The Equalizer

7.1
198548m

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.

Production

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Seasons

22 Episodes • Premiered 1985

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1. Pilot: The Equalizer

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.

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2. China Rain

7.5

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

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3. The Defector

8.0

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

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4. The Lock Box

7.5

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

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5. Lady Cop

8.5

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

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6. The Confirmation Day

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.

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7. The Children's Song

8.0

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

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8. The Distant Fire

7.5

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

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9. Mama's Boy

8.5

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

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10. Bump and Run

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.

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11. Desperately

8.0

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

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12. Reign of Terror

7.0

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

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13. Back Home

8.0

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

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14. Out of the Past

8.0

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

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15. Dead Drop

3.3

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

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16. Wash Up

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.

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17. Torn

8.0

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

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18. Unnatural Causes

4.0

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

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19. Breakpoint

8.0

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

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20. No Conscience

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.

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21. Unpunished Crimes

7.0

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

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22. Pretenders

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

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Edward Woodward

Robert McCall

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