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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 6 - Splinters
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Splinters

    S4:E6

    Mickey Kostmayer is captured when a Company operation fails, and he's turned against McCall using drugs and torture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Equalizer Season 4 Episode 14 - 17 Zebra
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - 17 Zebra

    S4:E14

    McCall investigates when a mission worker tells him about several winos who have died from heart attacks enroute to the hospital in paramedic ambulances.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Jacqueline Zambrano

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  3. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 5 - Lady Cop
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Lady Cop

    S1:E5

    A crooked cop is willing to murder to ensure that his new partner won't blow the whistle on his operations.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  4. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 9 - Mama's Boy
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Mama's Boy

    S1:E9

    A career woman wants McCall's aid in ending her son's fascination with a charismatic drug dealer.

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Heywood Gould

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  5. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 3 - The Defector
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - The Defector

    S1:E3

    McCall helps a double agent defect and a young boy stand up to bullies.

    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Heywood Gould

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  6. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 6 - The Confirmation Day
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Confirmation Day

    S1:E6

    McCall helps a former showgirl convinced someone is stalking her and a boy whose father helped steal antiques now wanted by two separate parties.

    Director:Richard A. Colla
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 7 - The Children's Song
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Children's Song

    S1:E7

    Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  8. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 10 - Bump and Run
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Bump and Run

    S1:E10

    Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  9. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 11 - Desperately
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Desperately

    S1:E11

    A lonely, neglected wife gets more than she wanted when she considers a fling and ends up witnessing a murder.

    Director:Donald Petrie
    Writer:Charles Grant Craig

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  10. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 13 - Back Home
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 14 - Out of the Past
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 17 - Torn
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 19 - Breakpoint
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 20 - No Conscience
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - No Conscience

    S1:E20

    A womanizer is abducted and threatened with death if he doesn't give his captors what they want-but he can't figure out what.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Mark Frost

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  15. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 22 - Pretenders
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Pretenders

    S1:E22

    An aspiring reporter, desperate for a scoop that will get her notice and a promotion, becomes convinced that something big is happening right in the next apartment.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Scott Shepherd

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  16. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 2 - Nocturne
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 4 - Joyride
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Joyride

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Charles Grant Craig

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  18. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 5 - Shades of Darkness
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Shades of Darkness

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Donald Petrie
    Writer:Jack V. Fogarty

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  19. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 6 - Nightscape
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 7 - Counterfire
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 10 - The Cup
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Cup

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Mario DiLeo
    Writer:Carleton Eastlake

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  22. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 11 - Heartstrings
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Heartstrings

    S2:E11

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

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Loraine Despres

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  23. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 12 - High Performance
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - High Performance

    S2:E12

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

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Jack V. Fogarty

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  24. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 13 - Beyond Control
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. The Equalizer Season 2 Episode 14 - Carnal Persuasion
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - 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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Best Episodes Summary

"Splinters" is the best rated episode of "The Equalizer". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/14/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "17 Zebra".