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The Equalizer.

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

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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.

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Created by Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan

THE STORY CONTINUES

Season 1.

Pilot: The Equalizer

1985-09-18 · 48m7.5

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.

China Rain

1985-09-25 · 48m7.5

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

The Defector

1985-10-02 · 48m8.0

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

The Lock Box

1985-10-09 · 48m7.5

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

Lady Cop

1985-10-16 · 48m8.5

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

The Confirmation Day

1985-10-23 · 48m8.0

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

The Children's Song

1985-10-30 · 48m8.0

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

The Distant Fire

1985-11-06 · 48m7.5

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

Mama's Boy

1985-11-13 · 48m8.5

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

Bump and Run

1985-11-20 · 48m8.0

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

Desperately

1985-12-04 · 48m8.0

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

Reign of Terror

1985-12-11 · 48m7.0

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

Back Home

1985-12-18 · 48m8.0

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

Out of the Past

1986-01-15 · 48m8.0

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

Dead Drop

1986-01-22 · 48m3.3

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

Wash Up

1986-01-29 · 48m7.0

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.

Torn

1986-02-05 · 48m8.0

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

Unnatural Causes

1986-02-12 · 48m4.0

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

Breakpoint

1986-02-19 · 48m8.0

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

No Conscience

1986-03-05 · 48m8.0

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.

Unpunished Crimes

1986-04-01 · 48m7.0

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

Pretenders

1986-04-08 · 48m8.0

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.

Edward Woodward

Edward Woodward

Robert McCall