The Equalizer
The Equalizer
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The Equalizer

If the rules are against you he'll change them. If the odds are against you he'll even them.

7.1 / 10
1985
4 seasons
88 episodes
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

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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Seasons

  • Pilot: The Equalizer

    1.Pilot: The Equalizer

    7.5
    18-09-198548m

    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 blackmai...

  • China Rain

    2.China Rain

    7.5
    25-09-198548m

    McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.

  • The Defector

    3.The Defector

    8.0
    02-10-198548m

    McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.

  • The Lock Box

    4.The Lock Box

    7.5
    09-10-198548m

    McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.

  • Lady Cop

    5.Lady Cop

    8.5
    16-10-198548m

    A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.

  • The Confirmation Day

    6.The Confirmation Day

    8.0
    23-10-198548m

    McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.

  • The Children's Song

    7.The Children's Song

    8.0
    30-10-198548m

    Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.

  • The Distant Fire

    8.The Distant Fire

    7.5
    06-11-198548m

    A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.

  • Mama's Boy

    9.Mama's Boy

    8.5
    13-11-198548m

    A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.

  • Bump and Run

    10.Bump and Run

    8.0
    20-11-198548m

    Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.

  • Desperately

    11.Desperately

    8.0
    04-12-198548m

    A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.

  • Reign of Terror

    12.Reign of Terror

    7.0
    11-12-198548m

    The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.

  • Back Home

    13.Back Home

    8.0
    18-12-198548m

    A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.

  • Out of the Past

    14.Out of the Past

    8.0
    15-01-198648m

    An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.

  • Dead Drop

    15.Dead Drop

    3.3
    22-01-198648m

    McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.

  • Wash Up

    16.Wash Up

    7.0
    29-01-198648m

    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.

  • Torn

    17.Torn

    8.0
    05-02-198648m

    McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.

  • Unnatural Causes

    18.Unnatural Causes

    4.0
    12-02-198648m

    McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.

  • Breakpoint

    19.Breakpoint

    8.0
    19-02-198648m

    McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.

  • No Conscience

    20.No Conscience

    8.0
    05-03-198648m

    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.

  • Unpunished Crimes

    21.Unpunished Crimes

    7.0
    01-04-198648m

    McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.

  • Pretenders

    22.Pretenders

    8.0
    08-04-198648m

    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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