The Equalizer
A former government operative leaves his old life behind and offers a discreet, off-the-books service to people who have run out of options. Working through a simple public contact, he takes on dangerous, morally messy cases across a gritty city, using experience, connections, and determination to level the playing field for the vulnerable.
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Season 1
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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 -
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China Rain
McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
Sep 25, 1985 · 48m -
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The Defector
McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
Oct 2, 1985 · 48m -
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The Lock Box
McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
Oct 9, 1985 · 47m -
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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 -
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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 · 47m -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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Back Home
A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
Dec 18, 1985 · 47m -
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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 -
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Dead Drop
McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
Jan 22, 1986 · 48m -
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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 · 47m -
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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 -
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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 · 47m -
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Breakpoint
McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
Feb 19, 1986 · 48m -
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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 -
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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 -
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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