The Equalizer
Action & Adventure • Series

The Equalizer

"If the rules are against you he'll change them. If the odds are against you he'll even them."

7.1/10 1985 4 Seasons 88 Episodes 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.

Season: 1 2 3 4

Season 1 Episodes

S1E1
E1
Pilot: The Equalizer
48 min 1985

A former government agent offers his services to people facing problems too big for them to handle, such as a woman bein…

S1E2
E2
China Rain
48 min 1985

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

S1E3
E3
The Defector
48 min 1985

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

S1E4
E4
The Lock Box
48 min 1985

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

S1E5
E5
Lady Cop
48 min 1985

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

S1E6
E6
The Confirmation Day
48 min 1985

McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted…

S1E7
E7
The Children's Song
48 min 1985

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

S1E8
E8
The Distant Fire
48 min 1985

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

S1E9
E9
Mama's Boy
48 min 1985

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

S1E10
E10
Bump and Run
48 min 1985

Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his…

S1E11
E11
Desperately
48 min 1985

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

S1E12
E12
Reign of Terror
48 min 1985

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

S1E13
E13
Back Home
48 min 1985

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

S1E14
E14
Out of the Past
48 min 1986

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

S1E15
E15
Dead Drop
48 min 1986

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

S1E16
E16
Wash Up
48 min 1986

A window washer witnesses the murder of his pro-union partner by their anti-union boss, who has his own witnesses to bac…

S1E17
E17
Torn
48 min 1986

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

S1E18
E18
Unnatural Causes
48 min 1986

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

S1E19
E19
Breakpoint
48 min 1986

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

S1E20
E20
No Conscience
48 min 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 …

S1E21
E21
Unpunished Crimes
48 min 1986

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

S1E22
E22
Pretenders
48 min 1986

An aspiring reporter, desperate for a scoop that will get her notice and a promotion, becomes convinced that something b…

Cast

Edward Woodward
Edward Woodward
Robert McCall

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