Season 1

22 EPISODES • 1985

Season 1 of The Equalizer was released on September 18 and consists of 22 episodes.

Episodes

1: Pilot: The Equalizer

Sep 18, 1985

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.

2: China Rain

Sep 25, 1985

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

3: The Defector

Oct 2, 1985

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

4: The Lock Box

Oct 9, 1985

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

5: Lady Cop

Oct 16, 1985

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

6: The Confirmation Day

Oct 23, 1985

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

7: The Children's Song

Oct 30, 1985

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

8: The Distant Fire

Nov 6, 1985

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

9: Mama's Boy

Nov 13, 1985

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

10: Bump and Run

Nov 20, 1985

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

11: Desperately

Dec 4, 1985

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

12: Reign of Terror

Dec 11, 1985

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

13: Back Home

Dec 18, 1985

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

14: Out of the Past

Jan 15, 1986

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

15: Dead Drop

Jan 22, 1986

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

16: Wash Up

Jan 29, 1986

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.

17: Torn

Feb 5, 1986

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

18: Unnatural Causes

Feb 12, 1986

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

19: Breakpoint

Feb 19, 1986

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

20: No Conscience

Mar 5, 1986

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.

21: Unpunished Crimes

Apr 1, 1986

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

22: Pretenders

Apr 8, 1986

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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