The Equalizer.
An underrated show, starring the brilliant Edward Woodward.
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- CreatorRichard LindheimMichael SloanStarsEdward WoodwardKeith SzarabajkaRobert LansingA retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsEdward WoodwardLaurie MetcalfD.W. MoffettA womanizer is grabbed by some people who demand that he give them something that one of the women he's been with gave him. He has no idea what they're talking about so he turns to McCall for help. After going through all the women he knows they hit a wall. That is until he remembers one other woman whom he met briefly.
- DirectorAlan MetzgerStarsEdward WoodwardDan HedayaRegina BaffA man goes to the CEO of a corporation and accuses them of stealing his invention, and when he presents proof the CEO tries to destroy it. He then orders that the man be taken care of. And when they fail, the man's son calls McCall. McCall checks the CEO out and learns that he may have ties to a terrorist group, so he approaches the man in charge of the group and together they run a game on the CEO.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsEdward WoodwardTony MusanteChad ReddingMcCall helps a rookie reporter who suspects her new neighbor of criminal activity. As McCall probes further, he discovers the man may have murderous intentions and is being protected by Control.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsEdward WoodwardWilliam ZabkaLori LoughlinWhen an investigative reporter is abducted, his daughter calls McCall and demands to know where her father is. It seems her father was doing a piece on a country's leader whom the Agency helped get into power, only to have become an oppressor and they want to know who the opposition are. And she claims McCall was the man who helped him get into power. McCall tries to find him but is warned he's going to be stepping on some big toes.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsEdward WoodwardJessica HarperMichael ParksA music critic overhears a voice in an elevator and identifies him as the man who had abducted her, raped and beaten her so badly that she lost her sight.
- DirectorAlan MetzgerStarsEdward WoodwardTammy GrimesJennifer GreyMcCall helps a woman who's being harassed by a guy. He warns him off. Later the woman is killed and McCall goes after the guy but it turns it wasn't him. And it also turns out it wasn't her whom the killer was after. McCall thinks it's the woman's daughter and when he goes to see her she doesn't know why so McCall offers to protect her. At the same time Control wants something from him.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsEdward WoodwardCleavant DerricksChristian SlaterSome boys decide to take a hearse for a joyride. They find a casket inside filled with drugs. One of the boys decides to sell them, he is later killed. The father of another boy calls McCall for help. McCall learns that the owner of the drugs is a dangerous man and will do whatever he has to to get them back.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsEdward WoodwardLenny von DohlenWilliam SadlerA National Guard lieutenant witnesses a murder but the perpetrator escapes and the victim dies in his arms. He is arrested and accused of the crime. His priest, who was with McCall in the army, contacts the Equalizer for help.
- DirectorAaron LipstadtStarsEdward WoodwardFrances FisherThomas G. WaitesA woman is brutally gang-raped in the subway and her husband tries to track down those responsible. She contacts McCall to help save her husband.
- DirectorAlan MetzgerStarsEdward WoodwardVincent D'OnofrioLisa PelikanMcCall is arrested for the murder of a blind man who had earlier thrown himself on McCall's car pretending to have been run down.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsEdward WoodwardDavid LearyBill CwikowskiA young black man is killed accidentally when a watch group startles him. To protect themselves, they make it appear he was caught in the commission of a crime. And the police believe their claim. But his mother refuses to believe it and calls McCall to prove it. But her other son just wants to get a gun and go after them by himself.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsEdward WoodwardPaul GleasonDaniel FaraldoWhen a race between two horses is being highly touted the press is giving a lot of coverage to the underdog. And everyone seems to be betting on that horse. So a bookie takes all of the action and decides to ensure that the other horse will win. So he kidnaps the son of the underdog horse's jockey. The jockey's wife then calls McCall who advises them to call the police but the man refuses to do that. So McCall turns to an agent who is a gambler to help him find out who kidnapped the boy before the race begins.
- DirectorMario DiLeoStarsEdward WoodwardDennis ChristopherCaris CorfmanWith McCall at his side, Kostmayer tries to help his brother, a priest, who refuses all assistance after being wounded in a drive-by shooting that kills a parishioner. They soon determine that Father Kostmayer has become privy to a KGB assassination plot revealed through the confession of the murdered man.
- DirectorRod HolcombStarsEdward WoodwardSteven WilliamsRobert LansingDisillusioned by his years as a spy, Robert McCall resigns from his job, determined to help people in need. His first two clients are a telecommunications employee who stumbles onto an extortion ring, and a woman threatened by a stalker.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsEdward WoodwardSteven WilliamsJames RussoA Chinatown gang kidnap whom they believe is the son of a wealthy Chinese-American couple, unaware that he is actually the maid's child. Fearful that the police will not be able to get the boy back alive, the maid contacts Robert McCall.
- DirectorRod HolcombStarsEdward WoodwardSteven WilliamsMelissa LeoMcCall's attempt to help a former agent defect from the USSR goes badly, leaving the man's daughter in peril. McCall is also asked by a teenage boy for help against a local gang of bullies.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsEdward WoodwardMaureen AndermanJ.T. WalshThe Griffith family arrives in NYC on vacation from Duluth and things go wrong right from the start...their luggage is stolen by a gypsy cabbie and the hotel has lost their reservations. Bored and frustrated, Edie, the Griffiths 17 year old daughter wanders out of the hotel at night to do some exploring. She is lured into accepting a ride and finds herself abducted. The police can offer little help and with no one else to turn to they hire McCall to help find their daughter. His search will lead him into the seedy underworld of prostitution and an 'invitation only' brothel known as a Lock Box.