• Air date: 18 Sep '85 22 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. Pilot: The Equalizer

      18 Sep '85
      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 '85
      McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
    • 3. The Defector

      02 Oct '85
      McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
    • 4. The Lock Box

      09 Oct '85
      McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
    • 5. Lady Cop

      16 Oct '85
      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 '85
      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 '85
      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 '85
      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 '85
      A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.
    • 10. Bump and Run

      20 Nov '85
      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 '85
      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 '85
      The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
    • 13. Back Home

      18 Dec '85
      A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
    • 14. Out of the Past

      15 Jan '86
      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 '86
      McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
    • 16. Wash Up

      29 Jan '86
      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 '86
      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 '86
      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 '86
      McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
    • 20. No Conscience

      05 Mar '86
      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 '86
      McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
    • 22. Pretenders

      08 Apr '86
      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.