The Equalizer (1985)
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.
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Episode 1 - Pilot: The Equalizer
Release Date: 1985-09-18A 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.
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Episode 2 - China Rain
Release Date: 1985-09-25McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
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Episode 3 - The Defector
Release Date: 1985-10-02McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
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Episode 4 - The Lock Box
Release Date: 1985-10-09McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
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Episode 5 - Lady Cop
Release Date: 1985-10-16A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.
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Episode 6 - The Confirmation Day
Release Date: 1985-10-23McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.
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Episode 7 - The Children's Song
Release Date: 1985-10-30Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.
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Episode 8 - The Distant Fire
Release Date: 1985-11-06A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.
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Episode 9 - Mama's Boy
Release Date: 1985-11-13A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.
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Episode 10 - Bump and Run
Release Date: 1985-11-20Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.
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Episode 11 - Desperately
Release Date: 1985-12-04A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.
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Episode 12 - Reign of Terror
Release Date: 1985-12-11The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
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Episode 13 - Back Home
Release Date: 1985-12-18A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
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Episode 14 - Out of the Past
Release Date: 1986-01-15An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.
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Episode 15 - Dead Drop
Release Date: 1986-01-22McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
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Episode 16 - Wash Up
Release Date: 1986-01-29A 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.
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Episode 17 - Torn
Release Date: 1986-02-05McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.
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Episode 18 - Unnatural Causes
Release Date: 1986-02-12McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.
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Episode 19 - Breakpoint
Release Date: 1986-02-19McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
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Episode 20 - No Conscience
Release Date: 1986-03-05A womanizer is abducted and threatened with death if he doesn't give his captors what they want-but he can't figure out what.
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Episode 21 - Unpunished Crimes
Release Date: 1986-04-01McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
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Episode 22 - Pretenders
Release Date: 1986-04-08An 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.