McCall also lost a woman he was in love with, a fellow operative named Manon Brevard, and discovers that she had secretly given birth to his daughter Yvette. Scott comes back into his life as a young adult who is at first bitterly critical of his father's world, but then becomes drawn into that world to the dismay of both of his parents. McCall himself is divorced, a "lost dad" long estranged from his son, Scott ( William Zabka).
He quits and takes out a newspaper advert offering his services to those who need it as The Equalizer.
Īided by a group of sometimes-mysterious contacts, some of whom date back to his spying days, McCall traverses the streets of New York City, delivering justice upon bullies, corrupt police and politicians, hoodlums, mobsters, rapists, racists, murderers, kidnappers, drug dealers, and other "truly deserving" people. People in need found him through a newspaper classified ad: "Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer: 2." When he began the business in the pilot episode, the nickname "Equalizer" was revealed as bestowed on him by an operative named "Brahms", played by Jerry Stiller.
#RON O NEAL ON THE EQUALIZER SERIES#
The series stars British actor Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a former covert operations officer of an unnamed US government intelligence organization, which was often referred to simply as "the Agency" or "the Company", who tried to atone for his past by offering, usually free of charge, his services as a troubleshooter, a protector, and an investigator.