List of The Equalizer (1985 TV series) episodes#ep4
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The following is an episode list of the 1980s CBS, cult classic{{cite web |last1=Gunning |first1=Cathal |title=The Equalizer TV Show Actually Beats Denzel Washington's Movies In One Big Way |url=https://screenrant.com/the-equalizer-tv-show-denzel-washington-movies-rotten-tomatoes/ |website=ScreenRant |access-date=10 March 2025 |date=13 Aug 2024}} vigilante series, The Equalizer.
Series overview
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| episodes1 = 22
| start1 = September 18, 1985
| end1 = April 8, 1986
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| link2 = List of The Equalizer (1985 TV series) episodes#Season 2 (1986–87)
| episodes2 = 22
| start2 = October 8, 1986
| end2 = May 27, 1987
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| link3 = List of The Equalizer (1985 TV series) episodes#Season 3 (1987–88)
| episodes3 = 22
| start3 = September 23, 1987
| end3 = May 4, 1988
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| link4 = List of The Equalizer (1985 TV series) episodes#Season 4 (1988–89)
| episodes4 = 22
| start4 = October 26, 1988
| end4 = August 24, 1989
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Episodes
=Season 1 (1985–86)=
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=Season 2 (1986–87)=
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=Season 3 (1987–88)=
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=Season 4 (1988–89)=
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 67
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title= The Last Campaign
|DirectedBy= Richard Compton
|WrittenBy= Lee Batchler & Janet Scott Batchler
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|10|26}}
|Viewers=17.0{{cite news |date=November 2, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306129406}}}}
|ShortSummary= A reporter, Leslie (Freda Foh Shen), asks if Assemblyman Phillip Wingate (Stanley Tucci) is running against incumbent Senator Virgil Thomas Blake (E. G. Marshall). While publically supportive, he secretly wants Blake's resignation and endorsement. Wingate's assistant Cindy Claussen (Laila Robins) discovers blackmail material on Blake. Having heard of McCall from Susan Foxworth, she asks for help. Jay Trescott (Jay Patterson) drugs Cindy. Her neighbor Darlene (Yvonne Bryceland) tells McCall, "Medics took her." Sterno finds her committed to Longview Psychiatric Institute. At a free clinic, McCall asks his friend Dr. Wolff (Wendell Pierce) for help. Since Wolff can't get her out, he commits McCall; paranoid schizophrenic. "I am quite wonderful at feeling hostility, Dr. Quentin." "Hrmm... OK... spies, adventurism, overthrow governments... I see," replies Dr. Quentin (Larry Keith). Pete gets in too; "bi-polar disturbance." Robert prevents Jay from drugging Cindy, and they hear her story. Pete keeps eye on Jay and protects Cindy. After fencing, Wingate blackmails Blake. McCall asks Blake to help, but he's afraid, so he rattles Wingate to "resign, Resign, R E S I G N."
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 68
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title= Sea of Fire
|DirectedBy= Alan Metzger
|WrittenBy= {{StoryTeleplay|s= Peter McCabe|t= Peter McCabe & Coleman Luck }}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|02}}
|Viewers=16.1{{cite news |date=November 9, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306136856}}}}
|ShortSummary= Cristo (Keith David) and the Demon Lords watch as "Goat" gets jumped in to run a "franchise." Principal Elena Rodriguez (Seret Scott) complains to Arthur Williams (Reginald VelJohnson) about school resources. The Demons rape Alicia. Elena calls The Equalizer. They stab Eduardo Sanchez, who reported it. McCall and Elena talk to Alicia. Mrs. Sanchez (Socorro Santiago) frantically arrives at the ER. Frustrated, Sgt. Shepard doesn't have the manpower. McCall requests off-duty volunteers from the Gang Task Force, who seize forty-three guns from school. McCall starts teaching Physical Science 800. The subject? Death! A thanatology field trip to the morgue. The Demons watch an autopsy by the ME (Harsh Nayyar). Cruz is sickened; Goat chastises them. "Hitter" Phillip Borchek (David Strathairn) explains his profession, until he was shot in the face with a .38, and had an out-of-body experience... an ocean, but not water... a Sea of Fire. McCall wants Alicia to return to school, and testify. Elena asks Williams for time before dismantling the school. Williams argues with McCall. Cristo and Goat try to trap McCall. Mickey protests McCall going in unarmed....
