moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (02/20/86)
Good point, and after watching almost every episode, I can make a guess:
1) A lot of people don't take him seriously (I mean, an ad in the paper --
"Need Help? -- Call THE EQUALIZER"). This keeps some people off his
back.
2) A lot of them he refuses, if he doesn't feel they're in real trouble ("I
have a Martian for a neighbor" or "I want you to kill our DEC repairman"
(I sympathize with the latter)).
A fun show, and the subplots with the CIA which mount from week to week
are great. It is being moved to Tuesday nights real soon.
"Queensboro president Donald Mannis, charged with receiving
bribes in exchange for city contracts, resigned on Tuesday.
Mannis feels he must devote more time to impending
litigation, some of which might eminate from a recent
statement he made comparing New York Mayor Ed Koch to
Nazi Martin Bormann. A spokesman from the Bormann estate
said they are weighing the odds of a slander suit. Mayor
Koch could naturally be reached for comment, but we chose
not to listen."
-- Dennis Miller
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