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The Best Episodes of The Equalizer

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The Best Episodes of The Equalizer

Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.

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  1. 8.0/10(436 votes)

    #1 - D.W.B.

    S2:E13

    McCall races to find Dante when he’s abducted by a pair of panicked deputies who fear reprisal, after they detained Dante without cause and used excessive force before realizing he’s a fellow cop. Alone and injured, Dante experiences hallucinations that reveal his complicated childhood.

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  2. 8.0/10(358 votes)

    #2 - Vox Populi

    S2:E16

    When Aunt Vi is the lone juror on a murder trial who believes the defendant is innocent, McCall covertly investigates the case to find proof that Vi's instincts are correct.

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    Director:Carl Seaton
    Writer:Zoe Robyn
  3. 8.0/10(150 votes)

    #3 - Slay Ride

    S5:E7

    A joyous holiday season turns into a cartel Christmas for McCall, whose romantic life reaches an inflection point when a crime syndicate holds her, Dante and her ex-husband, Miles (Stephen Bishop), captive in a hospital takeover. Also, Harry strives to break his years-long track record of giving Mel awful holiday presents.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.0/10(64 votes)

    #4 - Decisions

    S5:E18

    While on a romantic getaway, McCall and Dante are abruptly ambushed by Salazar and his army. Meanwhile, Aunt Vi finally decides to take the next step in her relationship with Captain Curtis, and Dee meets with her favorite author who may be able to help her get into her dream university.

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  5. 7.9/10(382 votes)

    #5 - Shooter

    S2:E6

    Mel’s past military expertise proves critical when McCall is hired by District Attorney Grafton to find a sniper on a killing spree, seemingly selecting victims at random. Also, Delilah experiences PTSD when the sniper shootings cause her to relive the trauma of her friend’s fatal shooting.

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    Director:Milena Govich
    Writer:Joe Gazzam
  6. 7.9/10(367 votes)

    #6 - When Worlds Collide

    S2:E7

    Bishop comes to McCall, Harry and Mel for help when a terrorist from his past uncovers the identity of his adult son, a young man Bishop has kept secret for decades to safeguard him from his intelligence work. Also, Aunt Vi becomes nostalgic about a past romantic relationship when she receives a surprise visitor

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    Director:John Terlesky
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  8. 7.9/10(327 votes)

    #7 - Exposed

    S2:E18

    McCall’s determination to apprehend Mason Quinn, the criminal responsible for Bishop’s death, veers into a dangerous obsession that could cost her everything. Also, Delilah finally meets her mother’s vigilante team when she requires Harry and Mel’s help to prove a fellow classmate made her best friend a victim of revenge porn. Second season finale.

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  9. 7.9/10(70 votes)

    #8 - Acceptance

    S5:E17

    When Dante's brother, James, seeks the team's help to clear his client's name in a shooting, they uncover a plot to bomb an international anti-terrorism conference. Meanwhile, Delilah gets ready for prom and learns she has been accepted to UCLA.

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  10. 7.8/10(279 votes)

    #9 - Never Again

    S3:E11

    After a string of antisemitic hate crimes terrorizes a local community, Harry reconnects with his Jewish faith as he leads the team in finding the culprit before they attack again. Also, McCall must calculate what extremes she will go to in order to win custody of Delilah.

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  11. 7.8/10(111 votes)

    #10 - A Few Good Women

    S5:E13

    After a soldier suddenly goes AWOL while planning to expose an alleged secret military project, McCall and the team learn that her life is in danger; Dante makes a career move to be closer to McCall and his family.

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  12. 7.8/10(96 votes)

    #11 - Deception

    S5:E15

    The team suspects Aunt Vi's friend Evelyn is being taken advantage of by a con man. Meanwhile, McCall decides to take the day off equalizing and spend quality time with Delilah.

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  13. 7.7/10(384 votes)

    #12 - The People Aren’t Ready

    S2:E4

    McCall comes closer than ever to being captured when she races to prevent the murder of District Attorney Grafton, the prosecutor seeking to bring her to justice

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  14. 7.7/10(251 votes)

    #13 - Justified

    S3:E17

    When a note McCall receives leads her to the location of her late father’s car, she must revisit the past to uncover who was behind his carjacking and murder nearly 30 years prior.

