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The Equalizer Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1986 - 1987
Episode 1
Prelude
Wed, Oct 8, 1986 60 mins
McCall is confronted with his past when an American journalist is kidnapped by men working for a dictator McCall helped put into power. Jenny: Lori Loughlin. Stoller: Tim deZarn. Stock: Robert Joy. Scott: William Zabka.
Episode 2
Nocturne
Wed, Oct 15, 1986 60 mins
McCall enlists a despondent agent to aid a blind music critic who thinks the man who raped her years before is after her again. Edward Woodward, Ron O'Neal. Coe: Ron Frazier. Joshua: Brad Sullivan. Jeremy: Thomas A. Carlin.
Episode 3
A Community of Civilized Men
Wed, Oct 22, 1986 60 mins
McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts. Valerie: Jennifer Grey. Cooper: Lewis J. Stadlen. Zahn: Lewis Van Bergen.
Episode 4
Joyride
Wed, Oct 29, 1986 60 mins
What starts out as a joke turns serious when two boys (Christian Slater, M.A. Nickles) drive off in a hearse with a coffin full of crack. McCall: Edward Woodward. Rachel: Kristen Vigard. Winslow: Eddie Jones. Ruth: Olga Bellin. Aurelio: David Chandler.
Episode 5
Shades of Darkness
Wed, Nov 5, 1986 60 mins
McCall helps a National Guardsman who faces a murder charge and threats from the real killer. Rick Dillon: Bill Sadler. Lorraine Turner: Emily Hebner. Polinski: J.J. Johnston.
Episode 6
Nightscape
Wed, Nov 12, 1986 60 mins
A rape victim asks McCall to stop her husband from trying to track down her attackers. McCall: Edward Woodward. Zena: Madeleine Potter. Jag: Michael Kemmerling.
Episode 7
Counterfire
Wed, Nov 19, 1986 60 mins
The odds are against McCall when he's framed for the murder of a blind man (William Hickey). Control: Robert Lansing. Anne Fitzgerald/Diane Synder: Lisa Pelikan. Marley Jr.: Vincent D'Onofrio. Marley Sr.: Leonardo Cimino.
Episode 8
The Line
Wed, Nov 26, 1986 60 mins
The mother of a youth who died while being harassed by an overzealous citizens' patrol appeals to McCall for justice. Miriam Blain: Novella Nelson. Eugene: Todd Rolle. Marty: David Leary.
Episode 9
Tip On a Sure Thing
Wed, Dec 3, 1986 60 mins
A bookie who doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps a jockey's son and demands that the father throw the race. Sportscaster Warner Wolf appears as himself. McCall: Edward Woodward. Rivera: Daniel Faraldo. Roberto: Carlos Ocasio.
Episode 10
The Cup
Wed, Dec 10, 1986 60 mins
Kostmayer's priest brother hears the confession of a man who's about to commit murder, but refuses to go to the police. McCall: Edward Woodward. Kostmayer: Keith Szarabajka. Stephan: Joe Urla. Monica: Caris Corfman.
Episode 11
Heartstrings
Wed, Dec 17, 1986 60 mins
A woman turns to McCall for help after her newborn son is kidnapped from a hospital. Robert Lansing, Keith Szarabajka. Norell: Michael Margotta. Elizabeth: Jana Schneider. Whitman: David Margulies.
Episode 12
High Performance
Wed, Jan 7, 1987 60 mins
A construction worker is both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer. McCall: Edward Woodward. Tremaine: James Remar. Jordan: Michael Wincott.
Episode 13
Beyond Control
Wed, Jan 14, 1987 60 mins
Control becomes McCall's client when a KGB agent who infiltrated a think tank is killed. McCall: Edward Woodward. Elaine: Liane Curtis. Coble: Brian Bedford. Kostmayer: Keith Szarabajka.
Episode 14
Carnal Persuasion
Wed, Jan 21, 1987 60 mins
The wife of a tugboat pilot convicted of drug smuggling appeals to the sentencing judge, who offers her husband's freedom in exchange for sexual favors. McCall: Edward Woodward. Lisa: Maria Holvoe. Jake: John Laughlin.
Episode 15
Memories of Manon: Part 1
Wed, Feb 4, 1987 60 mins
Part 1. Control's goddaughter is abducted and warned that her father, a Canadian agent, will be killed unless she reveals the identity of his informant. McCall: Edward Woodward. Dorgan: George DiCenzo. Carmack: Jon Polito. Control: Robert Lansing.
Episode 16
Memories of Manon (2)
Wed, Feb 11, 1987 60 mins
Conclusion. McCall tells Kostmayer his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father (Melissa Anderson, Anthony Zerbe). Kostmayer: Keith Szarabajka. Dorgan: George DiCenzo. Control: Robert Lansing. Carmack: Jon Polito.
Episode 17
Solo
Wed, Feb 18, 1987 60 mins
McCall gets romantically involved with a woman wanted for the murder of a cop. Cole: Kevin Spacey. Max: Kenneth Ryan. Jonah: Austin Pendleton. Stan: Tom Quinn.
Episode 18
A Place To Stay
Wed, Feb 25, 1987 60 mins
Tired of hearing her parents fight, a young girl runs away to New York and into the hands of a child pornographer (Kario Salem). McCall: Edward Woodward. Rowan: Ed Lauter. Melanie: Ann McDonough.
Episode 19
Coal Black Soul
Wed, May 6, 1987 60 mins
McCall is distracted by an attractive psychiatrist who responds to his ad, but he can't ignore calls from a man who claims to be a murderer. Hayes: Mitchell Lichtenstein. Lt. Elmer: Earl Hindman. Dorothy: Lois Smith.
Episode 20
First Light
Wed, May 13, 1987 60 mins
While McCall is in Washington, D.C., Scott tries his hand at his father's trade and looks for the man who's harassing a grocery-store owner (Mike Nussbaum). Jenny: Lori Loughlin. Booth: Robert X. Modica. Frick: Quentin Crisp.
Episode 21
Hand and Glove
Wed, May 20, 1987 60 mins
Nightmares become reality for an invalid when a threatening figure from her dreams enters her room. Edward Woodward, William Zabka. Deborah: Barbara Garrick. Whitten: Charles Keating. Dr. Spaulding: W.H. Macy. Ken: Mark Soper.
Episode 22
Re-Entry
Wed, May 27, 1987 60 mins
McCall helps a young boy whose father was tricked into committing a crime. Garnet: David Johansen. Mann: Stewart Copeland. Winter: John Goodman. Slate: Joe Morton. Joan: Kitty Crooks. Hershey: Graham Beckel.