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The Equalizer

The Equalizer (1985-1989) - Season 1 Episodes and Ratings

1985TV Series"If the rules are against you he'll change them. If the odds are against you he'll even them."
Audience Score
74

Season 1 Episodes

75

1. Pilot: The Equalizer

September 18th, 198548 min

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.

75

2. China Rain

September 25th, 198548 min

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

80

3. The Defector

October 2nd, 198548 min

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

75

4. The Lock Box

October 9th, 198548 min

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

85

5. Lady Cop

October 16th, 198548 min

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

80

6. The Confirmation Day

October 23rd, 198548 min

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

80

7. The Children's Song

October 30th, 198548 min

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

75

8. The Distant Fire

November 6th, 198548 min

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

85

9. Mama's Boy

November 13th, 198548 min

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

80

10. Bump and Run

November 20th, 198548 min

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

80

11. Desperately

December 4th, 198548 min

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

70

12. Reign of Terror

December 11th, 198548 min

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

80

13. Back Home

December 18th, 198548 min

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

80

14. Out of the Past

January 15th, 198648 min

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

33

15. Dead Drop

January 22nd, 198648 min

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

70

16. Wash Up

January 29th, 198648 min

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.

80

17. Torn

February 5th, 198648 min

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

40

18. Unnatural Causes

February 12th, 198648 min

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

80

19. Breakpoint

February 19th, 198648 min

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

80

20. No Conscience

March 5th, 198648 min

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.

70

21. Unpunished Crimes

April 1st, 198648 min

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

80

22. Pretenders

April 8th, 198648 min

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.

All Seasons

Season 4

Season 4

Oct 26, 1988
78
Season 3

Season 3

Sep 23, 1987
71
Season 2

Season 2

Oct 8, 1986
75
Season 1

Season 1

Sep 18, 1985
74
Specials

Specials

Oct 29, 2012