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    Director:N/A
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  15. 7.7/10(110 votes)

    #14 - Dirty Sexy Money

    S5:E10

    McCall is asked to help a local family that lost their life savings in a suspicious fire. Also, Mel opens up to her parents about her PTSD.

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    Director:N/A
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  16. 7.7/10(113 votes)

    #15 - Trust No One

    S5:E12

    McCall and the team are on the hunt for buried treasure after a history professor obsessed with finding missing gold is killed. Meanwhile, Dante is reluctant to introduce his sons to McCall after she invites them over for dinner.

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    Director:N/A
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  17. 7.6/10(373 votes)

    #16 - Separated

    S2:E8

    McCall and Mel help a deported woman track down her son after she was separated from him while seeking asylum at the U.S. border. Mel, McCall and Bishop exhaust every avenue to get Harry released from prison.

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  18. 7.6/10(352 votes)

    #17 - Chinatown

    S2:E11

    McCall and Mel work with a jaded ex-cop to find the killers of a beloved Chinese American restaurant owner, who was the victim of a hate crime masked to look like an accidental electrical fire.

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    Writer:Zoe Robyn
  19. 7.6/10(281 votes)

    #18 - Blowback

    S3:E5

    When a smuggler being detained by the CIA must be transferred quickly to a secure debriefing site, McCall works with Carter Griffin to ensure he arrives unharmed. Also, Dante deals with the possibility of his father being released from prison.

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  20. 7.6/10(249 votes)

    #19 - No Way Out

    S3:E15

    Aunt Vi enlists the help of McCall and the team when she realizes her masseuse is a victim of domestic abuse. Also, McCall trains Dee on situational awareness and Dante goes against orders by chasing after the man who shot his friend Manny.

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  21. 7.5/10(485 votes)

    #20 - Reckoning

    S1:E10

    McCall's personal and professional lives collide when Delilah and her friends are threatened by a European crime syndicate for being eyewitnesses to the outfit's execution of a drug cartel boss.

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  22. 7.5/10(391 votes)

    #21 - Leverage

    S2:E3

    McCall is hired by a concerned mother who suspects her teen son has joined a local gang, leading McCall to the boy’s surprising motivation behind his spiraling behavior. Also, Delilah faces anxiety as she prepares to speak at her friend Jason’s memorial service, and Dante worries when the new detective pursuing McCall sets his sights on unmasking the people closest to her.

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  23. 7.5/10(417 votes)

    #22 - Followers

    S2:E5

    McCall is hired by an online group of true-crime enthusiasts to find the anonymous stalker of an unsuspecting NYC woman when the criminal claims he will murder her in eight hours

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    Director:Mark Polish
    Writer:Zoe Robyn
  24. 7.5/10(369 votes)

    #23 - Somewhere Over the Hudson

    S2:E12

    McCall helps a mob accountant, Bert Singer, scour the city for a lost ledger of evidence he must provide to the FBI in exchange for entrance into the Federal Witness Protection Program. Also, Mel frets over how to tell her best friend, who comforted her for years about Harry's death, that Harry never died at all.

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    Director:John Krokidas
  25. 7.5/10(315 votes)

    #24 - Pulse

    S2:E14

    McCall receives a desperate plea for help from her former CIA trainee, now a full-fledged agent, that leads her into a confrontation with Mason Quinn, the most dangerous enemy from her past in intelligence. In need of confidential information about the agent's latest assignment, McCall forms a tentative alliance with Carter Griffin, a by-the-book CIA handler.

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    Director:Paul Holahan
    Writer:Joe Gazzam
  26. 7.5/10(247 votes)

    #25 - He Ain't Heavy

    S3:E8

    Mel engages in a tense family reunion when she and her disapproving sister race against the clock to save their brother Edison after he’s abducted. Also, as the team unravels the motivation behind Edison’s kidnapping, Mel grapples with the fallout of her argument with McCall about training Delilah.

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Best Episodes Summary

"D.W.B." is the best rated episode of "The Equalizer". It scored 8/10 based on 436 votes. Directed by Solvan Naim and written by Joseph C. Wilson, it aired on 3/20/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Vox Populi".