The Equalizer (1985) is a action & adventure, crime, drama web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Equalizer online in HD.
The Equalizer — Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan
- Starring: Edward Woodward
The Equalizer — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1985-09-18 |
| Seasons | 4 |
| Episodes | 88 |
| Genre | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama |
| Language | English |
| Network | CBS |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 7.2/10 (70 votes) |
The Equalizer — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Pilot: The Equalizer (1985-09-18) — 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
- E2: China Rain (1985-09-25) — McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
- E3: The Defector (1985-10-02) — McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
- E4: The Lock Box (1985-10-09) — McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
- E5: Lady Cop (1985-10-16) — A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.
- E6: The Confirmation Day (1985-10-23) — McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.
- E7: The Children's Song (1985-10-30) — Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.
- E8: The Distant Fire (1985-11-06) — A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.
- E9: Mama's Boy (1985-11-13) — A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.
- E10: Bump and Run (1985-11-20) — Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.
- E11: Desperately (1985-12-04) — A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.
- E12: Reign of Terror (1985-12-11) — The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
- E13: Back Home (1985-12-18) — A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
- E14: Out of the Past (1986-01-15) — An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.
- E15: Dead Drop (1986-01-22) — McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
- E16: Wash Up (1986-01-29) — 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.
- E17: Torn (1986-02-05) — McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.
- E18: Unnatural Causes (1986-02-12) — McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.
- E19: Breakpoint (1986-02-19) — McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
- E20: No Conscience (1986-03-05) — 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.
- E21: Unpunished Crimes (1986-04-01) — McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
- E22: Pretenders (1986-04-08) — 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.
Season 2
- E1: Prelude (1986-10-08) — Men working for a dictator McCall helped put into power kidnap an American journalist.
- E2: Nocturne (1986-10-15) — A blind music critic asks for help when she hears the voice of the man who raped her years before.
- E3: A Community of Civilized Men (1986-10-22) — McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts.
- E4: Joyride (1986-10-29) — Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.
- E5: Shades of Darkness (1986-11-05) — McCall helps a National Guardsman who faces a murder charge and threats from the real killer.
- E6: Nightscape (1986-11-12) — A rape victim asks McCall to stop her husband from tracking down her attackers.
- E7: Counterfire (1986-11-19) — The odds are against McCall when he's framed for the murder of a blind man.
- E8: The Line (1986-11-26) — The mother of a youth killed while being harassed by an overzealous citizen's patrol appeals to McCall for help.
- E9: Tip On a Sure Thing (1986-12-03) — A bookie that doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps the son of the jockey and demands the father throw the race.
- E10: The Cup (1986-12-10) — Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.
- E11: Heartstrings (1986-12-17) — A woman asks McCall for help recovering her kidnapped newborn son.
- E12: High Performance (1987-01-07) — A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.
- E13: Beyond Control (1987-01-14) — Control becomes McCall's client when a KGB agent who infiltrated a think tank is murdered.
- E14: Carnal Persuasion (1987-01-21) — A wife appeals to the judge sentencing her husband and is offered her husband's freedom for sexual favors.
- E15: Memories of Manon (1) (1987-02-04) — 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 p
- E16: Memories of Manon (2) (1987-02-11) — 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 p
- E17: Solo (1987-02-18) — McCall gets involved romantically and professionally with a woman wanted in Pennsylvania for killing a cop.
- E18: A Place To Stay (1987-02-25) — A young girl runs away from her quarreling parents and into the hands of a child pornographer.
- E19: Coal Black Soul (1987-05-06) — McCall is torn between a lovely psychiatrist and a man who calls and says he can't stop himself from murdering women.
- E20: First Light (1987-05-13) — While McCall is testifying in Washington, Scott tries his hand and looks for thugs harassing a local merchant.
- E21: Hand and Glove (1987-05-20) — Nightmares become a reality for an invalid woman when a threatening figures from her dreams appears in her room.
- E22: Re-Entry (1987-05-27) — McCall helps a young boy whose father was tricked into committing a crime.
Season 3
- E1: Blood & Wine (1) (1987-09-23) — McCall and a former terrorist, now a monk, are both searching for the monk's former partner, a terrorist who uses plastic surgery after each assignment to keep ahead of his enemies
- E2: Blood & Wine (2) (1987-09-23) — McCall and a former terrorist, now a monk, are both searching for the monk's former partner, a terrorist who uses plastic surgery after each assignment to keep ahead of his enemies
- E3: Suspicion of Innocence (1987-09-30) — McCall regrets persuading a young retarded friend of his into going to the police after he witnesses a murder; he's arrested for the crime.
- E4: In the Money (1987-10-07) — The trading on Wall Street gets a little rough; McCall and Mickey pull a half-drowned woman from the river after she gets in the way of some ruthless manipulators.
- E5: Encounter in a Closed Room (1987-10-14) — McCall tries to help a European defector free her parents from the KGB, who have kidnaped them to exert pressure on her to persuade another defector to return to their homeland.
- E6: Mission: McCall (1) (1987-10-28) — Scott discovers that his father has been kidnapped by someone, and following his father's instructions, contacts an old Company colleague, Richard Dyson, who sets things in motion
- E7: Mission: McCall (2) (1987-11-04) — Scott discovers that his father has been kidnapped by someone, and following his father's instructions, contacts an old Company colleague, Richard Dyson, who sets things in motion
- E8: Shadow Play (1987-11-11) — McCall helps a fellow Intelligence officer stay alive despite someone's efforts to keep him from talking to a Congressional committee.
- E9: Inner View (1987-11-18) — A psychic can't convince the police that she has `seen' the next attack of a serial killer, so she turns to McCall for help in preventing it.
