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The Equalizer

The Equalizer

“If the rules are against you he'll change them. If the odds are against you he'll even them.”
★7.2/10(71)•1985–1989
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama
CreatorRichard 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.
Seasons
4
Episodes
88
Country
Canada, United States
Status
Ended

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Reviews

7.2/10
TMDB Average audience rating
71 votes
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Episode Guide

1
Pilot: The Equalizer
18 Sep 198548 min★ 7.5
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.
2
China Rain
25 Sep 198548 min★ 7.5
McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
3
The Defector
02 Oct 198548 min★ 8.0
McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
4
The Lock Box
09 Oct 198548 min★ 7.5
McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
5
Lady Cop
16 Oct 198548 min★ 8.5
A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.
6
The Confirmation Day
23 Oct 198548 min★ 8.0
McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.
7
The Children's Song
30 Oct 198548 min★ 8.0
Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.
8
The Distant Fire
06 Nov 198548 min★ 7.5
A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.
9
Mama's Boy
13 Nov 198548 min★ 8.5
A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.
10
Bump and Run
20 Nov 198548 min★ 8.0
Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.
11
Desperately
04 Dec 198548 min★ 8.0
A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.
12
Reign of Terror
11 Dec 198548 min★ 7.0
The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
13
Back Home
18 Dec 198548 min★ 8.0
A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
14
Out of the Past
15 Jan 198648 min★ 8.0
An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.
15
Dead Drop
22 Jan 198648 min★ 3.3
McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
16
Wash Up
29 Jan 198648 min★ 7.0
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.
17
Torn
05 Feb 198648 min★ 8.0
McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.
18
Unnatural Causes
12 Feb 198648 min★ 4.0
McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.
19
Breakpoint
19 Feb 198648 min★ 8.0
McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
20
No Conscience
05 Mar 198648 min★ 8.0
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.
21
Unpunished Crimes
01 Apr 198648 min★ 7.0
McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
22
Pretenders
08 Apr 198648 min★ 8.0
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.

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How many seasons does The Equalizer have? The Equalizer has 4 seasons and 88 episodes.
Who stars in The Equalizer? The main cast of The Equalizer includes Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Lori Loughlin, Telly Savalas, Robert Mitchum.

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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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