- Includes an appearance by Karina Arroyave as a school girl.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 69
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title= Riding the Elephant
|DirectedBy= Donald Petrie
|WrittenBy= M.K. Lorens
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|09}}
|Viewers=14.7{{cite news |date=November 16, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306140699}}}}
|ShortSummary= A kickboxing match goes poorly for Narong Bansari (Russell Wong) as drug dealing slaver Jimmy Thanarat (Mako) watches at his sports arena. At the Rose of Bankok massage club, Narong gives Manika (Elizabeth Sung) his mother's necklace, but she can't wear it, doing what she does. Jimmy breaks them up; he won't let either of them out of their contracts. Narong says he'll do anything. At Pete O'Phelan's on his birthday, McCall reminisces with Control about "riding the elephants" in Angola. Thai national Sirit Bansari (James Hong) finds China white heroin in a crate his son Narong was holding for Jimmy, so Sirit chastises Narong. Sirit throws the heroin in the trash. In the shadows, Flack sees it. Narong warns Sirit the "ghost soldiers" will kill him if they don't find it. Sirit disowns Narong, so he asks Manika to flee with him. She calls The Equalizer. He intervenes to save Sirit, but learns Control buys intelligence from Jimmy, giving Jimmy a free hand. Sirit tries to buy Manika's freedom for his son, but Jimmy holds Sirit hostage. McCall, Mickey and Narong have to be careful, but quick to get him back.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 70
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title= Eighteen with a Bullet
|DirectedBy= Richard Compton
|WrittenBy= Bruce A. Taylor
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|11|16}}
|Viewers=16.3{{cite news |date=November 23, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306124674}}}}
|ShortSummary= Eighteen year-old singer Beverly Heat (Vitamin C) is on the rise, while Gina Rox (Amy Morton) is on the decline. Beverly's mother Evelyn Weaver (Caroline Lagerfelt) finds her drunk and warns her. Evelyn asks McCall to help Beverly escape the clutches of her manipulative manager Greg Rivers (Bruce Payne). Mickey provides McCall background; Rivers specializes in teens, swindles their earnings, hooks them on drugs, and discards them. They visit Graham (Terrence Mann), who was the hottest DJ in town. Graham says Rivers ruined his career and moved on to Gina Rox. Jealous of Beverly, Gina threatens Greg with cops and reporters, regarding the pay-offs, the drug deals... She's not heard from again. Beverly takes fan calls Live on the air with a WZAD DJ (Ken Ober). Mickey turns the tables on Rivers by calling in. Outside, he separates Rivers from Beverly and drives off so McCall can enlighten her. At Gina's apartment, he shows her the future. Then he starts in on Rivers, with voice-modulation help from Graham.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 71
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title= Day of the Covenant
|DirectedBy= James A. Contner
|WrittenBy= Robert Eisele
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|12|07}}
|Viewers=11.0{{cite news |date=December 14, 1988 |title=Nielsen ratings |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306143538}}}}
|ShortSummary= Twelve years removed from the violent Soweto uprising, Scott and his girlfriend Zandili (Kasi Lemmons) play a happy tune. She leaves with "cousin" Ben (Michael Genet). A masked man tries to kill her, and they flee. Robert asks why Special Branch is after her. He draws out the gunman, an Afrikaner named Voorhees (Theodore Bikel). McCall asks why he would harm a defenseless girl. "Defenseless? Kafir bitch," he replies before ranting about Blood River and his "Day of the Covenant." He claims she's a terrorist who killed his wife by bombing his SAP station. McCall takes him to Anton Jooste (David Leary), an NIS operative at the South African Consulate. Ulysses (Jihmi Kennedy) tells Mickey she led an uMkhonto cell, but the ANC wouldn't operate in America. Having learned her past, Robert confronts Zandili. She leaves, but now Jooste is after her. Ben helps Zandili escape Jooste and his impimpi. McCall deduces the next target is the Deputy Secretary for the Department of Cooperation and Development (Tobin Bell).{{hr}}
