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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 Lady Cop
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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    Director:Russ Mayberry
  2. Background image for The Defector
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Defector

    S1:E3

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

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    Director:Rod Holcomb
  3. Background image for The Confirmation Day
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Children's Song
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. Background image for The Distant Fire
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Distant Fire

    S1:E8

    A hit man wants help to prevent another killer from murdering a woman both McCall and the hitman once loved.

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    Director:Alan Metzger
  6. Background image for Mama's Boy
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Mama's Boy

    S1:E9

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

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  8. Background image for Bump and Run
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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

    #8 - Desperately

    S1:E11

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

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  10. Background image for Back Home
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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
  11. Background image for Out of the Past
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for Torn
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Torn

    S1:E17

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

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

    #12 - Breakpoint

    S1:E19

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

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  14. Background image for No Conscience
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for Pretenders
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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

    #15 - 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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  17. Background image for Joyride
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Joyride

    S2:E4

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

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

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for Nightscape
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Nightscape

    S2:E6

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

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

    #19 - Counterfire

    S2:E7

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

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

    #20 - The Cup

    S2:E10

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

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

    #21 - Heartstrings

    S2:E11

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

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

    #22 - 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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  24. Background image for Beyond Control
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - 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
  25. Background image for Carnal Persuasion
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - 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
  26. Background image for Memories of Manon (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - 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

Best Episodes Summary

"Lady Cop" is the best rated episode of "The Equalizer". It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Russ Mayberry and written by Joel Surnow, it aired on 10/16/1985. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Defector".