The Equalizer

Season 1

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Robert McCall is "The Equalizer", a private detective with a lot of contacts who is available for hire if you have a problem that you don't know how to solve. His no-nonsense attitude, compassion, and experience with dealing with a wide variety of situations makes him a powerful and useful detective.

Where to Watch Season 1

22 Episodes

Pilot: The Equalizer
E1
Pilot: 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.
China Rain
E2
China RainA 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.
The Defector
E3
The DefectorMcCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.
The Lock Box
E4
The Lock BoxMcCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.
Lady Cop
E5
Lady CopOfficer Sandra Stahl, a young NYC policewoman, discovers her partner Officer Nick Braxton and two other cops are crooked, but if she blows the whistle on them she may risk more than she can give. She calls in McCall, who discovers that what she risks may just be her life.
The Confirmation Day
E6
The 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.
The Children's Song
E7
The Children's SongFather and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.
The Distant Fire
E8
The Distant FireMcCall meets an old Agency colleague who now hires himself out as a killer. His next target is an ambassador and his wife. He asks for McCall's help to save the wife because she is a woman they both used to love.
Mama's Boy
E9
Mama's BoyA woman who is raising her son by herself, thinking that he is in trouble asks McCall to look into it. He learns that the boy is messed up with a Fagin like criminal. He pretends to be someone wanting to do business with him. He tries to get the boy's father to help.
Bump and Run
E10
Bump 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.
Desperately
E11
DesperatelyA lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.
Reign of Terror
E12
Reign of TerrorThe new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.
Back Home
E13
Back HomeMcCall is called by the tenants of an apartment building who are terrorized so that they would move out. They believe that the owner a wealthy man is doing this so he can tear down the building. McCall does a check on the man and discovers that he is looking for a hit man to kill his wife. So McCall approaches her and convinces her to come with him.
Out of the Past
E14
Out of the PastAn ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.
Dead Drop
E15
Dead DropMcCall assembles a team of former colleagues to help an innocent bystander in danger when he is unwittingly involved in a smuggling operation. However, McCall runs into unexpected trouble with a smug bureaucrat gunning for Control's job.
Wash Up
E16
Wash UpTwo window-washers who want to form a union ask for McCall's help when they are threatened by their murderous employer. Meanwhile, McCall's housekeeper moves into his townhouse temporarily for a few days with her two young sons in tow.
Torn
E17
TornMcCall finds his attention divided when Jason Mazer from The Agency offers him a chance at revenge against an old enemy, while at the same time a young girl asks McCall to protect her and her mother against her abusive father.
Unnatural Causes
E18
Unnatural CausesA serial killer is targeting New York's lonely single women who respond to a Lonely Hearts newspaper ad. His calling card is an orchid he pins to the body. Meanwhile, McCall is writing an article about Robert E Lee for a military magazine and trying to help a young actress from being exploited by a pimp.
Breakpoint
E19
BreakpointMcCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.
No Conscience
E20
No ConscienceA 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.
Unpunished Crimes
E21
Unpunished CrimesA 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.
Pretenders
E22
PretendersAn 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.