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The Best Episodes of The Equalizer

Every episode of The Equalizer ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Equalizer!

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Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 10 - Past Imperfect
    8.6/10(103 votes)

    #1 - Past Imperfect

    S4:E10

    An international crime cartel tries to use a man's estranged son against him when the man refuses to honor their wishes.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Gail Morgan Hickman

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  2. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 15 - Memories of Manon (1)
    8.2/10(93 votes)

    #2 - Memories of Manon (1)

    S2:E15

    Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  3. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 2 - Blood & Wine (2)
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    #3 - Blood & Wine (2)

    S3:E2

    McCall and a former terrorist, now a monk, are both searching for the monk's former partner, a terrorist who uses plastic surgery after each assignment to keep ahead of his enemies.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  4. The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 22 - Suicide Squad
    8.1/10(80 votes)

    #4 - Suicide Squad

    S4:E22

    McCall comes to the aid of a college student who's lost his athletic scholarship and fears disappointing his parents, and turns to drug dealing as a way to make the big money they expect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jacqueline Zambrano

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  5. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 19 - Breakpoint
    8.0/10(131 votes)

    #5 - Breakpoint

    S1:E19

    McCall is among those taken hostage by terrorists seeking a Middle Eastern philanthropist.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writers:Don Carlos Dunaway, Scott Shepherd

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  6. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 16 - Memories of Manon (2)
    8.0/10(84 votes)

    #6 - Memories of Manon (2)

    S2:E16

    Control's goddaughter is threatened with the death of her father, a Canadian agent, unless she can reveal his informant. Then with little time left, McCall tells Kostmayer of his personal reasons for wanting to save Yvette and her father.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  7. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 1 - Blood & Wine (1)
    8.0/10(88 votes)

    #7 - Blood & Wine (1)

    S3:E1

    McCall and a former terrorist, now a monk, are both searching for the monk's former partner, a terrorist who uses plastic surgery after each assignment to keep ahead of his enemies.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  8. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 7 - Counterfire
    7.9/10(100 votes)

    #8 - Counterfire

    S2:E7

    The odds are against McCall when he's framed for the murder of a blind man.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writers:Scott Shepherd, Coleman Luck

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  9. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 16 - The Mystery of Manon (1)
    7.9/10(71 votes)

    #9 - The Mystery of Manon (1)

    S3:E16

    Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before.

    Director:Bradford May
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  10. The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 1 - The Last Campaign
    7.9/10(65 votes)

    #10 - The Last Campaign

    S4:E1

    The aide to an ambitious candidate for state senator discovers that her boss is blackmailing the incumbent into endorsing his candidacy.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writers:Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler

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  11. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 13 - Back Home
    7.8/10(113 votes)

    #11 - Back Home

    S1:E13

    A banker is harassing tenants of a potentially valuable property and planning to murder his wife.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  12. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 14 - Out of the Past
    7.8/10(118 votes)

    #12 - Out of the Past

    S1:E14

    An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Cyrus Nowrasteh

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  13. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 2 - Nocturne
    7.8/10(114 votes)

    #13 - Nocturne

    S2:E2

    A blind music critic asks for help when she hears the voice of the man who raped her years before.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  14. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 13 - Beyond Control
    7.8/10(90 votes)

    #14 - Beyond Control

    S2:E13

    Control becomes McCall's client when a KGB agent who infiltrated a think tank is murdered.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  15. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 18 - A Place To Stay
    7.8/10(92 votes)

    #15 - A Place To Stay

    S2:E18

    A young girl runs away from her quarreling parents and into the hands of a child pornographer.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writers:Carleton Eastlake, Marc Rubin

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  16. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 17 - The Mystery of Manon (2)
    7.8/10(66 votes)

    #16 - The Mystery of Manon (2)

    S3:E17

    Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before.

    Director:Bradford May
    Writer:Coleman Luck

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  17. The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 18 - The Caper
    7.8/10(83 votes)

    #17 - The Caper

    S4:E18

    A cleaning woman works at cross-purposes to McCall as she tries to solve a murder she witnessed.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Tom Towler

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  18. The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 21 - Endgame
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #18 - Endgame

    S4:E21

    McCall helps two sisters whom are the victims of a revenge that has been plotted by a master strategy game player.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot: The Equalizer
    7.7/10(237 votes)

    #19 - Pilot: The Equalizer

    S1:E1

    A former government agent offers his services to people facing problems too big for them to handle, such as a woman being stalked by a psychopath and a man who learns of a blackmail scheme involving government officials.

    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  20. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 17 - Torn
    7.7/10(113 votes)

    #20 - Torn

    S1:E17

    McCall tries to divide his time between defending a woman from her abusive husband and settling with an old enemy.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  21. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 6 - Nightscape
    7.7/10(97 votes)

    #21 - Nightscape

    S2:E6

    A rape victim asks McCall to stop her husband from tracking down her attackers.

    Director:Aaron Lipstadt
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  22. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 14 - Carnal Persuasion
    7.7/10(83 votes)

    #22 - Carnal Persuasion

    S2:E14

    A wife appeals to the judge sentencing her husband and is offered her husband's freedom for sexual favors.

    Director:Leon Ichaso
    Writer:Dennis Manuel

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  23. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 22 - Re-Entry
    7.7/10(80 votes)

    #23 - Re-Entry

    S2:E22

    McCall helps a young boy whose father was tricked into committing a crime.

    Director:Aaron Lipstadt
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 14 - Video Games
    7.7/10(63 votes)

    #24 - Video Games

    S3:E14

    A reporter's wife asks McCall to find her husband, who has disappeared while working undercover on a call-girl operation involving blackmail and the death of his daughter.

    Director:James A. Contner
    Writer:Peter McCabe

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  25. The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 18 - No Place Like Home
    7.7/10(75 votes)

    #25 - No Place Like Home

    S3:E18

    McCall comes to the aid of a recently dispossessed man and his family who has been moved in a welfare hotel and is facing pressure from the landlord to take part in his welfare scams.

    Director:Tobe Hooper
    Writer:Robert Eisele

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Best Episodes Summary

"Past Imperfect" is the best rated episode of "The Equalizer". It scored 8.6/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by Russ Mayberry and written by Gail Morgan Hickman, it aired on 2/15/1989. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Memories of Manon (1)".