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The Equalizer: Season 1

The Equalizer

The Equalizer: Season 1

Universal Studios (1985)
DVD
TV Series | Action | Crime | Drama
USA | English | Color | 17:43

Robert McCall is a former agent of a shadowy, unnamed government agency, who is trying to make up for the unspoken sins of his past. His atonement comes in the form of an advertisement in the New York Yellow Pages that features the quote: "Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer!" McCall uses his finely honed skills, and occasionally, the agents and resources from his old agency, to combat the injustices perpetrated against those who can't seek protection from the law.


Episodes View details

1 Pilot 48 min | Sep 18, 1985

Disillusioned by his years as a spy, Robert McCall resigns from his job, determined to help people in need. His first two clients are a telecommunications employee who stumbles onto an extortion ring, and a woman threatened by a stalker.

2 China Rain 48 min | Sep 25, 1985

A Chinatown gang kidnap whom they believe is the son of a wealthy Chinese-American couple, unaware that he is actually the maid's child. Fearful that the police will not be able to get the boy back alive, the maid contacts Robert McCall.

3 The Defector 48 min | Oct 02, 1985

McCall's attempt to help a former agent defect from the USSR goes badly, leaving the man's daughter in peril. McCall is also asked by a teenage boy for help against a local gang of bullies.

4 The Lock Box 47 min | Oct 09, 1985

The Griffith family arrives in NYC on vacation from Duluth and things go wrong right from the start...their luggage is stolen by a gypsy cabbie and the hotel has lost their reservations. Bored and frustrated, Edie, the Griffiths 17 year old daughter wanders out of the hotel at night to do some exploring. She is lured into accepting a ride and finds herself abducted. The police can offer little help and with no one else to turn to they hire McCall to help find their daughter. His search will lead him into the seedy underworld of prostitution and an 'invitation only' brothel known as a Lock Box.

5 Lady Cop 48 min | Oct 16, 1985

A young New York City patrolwoman contacts McCall to help her take down a trio of dirty cops, which include her partner.

6 The Confirmation Day 47 min | Oct 23, 1985

Prior to his confirmation, a boy hires McCall to protect his father who is caught up in some crooked business deals, while at the same time protecting an aging stage actress from a stalker.

7 The Children's Song 48 min | Oct 30, 1985

On a camping trip, McCall and his estranged son Scott must band together to protect a young rape victim from a gang of hoodlums who also killed her boyfriend.

8 The Distant Fire 48 min | Nov 06, 1985

McCall meets an old Agency colleague who now hires himself out as a killer. His next target is an ambassador and his wife. He asks for McCall's help to save the wife because she is a woman they both used to love.

9 Mama's Boy 48 min | Nov 13, 1985

A mother turns to McCall when she discovers her teenage son is working for a dangerous drug dealer.

10 Bump and Run 48 min | Nov 20, 1985

McCall searches for a vigilante who is killing criminals in his name. Meanwhile, his colleague Kostmeyer protects a young woman from carjackers seeking revenge for a fallen member of their crew.

11 Desperately 48 min | Dec 04, 1985

A bored housewife is dared by her friend to pick up a guy which she does. He takes her to a hotel room but when they arrive there's a guy already there. The guy who brought her there pulls out a gun and kills the man there. She runs away and calls McCall but she doesn't want her husband to know what happened. When she tells him what happened, McCall deduces that the man is a professional killer so they go to the police and she tells her husband. But the assassin tracks her down through her friend.

12 Reign of Terror 48 min | Dec 11, 1985

A doctor takes over an inner city clinic, upon arriving she discovers that the previous doctor has a deal with the gang who runs the neighborhood to provide them with drugs in exchange for letting them stay there. But when she learns of this, she tells them that it ends. The gang then threatens her but she's not intimidated. But her assistant knowing she's in over her head calls McCall. But upon meeting him, she refuses to accept help from because she doesn't believe in violence.

13 Back Home 47 min | Dec 18, 1985

McCall is called by the tenants of an apartment building who are terrorized so that they would move out. They believe that the owner a wealthy man is doing this so he can tear down the building. McCall does a check on the man and discovers that he is looking for a hit man to kill his wife. So McCall approaches her and convinces her to come with him.

14 Out of the Past 48 min | Jan 15, 1986

McCall's ex-wife asks for his help when her current husband is threatened by a vengeful ex-con.

15 Dead Drop 48 min | Jan 22, 1986

McCall assembles a team of former colleagues to help an innocent bystander in danger when he is unwittingly involved in a smuggling operation. However, McCall runs into unexpected trouble with a smug bureaucrat gunning for Control's job.

16 Wash-Up 47 min | Jan 29, 1986

Two window-washers who want to form a union ask for McCall's help when they are threatened by their murderous employer. Meanwhile, McCall's housekeeper moves into his townhouse temporarily for a few days with her two young sons in tow.

17 Torn 48 min | Feb 05, 1986

McCall finds his attention divided when Jason Mazer from The Agency offers him a chance at revenge against an old enemy, while at the same time a young girl asks McCall to protect her and her mother against her abusive father.

18 Unnatural Causes 47 min | Feb 12, 1986

A serial killer is targeting New York's lonely single women who respond to a Lonely Hearts newspaper ad. His calling card is an orchid he pins to the body. Meanwhile, McCall is writing an article about Robert E Lee for a military magazine and trying to help a young actress from being exploited by a pimp.

19 Breakpoint 48 min | Feb 19, 1986

While attending a wedding, McCall is taken hostage by Middle Eastern terrorists seeking to capture and execute a philanthropist from their country.

20 No Conscience 48 min | Mar 05, 1986

A womanizer is grabbed by some people who demand that he give them something that one of the women he's been with gave him. He has no idea what they're talking about so he turns to McCall for help. After going through all the women he knows they hit a wall. That is until he remembers one other woman whom he met briefly.

21 Unpunished Crimes 48 min | Apr 01, 1986

A man goes to the CEO of a corporation and accuses them of stealing his invention, and when he presents proof the CEO tries to destroy it. He then orders that the man be taken care of. And when they fail, the man's son calls McCall. McCall checks the CEO out and learns that he may have ties to a terrorist group, so he approaches the man in charge of the group and together they run a game on the CEO.

22 Pretenders 48 min | Apr 08, 1986

McCall helps a rookie reporter who suspects her new neighbor of criminal activity. As McCall probes further, he discovers the man may have murderous intentions and is being protected by Control.

Cast View all

Edward Woodward Robert McCall
Mark Margolis Jimmy
Steven Williams Lt. Jefferson Burnett
Robert Lansing Control
Keith Szarabajka Mickey Kostmayer
Irving Metzman Sterno
Ron O'Neal Lt. Isadore Smalls
Richard Portnow Policeman
Charles S. Dutton Abmennet
Saul Rubinek Jason Masur
Ray Baker Dana
William Zabka Scott McCall
Tony Shalhoub Terrorist Leader
Geoffrey Pierson Lawyer
David Alan Grier Desk Sergeant
Meat Loaf Sugar Fly Simon
Roma Maffia Sindee
Frank Adonis Limo Driver
Fred Williamson Lt. Mason Warren
Melissa Joan Hart Laura Moore
Jeff McCarthy Gary Speer
Bob Maroff Union Cabbie
Charles Brown Sgt. Oliver Gant
Begonia Plaza Mrs. Sanchez
Yvonne Wilder Lettie

Edition details

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