The Equalizer

The Equalizer

  • 1985
  • 4 Seasons
  • 88 Episodes
  •  7.1  (64)
  •   Ended

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.

The Equalizer
Seasons
Suicide Squad
22. Suicide Squad
August 24, 1989
McCall comes to the aid of a college student who's lost his athletic scholarship and fears disappointing his parents, and turns to drug dealing as a way to make the big money they expect.
Endgame
21. Endgame
August 10, 1989
McCall helps two sisters whom are the victims of a revenge that has been plotted by a master strategy game player.
Race Traitors
20. Race Traitors
June 11, 1989
McCall answers a call for help from Kostmayer's old neighborhood, where a racist group is harassing a black family.
Heart of Justice
19. Heart of Justice
May 11, 1989
A bitter man tries to get revenge on the men who brutalized his wife but he calls McCall when someone else gets them first.
The Caper
18. The Caper
May 04, 1989
A cleaning woman works at cross-purposes to McCall as she tries to solve a murder she witnessed.
Prisoners of Conscience
17. Prisoners of Conscience
April 27, 1989
McCall's search for a kidnapped Chilean poet gets very intense when he learns the kidnapper killed his father many years ago.
Time Present, Time Past
16. Time Present, Time Past
April 20, 1989
Scott is kidnapped along with a former Bulgarian agent McCall helped to defect ten years earlier, and later undergoes his baptism into his father's world when he accompanies a team trying to rescue the man.
Starfire
15. Starfire
April 13, 1989
McCall tries to help a girl and her friend, a confused man who claims to an extraterrestrial being hunted by killers.
17 Zebra
14. 17 Zebra
April 06, 1989
McCall investigates when a mission worker tells him about several winos who have died from heart attacks enroute to the hospital in paramedic ambulances.
Lullaby of Darkness
13. Lullaby of Darkness
March 30, 1989
McCall tries to help a woman and her daughter escape from her abusive husband.
Silent Fury
12. Silent Fury
March 08, 1989
McCall tries to help a young woman who is one of the victims of a series of robberies directed against the deaf community.
Trial By Ordeal
11. Trial By Ordeal
March 01, 1989
McCall becomes the defense counsel when a Company tribunal on charges of treason tries Control.
Past Imperfect
10. Past Imperfect
February 15, 1989
An international crime cartel tries to use a man's estranged son against him when the man refuses to honor their wishes.
The Visitation
9. The Visitation
February 01, 1989
McCall's reunion with a former lover is interrupted when her medical skills are needed to deal with a deadly virus being carried by a pair of thugs responsible for killing an international arms dealer.
The Sins of the Father
8. The Sins of the Father
January 18, 1989
McCall reluctantly agrees to help the wife of a mobster find her kidnapped son, who's a pawn in a game of revenge against his father.
The Making of a Martyr
7. The Making of a Martyr
January 11, 1989
A gun control advocate whose husband was crippled by a stray bullet seeks McCall's help when she receives threatening phone calls.
Splinters
6. Splinters
December 14, 1988
Mickey Kostmayer is captured when a Company operation fails, and he's turned against McCall using drugs and torture.
The Day of the Covenant
5. The Day of the Covenant
December 07, 1988
Scott learns first hand about the anti-apartheid movement when his girl friend becomes the target of a zealous Afrikaner who believes she's a terrorist.
Eighteen With a Bullet
4. Eighteen With a Bullet
November 16, 1988
McCall and Mickey try to help a young rock singer escape from her greedy, immoral manager.
Riding the Elephant
3. Riding the Elephant
November 09, 1988
McCall helps a Thai boxer and his girl friend extricate themselves from the clutches of a racketeer with old connections to McCall's former employers.
Sea of Fire
2. Sea of Fire
November 02, 1988
A desperate high school principal calls on McCall for help in combating the gang responsible for the rape of a girl in the school gymnasium.
The Last Campaign
1. The Last Campaign
October 26, 1988
The aide to an ambitious candidate for state senator discovers that her boss is blackmailing the incumbent into endorsing his candidacy.
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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.
  • Premiere Date
    September 18, 1985
  • Rating
    7.1  (64)