The Equalizer

The Equalizer

If the rules are against you he'll change them. If the odds are against you he'll even them.

Created by Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan

On CBS

1985–19894 seasons88 episodes48 min7.1 / 10

A 1980s vigilante procedural where a retired spy helps the powerless by operating outside the system, balancing action-driven episodic satisfaction with a protagonist motivated by moral conviction.

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.

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