

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."…
Action & Adventure, Crime • Series • 1985 • 4 seasons
Starring: Edward Woodward
Created by: Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan

S1 E1 - Pilot: The Equalizer
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.
Sep 18, 1985 • 48m

S1 E2 - China Rain
McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
Sep 25, 1985 • 48m

S1 E3 - The Defector
McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
Oct 2, 1985 • 48m

S1 E4 - The Lock Box
McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
Oct 9, 1985 • 48m

S1 E5 - Lady Cop
A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.
Oct 16, 1985 • 48m

S1 E6 - The Confirmation Day
McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.
Oct 23, 1985 • 48m

S1 E7 - The Children's Song
Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.
Oct 30, 1985 • 48m

S1 E8 - The Distant Fire
A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.
Nov 6, 1985 • 48m

S1 E9 - Mama's Boy
A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.
Nov 13, 1985 • 48m

S1 E10 - Bump and Run
Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.
Nov 20, 1985 • 48m

S1 E11 - Desperately
A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.
Dec 4, 1985 • 48m

S1 E12 - Reign of Terror
The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
Dec 11, 1985 • 48m

S1 E13 - Back Home
A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
Dec 18, 1985 • 48m

S1 E14 - Out of the Past
An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.
Jan 15, 1986 • 48m

S1 E15 - Dead Drop
McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
Jan 22, 1986 • 48m

S1 E16 - Wash Up
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.
Jan 29, 1986 • 48m

S1 E17 - Torn
McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.
Feb 5, 1986 • 48m

S1 E18 - Unnatural Causes
McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.
Feb 12, 1986 • 48m

S1 E19 - Breakpoint
McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
Feb 19, 1986 • 48m

S1 E20 - No Conscience
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.
Mar 5, 1986 • 48m

S1 E21 - Unpunished Crimes
McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
Apr 1, 1986 • 48m

S1 E22 - Pretenders
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.
Apr 8, 1986 • 48m
The Equalizer
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.
Action & Adventure, Crime • TV Series • 1985