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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!

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...
Genres:Action & AdventureCrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Episodes
88
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  • Past Imperfect
    8.5/10(88)
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    #1 - Past Imperfect

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 2/15/1989

    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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  • Suicide Squad
    8.3/10(75)
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    #2 - Suicide Squad

    Season 4 Episode 22

    Aired 8/24/1989

    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: N/A

    Writer: Jacqueline Zambrano

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  • Memories of Manon (1)
    8.1/10(84)
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    #3 - Memories of Manon (1)

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 2/4/1987

    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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  • Breakpoint
    8.0/10(125)
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    #4 - Breakpoint

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 2/19/1986

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

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: Scott Shepherd, Don Carlos Dunaway

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  • Counterfire
    8.0/10(97)
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    #5 - Counterfire

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/19/1986

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

    Director: Alan Metzger

    Writer: Scott Shepherd, Coleman Luck

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    0
  • Memories of Manon (2)
    8.0/10(78)
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    #6 - Memories of Manon (2)

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 2/11/1987

    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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  • Blood & Wine (1)
    8.0/10(84)
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    #7 - Blood & Wine (1)

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 9/23/1987

    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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    0
  • Blood & Wine (2)
    8.0/10(80)
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    #8 - Blood & Wine (2)

    Season 3 Episode 2

    Aired 9/23/1987

    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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  • Silent Fury
    8.0/10(62)
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    #9 - Silent Fury

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 3/8/1989

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

    Director: Russ Mayberry

    Writer: Wayne Powers, Donna Powers

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  • The Caper
    8.0/10(81)
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    #10 - The Caper

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 5/4/1989

    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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  • Nocturne
    7.9/10(111)
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    #11 - Nocturne

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 10/15/1986

    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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  • A Place To Stay
    7.9/10(86)
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    #12 - A Place To Stay

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 2/25/1987

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

    Director: Alan Metzger

    Writer: Carleton Eastlake, Marc Rubin

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  • The Mystery of Manon (1)
    7.9/10(68)
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    #13 - The Mystery of Manon (1)

    Season 3 Episode 16

    Aired 2/17/1988

    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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  • The Last Campaign
    7.9/10(65)
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    #14 - The Last Campaign

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 10/26/1988

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

    Director: Richard Compton

    Writer: Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler

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  • Lullaby of Darkness
    7.9/10(64)
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    #15 - Lullaby of Darkness

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 3/30/1989

    McCall tries to help a woman and her daughter escape from her abusive husband.

    Director: David Jackson

    Writer: Coleman Luck

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  • Endgame
    7.9/10(59)
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    #16 - Endgame

    Season 4 Episode 21

    Aired 8/10/1989

    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: N/A

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  • Back Home
    7.8/10(108)
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    #17 - Back Home

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 12/18/1985

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

    Director: Alan Metzger

    Writer: Maurice Hurley, Joel Surnow

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  • Out of the Past
    7.8/10(114)
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    #18 - Out of the Past

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 1/15/1986

    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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  • Torn
    7.8/10(111)
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    #19 - Torn

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 2/5/1986

    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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  • Nightscape
    7.8/10(94)
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    #20 - Nightscape

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 11/12/1986

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

    Director: Aaron Lipstadt

    Writer: Carleton Eastlake

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  • Beyond Control
    7.8/10(87)
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    #21 - Beyond Control

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 1/14/1987

    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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  • Carnal Persuasion
    7.8/10(80)
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    #22 - Carnal Persuasion

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 1/21/1987

    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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  • Video Games
    7.8/10(59)
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    #23 - Video Games

    Season 3 Episode 14

    Aired 1/27/1988

    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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  • The Mystery of Manon (2)
    7.8/10(62)
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    #24 - The Mystery of Manon (2)

    Season 3 Episode 17

    Aired 2/24/1988

    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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  • The Sins of the Father
    7.8/10(62)
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    #25 - The Sins of the Father

    Season 4 Episode 8

    Aired 1/18/1989

    McCall reluctantly agrees to help the wife of a mobster find her kidnapped son, who's a pawn in a game of revenge against his father.

    Director: Paul Krasny

    Writer: Tom Towler

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Best Episodes Summary

"Past Imperfect" is the best rated episode of "The Equalizer". It scored 8.5/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Russ Mayberry and written by Gail Morgan Hickman, it aired on 2/15/1989. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Suicide Squad".