Michael Sloan
Director
The Equalizer (1985)
Season 2
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
Released Sept. 18, 1985
Episode 48 min
None+
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Production Companies: Universal Television
Network: CBS
7.0
S2E1 - Prelude
Men working for a dictator McCall helped put into power kidnap an American journalist.
Oct. 8, 1986, midnight
8.0
S2E2 - Nocturne
A blind music critic asks for help when she hears the voice of the man who raped her years before.
Oct. 15, 1986, midnight
7.0
S2E3 - A Community of Civilized Men
McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts.
Oct. 22, 1986, midnight
8.0
S2E4 - Joyride
Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.
Oct. 29, 1986, midnight
8.0
S2E5 - Shades of Darkness
McCall helps a National Guardsman who faces a murder charge and threats from the real killer.
Nov. 5, 1986, midnight
8.0
S2E6 - Nightscape
A rape victim asks McCall to stop her husband from tracking down her attackers.
Nov. 12, 1986, midnight
8.0
S2E7 - Counterfire
The odds are against McCall when he's framed for the murder of a blind man.
Nov. 19, 1986, midnight
7.0
S2E8 - The Line
The mother of a youth killed while being harassed by an overzealous citizen's patrol appeals to McCall for help.
Nov. 26, 1986, midnight
7.0
S2E9 - Tip On a Sure Thing
A bookie that doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps the son of the jockey and demands the father throw the race.
Dec. 3, 1986, midnight
8.0
S2E10 - The Cup
Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.
Dec. 10, 1986, midnight
8.0
S2E11 - Heartstrings
A woman asks McCall for help recovering her kidnapped newborn son.
Dec. 17, 1986, midnight
8.0
S2E12 - High Performance
A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.
Jan. 7, 1987, midnight
8.0
S2E13 - Beyond Control
Control becomes McCall's client when a KGB agent who infiltrated a think tank is murdered.
Jan. 14, 1987, midnight
8.0
S2E14 - Carnal Persuasion
A wife appeals to the judge sentencing her husband and is offered her husband's freedom for sexual favors.
Jan. 21, 1987, midnight
8.0
S2E15 - Memories of Manon (1)
Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.
Feb. 4, 1987, midnight
8.0
S2E16 - Memories of Manon (2)
Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.
Feb. 11, 1987, midnight
8.0
S2E17 - Solo
McCall gets involved romantically and professionally with a woman wanted in Pennsylvania for killing a cop.
Feb. 18, 1987, midnight
3.3
S2E18 - A Place To Stay
A young girl runs away from her quarreling parents and into the hands of a child pornographer.
Feb. 25, 1987, midnight
8.0
S2E19 - Coal Black Soul
McCall is torn between a lovely psychiatrist and a man who calls and says he can't stop himself from murdering women.
May 6, 1987, midnight
7.0
S2E20 - First Light
While McCall is testifying in Washington, Scott tries his hand and looks for thugs harassing a local merchant.
May 13, 1987, midnight
7.0
S2E21 - Hand and Glove
Nightmares become a reality for an invalid woman when a threatening figures from her dreams appears in her room.
May 20, 1987, midnight
7.0
S2E22 - Re-Entry
McCall helps a young boy whose father was tricked into committing a crime.
May 27, 1987, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 48 min.
Season Runtime: 4224 min.
Released: Sept. 18, 1985
Last Air Date: Aug. 24, 1989, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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