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The Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 1

Every episode of The Equalizer Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 1

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. 7.9/10(128 votes)

    #1 - Breakpoint

    S1:E19

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

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  2. 7.7/10(108 votes)

    #2 - 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
  3. 7.7/10(114 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. 7.6/10(227 votes)

    #4 - Pilot: The Equalizer

    S1:E1

    A former government agent offers his services to people facing problems too big for them to handle, such as a woman being stalked by a psychopath and a man who learns of a blackmail scheme involving government officials.

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    Director:Rod Holcomb
  5. 7.6/10(158 votes)

    #5 - The Lock Box

    S1:E4

    McCall helps a man whose daughter has been abducted by a pimp who services covert government operations.

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  6. 7.6/10(110 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. 7.6/10(111 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. 7.6/10(97 votes)

    #8 - Unpunished Crimes

    S1:E21

    McCall is hired by an inventor whose designs were stolen by a huge corporation headed by a ruthless executive.

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  10. 7.5/10(148 votes)

    #9 - 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
  11. 7.5/10(129 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. 7.3/10(137 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. 7.3/10(119 votes)

    #12 - Dead Drop

    S1:E15

    McCall assembles some old friends to protect a man marked for murder for no apparent reason.

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  14. 7.3/10(102 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. 7.2/10(173 votes)

    #14 - China Rain

    S1:E2

    McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.

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  16. 7.2/10(102 votes)

    #15 - Wash Up

    S1:E16

    A window washer witnesses the murder of his pro-union partner by their anti-union boss, who has his own witnesses to back his self-defense claim.

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  17. 7.2/10(106 votes)

    #16 - Unnatural Causes

    S1:E18

    McCall's on the trail of a serial killer, leaving him little time for an actress fallen into the wrong crowd.

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  18. 7.2/10(97 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. 7.1/10(152 votes)

    #18 - 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
  20. 7.1/10(124 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. 7.1/10(125 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. 7.0/10(118 votes)

    #21 - 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
  23. 6.8/10(117 votes)

    #22 - Reign of Terror

    S1:E12

    The new doctor at a local clinic refuses to give gang members drugs as `rent' for using their turf.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Breakpoint" is the best rated episode of "The Equalizer" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 128 votes. Directed by Russ Mayberry and written by Don Carlos Dunaway, Scott Shepherd, it aired on 2/19/1986. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Back Home".