The Equalizer: Season 1 (1985)

Episodes: 22
Premiered September 18, 1985

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Episodes

Episode 1 · September 18, 1985 · 48m

Pilot: The Equalizer
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.

7.5
Episode 2 · September 25, 1985 · 48m

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

7.5
Episode 3 · October 2, 1985 · 48m

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

8.0
Episode 4 · October 9, 1985 · 48m

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

7.5
Episode 5 · October 16, 1985 · 48m

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

8.5
Episode 6 · October 23, 1985 · 48m

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

8.0
Episode 7 · October 30, 1985 · 48m

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

8.0
Episode 8 · November 6, 1985 · 48m

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

7.5
Episode 9 · November 13, 1985 · 48m

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

8.5
Episode 10 · November 20, 1985 · 48m

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

8.0
Episode 11 · December 4, 1985 · 48m

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

8.0
Episode 12 · December 11, 1985 · 48m

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

7.0
Episode 13 · December 18, 1985 · 48m

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

8.0
Episode 14 · January 15, 1986 · 48m

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

8.0
Episode 15 · January 22, 1986 · 48m

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

3.3
Episode 16 · January 29, 1986 · 48m

Wash Up
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.

7.0
Episode 17 · February 5, 1986 · 48m

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

8.0
Episode 18 · February 12, 1986 · 48m

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

4.0
Episode 19 · February 19, 1986 · 48m

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

8.0
Episode 20 · March 5, 1986 · 48m

No Conscience
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.

8.0
Episode 21 · April 1, 1986 · 48m

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

7.0
Episode 22 · April 8, 1986 · 48m

Pretenders
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.

8.0