Season 1

1985 · 22 episodes

Episodes

1Pilot: The EqualizerA 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.
2China RainMcCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
3The DefectorMcCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
4The Lock BoxMcCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
5Lady CopA crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.
6The Confirmation DayMcCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.
7The Children's SongFather and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.
8The Distant FireA hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.
9Mama's BoyA career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.
10Bump and RunMuggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.
11DesperatelyA lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.
12Reign of TerrorThe new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
13Back HomeA banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
14Out of the PastAn ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.
15Dead DropMcCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
16Wash UpA 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.
17TornMcCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.
18Unnatural CausesMcCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.
19BreakpointMcCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
20No ConscienceA womanizer is abducted and threatened with death if he doesn't give his captors what they want-but he can't figure out what.
21Unpunished CrimesMcCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
22PretendersAn 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.