The Equalizer
Prelude
Season 2, Episode 1 · Aired 1986-10-08
Synopsis
When an investigative reporter is abducted, his daughter calls McCall and demands to know where her father is. It seems her father was doing a piece on a country's leader whom the Agency helped get into power, only to have become an oppressor and they want to know who the opposition are. And she claims McCall was the man who helped him get into power. McCall tries to find him but is warned he's going to be stepping on some big toes.
In the series
This episode is part of The Equalizer (1985–1989) on CBS.
Ex-spy with a newspaper ad — urban vigilante cool before the movie reboots.
Key cast
- Edward Woodward as Robert McCall
- Robert Lansing as Control
- Keith Szarabajka as Mickey Kostmayer