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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!

The Best Episodes of The Equalizer

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...

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  1. Background image for Past Imperfect
    8.6/10(92 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.

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  2. Background image for Suicide Squad
    8.2/10(77 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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  3. Background image for Breakpoint
    8.0/10(129 votes)

    #3 - Breakpoint

    S1:E19

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

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  4. Background image for Nocturne
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Nocturne

    S2:E2

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

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  5. Background image for Joyride
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Joyride

    S2:E4

    Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.

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  6. Background image for Shades of Darkness
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Shades of Darkness

    S2:E5

    McCall helps a National Guardsman who faces a murder charge and threats from the real killer.

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  8. Background image for Nightscape
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Nightscape

    S2:E6

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

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  9. Background image for Counterfire
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Counterfire

    S2:E7

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

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  10. Background image for The Cup
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Cup

    S2:E10

    Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.

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  11. Background image for Heartstrings
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Heartstrings

    S2:E11

    A woman asks McCall for help recovering her kidnapped newborn son.

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  12. Background image for High Performance
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - High Performance

    S2:E12

    A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.

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  13. Background image for Beyond Control
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Beyond Control

    S2:E13

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

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    Director:Alan Metzger
  14. Background image for Carnal Persuasion
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Carnal Persuasion

    S2:E14

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

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    Director:Leon Ichaso
  15. Background image for Memories of Manon (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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    Director:Tony Wharmby
  16. Background image for Memories of Manon (2)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Director:Tony Wharmby
  17. Background image for Solo
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Solo

    S2:E17

    McCall gets involved romantically and professionally with a woman wanted in Pennsylvania for killing a cop.

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  18. Background image for Coal Black Soul
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Coal Black Soul

    S2:E19

    McCall is torn between a lovely psychiatrist and a man who calls and says he can't stop himself from murdering women.

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  19. Background image for Blood & Wine (2)
    8.0/10(83 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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    Director:Alan Metzger
  20. Background image for Blood & Wine (1)
    7.9/10(88 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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    Director:Alan Metzger
  21. Background image for The Last Campaign
    7.9/10(65 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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  22. Background image for Silent Fury
    7.9/10(62 votes)

    #21 - Silent Fury

    S4:E12

    McCall tries to help a young woman who is one of the victims of a series of robberies directed against the deaf community.

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  23. Background image for Back Home
    7.8/10(109 votes)

    #22 - Back Home

    S1:E13

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

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    Director:Alan Metzger
  24. Background image for Out of the Past
    7.8/10(115 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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  25. Background image for The Mystery of Manon (1)
    7.8/10(70 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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    Director:Bradford May
  26. Background image for The Mystery of Manon (2)
    7.8/10(65 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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    Director:Bradford May

Best Episodes Summary

"Past Imperfect" is the best rated episode of "The Equalizer". It scored 8.6/10 based on 92 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, "Suicide Squad".