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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!

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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
    The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot: The Equalizer
    7.7/10(237 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Rod Holcomb
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  2. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 2 - China Rain
    7.2/10(182 votes)

    #2 - China Rain

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writers:Joel Surnow, Victor Hsu

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  3. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 3 - The Defector
    7.1/10(156 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 4 - The Lock Box
    7.6/10(163 votes)

    #4 - The Lock Box

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writers:Joel Surnow, Frank Military

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  5. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 5 - Lady Cop
    7.5/10(155 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 6 - The Confirmation Day
    7.1/10(130 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
    7.3/10(144 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 8 - The Distant Fire
    7.1/10(125 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  9. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 9 - Mama's Boy
    7.2/10(132 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 10 - Bump and Run
    7.5/10(134 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.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Joel Surnow

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  11. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 11 - Desperately
    7.7/10(114 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 12 - Reign of Terror
    6.9/10(123 votes)

    #12 - Reign of Terror

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Steve Bello

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  13. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 13 - Back Home
    7.8/10(114 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 14 - Out of the Past
    7.8/10(118 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 15 - Dead Drop
    7.6/10(122 votes)

    #15 - Dead Drop

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Donald Petrie
    Writers:Maurice Hurley, Joel Surnow

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  16. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 16 - Wash Up
    7.2/10(105 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Richard Compton
    Writer:Mark Frost

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  17. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 17 - Torn
    7.7/10(114 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 18 - Unnatural Causes
    7.4/10(110 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writers:Scott Shepherd, Susan Woollen

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  19. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 19 - Breakpoint
    8.0/10(132 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 20 - No Conscience
    7.2/10(101 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 21 - Unpunished Crimes
    7.6/10(100 votes)

    #21 - Unpunished Crimes

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Alan Metzger
    Writers:Grenville Case, John Burke

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  22. The Equalizer Season 1 Episode 22 - Pretenders
    7.3/10(106 votes)

    #22 - 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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot: The Equalizer" is the best rated episode of "The Equalizer" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 237 votes. Directed by Rod Holcomb and written by Michael Sloan, it aired on 9/18/1985. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "China Rain".