A Dance on the Dark Side

The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 12: A Dance on the Dark Side Aired on CBS: January 13, 1988 Directed by: Jonathan Perry Written by : David Lightstone Featuring: Amanda Plummer, David Andrews, George DiCenzo, Brooke Smith ("she puts the lotion in the basket")

The first episode of 1988 and... it's not off to a good start. There's an undercover cop who gets in too deep and Amanda Plummer, the police station switchboard operator, hears too much. Sounds compelling, and under different circumstances this could have a been a 42-minute version of The Departed or A Scanner Darkly. Instead we have this amalgam of missed opportunities. Not that we're at a loss for words; we go through what could have made this better, how this compares to other Equalizer duds (few and far between), dive deep into band members gone solo, and look hopefully towards a brighter future for 1988 Equalizer.

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