The Equalizer

The Equalizer

ENDED4 Seasons88 Episodes7.1
NetworkCBS
First AiredSep 18, 1985
Last AiredAug 24, 1989
Runtime48 min
Created ByRichard Lindheim, Michael Sloan

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.

Cast

Edward Woodward
Edward Woodward
Robert McCall

Seasons & Episodes4 seasons · 88 episodes

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The Last Campaign
E1The Last Campaign
Oct 26, 198848m
The aide to an ambitious candidate for state senator discovers that her boss is blackmailing the incumbent into endorsing his candidacy.
Sea of Fire
E2Sea of Fire
Nov 2, 198848m
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.
Riding the Elephant
E3Riding the Elephant
Nov 9, 198848m
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.
Eighteen With a Bullet
E4Eighteen With a Bullet
Nov 16, 198848m
McCall and Mickey try to help a young rock singer escape from her greedy, immoral manager.
The Day of the Covenant
E5The Day of the Covenant
Dec 7, 198848m
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.
Splinters
E6Splinters
Dec 14, 198848m
Mickey Kostmayer is captured when a Company operation fails, and he's turned against McCall using drugs and torture.
The Making of a Martyr
E7The Making of a Martyr
Jan 11, 198948m
A gun control advocate whose husband was crippled by a stray bullet seeks McCall's help when she receives threatening phone calls.
The Sins of the Father
E8The Sins of the Father
Jan 18, 198948m
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 Visitation
E9The Visitation
Feb 1, 198948m
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.
Past Imperfect
E10Past Imperfect
Feb 15, 198948m
An international crime cartel tries to use a man's estranged son against him when the man refuses to honor their wishes.
Trial By Ordeal
E11Trial By Ordeal
Mar 1, 198948m
McCall becomes the defense counsel when a Company tribunal on charges of treason tries Control.
Silent Fury
E12Silent Fury
Mar 8, 198948m
McCall tries to help a young woman who is one of the victims of a series of robberies directed against the deaf community.
Lullaby of Darkness
E13Lullaby of Darkness
Mar 30, 198948m
McCall tries to help a woman and her daughter escape from her abusive husband.
17 Zebra
E1417 Zebra
Apr 6, 198948m
McCall investigates when a mission worker tells him about several winos who have died from heart attacks enroute to the hospital in paramedic ambulances.
Starfire
E15Starfire
Apr 13, 198948m
McCall tries to help a girl and her friend, a confused man who claims to an extraterrestrial being hunted by killers.
Time Present, Time Past
E16Time Present, Time Past
Apr 20, 198948m
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.
Prisoners of Conscience
E17Prisoners of Conscience
Apr 27, 198948m
McCall's search for a kidnapped Chilean poet gets very intense when he learns the kidnapper killed his father many years ago.
The Caper
E18The Caper
May 4, 198948m
A cleaning woman works at cross-purposes to McCall as she tries to solve a murder she witnessed.
Heart of Justice
E19Heart of Justice
May 11, 198948m
A bitter man tries to get revenge on the men who brutalized his wife but he calls McCall when someone else gets them first.
Race Traitors
E20Race Traitors
Jun 11, 198948m
McCall answers a call for help from Kostmayer's old neighborhood, where a racist group is harassing a black family.
Endgame
E21Endgame
Aug 10, 198948m
McCall helps two sisters whom are the victims of a revenge that has been plotted by a master strategy game player.
Suicide Squad
E22Suicide Squad
Aug 24, 198948m
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.

About The Equalizer

The Equalizer is a action & adventure, crime, drama series on CBS. The show first aired on Sep 18, 1985 and currently has 4 seasons and 88 episodes. The Equalizer has ended after 4 seasons. It has a rating of 7.1/10 based on 64 votes. The cast includes Edward Woodward. Created by Richard Lindheim and Michael Sloan.

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