• Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 18, 1985
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 2 out of 6

Critic Reviews

  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    Aug 15, 2013
    80
    Woodward seems destined to become the season's most seasoned heartthrob. Women will adore him, men admire him. He gives his character an affecting worldly disenchantment, but at the same time brings out all the allure in the wish-fulfillment aspects of the role. [18 Sept 1985, p.D1]
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Steve Sonsky
    Aug 15, 2013
    80
    But I think the biggest reason is that I like its star, the British actor Woodward, who is an older man, 55, a veteran actor of 40 years, and not just another pretty young face on a vacuous head. He gives this show the same touch of class that another British export, Patrick Macnee, used to give The Avengers. [18 Sept 1985, p.3]
  3. San Diego Union-Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert P. Laurence
    Aug 15, 2013
    70
    The results of this ploy are predictable. But the end of the episode delivers a satisfying double kick that neatly caps off Woodward's generally understated performance. It needs better scripts, but Woodward makes The Equalizer worth watching. [18 Sept 1985, p.C7]