCall is testifying in Washington, Scott tries his hand and looks for thugs harassing a local merchant.
  15. Episode 21: 21. Hand and GloveMay 20, 1987 · 48 min
    Nightmares become a reality for an invalid woman when a threatening figures from her dreams appears in her room.
  16. Episode 22: 22. Re-EntryMay 27, 1987 · 48 min
    McCall helps a young boy whose father was tricked into committing a crime.

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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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