The Equalizer (1985–1989)
1/10
Longer it went, dumber it got
1 October 2013
Warning: Spoilers
This show actually had decent idea for story. Some sort of ex-vet decides he wants to help people, places ad in newspaper, sets up answering machine and starts helping people. Mostly for free, which begs question of what does he live on, and how does he finance stupid amount of gear he uses in few episodes, but oh well.

Where it falls apart is terrible writing. Main actor is actually decent actor, so its not his fault show is horrible. Rest of the cast are neither here nor there. Some can act, somewhat, rest act like its their first time, which it might have been.

I survived 11 episodes of it gradually declining in quality before it became more akin to bad comedy than anything entertaining. Episode #12 "Reign of Terror" is about some street gang and it is by far worst written TV show episode out of everything I have seen in last few years. If you are considering getting this show, I strongly advise watching this episode first to see if this is something that will appeal to you or whether to give this garbage a pass.
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