- E10: The Rehearsal (1987-12-02) — McCall and Kostmayer are caught with an acting company rehearsing a new work when a psychopath boobytraps the theater exits with bombs.
- E11: Christmas Presence (1987-12-16) — McCall asks Harley to help him handle a request for help from a six-year-old AIDS victim who is living with his grandmother and facing increasingly violent harassment from the frig
- E12: A Dance on the Dark Side (1988-01-13) — A police station switchboard operator overhears a detective discussing the murder of his former partner and goes to McCall for help when she receives threats to keep her quiet.
- E13: The Child Broker (1988-01-20) — A young woman asks McCall to help her boyfriend break away from the control of a junior Fagin.
- E14: Video Games (1988-01-27) — A reporter's wife asks McCall to find her husband, who has disappeared while working undercover on a call-girl operation involving blackmail and the death of his daughter.
- E15: Something Green (1988-02-10) — The ex-wife of a European diplomat asks McCall to help her retrieve her son from his father before he can leave the country with the boy and $10 million in mob money.
- E16: The Mystery of Manon (1) (1988-02-17) — Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years befo
- E17: The Mystery of Manon (2) (1988-02-24) — Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years befo
- E18: No Place Like Home (1988-03-16) — McCall comes to the aid of a recently dispossessed man and his family who has been moved in a welfare hotel and is facing pressure from the landlord to take part in his welfare sca
- E19: Last Call (1988-03-23) — A rapist being hunted by a mob assassin takes hostage Kostmayer, Pete and several customers.
- E20: Regrets Only (1988-03-30) — A young woman trying to start her life over faces continuing harassment from her upscale, professional husband who won't let her go but who is smart enough to conceal his activitie
- E21: Target of Choice (1988-04-06) — A man fears for his life and that of his family when the murderer he helped put away is paroled and turns up living in his neighborhood.
- E22: Always a Lady (1988-05-04) — McCall's former protege at the Agency calls in a panic when she is apparently framed for the theft of a large amount of money from her gangster employer, but he arrives too late to
Season 4
- E1: The Last Campaign (1988-10-26) — The aide to an ambitious candidate for state senator discovers that her boss is blackmailing the incumbent into endorsing his candidacy.
- E2: Sea of Fire (1988-11-02) — A desperate high school principal calls on McCall for help in combating the gang responsible for the rape of a girl in the school gymnasium.
- E3: Riding the Elephant (1988-11-09) — McCall helps a Thai boxer and his girl friend extricate themselves from the clutches of a racketeer with old connections to McCall's former employers.
- E4: Eighteen With a Bullet (1988-11-16) — McCall and Mickey try to help a young rock singer escape from her greedy, immoral manager.
- E5: The Day of the Covenant (1988-12-07) — Scott learns first hand about the anti-apartheid movement when his girl friend becomes the target of a zealous Afrikaner who believes she's a terrorist.
- E6: Splinters (1988-12-14) — Mickey Kostmayer is captured when a Company operation fails, and he's turned against McCall using drugs and torture.
- E7: The Making of a Martyr (1989-01-11) — A gun control advocate whose husband was crippled by a stray bullet seeks McCall's help when she receives threatening phone calls.
- E8: The Sins of the Father (1989-01-18) — McCall reluctantly agrees to help the wife of a mobster find her kidnapped son, who's a pawn in a game of revenge against his father.
- E9: The Visitation (1989-02-01) — McCall's reunion with a former lover is interrupted when her medical skills are needed to deal with a deadly virus being carried by a pair of thugs responsible for killing an inter
- E10: Past Imperfect (1989-02-15) — An international crime cartel tries to use a man's estranged son against him when the man refuses to honor their wishes.
- E11: Trial By Ordeal (1989-03-01) — McCall becomes the defense counsel when a Company tribunal on charges of treason tries Control.
- E12: Silent Fury (1989-03-08) — McCall tries to help a young woman who is one of the victims of a series of robberies directed against the deaf community.
- E13: Lullaby of Darkness (1989-03-30) — McCall tries to help a woman and her daughter escape from her abusive husband.
- E14: 17 Zebra (1989-04-06) — McCall investigates when a mission worker tells him about several winos who have died from heart attacks enroute to the hospital in paramedic ambulances.
- E15: Starfire (1989-04-13) — McCall tries to help a girl and her friend, a confused man who claims to an extraterrestrial being hunted by killers.
- E16: Time Present, Time Past (1989-04-20) — Scott is kidnapped along with a former Bulgarian agent McCall helped to defect ten years earlier, and later undergoes his baptism into his father's world when he accompanies a team
- E17: Prisoners of Conscience (1989-04-27) — McCall's search for a kidnapped Chilean poet gets very intense when he learns the kidnapper killed his father many years ago.
- E18: The Caper (1989-05-04) — A cleaning woman works at cross-purposes to McCall as she tries to solve a murder she witnessed.
- E19: Heart of Justice (1989-05-11) — A bitter man tries to get revenge on the men who brutalized his wife but he calls McCall when someone else gets them first.
- E20: Race Traitors (1989-06-11) — McCall answers a call for help from Kostmayer's old neighborhood, where a racist group is harassing a black family.
- E21: Endgame (1989-08-10) — McCall helps two sisters whom are the victims of a revenge that has been plotted by a master strategy game player.
- E22: Suicide Squad (1989-08-24) — McCall comes to the aid of a college student who's lost his athletic scholarship and fears disappointing his parents, and turns to drug dealing as a way to make the big money they
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does The Equalizer have? 4 season(s) with 88 episodes.
Who created The Equalizer? Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan.
Where can I watch The Equalizer? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.