• Air date: 08 Oct '86 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. Prelude

      08 Oct '86
      Men working for a dictator McCall helped put into power kidnap an American journalist.
    • 2. Nocturne

      15 Oct '86
      A blind music critic asks for help when she hears the voice of the man who raped her years before.
    • 3. A Community of Civilized Men

      22 Oct '86
      McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts.
    • 4. Joyride

      29 Oct '86
      Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.
    • 5. Shades of Darkness

      05 Nov '86
      McCall helps a National Guardsman who faces a murder charge and threats from the real killer.
    • 6. Nightscape

      12 Nov '86
      A rape victim asks McCall to stop her husband from tracking down her attackers.
    • 7. Counterfire

      19 Nov '86
      The odds are against McCall when he's framed for the murder of a blind man.
    • 8. The Line

      26 Nov '86
      The mother of a youth killed while being harassed by an overzealous citizen's patrol appeals to McCall for help.
    • 9. Tip On a Sure Thing

      03 Dec '86
      A bookie that doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps the son of the jockey and demands the father throw the race.
    • 10. The Cup

      10 Dec '86
      Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.
    • 11. Heartstrings

      17 Dec '86
      A woman asks McCall for help recovering her kidnapped newborn son.
    • 12. High Performance

      07 Jan '87
      A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.
    • 13. Beyond Control

      14 Jan '87
      Control becomes McCall's client when a KGB agent who infiltrated a think tank is murdered.
    • 14. Carnal Persuasion

      21 Jan '87
      A wife appeals to the judge sentencing her husband and is offered her husband's freedom for sexual favors.
    • 15. Memories of Manon (1)

      04 Feb '87
      Control'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.
    • 16. Memories of Manon (2)

      11 Feb '87
      Control'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.
    • 17. Solo

      18 Feb '87
      McCall gets involved romantically and professionally with a woman wanted in Pennsylvania for killing a cop.
    • 18. A Place To Stay

      25 Feb '87
      A young girl runs away from her quarreling parents and into the hands of a child pornographer.
    • 19. Coal Black Soul

      06 May '87
      McCall is torn between a lovely psychiatrist and a man who calls and says he can't stop himself from murdering women.
    • 20. First Light

      13 May '87
      While McCall is testifying in Washington, Scott tries his hand and looks for thugs harassing a local merchant.
    • 21. Hand and Glove

      20 May '87
      Nightmares become a reality for an invalid woman when a threatening figures from her dreams appears in her room.
    • 22. Re-Entry

      27 May '87
      McCall helps a young boy whose father was tricked into committing a crime.