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 - Prelude
Release Date: 1986-10-08Men working for a dictator McCall helped put into power kidnap an American journalist.
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Episode 2 - Nocturne
Release Date: 1986-10-15A blind music critic asks for help when she hears the voice of the man who raped her years before.
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Episode 3 - A Community of Civilized Men
Release Date: 1986-10-22McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts.
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Episode 4 - Joyride
Release Date: 1986-10-29Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.
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Episode 5 - Shades of Darkness
Release Date: 1986-11-05McCall helps a National Guardsman who faces a murder charge and threats from the real killer.
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Episode 6 - Nightscape
Release Date: 1986-11-12A rape victim asks McCall to stop her husband from tracking down her attackers.
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Episode 7 - Counterfire
Release Date: 1986-11-19The odds are against McCall when he's framed for the murder of a blind man.
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Episode 8 - The Line
Release Date: 1986-11-26The mother of a youth killed while being harassed by an overzealous citizen's patrol appeals to McCall for help.
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Episode 9 - Tip On a Sure Thing
Release Date: 1986-12-03A bookie that doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps the son of the jockey and demands the father throw the race.
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Episode 10 - The Cup
Release Date: 1986-12-10Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.
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Episode 11 - Heartstrings
Release Date: 1986-12-17A woman asks McCall for help recovering her kidnapped newborn son.
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Episode 12 - High Performance
Release Date: 1987-01-07A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.
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Episode 13 - Beyond Control
Release Date: 1987-01-14Control becomes McCall's client when a KGB agent who infiltrated a think tank is murdered.
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Episode 14 - Carnal Persuasion
Release Date: 1987-01-21A wife appeals to the judge sentencing her husband and is offered her husband's freedom for sexual favors.
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Episode 15 - Memories of Manon (1)
Release Date: 1987-02-04Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.
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Episode 16 - Memories of Manon (2)
Release Date: 1987-02-11Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.
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Episode 17 - Solo
Release Date: 1987-02-18McCall gets involved romantically and professionally with a woman wanted in Pennsylvania for killing a cop.
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Episode 18 - A Place To Stay
Release Date: 1987-02-25A young girl runs away from her quarreling parents and into the hands of a child pornographer.
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Episode 19 - Coal Black Soul
Release Date: 1987-05-06McCall is torn between a lovely psychiatrist and a man who calls and says he can't stop himself from murdering women.
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Episode 20 - First Light
Release Date: 1987-05-13While McCall is testifying in Washington, Scott tries his hand and looks for thugs harassing a local merchant.
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Episode 21 - Hand and Glove
Release Date: 1987-05-20Nightmares become a reality for an invalid woman when a threatening figures from her dreams appears in her room.
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Episode 22 - Re-Entry
Release Date: 1987-05-27McCall helps a young boy whose father was tricked into committing a crime.