The Equalizer - Season 1
1 - Pilot: The Equalizer
Air Date: September 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
Air Date: September 25, 1985
McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
3 - The Defector
Air Date: October 2, 1985
McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
4 - The Lock Box
Air Date: October 9, 1985
McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
5 - Lady Cop
Air Date: October 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
Air Date: October 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
Air Date: October 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
Air Date: November 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
Air Date: November 13, 1985
A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.
10 - Bump and Run
Air Date: November 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
Air Date: December 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
Air Date: December 11, 1985
The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
13 - Back Home
Air Date: December 18, 1985
A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
14 - Out of the Past
Air Date: January 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
Air Date: January 22, 1986
McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
16 - Wash Up
Air Date: January 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
Air Date: February 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
Air Date: February 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
Air Date: February 19, 1986
McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
20 - No Conscience
Air Date: March 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
Air Date: April 1, 1986
McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
22 - Pretenders
Air Date: April 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.