Note: The opening scene portraying the South African government crackdown on the 1976 anti-apartheid Soweto uprising is an excerpt taken directly from the 1987 film, Cry Freedom (starring Denzel Washington and Kevin Kline), filmed in Zimbabwe. It ends with another excerpt of a speech by Desmond Tutu.{{cite news |title=Apartheid Museum is a ‘work in progress’ |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2004-03-08-apartheid-museum-is-a-work-in-progress/ |access-date=28 March 2025 |agency=The Mail & Guardian |date=8 March 2004 |location=Johannesburg}}{{cite news |title=Apartheid museum on the move |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/apartheid-museum-on-the-move-20040308 |access-date=28 March 2025 |agency=News24 |date=8 Mar 2004 |location=Johannesburg}}
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 72
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title= Splinters
|DirectedBy= Paul Krasny
|WrittenBy= Coleman Luck
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1988|12|14}}
|Viewers=15.1{{cite news |date=December 21, 1988 |title=A very 'Brady' ratings hit |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306159082}}}}
|ShortSummary= John Allenwaite (Kevin Conway) is informed the operation is underway. Mickey leads a clean-up mission. His team is ambushed, killed, and he is captured. McCall answers a coded call from Control who suspects the mission was compromised by Parmelee (Tom Klunis). For the enemy operation, McCall confronts Gropman (Richard Bright)...with his retirement fund and a toilet. The project is called "Intangible Plastics" (i.e., psychological warfare). "We call the procedure, Spinter," Allenwaite explains to his audience, as Mickey, unconscious, has a vision of McCall implanted. For Mickey's location, McCall confronts Parmelee...with a garbage truck. Mickey next envisions a murdered woman, Serena (Tracy Kolis). Allenwaite's assistant (David Brisbin) increases the dosage. Allenwaite waits for McCall; Parmelee is of no further use. McCall learns the Company has been infiltrated by a KGB unit, using agency finances to research brainwashing. McCall must overcome Mickey's programming, before Mickey kills him.
- Includes an appearance by Christopher Meloni as Team Leader.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 73
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title= Making of a Martyr
|DirectedBy= Bradford May
|WrittenBy= Wayne Powers & Donna Powers
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|01|11}}
|Viewers=16.0{{cite news |date=January 18, 1989 |title=NBC clinches season's ratings title |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306171627}}}}
|ShortSummary= Brandon Thorton (Tom Noonan) wakes from a dream of being shot and paralyzed. Sylvia Thorton (Barbara Williams) gives a gun control presentation. In the audience is pro-gun Congressman James Harcourt, and gun-violence victim John Kelly (William Converse-Roberts). She receives threatening calls. Brandon calls McCall. Sylvia argues for police, not vigilantes. McCall asks Shepard for a wiretap. A policeman (Harry O'Reilly) rousts Mickey from his surveillance van outside the Thorton's home, allowing Kelly entry. Shots are fired, but he escapes. The forensic detective (A.L. Sheppard) finds fibers but no prints. Shepard and McCall argue motive, but agree on a computer search. Sylvia goes live on WFQB-FM's Talkback with Chris Perley (Bobby Rivers) about her upcoming television debate with Harcourt. She talks about the man threatening her. He calls in and fires a gun. She calls him a coward. McCall suspects Sylvia is orchestrating it, and repudiates making a martyr of herself. McCall and Mickey review Shepard's research, establish motive, and confirm their suspect. At the TV-8 Facing Facts studio, Kelly gains entry and plants a gun after fooling the stage manager (Bruce Kirkpatrick). During the interview with Sally Jessy Raphael, he fires the gun....
