A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
- Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys
- 2 wins & 11 nominations total
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- TriviaDuring the height of the show's popularity, Edward Woodward was often approached on the street by people in need, with situations similar to those depicted in the show. He began carrying flyers with the phone numbers of social services organizations and legal clinics for them to contact.
- Quotes
Mickey Kostmayer: What do we need a diversion for? Just kick in the door and hose the room.
Robert McCall: Mickey, there is a five year old boy in there.
Mickey Kostmayer: Oh yeah, we're gonna need a diversion.
- Alternate versionsThe Region 1 DVD releases have fifty percent of the show's original music replaced for copyright reasons. However, international DVD releases retain the original music.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986)
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I like this show. Robert McCall was a company man with a guilty conscious who tried to find redemption through doing good works. Robert must have broken many cold war eggs to make many omletes. McCall's skills were now used to help the defenseless. This show like many other great 80 shows had a similar story lines. Where the Equalizer differed is with his method of intelligence. Like an intelligence officer Robert plotted, probed, planned, and visualized. Luck and the ability to out wit the opponent made for an interesting television show. Nice seeing this over the self centered tripe of todays TV. I never seen another show like this on TV. They should make this into a movie. I bet the old BBC show the Naturalizer was an influence for the shows producers. 8 out of 10 baby
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