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.
CreatorsRichard Lindheim, Michael Sloan
Pilot: The Equalizer
Sep 18, 1985
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
Sep 25, 1985
McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
The Defector
Oct 2, 1985
McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
The Lock Box
Oct 9, 1985
McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
Lady Cop
Oct 16, 1985
A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.
The Confirmation Day
Oct 23, 1985
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
Oct 30, 1985
Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.
The Distant Fire
Nov 6, 1985
A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.
Mama's Boy
Nov 13, 1985
A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.
Bump and Run
Nov 20, 1985
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
Dec 4, 1985
A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.
Reign of Terror
Dec 11, 1985
The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
Back Home
Dec 18, 1985
A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
Out of the Past
Jan 15, 1986
An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.
Dead Drop
Jan 22, 1986
McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
Wash Up
Jan 29, 1986
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
Feb 5, 1986
McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.
Unnatural Causes
Feb 12, 1986
McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.
Breakpoint
Feb 19, 1986
McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
No Conscience
Mar 5, 1986
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
Apr 1, 1986
McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
Pretenders
Apr 8, 1986
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.