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 74
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title= The Sins Of Our Fathers
|DirectedBy= Paul Krasny
|WrittenBy= Tom Towler
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|01|18}}
|Viewers=16.6{{cite news |date=January 25, 1989 |title=NBC scores super ratings |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306147740}}}}
|ShortSummary= It's a normal day at the playground with Carlo Jr., his nanny Estrella... and mafia guards Blanda and Disimone (Michael Sergio). Carlo is taken. Mobster Carlo Alberto "The Angel" Santelli (Al Shannon) is livid, shouting at Tommy Dio (Tom Signorelli). Lettie and McCall discuss Shakespeare before the call from Carlo's mother, Natalie Santelli (J. Smith-Cameron). Mickey describes what happened. McCall smells a military operation. They contact Carter Brock (Joe Morton), who got a letter, $5,000, and "one very weird tape of instructions." Santelli is contacted; "I don't want money, I want YOU Angel. I'm going to kill everything you love." Jonah hacks the D.A. and The Times for Santelli's rap sheet: assault, racketeering, extortion, drug smuggling in Turkey... and murder. "No Disposition!" McCall intends to change that. Natalie meets McCall, Carlo has her tailed, Mickey intercepts them. Santelli demands to know who's helping her. Mickey has the tape analyzed at InterTex Sound Lab; "modern technology triumphs again...the original dulcet tones of the kidnapper." Armed with identity and motive, McCall tries to find Sarah Booth (Randy Danson), open Natalie's eyes, get her into WITSEC, save the son, jail the father, and read Sonnet 73 to Lettie. Just a normal day.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 75
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title= The Visitation
|DirectedBy= Bradford May
|WrittenBy= Robert Eisele
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|02|01}}
|Viewers=15.6{{cite news |date=February 8, 1989 |title=Comedies sweep up for NBC |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306179902}}}}
|ShortSummary= International arms dealer Daniel Ruger (James Tolkan) is selling nerve gas, so (coughing) small-time gun smuggler Asa Lazar (Joseph Ragno) won't deal. Ruger can't trust him, so Garrick (Mike Starr) and Tillerman (Randle Mell) grab him. Lazar flees into a residence, but the new mother (Mel Gorham) denies entry. Garrick shoots him, but catches a fatal strain of African orthopoxvirus. At Pete O'Phelan's, McCall dines with an old flame, Dr. Lauren Demeter (Jenny Agutter), an epidemiologist at the U.N.'s International Health Organization.In "The Visitation" the IHO is a fictional version of the World Health Organization The Medical Examiner performs Lazar's autopsy, and quickly enlists Dr. Phil Molinari from the Dept. of Health, Bureau of Contagious Diseases. Molinar sends blood to the CDC, and calls his colleague, Lauren. Lt. Brannigan's mass round-up of suspects tips Carpenter who says, "The Mayor would want the people to know." McCall convinces him to grant 48-hours to isolate Lazar's killers. Mickey finds Bagler's cousin, Dr. Harriman (Martin Shakar); a "top quack in NYC" who "lost his license for performing unnecessary surgeries." He finds Tillerman, but Lauren takes Ruger's number, trying to deliver the serum to anyone who needs it. Now McCall and Mickey must rescue Lauren.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 76
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title= Past Imperfect
|DirectedBy= Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy= Gail Morgan Hickman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|02|15}}
|Viewers=17.2{{cite news |date=February 22, 1989 |title=NBC's back alone on top |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306175741}}}}
