The Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 2
Every episode of The Equalizer Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Equalizer Season 2!
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 the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
Season 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Equalizer" season 2 is "Prelude", rated 7.7/10 from 103 user votes. It was directed by Richard Compton and written by Carleton Eastlake. "Prelude" aired on 10/8/1986 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Nocturne".
7.7/10 103 votes#1 - Prelude
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/1986
Men working for a dictator McCall helped put into power kidnap an American journalist.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
7.9/10 111 votes#2 - 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
7.5/10 90 votes#3 - A Community of Civilized Men
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/1986
McCall comes to the aid of a woman who's being squeezed to pay off her late husband's debts.
Director: Alan Metzger
Writer: Scott Shepherd, Daniel Pyne
7.1/10 101 votes#4 - Joyride
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/1986
Two boys drive off in a hearse; not knowing it contains a coffin full of crack.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Charles Grant Craig
7.5/10 95 votes#5 - Shades of Darkness
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/1986
McCall helps a National Guardsman who faces a murder charge and threats from the real killer.
Director: Donald Petrie
Writer: Jack V. Fogarty
7.8/10 94 votes#6 - 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
8.0/10 97 votes#7 - 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
7.6/10 91 votes#8 - The Line
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1986
The mother of a youth killed while being harassed by an overzealous citizen's patrol appeals to McCall for help.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Steve Volpe
7.2/10 83 votes#9 - Tip On a Sure Thing
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1986
A bookie that doesn't like the odds on a race kidnaps the son of the jockey and demands the father throw the race.
Director: Donald Petrie
Writer: Scott Shepherd
7.5/10 81 votes#10 - The Cup
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1986
Father Kostmayer hears the confession of a Polish agitator moments before he's gunned down.
Director: Mario DiLeo
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
7.4/10 75 votes#11 - Heartstrings
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1986
A woman asks McCall for help recovering her kidnapped newborn son.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Loraine Despres
7.6/10 82 votes#12 - High Performance
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1987
A construction worker becomes both witness and target when she sees a murder and is spotted by the killer.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Jack V. Fogarty
7.8/10 87 votes#13 - 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
7.8/10 80 votes#14 - 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
8.1/10 85 votes#15 - 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
8.0/10 79 votes#16 - 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
7.4/10 88 votes#17 - Solo
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1987
McCall gets involved romantically and professionally with a woman wanted in Pennsylvania for killing a cop.
Director: Alan Metzger
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
7.9/10 87 votes#18 - 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
7.5/10 109 votes#19 - Coal Black Soul
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/6/1987
McCall is torn between a lovely psychiatrist and a man who calls and says he can't stop himself from murdering women.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: Scott Shepherd
7.3/10 70 votes#20 - First Light
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/13/1987
While McCall is testifying in Washington, Scott tries his hand and looks for thugs harassing a local merchant.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: Jack V. Fogarty
7.6/10 73 votes#21 - Hand and Glove
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/20/1987
Nightmares become a reality for an invalid woman when a threatening figures from her dreams appears in her room.
Director: Alan Metzger
Writer: Coleman Luck
7.8/10 78 votes#22 - Re-Entry
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/27/1987
McCall helps a young boy whose father was tricked into committing a crime.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Writer: N/A