Episodes
Pilot: The Equalizer
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.
China Rain
September 25, 1985
McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.
The Defector
October 2, 1985
McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
The Lock Box
October 9, 1985
McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
Lady Cop
October 16, 1985
A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.
The Confirmation Day
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.
The Children's Song
October 30, 1985
Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.
The Distant Fire
November 6, 1985
A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.
Mama's Boy
November 13, 1985
A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.
Bump and Run
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.
Desperately
December 4, 1985
A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.
Reign of Terror
December 11, 1985
The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
Back Home
December 18, 1985
A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.
Out of the Past
January 15, 1986
An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.
Dead Drop
January 22, 1986
McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.
Wash Up
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.
Torn
February 5, 1986
McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.
Unnatural Causes
February 12, 1986
McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.
Breakpoint
February 19, 1986
McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
No Conscience
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.
Unpunished Crimes
April 1, 1986
McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.
Pretenders
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.
