The Equalizer — Season 2
If the rules are against you he'll change them. If the odds are against you he'll even them.
About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. Prelude
7.0Aired 8 October 1986 • 48 min
Men working for a dictator McCall helped put into power kidnap an American journalist.
2. Nocturne
8.0Aired 15 October 1986 • 48 min
A blind music critic asks for help when she hears the voice of the man who raped her years before.
3. A Community of Civilized Men
7.0Aired 22 October 1986 • 48 min
McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts.
4. Joyride
8.0Aired 29 October 1986 • 48 min
Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.
5. Shades of Darkness
8.0Aired 5 November 1986 • 48 min
McCall helps a National Guardsman who faces a murder charge and threats from the real killer.
6. Nightscape
8.0Aired 12 November 1986 • 48 min
A rape victim asks McCall to stop her husband from tracking down her attackers.
7. Counterfire
8.0Aired 19 November 1986 • 48 min
The odds are against McCall when he's framed for the murder of a blind man.
8. The Line
7.0Aired 26 November 1986 • 48 min
The mother of a youth killed while being harassed by an overzealous citizen's patrol appeals to McCall for help.
9. Tip On a Sure Thing
7.0Aired 3 December 1986 • 48 min
A bookie that doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps the son of the jockey and demands the father throw the race.
10. The Cup
8.0Aired 10 December 1986 • 48 min
Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.
11. Heartstrings
8.0Aired 17 December 1986 • 48 min
A woman asks McCall for help recovering her kidnapped newborn son.
12. High Performance
8.0Aired 7 January 1987 • 48 min
A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.
13. Beyond Control
8.0Aired 14 January 1987 • 48 min
Control becomes McCall's client when a KGB agent who infiltrated a think tank is murdered.
14. Carnal Persuasion
8.0Aired 21 January 1987 • 48 min
A wife appeals to the judge sentencing her husband and is offered her husband's freedom for sexual favors.
15. Memories of Manon (1)
8.0Aired 4 February 1987 • 48 min
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.
16. Memories of Manon (2)
8.0Aired 11 February 1987 • 48 min
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.
17. Solo
8.0Aired 18 February 1987 • 48 min
McCall gets involved romantically and professionally with a woman wanted in Pennsylvania for killing a cop.
18. A Place To Stay
3.3Aired 25 February 1987 • 48 min
A young girl runs away from her quarreling parents and into the hands of a child pornographer.
19. Coal Black Soul
8.0Aired 6 May 1987 • 48 min
McCall is torn between a lovely psychiatrist and a man who calls and says he can't stop himself from murdering women.
20. First Light
7.0Aired 13 May 1987 • 48 min
While McCall is testifying in Washington, Scott tries his hand and looks for thugs harassing a local merchant.
21. Hand and Glove
7.0Aired 20 May 1987 • 48 min
Nightmares become a reality for an invalid woman when a threatening figures from her dreams appears in her room.
22. Re-Entry
7.0Aired 27 May 1987 • 48 min
McCall helps a young boy whose father was tricked into committing a crime.