|ShortSummary= Corman (Kenneth J. McGregor) welcomes Ray Quintero (Hector Elizondo). Ray's chauffeur (Frank Adonis) hands him the phone. "Hello, Ray. Goodbye, Ray." The chauffer tries to garrote him, Corman tries to shoot him, but Ray escapes. Big Brother Jimmy visits Thomas and his mother Cecilia Romero (Katherine Cortez). Men try to kidnap Tomas. Ray shoots one, the others escape. Jimmy scoffs at Lt. Brannigan's theory. Mickey identifies him as David Lance. McCall sees his tattoo; "What we need is an expert on strange and esoteric information." For meaning, Mickey leverages Luther Munson (Brad Sullivan). McCall tells Jimmy and Cecilia about the Darien Cartel, and Ray Quintero. "Name mean anything to you Mrs. Romero?" She tells her story, while Tomas eavesdrops. Mickey spots Company surveillance men. McCall berates the first man (Peter Mackenzie) and orders the second to contact Control. Control and Justice Department agent Elliott Jarvis (Rudolph Willrich) want Ray's testimony. McCall hears Ray's story. Jimmy dissuades Tomas from running away. Corman comes after Tomas, and Garfield is shot. McCall suspects a Company mole. Ray gives his testimony and is shot. At the funeral the priest (Al Carmines) reads "a mystery" (1 Corinthians 15:51-52). Tomas gets his own special chauffeur.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 77
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title= Trial by Ordeal
|DirectedBy= Marc Laub
|WrittenBy= Coleman Luck
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|03|01}}
|Viewers=13.9{{cite news |date=March 8, 1989 |title=Hit-and-miss program changes |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306184202}}}}
|ShortSummary= McCall is summoned by Prosecutor Charlie McGuinness (Roy Dotrice). Lights reveal the Sword Star. "I think you know what this is, "says the Judge (Sylvia Sidney). "A Company tribunal... a bloody kangaroo court!" Convened by Internal Operations, McCall has "been reclassified Category Red." He recalls Control warning, it's too dangerous to resign (years ago in "The Equalizer""#ep1" - Season 1, Episode 1). The Judge reminds McCall of his oath upon joining 29 years ago. Prosecutor, "You and Control met, and exchanged an envelope..." (in "A Community of Civilized Men"Surveillance photos in "Trial by Ordeal" are screen shots taken from "A Community of Civilized Men" {{small|(S2.E3)}}, when McCall hands Control the "Genesis" list, approximately between time index 32:00-34:00.) "What exactly were the contents of that envelope?" McCall, "A mail order for a dozen new bowties...I had just discovered a secret sauce." But it's Control on trial; establishing his own network in Violation #28 of the Morrison Directives. Treason! The penalty? Death! He's asked about utilizing Control's network (in "Counterfire""Counterfire" - Season 2, Episode 7). As evidence, is his quid pro quo with Control (in "First Light""First Light" - Season 2, Episode 20). If Control is convicted, McCall also goes on trial. Having worked for the Operations Director (in "Beyond Control""Beyond Control" - Season 2, Episode 13), Mickey testifies about Exden Doc. #1344-H (25 years of assassinations, government destabilization, currency manipulation... Everything!). Control's letter is entered into evidence; the Sand Star Confederation declaring, "We the undersigned pledge our lives, and our resources to the worldwide defense of human rights, accepting as our mission, the overthrow of any force that shackles the freedom of human conscience, by unjust imprisonment, false trial, torture, and execution." The Judge asks Control, "Do you disavow this document?" "No, I do not." The Tribunal finds him guilty, but a death sentence requires unanimous peer agreement. McCall calls for a statement; Control makes his plea... to free the "prisoners of conscience..."
