Underplayed Gems

The Equalizer (1985)

The Equalizer poster
Directed by
Tony Wharmby, León Ichaso, Alan Metzger, Aaron Lipstadt
Genre
action television series, drama television series, crime television series, thriller television series, mystery television series
Country
United States
Length
4 seasons, 88 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 68 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A retired intelligence agent with a mysterious background helps ordinary people trapped in dangerous situations. He uses his old skills to get justice for them while also dealing with threats from his own past.

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What happens

The Equalizer is an American action crime drama television series, originally airing on CBS from September 18, 1985, to August 24, 1989, which was co-created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim. It starred Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a retired intelligence agent with a mysterious past, who uses the skills from his former career to exact justice on behalf of innocent people who find themselves in dangerous circumstances, while sometimes also dealing with people from his past in covert operations who want to pull him back in or settle old scores. In the years after its cancellation, the show became a cult classic that inspired further works, including three feature films and a re-imagined series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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