The Equalizer

The Equalizer1985

The Equalizer is an American crime drama television series, originally airing on CBS from fall 1985 until late-spring 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as a retired intelligence agent with a mysterious past, who uses the skills from his former career… more »



Police Lieutenant:
The a... the thing that I'm trying to explain to you. Consider the circumstances.

Eleanor Griffith:
What... I don't understand... what, are the circumstances?

Police Lieutenant:
There's a good chance that your daughter left of her own accord. And if that is the case, she's not missing so there's no one to find.

Eleanor Griffith:
Well that's not what happened.

Police Lieutenant:
This city attracts young girls from all over the world. Mrs Griffiths, they come here and... and get swept away.

Eleanor Griffith:
No my Edie did not get swept away.

Police Lieutenant:
It happens two hundred times a week.

Eleanor Griffith:
Don't tell me that, you don't know Edie. She didn't just get up on her first day in New York and run away, that's ludicrous. Tell him.

Police Lieutenant:
Go back to Duluth and wait. She'll call when she's ready to come home.

Eleanor Griffith:
[Incredulous] What are you saying? Wait, are you trying to tell me I come to New York on a vacation with my daughter, she disappears and I'm supposed to go home empty handed... as if I left my umbrella in the hotel room, give it an 'oh damn' and go on? What kind of man are you?

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