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 78
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title= Silent Fury
|DirectedBy= Russ Mayberry
|WrittenBy= Donna Powers & Wayne Powers
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|03|08}}
|Viewers=14.4{{cite news |date=March 15, 1989 |title=NBC, in front with 'Left Behind' |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306172200}}}}
|ShortSummary=McCall helps a deaf robbery victim. Cynthia Nixon appears.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 79
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title= Lullaby of Darkness
|DirectedBy= David Jackson
|WrittenBy= Coleman Luck
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|03|30}}
|Viewers=16.9{{cite news |date=April 5, 1989 |title=ABC's roller-coaster week |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306171172}}}}
|ShortSummary=McCall is called on to help a mother and daughter escape their abusive home life.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 80
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title= 17 Zebra
|DirectedBy= Alan Metzger
|WrittenBy= Jacqueline Zambrano
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|04|06}}
|Viewers=17.4{{cite news |date=April 12, 1989 |title=ABC's hit-and-miss week |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306166319}}}}
|ShortSummary=McCall investigates the death of several homeless people who have died from heart attacks while in ambulances.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 81
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title= Starfire
|DirectedBy= Bradford May
|WrittenBy= Robert Eisele
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|04|13}}
|Viewers=16.7{{cite news |date=April 19, 1989 |title=CBS squeaks by into second |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306176608}}}}
|ShortSummary=McCall helps a man (Michael Moriarty) who is convinced he is an alien being hunted by killers. George Plimpton appears.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 82
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title= Time Present, Time Past
|DirectedBy= Gordon Hessler
|WrittenBy= Tom Towler
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|04|20}}
|Viewers=15.1{{cite news |date=April 26, 1989 |title=Sitcom rewards ABC's faith |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306174966}}}}
|ShortSummary=Scott and a Bulgarian defector (who was aided by his father) are kidnapped, and Scott enters his father's line of work when he tries to rescue the man.}}
{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 83
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title= Prisoners of Conscience
|DirectedBy= Marc Laub
|WrittenBy= Robert Eisele
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|04|27}}
|Viewers=14.7{{cite news |date=May 3, 1989 |title=We loved CBS' 'Lucy' tribute |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306197470}}}}
|ShortSummary=McCall tries to free a Chilean poet from the grasp of a man who killed his father years ago.Edward Woodward's son Tim Woodward plays Captain McCall.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 84
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title= The Caper
|DirectedBy= Alan Metzger
|WrittenBy= Tom Towler
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|05|04}}
|Viewers=15.0{{cite news |date=May 10, 1989 |title=Bright spots for No. 3 ABC |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306210811}}}}
|ShortSummary=A cleaning woman (Maureen Stapleton) witnesses a murder and tries to solve it.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 85
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title= Heart of Justice
|DirectedBy= Bradford May
|WrittenBy= Gail Morgan Hickman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|05|11}}
|Viewers=14.6{{cite news |date=May 17, 1989 |title=NBC sweeps top 11 spots |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306203436}}}}
|ShortSummary=A man hellbent on getting revenge on the men who attacked his wife enlists McCall's help when he finds out someone else has gotten to them first.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 86
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title= Race Traitors
|DirectedBy= Robert E. Warren
|WrittenBy= Donna Powers, Wayne Powers, & Gail Morgan Hickman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|06|29}}
|Viewers=11.6{{cite news |date=July 7, 1989 |title=A summer holiday shuffle |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306227507}}}}
|ShortSummary=McCall comes to the aid of a black family being harassed by racists. Guest star Laurence Fishburne.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 87
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title= Endgame
|DirectedBy= Alan Metzger
|WrittenBy= Coleman Luck
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|08|10}}
|Viewers=11.2{{cite news |date=August 16, 1989 |title=Sitcoms stand for ratings |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306250165}}}}
|ShortSummary=A man who is a master of strategy games uses his knowledge to plot revenge against two sisters.
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{{Episode list | LineColor = 3f0e14 | EpisodeNumber = 88
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title= Suicide Squad
|DirectedBy= Marc Laub
|WrittenBy= Jacqueline Zambrano
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1989|08|24}}
|Viewers=11.2{{cite news |date=August 30, 1989 |title='Baywatch' bonus for NBC |department=Life |work=USA Today |page=3D |id={{ProQuest|306214086}}}}
|ShortSummary=McCall aids a young student who has turned to drug dealing after he loses his athletic scholarship at college. Ving Rhames appears.
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Home releases
At present, the following DVD sets have been released.[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/Equalizer/1358 The Equalizer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816135646/http://tvshowsondvd.com/shows/Equalizer/1358 |date=2014-08-16 }} at TVShowsOnDVD.com
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! DVD set ! Company ! Release date |
| align="left"| The Equalizer: Season 1
| February 12, 2008 |
| The Equalizer: The Complete Collection; Limited Edition
| August 19, 2014 |
| align="left"| The Equalizer: The Complete Season 2
| Visual Entertainment | August 26, 2014 |
| align="left"| The Equalizer: The Complete Season 3
| Visual Entertainment | October 24, 2014 |
| align="left"| The Equalizer: The Complete Season 4
| Visual Entertainment | November 25, 2014 |